The Bruins are fresh off their most well-rounded performance of the young season in their 4-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers Thursday night at TD Garden. Ryan Donato, one of Boston’s promising young forwards, could only sit and watch.
Head coach Bruce Cassidy scratched the former Harvard standout in favor of Joakim Nordstrom, who recorded a goal in place of Donato on the B’s second line. This gamble paid off, but the benching was also a motivational tactic for Cassidy and a learning experience.
The young Donato expressed how “pissed off” he was about sitting up in the Level 9 following Thursday’s pregame skate.