"For all of the excitement that comes with a new season of hockey, Marco Sturm was candid ahead of puck drop of the inevitable learning curves in store for a Bruins team learning a new system under a first-time bench boss. "We still are going to make a lot of mistakes," Sturm said pregame. "I know that, too. [There] was a lot of information coming at them. But I also want to see us playing simple hockey - straight up-and-down Bruins hockey.""
"Sure enough, the Bruins had some serious struggles during Sunday's matchup against Washington, with most of those missteps drawn out of the team's D-zone execution (or lack thereof). Washington jumped out to a 4-1 lead after 20 minutes due in large part to some poor puck play in Boston's end of the ice. Just 31 seconds after Geekie opened the scoring at 6:17 in the first, Washington secured the equalizer after Nikita Zadorov turned the puck over behind Boston's net - eventually leading to Sonny Milano beating DiPietro with a sharp backhand shot from the slot."
Marco Sturm coached his first game behind the bench as the Bruins opened preseason with a 5-2 loss to the Washington Capitals at TD Garden. Morgan Geekie and Patrick Brown scored for Boston. Michael DiPietro and Simon Zajicek split goaltending duties, with DiPietro stopping 16 of 21 shots. The team surrendered four goals in the opening period largely because of poor puck play and defensive-zone execution. Nikita Zadorov’s turnover and Victor Soderstrom’s mistakes contributed to Washington’s early lead. Sturm emphasized expected growing pains and a focus on simple, straight up-and-down hockey.
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