One massive takeaway from Bruins 3-1 win over the Capitals: "it's not acceptable"
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Last night, the Boston Bruins ended up defeating the Washington Capitals, but there was one aspect of their game that was not acceptable, and needs to be improved.
The Boston Bruins easily could have lost their season opening game against the Washington Capitals, due to how many penalties they took.
In just the first two periods, the Boston Bruins took many undisciplined penalties, and it could have put them into a bad spot.
If it wasn't for their outstanding penalty killing, the Bruins could have easily lost that game.
Washington ended up going 0-5 on the power play, but as the season goes on, and teams get more crisp on the power play, the Bruins are going to have to be better at not taking penalties.
Sometimes it's hard to avoid taking penalties, but the Bruins looked like the same undisciplined team as last year.
Bruins need to improve on undisciplined penalties
David Pastrnak started things off by hooking Tom Wilson, when there was no need to in the offensive zone. Kuraly followed that up with an interference penalty and so did Henri Jokihaju.
Charlie McAvoy and Mark Kastelic both took tripping penalties in the second period. Both of these could have been avoided as both the puck and stick of the opponent were accessible.
Luckily for them, Jeremy Swayman looked stellar for the Boston Bruins and helped lead them to a 3-1 win in their season opener.
This is a good example of Sturm's new system being solid for the Boston Bruins, and if they follow this style of play, with cleaning up their penalties, they can become a competitive team once again.
Do you think the Boston Bruins are going to be a undisciplined team once again this year?
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