Bruins turning it around

By Chris Maza
Fan Fanatic Sports Staff

A slow start and early season injuries could have buried this team, but they are finding a way to stay afloat and are showing signs of improvement.

Since starting the season at 3-4, the Bruins have gone 2-0-1, scoring three goals or more in each game. Sure, the two wins came against some pretty terrible teams in Nashville and Ottawa. But the Nashville game convinced fans, and perhaps the Bruins themselves they could win without some of their top talent.

Philadelphia dealt the B's a shootout loss proved that the team can still hang with a team some considered a favorite to win the Eastern Conference.

But the he Ottawa game was one that could be a defining moment for the team. The Senators are not a powerhouse by any means (don't let the fast start fool you), but overcoming a 3-1 deficit with 1:28 remaining against any team, then beat them in a shootout is something that can give a team a huge lift.

Over this stretch, the Bruins have done an outstanding job of distributing the wealth in terms of goal scoring in the absence of two of last year's top-5 goal scorers (Chuck Kobasew, who was traded and Marc Savard, who broke his left foot.) Really, they're doing it without three of their top goal scorers from last season if you include No. 1 Phil Kessel, but even if he was still with the team he wouldn't be available until November. Blake Wheeler, Mark Recchi, David Krejci, Derek Morris, Matt Hunwick, Steve Begin, Michael Ryder and Patrice Bergeron all have scored over the last three games.

Now the B's have to do something they haven't done yet this year - win back-to-back games.