The Bruins are riding a 14-game point streak. They won seven in a row, their longest win streak of the season, before losing to the Blues in a shootout on Feb. 23. A 4-1 win over the Sharks on Tuesday gave them the second-best record in the Eastern Conference.
The Bruins were the NHL’s third-best team in February, and NESN and NHL Network analyst Billy Jaffe told Boston.com forwards Charlie Coyle and Marcus Johansson only improved the Bruins roster at the trade deadline.
“They might not have been the big-splash moves, the biggest names out there,” Jaffe said, “but what they tried to do is really acquire a couple of guys that addressed some significant needs for them.