Tallying three of a possible six points in three games without Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron is quite an accomplishment in and of itself.
Yet, the Boston Bruins had several golden opportunities to notch an extra point against a rusty New York Rangers bunch on Tuesday night.
The Bruins established good attacking zone habits from the get-go with Charlie Coyle’s greasy goal 3:39 in. They failed to get another puck past Vezina Trophy candidate Igor Shesterkin (31 saves) as the Rangers stymied the Bruins with multiple quality stops.
Jeremy Swayman was equally up to the task during Tuesday’s goaltending clinic on Broadway.