NHL: Boston Bruins hold San Jose Sharks to 11 shots on goal in the first two periods.
Sharks winger Timo Meier started Sunday’s game with Boston in a somewhat unpredictable fashion, dropping the gloves with Bruins defensemen Brandon Carlo just 27 seconds into the first period. It was only the third fight of Meier’s seven-year NHL career.
One night after a 5-3 loss to the 32nd-place Columbus Blue Jackets, the Sharks gave up even-strength goals to Hampus Lindholm, Charlie McAvoy, and Nick Foligno in the first two periods. David Pastrnak then scored a power-play goal at the 2:40 mark of the third period to give the league-leading Bruins a four-goal lead.
“There’s a variety of reasons why they’re as good as they are and they have the record they have,” Sharks coach David Quinn said Sunday morning of the Bruins. “But more than anything, they play true team hockey. There’s a consistent effort in what they do and that’s been happening for a long time in their organization. It’s why they’ve consistently been one of the teams at the top.”
The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Meier has only had two other fighting majors in his NHL career, with the last coming in Dec. 2018 when he had a scrap with Greg Pateryn, then of the Minnesota Wild. Meier’s other fight came in Sept, 2016, when he dropped the gloves with Tyler Morley in a preseason game between the Sharks and Anaheim Ducks.Sharks winger Kevin Labanc was scratched for the fourth straight game Sunday, as Quinn kept his forward lines intact from Saturday’s loss.
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