Sharks win in Boston for 3 straight road wins

Defensively, the San Jose Sharks are allowing 2.5 goals per game and are killing 79.2 percent of their power play chances.

In other games, Anze Kopitar scored in the shootout to lead the Los Angeles Kings to a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers, P.A. Parenteau scored twice in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 5-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche and the Nashville Predators edged the Anaheim Ducks 3-2. The Bruins, 6-2-0 on the road, fell to 2-6-1 at home, with Rask allowing 32 goals in those seven losses. Following tonight’s loss, Rask sports a 5-7-1 record with a 3.18 goals-against-average and an. Although his scoring has significantly declined, as well, the almost 20 year NHL vet has consistently been a solid penalty killer who was once able to drive the play out of the defensive zone and create scoring chances; with five short-handed points in the 2011-2012 season and point production whilst a man down in almost every season he appeared in the league, Zubrus is the kind of player who counters defensive liabilities while potentially turning play around regardless of the player to player matchups. A lot of guys contributed, and that’s what you need. Patrick Marleau scored on that power-play to put the Sharks up by one.

“You look at most of those goals, how they got scored on, I think it’s just lack of focus for the most part”, Rask, who finished the night with 23 saves on 28 shots against, said.

“We know that we’re not all playing our best every night and we have to, ” forward Brad Marchand told the Associated Press.

San Jose beat Buffalo, 2-1, in overtime at First Niagara Center on Saturday night, and has won back-to-back games for the first time since winning its first four tilts of the 2015-16 season.

“He came in and gave us good energy”, DeBoer said. “Just want to make sure I continue with my practice habits, make sure I’m staying on top with the details and stay sharp over this road trip”.

That’s a major problem for a Bruins team that’s two points out of a playoff spot, and completely wasted one of their games in hand with a spotty Tuesday night effort against the Sharks in defeat.

“Right now we’re trying to figure that out”, Bergeron said. Boston D Adam McQuaid played in his 300th game…. The Marleau goal, on a rebound, was challenged by the Bruins but was confirmed. He was available if needed…. The 37-year-old, released by the New Jersey Devils and the St. Louis Blues, hasn’t been offered a contract but could be added as depth and play for his former New Jersey coach, Pete DeBoer. The Sharks return home Sunday after they play in Columbus. We have to deal with certain things that I plan on dealing with internally, but I’m certainly not going to start elaborating here.

“I know playing in the West, [general manager] Doug Wilson and his group of scouts had a real good scouting report on him and felt that there was real big upside there down the road”.

On the bright side for the Wild, they’ll enjoy a significant run of home games after ending this road trip against the Bruins in Boston on Thursday. San Jose C Joe Thornton, a former Bruins captain, has four goals and six assists in 12 career games against Boston.