Bruins Daily · Mar 13, 2022
What we learned: Bruins’ third line stays hot against Coyotes
On paper, the Boston Bruins had two points for the taking in their matchup with the lowly Arizona Coyotes at TD Garden. Yet, it wasn’t going to be quite that easy with the Coyotes carrying a four-game win streak heading into Saturday.
The Bruins felt they would enter cruise control after a pair of first-period markers from Craig Smith. But the red-hot Coyotes proved to be a formidable opponent.
Bruce Cassidy’s squad couldn’t escape the self-inflicted wounds. The Coyotes earned momentum on a Clayton Keller blast with 0.05 showing on the clock in the second period. They rode that wave into the beginning of the third period with former Bruin Nick Ritchie tying things up at 2-2 2:15 in.