COMMENTARY
The Boston Bruins scored first for the eighth straight game on Super Bowl Sunday. Yet, in each of those seven prior contests, they wound up relinquishing the early one-goal advantage at some point during the game.
It turned out they only needed one goal from David Krejci — during the second period — in the nation’s capital on Sunday. Rarely does one mere goal get the job done, especially against Braden Holtby, but the Bruins dug deep against the Capitals and snapped their three-game losing streak.
Here is what we learned following Boston’s 1-0 triumph.