Torey Krug and Brad Marchand, two skaters south of 6'0" in stature, personified the Boston Bruins’ defiance Monday afternoon. What they ostensibly lack in substance and advantage, they recompensed in preparation and poise to garner an entertaining 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.
At the time of Monday’s faceoff, the Bruins were barely 24 hours removed from a road game versus another marquee nonconference foe in the Chicago Blackhawks. They had lost one of their more seasoned defensemen, Adam McQuaid, to an injury in that game.
Now lacking McQuaid on top of Dennis Seidenberg, they placed four first- or second-year professionals—Krug included—along with Johnny Boychuk and Zdeno Chara on their blue-line brigade.
That group had to match, if not exceed, the stinginess of Los Angeles, which stands at the top of the NHL’s team defense leaderboard. The Kings remain the only club in the league allowing fewer than two opposing strikes per night with a 1.98 goals-against average.
Adding to the challenge, the Bruins started backup goaltender Chad Johnson to counter L.A.’ ...
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