""They were our best defensive line yesterday, I thought. Never really got in trouble, played very solid. Can we hopefully get some offense down the stretch? Yeah, hope so. But defensively, they were our best, reliable line out there.""
""On a night where the Sabres held the overwhelming advantage in both shots on goal (38-20) and hits (53-38), the underlying numbers don't exactly flatter any of Boston's lines.""
""In that line's 9:27 of 5-on-5 ice time, the Bruins were outshot, 6-2. But, Buffalo only generated one high-danger scoring chance during that extended stretch - and more importantly, didn't fire a puck past Jeremy Swayman when the Minten line was out on the ice.""
Boston's head coach Marco Sturm relied on the inexperienced third line of Fraser Minten, James Hagens, and Marat Khusnutdinov to stabilize the game after Buffalo's scoring. Despite being outshot and outperformed in other metrics, this line did not allow any high-danger chances against while on the ice. Sturm praised their defensive reliability, indicating their importance in the series. The performance of these young players will be crucial for Boston's chances of success moving forward.
Read at Boston.com
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