"One thing we've learned - or had confirmed - through two games of this Bruins season is that winning will rarely come easily for this team. It doesn't matter if they're playing a legitimate Eastern Conference contender on the road like the Washington Capitals or a young, up-and-coming-but-not-there-yet club like the Chicago Blackhawks. But what will make their life in the National Hockey League a little easier is if they get kind the kind of contributions throughout the lineup like they did in Thursday's home opener."
"The former Buffalo Sabre and Colorado Avalanche did not seem like a perfect fit wherever he was slotted in training camp. It didn't help he that he missed a couple of days with a lower body injury. He was tried at second line center, second line left wing and third line center. In Wednesday's opener, he saw the least amount of ice time of all four centers (12:06), partly because Minten and Sean Kuraly saw big minutes on the penalty kill."
Winning has been hard for the Bruins through two games, regardless of opponent quality. Contributions from multiple lines eased the burden, including an overtime winner from rookie Fraser Minten. Casey Mittelstadt scored early by snapping a loose puck between the pads of Arvid Soderblom, providing relief after an uneven training camp and a minor lower-body injury. Mittelstadt was tried in multiple roles—second-line center, second-line left wing and third-line center—and saw limited ice time in the opener (12:06) as Minten and Sean Kuraly logged heavy penalty-kill minutes. The team aims to build on balanced scoring moving forward.
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