Despite a 2nd period let down B's get it done

The Bruin's home opener ended up on the positive side of the record tonight, notching a 3-2 victory over Calgary. The B's came out flying, with Boyes scoring a nice goal on a feed from Savard just 18 seconds into the opening frame. Only a few moments and one shot later, Muzz netted his first of two on the night to give the B's a 2-0 lead.
The first period ended with the B's leading 2-0 despite being outshot. The vault crowd was actualy thinking they had seen the end the scoring funk.
It was good to see Jeremy Jacobs at the game tonight, at least he can say he came to a game this season, even if it is his only one, that will put him at 1 more than last year. I also give him kudos for doing a between periods interview on the New England Sports Network (NESN) they asked him about getting it done and Jacobs responded by saying that he believes in this team and he wants results now, he feels that the team simply needs to believe in themselves and that they need action now to bring the fans back (so all of you who have been boycotting the games, it has worked, JJ has obviously seen that without us he is the proud owner of a cash suckig machine and that does not boast well for the bottom line. Speaking of, the interviewer busted JJ's balls about being over the cap, which Jacobs explained was because of the 4.5 tied up in Zhamnovs salary that will not come off the books until January due to the rules on unable to preform.

The second period was all Calgary as they cut the lead to one, until the final three minutes when the Bruins actually got their first shot on net. The flurry, started by our hard charging fourth line resulted in a penalty to Calgary (which in the first five games was a bad thing for the B's) The Bruins quickly capitalized on the power play when Muzz took a diving snap shot and sent it into the back of the net putting the B's back up by two.

The third period saw the B's looking like they where going into that dreaded defensive lock which in the past few games has resulted in a loss. The Flames netted their second goal of the night and pressed hard for the third, but Boston stood tall and with quality checking and forechecking, coupled with some key saves by Hannu to hold on to the victory.

All in all we played two solid periods of hockey, and got a win. We still need to get a full 60 minute effort, especially seeing that Buffalo is coming to town Saturday, coming off a 9-1 shilacking of the Rangers this week. Neither Chara nor Kessel netted their first tonight, however both had a couple of solid chances, Chara more so than phil, as he just missed one on the power play (1-3 on the night).

I will miss the Saturday game, so MARCH the comments on that performance are up to you.