After a trick, national striker Tim Stützle led the Ottawa Senators to a 7-2 victory over Boston with his first double of the season in the NHL and further increased Marco Sturm’s worries. For the Bruins’ new coach it was the seventh defeat in the eleventh game of the season.
In the final third, Stützle increased the score to 4:1 (41′) and 5:1 (50′), shortly afterwards the former Mannheimer prepared the 6:1 through Nick Cousins (53′). That meant the Bruins were defeated. Drake Batherson also scored three points for Ottawa – for the second time in a row.
Stützle changed the tape on his racket before the last 20 minutes. It was probably more of a mental thing, but it worked. “I don’t know how many times I lost the puck in the first two periods,” the attacker said later.
NHL star Sturm: “That’s not how you win ice hockey games”
The unusual measure “somehow changed” his game; assistant coach and club legend Daniel Alfredsson gave him the tip.
Meanwhile, Sturm was well served. His players lacked seriousness “from the start,” “and that is really unacceptable. We are probably the most punished team in the league,” said the former national coach. Boston received five time penalties and Ottawa received one.
“You can blame the referee, but it’s our fault if we sit in the cooler all the time,” said Sturm: “That won’t work, you don’t win ice hockey games that way.”