- Benchmark for Lucic Milan Lucic's goal last night was his 20th of the season, giving him the first 20-goal season of his career. As Bob Beers pointed out last night on the radio, every goal Lucic scores for the rest of the season will be a new benchmark for him (his previous career high was 17), but the "20-goal mark" is a special one for goalscorers. If Lucic keeps up his current pace and stays healthy, he should crack the 30-goal mark before the end of the season.
- Marchand keeps producing As I've said before, Brad Marchand has been, in my opinion, the most consistent Bruin this season. He rarely, if ever, has an off night and has put up 13 G-12 A- 25PTS totals so far on the season. Marchand loves playing with Mark Recchi and Patrice Bergeron and his confidence keeps increasing, meaning B's fans should have more Marchand highlights to watch before season's end. He's quickly become one of my favorite Bruins.
- Krejci's OK One of the "mantras" for the Bruins this season has been "we have a ton of depth at center." That depth was nearly pushed to the limit last night when David Krejci went down in a heap in the first period. Early assumptions were that Krejci hurt his wrist or shoulder, as the center struggled to his feet after staying down on the ice for a while, then went down the tunnel. Lo and behold, Krejci returned just a few minutes later and assisted on Lucic's goal. Luckily for the B's, Krejci's tumble was just a scare.
- WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDES Wides was in this game. That's good enough for me.
- The usual Horton, power play, etc. I wasn't too happy with how the B's kind of sat back towards the end of this game, but at the same time I never felt like they were going to lose. Whatever.
- Booing Wideman I feel like I don't even want to get started on this, but: why boo a guy who led your team in playoff scoring the year before, a guy who's had nothing but good things to say about the city and the fans since he got dealt? Because he had an off-year last year? Uh, newsflash boobirds: pretty much everyone on the Bruins had an "off-year" last year; why don't you boo them? In any case, it's not worth my time or energy to defend Big Money Wides. If you booed him last night, then you aren't worth my time. You clearly don't know much about watching hockey.
- The B's head into the All-Star break with a little momentum, having gone 11-4-3 in their last 18 games. They're quietly starting to play more consistent hockey, good news for fans. Hopefully they can keep it up and keep building momentum as they head towards the playoffs. I'm planning on writing a longer "state of the Bruins" piece either today or tomorrow, so stay tuned.
Attaboy: Marchand. Kid's money.
Providence Shuttle: The fans who booed Wides. You and Providence deserve each other.
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