When Chris Kelly left Tuesday’s loss to the Dallas Stars just three seconds into his first shift, a huge gap on the Bruins’ penalty kill opened up. The Stars took full advantage of that gap. Without Kelly on the ice to fend off the Stars’ lethal power play, the Bruins penalty kill had no answers for Tyler Seguin and company.
Behind two tallies from Seguin on the man advantage, and another strike from Alex Goligoski, the Stars power play had their way with the Bruins penalty kill. After allowing goals on three of four power plays, the Bruins have fallen to dead last in penalty kill percentage in all of the National Hockey League, a far cry from their top-ranked power play.