Jake DeBrusk isn’t the only Bruin struggling to give his team consistency in the secondary scoring department. But unlike his other teammates, his inconsistent play became more noticeable with each performance.
With a mere five points on the season — a goal and four assists — DeBrusk found himself teetering into healthy scratch status. DeBrusk’s effort in Boston’s 1-0 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Sunday provided the final straw for coach Bruce Cassidy.
For the first time this season, Cassidy decided to bench DeBrusk for performance-based reasons as the Bruins prep to take on the defensively sound New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum on Tuesday night.