SPORT-SCAN DAILY BRIEF NHL 05/13/19 Boston Bruins Minnesota Wild 1144446 Bruins’ depth of scorers has been devastating 1144479 Wild GM Paul Fenton's first year on job doesn't inspire 1144447 Bruins’ offense erupts in Game 2 romp over Hurricanes confidence 1144448 Connor Clifton was in the right spot to score his first NHL 1144480 Behind Sam Anas’ rise in hockey, there’s a special bond goal with one inspiring mom 1144449 The Charlie Coyle Line has created havoc for Bruins’ 1144481 A tribute to Wild moms: On raising an NHL family and life opponents beyond hockey 1144450 Matt Grzelcyk celebrates a special day playing for his hometown team Montreal Canadiens 1144451 Marcus Johansson, Charlie Coyle make genius out of 1144482 Jack Todd: Howling Habs mob can learn a lesson or two Bruins GM Don Sweeney from new Edmonton GM 1144452 Connor Clifton’s emergence perfect timing for Bruins 1144453 Matt Grzelcyk answers big hit in Bruins’ win Nashville Predators 1144454 Hurricanes look to reverse course at home in Game 3 1144483 What legal online sports betting in Tennessee means for 1144455 Bruins pregame notes: B’s have chance to double series college and pro teams lead 1144484 Sports betting for dummies: How to bet the spread, 1144456 Matt Grzelcyk's toughness sparks Bruins in big blowout moneyline and over/under win in Game 2 1144485 How sports betting varies by state, as it nears online 1144457 Talking Points from the Bruins' 6-2 win over the launch in Tennessee Hurricanes in Game 2 1144458 NHL history says Bruins' chances of reaching Stanley Cup Ottawa Senators Final are now very high 1144486 Senators turn back the clock with Rick Bowness on the 1144459 Brad Marchand draws penalty, mocks Justin Williams radar screen in coaching search before Bruins' power-play goal 1144460 Highlights from the Bruins' 6-2 win over the Hurricanes in Philadelphia Flyers Game 2 1144487 Flyers prospect Isaac Ratcliffe puts on highlight reel as 1144461 Bruins are embracing a return to conference final, but not Guelph Storm win OHL championship 'getting lost in it' 1144462 How the Bruins broke Petr Mrazek and routed the Pittsburgh Penguins Hurricanes in Game 2 1144488 Penguins castoff Greg McKegg finds scoring touch in 1144463 Matt Grzelcyk living out every young Bruins fan’s dream Carolina as a playoff star San Jose Sharks Carolina Hurricanes 1144489 Kurtenbach: In a Game 1 battle of hockey vs. ‘other stuff’, 1144464 Bruins’ Matt Grzelcyk celebrates a special day playing for the truth of the Sharks-Blues West Final comes out his hometown team 1144490 Conn Smythe candidate Logan Couture making case for 1144465 Bruins’ depth of scorers has been devastating for Selke candidacy Hurricanes 1144491 Sharks look to buck trend of losing Game 2 in Stanley Cup 1144466 A Boston blowout dampens a Canes watch party, but playoffs Hamilton the Pig brings some smiles 1144492 Five observations from Sharks' 6-3 win over Blues in 1144467 Hurricanes stick with Mrazek, but face Game 3 decision in Game 1 of West final goal 1144468 It has all gone so wrong for the Hurricanes, so quickly St Louis Blues 1144469 Bruins hammer Canes 6-2 for 2-0 lead in Eastern 1144493 BenFred: Blues can't have key cog Tarasenko in the tank Conference finals vs. Sharks 1144470 The Hurricanes hope their Game 2, four-goal loss to the 1144494 Berube: "Vladi has to work without the puck a lot harder" Bruins was just a ‘poop sandwich’ 1144495 Mistake-prone Blues give away Game 1 to Sharks 1144496 BenFred: Blues bite themselves in Game 1 loss Chicago Blackhawks 1144497 Perron still thinks about concussion from San Jose's 1144471 Blackhawks stars score 3 goals in Team USA's 7-1 Thornton blowout of France at Worlds 1144498 Blues fall to San Jose 6-3 in Game 1 of Western final 1144499 With the Blues’ Vladimir Tarasenko looking unengaged, Colorado Avalanche we asked NHL sources to help figure out why 1144472 Projecting the Colorado Avalanche 2019-20 roster 1144500 Blues’ defense disappoints, crumbling to Sharks’ top line breakdown. 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Who will the Avs in Game 1 loss sign in t Websites Dallas Stars 1144501 The Athletic / Protector, supporter, confidant: Connor 1144473 Looking at 3 players in the Stars' system who may be McDavid’s mom, Kelly, is his off-ice rock through good ready to make the leap to the NHL 1144502 Sportsnet.ca / Hurricanes head home with bad taste in mouth after two losses to Bruins Detroit Red Wings 1144503 Sportsnet.ca / Vlasic still an ever-dependable presence on 1144474 Red Wings’ Dylan Larkin shines as Team USA routs Sharks' blue line France in hockey worlds 1144504 USA TODAY / Bruins rout Hurricanes, prove they're on a 1144475 Red Wings’ Anthony Mantha has five points as Canada different level through two games of Eastern Conference rolls at Worlds 1144505 USA TODAY / Brad Marchand draws controversial penalty 1144476 Red Wings’ Dylan Larkin helps U.S. rout France at Worlds on Justin Williams, mocks Hurricanes captain Edmonton Oilers 1144477 Protector, supporter, confidant: Connor McDavid’s mom, SPORT-SCAN, INC. 941-284-4129 Kelly, is his off-ice rock through good times and bad 1144478 Oilers goalie prospect Stuart Skinner stars as the Condors stay alive in the AHL playoffs 1144446 Boston Bruins “You’re not relying on one area — we’ve definitely got that,” added Cassidy. “The Charlie Coyle line right now creates, I think, a big problem for the other team. OK, you have [the Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-David Bruins’ depth of scorers has been devastating Pastrnak] line right out of the gate. [David] Krejci is a known playoff scorer, now with DeBrusk. “Now you have a third line to deal with. It’s a lot of work to get your two Adrian Walker defensive pairings out there against three lines. It’s a big ask. A difficult ask. And it’s benefitted us a lot.” Game 3 Tuesday night in Raleigh, the city of the Storm Surge and distant Unlike failed postseasons of the past, when top lines buckled and sons of Hartford’s Forever .500s. It appears their only hope of stopping secondary scoring drifted off to the NHL Twilight Zone, the Bruins of Boston is to roll out backup tender Curtis McElhinney in attempt to cause springtime 2019 have everyone but Tony the Pizza Maker from the 300 a tidal shift. Level of TD Garden finding his way to the scoresheet. “When we play like we did today,” mused Johansson, who is growing “There’s a reason we’re a good team,” noted Brad Marchand, one of the more confident with each shift, “we had four lines going and all six D’men Black-and-Gold’s top gunners, who didn’t pick up a point on Sunday, going. We were up ice and we played hard and we had that mind-set [to which only underscored the luxury of the club’s broad-based scoring. “It’s score]. When we do that, it feels like we come in waves, and sooner or because we have depth. We don’t rely on one line or a couple of guys. later pucks are going to go in.” We expect everybody to produce and every single night we have a different guy step up and be a big player for our group.” Of late, they are going in at nearly a non-stop rate. In their string of five wins, the Bruins have outscored Columbus and Carolina by an aggregate On Sunday, the goal parade was led by Matt Grzelcyk, who potted a pair, 22-8. They’re not just winning. They are dealing out beatings. summoning the touch he learned playing street hockey around the corner in Charlestown. The only top-six regular to score was Jake DeBrusk (No. “That was kind of our thing at the start of the year, depth of scoring,” said 3 on the postseason), and the sheet was filled out by Clifton, Danton DeBrusk, “and it’s coming at the right time.” Heinen, and David Backes, who continues to enjoy a second-line rebirth that is beginning to rival a hip-and-happenin’ Tony Bennett touring anew Boston Globe LOADED: 05.13.2019 in a pairing with Lady Gaga. What all of this has meant, beyond causing an array of opposing goalies a Nineteenth Nervous breakdown, is that the Bruins have played time and time again with time on their side. Lead time. To wit: With Sunday’s 44 minutes 38 seconds added to their trove, the Bruins through 15 games have led for an aggregate 462:34, or more than 30- plus minutes per game. Through two games, the Canes have led for only 13:08 in Game 1, when this actually looked like this was a series they could win. While the Bruins have rolled up that gaudy 462:34 bulge, their opponents (Toronto, Columbus and Carolina) have scratched out only 138:14, or slightly more than nine minutes per game. The Boston scoring has reached a contagious level, with each line a threat, and the opposition typically one, two or three lines short of an answer. Does it feel contagious? “It does,” said coach Bruce Cassidy. Does it change his approach from behind the bench? “Yeah, I guess it would,” he added. When down by a goal, noted Cassidy, a typical coaching protocol is to call on the top line to put in more reps. When scoring comes from across the roster, no one talks about the need for “best players to be the best players.” That microscope only gets dusted off, and the petri dish pulled out, when the big guys have lost their voice and the backup singers become a risible bunch of B-flats and B-gones.