Monday begins, and a new week is upon us!
The Bruins ended their California road trip with a loss on Sunday night, falling to the San Jose Sharks, 3-1.
The B’s fell behind 2-0 with a Shark goal in each of
the first two periods, but Morgan Geekie (who else) got one back midway through the third.
That’d be all the Bruins could muster on offense, however, and the Sharks would add an ENG to seal it.
The story for San Jose was goalie Yaroslav Askarov, who stopped 33 of 34 shots in the win. He has been on a tear for the Sharks in November, so the Bruins aren’t exactly alone in getting goalied by the Russian netminder.
While it wasn’t what sunk them on Sunday night, the B’s had another somewhat undisciplined game in the penalty column, giving the Sharks six power play opportunities.
Ultimately, two points on the three-game California trip isn’t terrible, but you also can’t help but feel like the Bruins left a point or two on the table.
The Bruins will now be off until Wednesday, when they’ll face the Islanders on the road in a pre-Thanksgiving showdown.
American Thanksgiving marks a milestone of sorts for the NHL season, as the majority of the time, teams in a playoff spot at that point end up making it at season’s end.
As of Monday morning, the Bruins are in the first wild card spot in the East; they’re also just a point out of first place in a very congested Atlantic Division.
(They’re also just three points out of being seventh in the wild card race, but let’s not start the week with negative thinking.)
Ultimately, it’s more of a symbolic thing than anything else, but it’d be nice for the B’s to find themselves in a spot as that date passes.
Unless, of course, you have the sensible view that it’d be better for the Bruins to miss the playoffs and get a higher draft pick, in which case you might be muttering about Geekie into your mashed potatoes on Thursday.
Don’t worry — there’s still the even BETTER possibility of the Bruins making the playoffs AND getting a high draft pick if the Leafs keep scuffling.
What’s on tap for today? Your overall thoughts on the road trip?
