Marchand one-timed a Matt Grzelcyk feed from the right faceoff circle and blew it past Washington netminder Craig Anderson just 39 seconds into overtime.
It was the first goal of the series for Marchand, who has scored 17 times in his last 39 playoff contests dating back to Marchand is among the Bruins ' regular players not suiting up for Tuesday's regular-season finale against the Capitals, Conor Ryan of MassLive. With the Bruins locked into their playoff seeding and facing their first-round opponent Tuesday, coach Bruce Cassidy will err on the side of caution with a slew of his key players.
Additionally, Charlie Coyle upper body and Ondrej Kase undisclosed will be held out. Given this context, there figures to be some interesting DFS values among the players the team chooses to roll out versus Washington. Marchand picked up two assists, one on the power play, in Monday's overtime win over the Islanders.
The year-old is wrapping up the regular season on a heater, generating multiple points in three straight games and five of the last seven.
On the year, Marchand has 28 goals and 69 points in 53 contests, the fifth straight campaign in which he's produced at better than a point-a-game pace. Marchand scored a power-play goal and added an even-strength assist in Saturday's loss to the Rangers.
The veteran winger is closing out the regular season on a heater. Marchand has piled up 15 goals and 31 points over 22 games since the beginning of April, and even with the shortened schedule, he's now only three points shy of his fifth straight point campaign. Player Home Game Log. Game Preview. Full Standings. Time On Ice Per Game. Penalty Minutes. Rotowire Nov 13, See More See Less. Rotowire Nov 7, Rotowire Nov 5, Rotowire Oct 24, Rotowire Oct 23, Rotowire Oct 21, Rotowire Oct 17, Rotowire Jun 10, Rotowire Jun 8, Rotowire Jun 6, Rotowire Jun 4, Rotowire Jun 1, Rotowire May 30, Rotowire May 20, Rotowire May 18, Both have been playing in Providence.
That will be a discussion between [Don Sweeney], [goalie coach Bob Essensa] and myself and see what they recommend. Jaro will not play back-to-back up in Pittsburgh if Tuukka's not ready. We'll use one of the guys that's been in Providence. Video: Cassidy talks to media after practice on Friday.
Also missing from practice on Friday was Zach Senyshyn , who put forth a strong showing in his season debut on Thursday night. Unfortunately, the winger suffered an upper-body injury that will require him to "miss some time," according to Cassidy.
He worked really hard to get to this point. He'll keep working hard and hopefully it doesn't set him back too much. That's what he's dealt and he's a strong player, strong person. He'll get back. But no question, you don't want to see that for anyone you're close to. That's Brad, I think he's matured enough now not to take himself out of the game.
Maybe that would've been a game in the past where he lets it get to him and wouldn't have been an effective player, but he found his game, and it was a big part of the win with the overtime goal. Luckily for the Bruins, they have a great leader in captain Patrice Bergeron who can identify when his linemate needs to be reminded of the way the team needs to play to be successful. I've got to do a little bit better job there than I did tonight. Marchand is an enormously important player for the Bruins.
He's arguably the best left winger in the world and scored at a point-per-game rate or better for the fifth consecutive year with a team-leading 69 points 29 goals, 40 assists in 53 regular season games. It's hard to envision the Bruins making a deep playoff run without Marchand and the rest of his line Bergeron and David Pastrnak generating offense at a consistent level. This group passed its first test of the playoffs by bouncing back from an awful Game 1 and scoring two goals Monday night -- one each from Marchand and Bergeron.
It wasn't surprising, either, and not just because these are elite players. This Bruins team has responded really well to challenges all season.
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