By Danny Picard
CSNNE.com
BOSTON -- As the Bruins mentally prepare for tonights Game 7 with theTampa Bay Lightning at the TD Garden, one thing on their minds will be thepower play.
The Bruins did score a power-play goal in Wednesday nightsloss in Tampa, and finished the game 1-for-5 on the man advantage. Only problemwas, the Lightning went 3-for-4.
On Friday morning, Bruins coach Claude Julien said theresno room for panic about the power play, which has struggled mightily thispostseason. All they can do now is generate more shots.
You cant let it mentally get to you, said Julien. I think youve got tohave some resilience. Youve got to have some determination. And thats whatwere pushing our guys to be. Last game, 1-out-of-5 is 20 percent. And I think20 percent is usually pretty good, but when the other team is 3-for-4, itcertainly overshadows that.
Youve got to make some adjustments on your power play, butI dont think its one of those situations where youve got to panic, addedJulien. Youve got to stay positive, and youve got to find solutions, andthats what were doing.
The need to get more shots on net during power play is evenmore important when Zdeno Chara is providing a screen out front, which is thestrategy the Bruins have been using as of late.
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Its only an advantage if we get pucks to the net, saidJulien. "I think thats the bottom line here. If youre going to put Chara infront, you might as well get some pucks to the net, and find ways to do that.So thats part of our process here, to move the puck around and get someshots.
Julien said hed also like to see more shots from defensemanTomas Kaberle, on the power play.
The only thing youve always heard about Tomas is, youdlike to see him shoot the puck more, said Julien. Theres times on the powerplay where, if he has that shooting lane, like we said with Zdeno in front,youve got to shoot.
It doesnt have to be a big shot. It can be a wrist shot.It can be anything.
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