Severely depleted Bruins still manage to beat Coyotes
To say the Boston Bruins entered Saturday's contest against the Arizona Coyotes shorthanded would be a gigantic understatement, and yet, they found a way to earn two points.
Shortly before puck drop, the club announced Patrice Bergeron was going home to be evaluated for an upper-body injury. And hours earlier, captain Zdeno Chara was ruled out for at least four weeks as he deals with a knee injury.
The Bruins were also missing four additional starting blue-liners. As a result, they strolled into the desert with a lineup that looked more like an exhibition roster than the 112-point team from a season ago.
Per warmups:
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Bjork-Krejci-Pastrnak
Marchand-Nordstrom-DeBrusk
Heinen-Forsbacka Karlsson-Acciari
Wagner-Kuraly-Backes
Lauzon-Grzelcyk
Krug-Clifton
Zboril-Kampfer
Halak
Boston surged ahead on first-period goals from Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson and Jake DeBrusk, and backup Jaroslav Halak turned in a 32-save performance to secure the 2-1 victory.
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