The Bruins left Boston on Thursday with the feeling that being on the road and away from the holiday distractions of home would help them focus on the task at hand.<\/p>\n
That was the theory, anyway.<\/p>\n
The reality was that the B\u2019s played arguably their worst game of the season on Friday against the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre, dropping a 5-1 decision that was as lopsided as the score indicated. The B\u2019s now have to turn it around to face a hot Wild team in St. Paul on Friday.<\/p>\n
Though the B\u2019s had been much more competitive in their previous two games, both overtime losses, it was the B\u2019s third straight loss and one that, if it came at a different point in the schedule, might precipitate a message-sending call-up from Providence.<\/p>\n
The B\u2019s got only token pressure on Winnipeg goalie Connor Hellebuyck when it mattered and, even then, it was of the one-and-done variety. The power outage is getting concerning. They have been held to one goal in three of their last five games. If the power outage continues much longer, the B\u2019s may have no choice to but to take a look at prospect Georgii Merkulov, who\u2019s been tearing it up in Providence lately.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, the defense wasn\u2019t all that great, either.<\/p>\n
After being thoroughly outplayed for most opening period, it looked like the B\u2019s might escape into the first break with a scoreless game.<\/p>\n
Jeremy Swayman was the B\u2019s best player in the opening 20 minutes and he had to be. The B\u2019s allowed a couple of the odd-man rushes in the early going and it appeared that they had scored on one but it was ruled that Josh Morrissey had kicked the puck into the net at 2:29.<\/p>\n
The B\u2019s were barely able to get out of their zone and, when they did, they\u2019d give it right back to the Jets in the neutral zone.<\/p>\n
But the B\u2019s started to spend a little more time in the offensive zone late in the period and appeared to be in good position to head into the intermission in good shape. But with less than 30 seconds left in the period, Charlie McAvoy decided to go on the attack and it blew up on the B\u2019s. He took the puck in deep in the right and tried a backdoor pass intended for Pavel Zacha that did not connect.<\/p>\n
That sent Mark Scheifele off the other way on a 2-on-1 with Gabe Vilardi, whose initial shot was stopped by Swayman but the puck trickled into the slot. Brad Marchand was there, but he couldn\u2019t get a handle on it and Morrissey popped it home for a goal that would stand up with just 7.8 seconds left in the period.<\/p>\n
Still, the B\u2019s seemed to be unaffected by the late goal, as they played a little better to start the second. They earned the first power play of the game, with which they could do nothing. Then they easily killed off a Winnipeg power play.<\/p>\n
But at 11:17, the Jets doubled their lead. From the right corner, Nik Ehlers tried to sneak a pass through Brandon Carlo to Vilardi at the left post. Carlo got a skate on it and Swayman actually made a great save on the deflection, but Vilardi was there to bang the rebound home.<\/p>\n
The Jets made it 3-0 on an eventful power play. In the midst of the Winnipeg advantage, Parker Wotherspoon gloved in aerial puck while he was in the crease, resulting in a penalty shot. Scheifele took it and Swayman stoned him with the blocker.<\/p>\n
But with 30 seconds still left on the Winnipeg PP, the B\u2019s couldn\u2019t close out the kill. From the left point, Nate Schmidt made a fake to Cole Perfetti in the right circle, inducing Hampus Lindholm to chase. That left Nino Niederreiter all alone at the right post and, after Schmidt connected, he had a wide open net at 17:41.<\/p>\n
That put the B\u2019s in a three-goal hole going into the third period and, considering they\u2019d managed just 13 shots on Hellebuyck through 40 minutes, it was doubtful they could make that climb.<\/p>\n
Just 1:25 into the third, the Jets\u2019 Adam Lowry used his big body to hold off McAvoy and Kevin Shattenkirk at the top of the crease to tap in Mason Appleton\u2019s pass too easily.<\/p>\n
Carlo broke up Hellebuyck\u2019s shutout bid in garbage time.<\/p>\n
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