BOSTON — Bruins coach Jim Montgomery looked angry on the bench after the Hurricanes’ scored the go-ahead goal late and was still upset by the time he’d reached his postgame press conference.
“The game management at the end of the game was not good,” he said after his team’s 3-2 loss snapped a five-game winning streak.
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Montgomery was frustrated that in a tie game, defensemen Brandon Carlo and Hampus Lindholm were playing too far up on offense which allowed Jordan Martinook to get behind them for the breakaway that he converted for the game-winning goal.
“The defensemen should not be pinching there. It’s 2-2. There’s a shot on net. We have to make sure we keep people in front of us,” Montgomery said. “The game management bothers me. You have to know you’ve done a great job to tie it up 2-2. We don’t need to force anything. Points are valuable. It’s a good lesson moving into the playoffs. Yeah, the momentum is on our side. The crowd’s into it and the Garden is buzzing. But we can’t lose our position and give up a breakaway.”
Brad Marchand, who scored both Bruins goals to turn a two-goal deficit into a two-all tie, said the Bruins better learn from it.
“That was a playoff-type game,” he said. “Those are great for us to go through at this time of year and learn what we need to do to compete against teams like that. That team is better than their record. … It’s a great experience for us. Definitely some things we’ve got to learn and take away. Hopefully, be better tomorrow.”
Charlie Coyle agreed.
“That’s something we as a team have to learn from,” he said. “Time of the game situations. You have to grow from that.”
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