The Bruins' first line hasn't been great so far in the Stanley Cup Final.
Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak have a combined one point and have been on the ice for a number of Blues goals. It's clear they need to be better moving forward and head coach Bruce Cassidy seems pretty confident they will be, especially in Game 3.
"That's something we're looking for," Cassidy told reporters Thursday. "Any team will tell you that when their best players perform they have the best chance to win. So, I suspect they'll be better in St. Louis offensively and we'll go from there. What they've done well during the playoffs even when they're not scoring is they played against Tavares and [Mitch] Marner and certainly kept them off the score sheet. Then you go to Panarin and Atkinson and they did a good job, and then [against Carolina] it was Jordan Staal and Justin Williams.
"They've been able to at least do that part of the job, and so far in this series, the Schenn line has some 5-on-5 goals. That's why we made the switch to free them up and defensively kind of lock them down with [Sean] Kuraly's line. I suspect they'll go to that matchup in St. Louis because they were trying to get it here, so that will be a big challenge for Bergeron, Pastrnak and Marchand. But they're typically up to it. They've always found their game and don't go very long without being a factor. I suspect in Game 3 we'll see their best game of the series."
Bergeron is aware of it, too.
"For us, it's about being better," he said. "We've dealt with this for these entire playoffs with different lines, and it's no different. You look at video and you look at tendencies, but we also know how we can play the right way. It's about simplifying and taking care of the puck in our own zone before taking off for our offense."
Game 3 is set for Saturday night in St. Louis.
