The Boston Bruins raised their sixth Stanley Cup banner to the rafters of the TD Garden Thursday night, but after an energetic start to their season opener, the Bruins were outplayed and outworked by the Philadelphia Flyers.
The Bruins started the NHL season with great intensity, and their much-maligned power play scored the first goal of the season. Brad Marchand took a great pass from Tyler Seguin and slid it past Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov for the opening score.
After that, the Bruins lacked energy, and as a team looked very sloppy. It’s unfair to expect the Bruins to be in midseason form on opening night, but the good play they displayed for much of the preseason just wasn’t there.
It’s hard to separate the emotions of the pregame ceremony from the task at hand, and Thursday night the goal was winning two points from a very good Flyers team.
Was the Bruins’ poor performance on opening night part of a Stanley Cup hangover? It might have been.
“It shows itself in some shape or form,” said Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli. “It’s unavoidable is what I’m to ...
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