The Bruins have allowed 15 shorthanded goals through 13 games. Here is a look at our penalty killing defensemen with ice time and goals against:
I thnk Chara's days of being a one-man defense pair are behind him. Saddle him with guys who can't do the job (KMiller, and to a lesser extent McQuaid) and the result is an awful PK.
Solve the problem by using Krug/Chara more, giving Trotman a look, and even think about bringing Cross back.
- Zdeno Chara: 10 goals against in 40:09
- Kevan Miller: 9 goals against in 43:45
- Adam McQuaid: 6 goals against in 29:19
- Joe Morrow: 3 goals against in 10:55
- Torey Krug: 1 goal against in 18:54
- Tommy Cross: 1 goal against in 11:09
- Matt Irwin: 0 goals against in 2:15
- Zach Trotman: 0 goals against in 1:01
- Colin Miller: 0 goals against in 0:11
I thnk Chara's days of being a one-man defense pair are behind him. Saddle him with guys who can't do the job (KMiller, and to a lesser extent McQuaid) and the result is an awful PK.
Solve the problem by using Krug/Chara more, giving Trotman a look, and even think about bringing Cross back.