It has been a troublesome two-game stretch for Boston Bruins rookie Matthew Poitras.
Poitras was a wholesome scratch for Thursday’s loss to the Buffalo Sabres after which had his taking part in time decreased in Saturday’s 5-3 win over the Arizona Coyotes at TD Backyard.
Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery determined to not play Poitras in any respect within the third interval with the sport nonetheless hanging within the stability. The 19-year-old ended up receiving simply 11 shifts for the sport, which was the second-fewest on the staff to solely Pavel Zacha, who logged eight shifts since he exited early attributable to an upper-body damage.
Not placing Poitras on the ice over the ultimate 20 minutes was a calculated transfer by Montgomery and he defined his reasoning behind the choice.
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“Valuing recreation administration is one thing that we’ve talked to him about,” Montgomery advised reporters, per team-provided video. “It’s nonetheless missing in his recreation proper now. We’re paid to win hockey video games and I’m going to go along with the fellows that I feel are going to win us hockey video games.”
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Poitras did register an help on a key Danton Heinen aim halfway via the second interval, however with the Bruins attempting to guard a lead within the remaining body, Montgomery opted to repeatedly go along with Charlie Coyle and Trent Frederic on the heart spots.
Coyle notched 20:17 of ice time, which was second-most amongst Bruins forwards, whereas Frederic received 15:13 of ice time.
“I preferred the hassle (from Poitras),” Montgomery stated. “I used Frederic quite a bit within the heart place, too, within the pivot place. It’s a demanding place for us, particularly down low. We figured we had been going to spend so much of time down low within the third interval simply with the way in which they had been urgent. That’s the way in which it labored out.”
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