Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Bruins management team have decided to return Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson to Providence after spending time as a healthy scratch over the last week.
Despite being given the reins for a wide open third line center role, he failed to solidify a true role, posting a 41.9 EV CF%, a dismal 33% faceoff win % while starting 67% of his even strength zone starts in the offensive zone. While he did score twice, both were “right place right time” goals, and he struggled immensely to land shots on goals, being credit with only 3 total in his 9 NHL games.