They may have come away with two more points to begin their three-game trip, but while the Boston Bruins had a few encouraging developments from their 5-3 victory over the struggling Colorado Avalanche, they also encountered their share of hiccups and close calls.
Here are a few thoughts from Boston’s first road win of the young season.
The fourth line continues its early season roll.
Through the first two weeks of the 2024-25 campaign, Jim Montgomery and the coaching staff continued to rotate personnel within the second and third lines. To pick up some of the secondary scoring slack, the Bruins leaned heavily on their fourth line of Johnny Beecher, Mark Kastelic and Cole Koepke.