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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Bruins: Penalty killing was wrong

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BOSTON - There are many reasons to clear a room. Few positive.
The Bruins Winter Classic Jersey' dressing room was almost evacuated shortly after the workout Wednesday morning at TD Garden, and it was not in a hurry to catch a plane that took them to Washington for the first of three straight games on the road. All but a few stragglers hustled stalls at a post office, where the death penalty was in session meeting.
"Our PK certainly be better," coach Claude Julien discreet.
"Right now, I think we are on our heels The confidence level is not there, as it should be is our job as players, as a team, as a group, as a coaching staff -. . To create this trust you'll need to be able to kill penalties. "
The inability of the Bruins survive short-handed situations condemned them Tuesday night when they allowed the Stars to hit three consecutive power plays in a 5-3 loss. He stopped streaks of four consecutive victories and seven straight games with points. The lack of penalty kill forward Chris Kelly, who suffered a broken leg just 1:40 into the game, was a factor, but it was not the first time the B struggled while shorts -handed.

Shorthanded was a problem all season. The Bruins have given at least one power-play goal in nine of their 11 games, and one of their almost perfect night does not count: they should not kill penalties in their game of the season against the Jets on October 8.
Tuesday was a weak point. The Bruins fell to last place in the NHL on the PK, with a meager survival rate 70 percent. In six home games (1-4-1), they were even worse - 63.2 percent. Even on the road, where they are 5-0-0, it is only 76.2 percent, 22 in the league.
"It certainly has not been good enough," said the winger Loui Eriksson, who in partnership with Kelly in short-handed situations. "We let in too many goals. The teams make too many plays."
The departure of Kelly, almost certainly for the remainder of the season, is particularly inopportune because the Bs will face three of the top 10 power play squads of the NHL on the trip: the Capitals (ninth, 22.6 percent) of Canadians (fourth, 24.0) and Islanders (third, 27.6). All three are in the top 10 percent power play at home, too.
"We have to step it up, for sure," said defender Kevan Miller, whose 3 minutes, 20 seconds of short-handed ice time per game ranked second full time Bruins captain Zdeno Chara Jersey for in 3:30. "You're going to abandon play goals sometimes it`s going to happen, but we must do a better job of limiting these. "
The Bruins have recalled veteran Max Talbot, who played only two games before he was assigned to the AHL Providence, to help cover the loss of Kelly. The 31-year-old forward, whose ability to play center gives the person the B capable of taking the game starts Kelly would have taken, has 11 NHL seasons of experience in situations Short- handed.
"This is my go-to thing," said Talbot. "In Pittsburgh (2005-06 through 10-11) and Philadelphia (2011-12 to '13 -14, when he was traded to the Avalanche), I was probably in the top four for PK ice time each year. It is something I pride. I work my whole career on it. "
"Max is our response right away, to come in and help us in this area," said Julien. "We brought Max because, number one, it's a penalty killer, and number two, it is a great veteran, a great leader."
The arrival of Talbot is not likely to solve all the problems, however. The depth of the Bruins penalty kill was already reduced by deletions offseason free agent veteran forwards Daniel Paille and Gregory Campbell, and they have not had defenseman Dennis Seidenberg (back surgery) all the year, either.
Julien is looking for a few good men to fill the holes - more shooting and passing lanes.
"We should have a lot of players that should be able to step up and do the job," said the coach. "We have to look at what we have and what we should be good enough to be much better than what we are right now."

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