I fired up a Bruins Franchise for testing purposes
Franchise Testing
Game #1 of Season
Boston Bruins @ Dallas Stars
1st Period - The Bruins were shorthanded a couple times late in the period and another penalty would give Dallas a two man advantage and the Stars would cash in on the PP when Radulov scored off a rebound with 1:40 left in the period to make it 1-0. Boston answered in the closing seconds of the period when Torey Krug fired a long pass to Charlie Coyle who had a step on his defender and snapped off a shot that went right over the shoulder of Khudobin and under the bar for a gorgeous goal to tie the score 1-1. Dallas had a 15-12 edge in shots after the 1st period
2nd Period - The Bruins scored just 3:17 into the 2nd period when Brett Ritchie used his long reach to get the puck outside against a defender and passed back to Matt Grzelcyk who was trailing the play beyond the top of the circles and Grzelcyk ripped a one timer that rang in off the far post for the goal to put Boston up 2-1. Dallas answered back less than a minute later when Charlie McAvoy turned the puck over in his own end and Rask would deny Cogliano but the rebound went right to Radek Faksa who fired it into the open net to tie the score 2-2. The Stars scored again a couple minutes later when Seguin collected a loose puck in the offensive zone and found Radulov all alone in the slot for his 2nd goal of the game putting Dallas up 3-2. The score remained 3-2 until the closing seconds of the period as Boston had possession in the offensive zone and Patrice Bergeron came off the side boards and found Zdeno Chara up top and his slap shot beat Khudobin through a screen to tie the game 3-3 with 0:17 to play in the period. The 2nd period came to an end with the score all tied up 3-3 and the shots were 30-25 in favor of the Bruins
3rd Period - The 3rd period would begin with the score tied 3-3 and Boston would have the play the final 20 minutes with 5 D-men as Matt Grzelcyk was banged up late in the 2nd period and unable to come out for the 3rd period. The early stages of the 3rd period were pretty quiet as both teams were playing cautious and making smart, safe decisions with the puck. Dallas would get a big PP opportunity when Connor Clifton was whistled for holding with 9:58 remaining. The Bruins would kill off the Stars PP and get back to even strength with just under 8:00 to play. The Stars would get the go ahead goal when Sekera played the puck down low in the corner to Faksa who one touched a pass to Joe Pavelski in the high slot for a one timer to give Dallas a 3-2 lead with 6:32 remaining. The Bruins were pressing for the tying goal and generating lots of pressure as the clock ticked down and they would get Rask to the bench for the extra attacker in the final minute but Dallas would hang on for a 4-3 victory
* The Bruins drop a thriller 4-3 to open the season
* Shots were 41-38 in favor of Boston, I want to play a few more games but may reduce the period length by 1 minute which will help shave down the number of shots. I can live with high 30's and low 40's as long as the shots don't start approaching 50 every other game
* Radulov scored a pair of goals to lead the way for Dallas
* Boston got goals from Coyle, Grzelcyk and Chara
* Matt Grzelcyk was injured in the 2nd period for Boston and will be out for a week or so with a strained hamstring. Boston will call up 20 year old Urho Vaakanainen to take Grzelcyk spot ont he blue line
* Sliders are playing great....just need to play a stretch of games and fine tune at this point
| Boston Bruins at Dallas Stars |
| Oct 3, 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | | BOS (0-1-0) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | | DAL (1-0-0) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Three Stars |  | Alexander Radulov (DAL)
2 Goals |  | Radek Faksa (DAL)
1 Goal & 1 Assist |  | Anton Khudobin (DAL)
38 Saves |
| | Team Stats Comparison | | BOS | DAL | | Shots on Goal | 41 | 38 | | Hits | 22 | 15 | | Faceoffs Won-Lost | 26-23 | 23-26 | | Penalty Minutes | 12:00 | 4:00 | | Power Plays Converted | 0 | 2 | | Power Play Opportunities | 1 | 6 | | Time on Attack | 6:35 | 6:59 |
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| Scoring Summary | | FIRST PERIOD | | DAL | Alexander Radulov (1) (Benn, Seguin) (PP) 18:20 | | BOS | Charlie Coyle (1) (Krug) (SH) 19:46 | | SECOND PERIOD | | BOS | Matt Grzelcyk (1) (Ritchie, Clifton) 3:17 | | DAL | Radek Faksa (1) (Cogliano) 3:57 | | DAL | Alexander Radulov (2) (Seguin, Klingberg) 6:06 | | BOS | Zdeno Chara (1) (Bergeron, ) 19:47 | | THIRD PERIOD | | DAL | Joe Pavelski (1) (Faksa, Sekera) 13:28 |
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| Boston Bruins - Goalies | | GOALIES | SHOTS | SAVES | SV % | GAA | | Tuukka Rask | 38 | 34 | 89% | 4.03 |
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| Dallas Stars - Goalies | | GOALIES | SHOTS | SAVES | SV % | GAA | | Anton Khudobin | 41 | 38 | 93% | 3.00 |
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