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The Boston Herald Assessment of the Series So Far

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https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/05/04/bruins-lose-game-2-and-hampus-lindholm-in-carolina/

RALEIGH, N.C. — With five games’ worth of data now available, there can be only one conclusion drawn regarding the Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes.

The B’s are no match for them.

In the latest installment of the season-long Black and Gold horror show, the B’s were pummeled 5-2 in a nasty, physical Game 2 at PNC Arena on Wednesday to fall behind in the series 2-0. But the loss was more costly than that. While the Canes are now down to their third-string goalie after Antti Raanta got hurt, the B’s will most likely be without defenseman Hampus Lindholm for the immediate future after he had to exit the game late in the second period after he absorbed a hellacious hit.

Is it possible that the B’s can change the vibe of this series when it shifts to Boston for Game 3 on Friday? Sure. But they’ll have to come up with a much better performance than they’ve been able to muster in their first five games, in which they are 0-5 and have been outscored 26-4. They have yet to hold a lead in five games.

“We need a timely save. There’s no doubt about it,” said coach Bruce Cassidy. “We were closer to scoring, we got a couple and the young kid (Pyotr Kochetkov) did a real good job. We could have had more than two. And to me, it’s not too little too late. You’re not on to the next city. It’s the same series, so once you start getting confidence and realizing you can score, the other team realizes that, too. But we’re certainly going to need some timely saves when the tide gets shifted, like they did early on and early on the other night. We finished better than we did the other night and that’s got to continue as well.”

With the temperature high after the Raanta injury and then the Lindholm injury, the B’s took 13 minors, which produced three different 5-on-3s, one of which the Canes scored on.

“It comes down to discipline. We were in the box a lot tonight. We have to look at it and see what was warranted and what wasn’t, but that can’t continue, either,” said Cassidy.

Late in the second period, Lindholm was blasted by Andrei Svechnikov and he was clearly dazed. There was no definitive update, but it didn’t look good at the time or sound good afterward.

 

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2 hours ago, MillionDollarCam said:

I mean they aren’t wrong… we got five games of data to go off of and my butt hole hasn’t been clenched in any of the third periods of those games… so yeah.

Usually I would say the Regular Season has nothing to do with the Playoffs (see Washington murdering us back in 2018-2019 RS and then we beat them in 7 games). But at this point, this seems to be trend.

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Boston blew their load last night in the first. They tried to beat us at our own game and our speed and conditioning showed superior. They couldn't stay aggressive with us, which lead to their dirtier play as the game went on. They're frustrated and trying to get in our heads. Only shot they have.

 

It's 100% on us to finish this in the next two and get a break. We're the superior team, so avoid injuries and ejections and get it done

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