The quest for staying consistently above .500 seems like a long, never ending road at this point, doesn't it?
Doesn't have to be. Not with Loui Eriksson it doesn't.
Tonight's effort was exactly what the Bruins needed after a drubbing at the hands of the Sharks. While penalties did occur, the resulting Penalty Kill was something else, and the Wild just didn't have the competitive know-how to deal with the supposed 3rd liner from Sweden from then on.
On to the details.
1st Period:
The Bruins started off slightly shaky, with an omen of the previous game in a pair of dumb penalties mere seconds into the game.