Delete his 2-2 equalizer and his empty netter and it would not matter. Jarome Iginla would still stand out as an influential factor in the Boston Bruins’ 12th consecutive victory this past Saturday.
One night after blanking the Avalanche in Colorado, the Bruins trailed Phoenix by a goal at the 40-minute mark. Rather than recoil and concede to a combination of fatigue and an inflating cushion, they flip-flopped the deficit to a 4-2 triumph.
To underscore the perpetual lack of satisfaction that fueled the comeback, this happened one night after Boston’s 11th straight win secured its Stanley Cup playoff berth.
Iginla’s six-game production streak from March 9 through March 18 pushed his club to the cusp of postseason qualification. After a negligible cold spell of 100-plus minutes in Denver and Phoenix, his rekindling ensured a team-wide statement against slowing down in the afterglow of accomplishment.
Afterwards, game-winning goal scorer and depth forward Shawn Thornton told csnne.com reporter Joe Haggerty, “We talked between the second and the third about not getting too discouraged ...
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