The Boston Bruins (30-23-6) pulled an extra point out of the overtime period in San Jose (35-18-7) with a 2-1 victory on Sunday. Boston came into San Jose rested and hot, fresh off of their six day bye week, and still riding with that new coach smell.
The newly minted five-day bye week has had mixed responses around the NHL, and has not been kind to teams coming off their players’ association mandated rest period. Teams’ records in the first game back from the bye were 3-12-4 coming into Sunday’s game, but nobody told the Bruins that, apparently.