The official scoresheet and play-by-play transcript pointed to a perfect balance of blame among the Boston Bruins’ blue-line brigade Tuesday night.
The Minnesota Wild spent the third period flip-flopping a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 victory, all the while going on an 18-8 run in the shooting gallery. Amid that submissive slide, every Boston defensive pairing had a turn letting pucks and puck-carriers get by on its watch with costly results.
Dougie Hamilton and Dennis Seidenberg, the de facto minute-munching tandem as long as Zdeno Chara is out with his injury, could not curtail Zach Parise at the 4:21 mark. Minnesota’s leading producer thus maintained his perfect point-per-game pace through eight ventures in 2014-15.
Only two minutes and 13 seconds elapsed before Matt Bartkowski and Zach Trotman, the bottom pair as long as Kevan Miller is missing, let Justin Fontaine pull the Wild even.
Not to be excluded in the top-to-bottom, man-for-man debacle, Torey Krug and Adam McQuaid shared the demerit on the decider. They lost their bid for a one-night plus-one rating by being in action when Marco Scandella ins ...
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Boston Bruins’ Depleted Defense Returns to Reality in Loss to Minnesota Wild
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