The details and the effort remained solid throughout Tuesday’s 60-minute tilt. But the positive results evaded the Boston Bruins against a top-tier netminder in Jusse Saros and the rest of the resurging Nashville Predators.
Until the third.
Jim Montgomery’s squad encountered a few hiccups, and watched Justin Brazeau exit with an upper-body injury on Tuesday. Linus Ullmark matched Saros stride for stride as the Bruins tried to find their scoring touch. Yet, they never deviated from their tight-checking and defensive structure before pouncing in the third.
The Bruins grabbed the lead at 13:18 of the final frame on Charlie Coyle’s shorthanded tally.