Winger Right On Target As Bruins Nail Down Win
Posted by TheHockeyGuy on December 3rd, 2009
Marco Sturm is used to putting pucks on net. On Nov. 5 against Montreal, he blasted seven shots on Carey Price. On Oct. 12, he ripped off five on Colorado’s Craig Anderson.
Sturm, however, has had a history of seeing quality scoring chances turn into nothing. The legs have been good. He has driven to the net. But too often, as in those shooting-gallery games against Montreal and Colorado, a snakebitten Sturm has come back with only zeros.
That wasn’t the case last night.
Sturm led all players with nine shots on Mike Smith, two of them beating the Tampa Bay netminder. Sturm recorded his first multi-goal game of 2009-10, while linemates Patrice Bergeron and Mark Recchi recorded 3-point nights, and Tim Thomas turned back 39 of 40 shots as the Bruins recorded a 4-1 win over the Lightning before 16,553 at TD Garden.
“I felt it right from the start,” said Sturm, who has a team-high eight goals. “Right from the first shift, we had a good one there. We kept it going after that.”
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