Boston Bruins opponents are taking notice of Brad Marchand’s unsurpassed scoring rate on the team and it is still not doing much to remedy the threat.
The notice they are taking is evident in the fact that Marchand has drawn three opposing penalties in his four games since sitting out a Feb. 6 visit to Montreal with a shoulder ailment. He had only drawn one—a hooking minor on opening night against the New York Rangers Carl Hagelin—in the first eight games of the 2013 season prior to that momentary injury.
The fact that he is inflicting another type of negative scoresheet entry on the adversary and has one goal for each of those three power plays drawn only compounds his early impact.
That impact reached a new height in Sunday evening’s tilt with the Winnipeg Jets. The Bruins had just finished the second period with their second equalizer of the night, coming off the stick of Daniel Paille with two seconds left and only 25 ticks after Evander Kane had restored the Winnipeg lead.
Returning to the fresh sheet, Marchand went all out to verify and cement the usurped momentum. Only nine seconds had hopped off the clo ...
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Boston Bruins: How Brad Marchand Is Impacting Them Beyond the Goal Column
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