In less than a month we will have crowned the 2024 Stanley Cup champion. This means that 28 other teams’ seasons are over, the Boston Bruins being one of them. Here’s a look at winger Jake DeBrusk ‘s campaign.
DeBrusk’s Inconsistent Regular Season DeBrusk was streaky this season, certainly not what he was hoping for heading into a contract year. He started slow, scoring just one goal in the team’s first 15 games, and amid that stretch, he was benched for a Saturday night game against the Los Angeles Kings after being late to a team meeting. However, DeBrusk was able to pick things up a bit, finishing the season with 19 goals and 21 assists in 80 games.
This was down from 50 points in 64 games in 2022-23. Based on his regular season, he would probably receive a C: DeBrusk was not the impact player we saw a year ago. That is, until the playoffs.
DeBrusk’s Impactful Postseason In the 2024 NHL Playoffs, DeBrusk was one of the team’s most impactful players . In the second period of Game 1 of their first-round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs, he won a puck battle behind the net and found Brandon Carlo , who slapped the puck home. He wasn’t done there.
With five minutes to go in the period, the Bruins found themselves on the power play, and DeBrusk beat Ilya Samsonov on a beautiful wrist shot that hit the left post and found the back of the net. Just two minutes later, he beat Samsonov again on the power play, this time off a redirect from just in front of the.
