Brad Marchand is no stranger to scoring slumps.
The pugnacious winger once went 15 straight games without a tally in 2015, with several other droughts stretching over multiple weeks.
Given both his tenure in the NHL (16 seasons) and stat line (401 career goals entering Saturday night), the Bruins’ captain is not one to fret over nights where the puck isn’t sailing into twine.
“I’ve been through many different stretches in my career, good and bad, and you gotta stay even-keeled,” Marchand acknowledged. “I wasn’t getting too caught up in it.”
But the 36-year-old winger quickly relented.