The road to the Stanley Cup is going through the TD Garden. Last night with their win against the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Bruins claimed the Presidents Trophy and home ice throughout the playoffs. In fact, they now have the most wins of any Bruins team in a season (58).
We no longer have to worry about what Carolina, New Jersey, or Toronto do. The B’s can lose the rest of the way and be in a fine position for the playoffs. Most likely they will rest some players and experiment of the godawful power play units.
Here’s how it happened, broken into 4 parts.
First: All the Penalties
Boston took 3 penalties while Columbus took 2 but it seemed like a hell of a lot more. Still, the B’s their power-play woes continued. Columbus Blue Jackets forward Jack Roslovic drew first blood.
Jack Roslovic gets just enough of Foudy's pass to put it across the goal line, opening the scoring for Columbus!#CBJ pic.twitter.com/mLEuDEkOuS
— Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights (@HockeyDaily365) March 30, 2023
Second: Fights, Penalties, and NO GOAL.
Nick Foligno joined Jack and Brick in the box and spoke about a lot of things. It was a good time since nothing really was happening on the ice until “nephew” Jakub Lauko showed that he can drop the gloves and punchisize with local kid on the Jackets, Bill Sweezey.
Jakub Lauko throws with Billy Sweezey as Uncle Nick Foligno helps provide the commentary.
"I love that kid. True hockey player" pic.twitter.com/Zg6UlKCo6g
— Bear With Me (@BearWithMe_Pod) March 31, 2023
Billy Sweezey’s father LOVED his son’s fight with Jakub Lauko: pic.twitter.com/8v2p3I4nvy
— Evan Marinofsky (@EvanMarinofsky) March 31, 2023
Nearly halfway through the period, Patrice Bergeron was cross-checked in the head by Lane Pederson. The penalty was called as a Major to be reviewed and bumped down to a minor, much to the protest of Patrice Bergeron.
Lane Pederson cross-checks Patrice Bergeron in the face.
Initially got a five-minute major, but it was reduced to two minutes: pic.twitter.com/RlscemqJrg
— Evan Marinofsky (@EvanMarinofsky) March 31, 2023
You have to know you got it wrong when you get this reaction from Bergy like THE PATRICE BERGERON THIS MAD pic.twitter.com/BJrqpNhjWK
— alicia (@LeeshaMae31) March 31, 2023
On the resulting power play, Tyler Bertuzzi scores his first(?) goal as a Bruin.
TYLER BERTUZZI FROM PAVEL ZACHA pic.twitter.com/aHjkH1ndOd
— Spoked Z (@SpokedZ) March 31, 2023
When Pederson exited the box, T Freddy wanted to go. And he lays him out quickly.
Trent Frederic drops Lane Pederson to the ice with one punch. pic.twitter.com/KiSHyEd7eo
— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) March 31, 2023
Tyler Bertuzzi seems to have another goal but it’s blown dead before it crossed the line. It was reviewed but still NO GOAL.
Columbus’ Kirill Marchenko hi-sticked Brad Marchand but the Bruins failed to convert the double-minor to points.
Third: Another Fight, More Penalties
Linus Ullmark started out strong but the rest of the period was kinda blah. More penalties. One more fight between Brandon Carlo and Boone Jenner after Jenner boarded Carlo (not called).
Brandon Carlo drops the gloves with Boone Jenner after Jenner hit him from behind: pic.twitter.com/JNToqDIu4P
— Evan Marinofsky (@EvanMarinofsky) March 31, 2023
nooo sweet precious giant Carlo do not fight before the playoffs
bubble 👏wrap 👏his 👏ass 👏
— Lauren (@bigbruinsenergy) March 31, 2023
This game would go to overtime.
Overtime:
Hampus Lindholm -> David. Pastrnak.
🍝 PASTA LA VISTA 🍝
David Pastrnak (@pastrnak96) buries the @Energizer OT winner for the @NHLBruins, securing the Presidents' Trophy. 🏆 pic.twitter.com/MdwwL6Tdop
— NHL (@NHL) March 31, 2023
Bruins win 2-1.
Bruins are 58-12-5. pic.twitter.com/6Vtr0nZlV4
— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) March 31, 2023
So I had a fun adventure yesterday. The dishwasher stopped working.
Which is more than a little annoying, since I’m still handling that job in addition to all of my usual stuff plus dog-tending, etc. while GH is laid up.
(Oh yeah, the icemaker in the fridge is messed up, and I’ve got a pile of outside chores that are backing up.)
So I set the research department (a.k.a. GH) onto the problem, and she found that the dishwasher won’t turn on if the drain filter is clogged. So ok, where do I find that filter? Looked inside the machine – still not sure. There’s a metal dome to remove in the vicinity, but it looks fragile, and I’m worried that I’ll break it without instruction.
The owner’s manual is nowhere to be found. The one I find online has nothing to say on the matter. YouTube to the rescue.
So after much disassembly of stuff that really shouldn’t need it, I find the culprit. There is a bizarre little construct/kinetic-art project in the drain hole underneath the closest thing to a filter in the unit. And it is clogged with what I can only describe as a fatberg. (slang – something like an iceberg made of fat) There is this off-white goo jamming it up, that may be mostly fat from food scraps, or it might be full of some sort of tough microbes? I can’t tell. And it’s jammed up a bunch of stuff down there.
Now I know it’s gonna get messy, so I start scanning around for protective clothing, and find a kitchen apron. I start scrubbing at the gunk with a brush, and realize I’m gonna have to get my hands in there, so I wanna find some sort of gloves. And I realize that I’ve had a box of those playtex kitchen gloves (large – I’ve got man-hands) sitting around forever so I put em on and pull out the gross drain widget and start cleaning it off. After reassembling it, I doused the drain with vinegar, put the sanitising pack into the dishwasher, started it up, and it worked again.
So now I’m all proud of myself – look how manly I am, I’ve fixed large household appliance! Grunt grunt grunt!
Then I remembered that I did it while looking like the mom from Dexter’s Lab.
Ah well. It’s a good thing my ego isn’t fragile.
Yeeeuuchhh! Few less pleasant jobs. Glad you got it all sorted out in the end though!
Our drainage/sewage system is a Victorian relic (the whole country’s, not just my street) so we’re familiar with fatbergs and clogged drains and stuff!
Luckily we have a particularly potent cleaning agent called “Mr Muscle Unblocker” (Google suggests it’s not available in the US). You don’t want to go in the room for a couple of hours after using it!
Great job! Now, quarantine yourself after exposure to God knows what!
Morning all.
Yay! Friday!
Good morning,
The Bruins like to keep us on tenterhooks, i guess. Really enjoyed Uncle Nick in the broadcast booth. Still, the team needs him on the ice. Navigating the cap until the end of season could be the toughest thing the Bs have faced all season.
Going to try to get some things done before the rain/snow/whatever today brings…… oh well, nice try. No pants today.
BTW, the refs should have given Pederson the major plus a game misconduct. It would have spared the kid the concussion he probably has now. I’ve had the discussion with my partner ref before…. usually something like – “nothing good can happen if this guy stays in the game”. Partner nods in agreement, we gas the dude, emotions subside. Especially when the game means nothing.
That would have made more sense all round, wouldn’t it.
Yeah, that would be a good call. As a fan, one doesn’t understand the nuance of that sort of stuff in real time, but yeah. The penalty deserved a major – it’s not like that stick “accidentally” rode up to hit Bergy in the face. And Freddy knocked that guy out with one punch – that’s a concussion.
This is also likely a good call!
Good morning,
Boys finally got it done. I thought they’d be presented with the trophy straight away. Guess it’ll wait till the last game of the season?
Think that was Bertuzzi’s second as a Bruin, but tbh he’s had so many called back I can’t remember whether any of the previous ones stood!
How is that not a major penalty?! That was worse than what Greer did.
F1 racing in Australia this weekend, which means I’ll be getting up at silly o’clock. I do like getting up early, I’m just too lazy to do it very often!
Oh, something else I noticed yesterday: The Bruins are in the toughest division. I’m measuring this by the fact that the bottom two teams in the Flortheast have more points than the bottom two teams in any other division. And it’s not close.
Yes, i agree. The Flortheast is loaded. Buffalo is still in the playoff hunt and Ottawa and Detroit are right behind them. Imagine if the league played a more balanced schedule!
I think the trophy is a post season thing.
I think Tampa clinches on Saturday. All of the wildcard contenders are in tough matches. If the B’s beat Pittsburgh, I think they knock them out of the WC2 spot, but Florida would be the beneficiary of that.
. If the B’s beat Pittsburgh, I think they knock them out of the WC2 spot, but Florida would be the beneficiary of that.
The dark lining in a silver cloud!
F1 weekend and Wrestlemania weekend for me. Me trying to keep up with everything:
Hehehe! That was me last year when the Winter Olympics was on.
One of my darts teammates has gone to Wrestlemania! We had a good chat about it the other week. Me and my sister used to love it in the early 90s.
Oh cool! I would like to go someday. I have fun watching just for the sheer spectacle of it. Though I can’t imagine anything topping the Sami Zayn/Johnny Knoxville Jackass match from last year. Peak sports entertainment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFHqYM-Rb6g
Wee Man!