COMMENTARY
Sometimes some reassurance from family members is all anyone needs to break out of a rut. The Boston Bruins received just that on their mother’s trip to Nashville on Tuesday night.
The Bruins, carrying a three-game skid to the Music City, were a determined bunch from the get-go.
With their mothers watching from one of the suites inside Bridgestone Arena, the Bruins scored just 1:36 in after David Pastrnak’s slap shot found its way past Pekka Rinne for his 32nd of the season. They never looked back against a Predators squad fresh off firing coach Peter Laviolette and subsequent hiring of former Devils bench boss John Hynes.