Sports Redux: Nobody Puts Bergey In the Corner

Things were going to be different once Milan Lucic and Marc Savard were able to suit up again. When injury claimed not one, but two of the Bruins' game-making talents, objectives changed a bit. Winning games would be great, but keeping things in relatively working order until Looch and Savvy got back (and got things going) would be pretty acceptable.

When Looch and Savvy got back, the power play was going to work. When Looch and Savvy got back, the Bs were going to be able to get some winning streaks going. When Looch and Savvy got back, they'd collaborate on eradicating third world debt.

Two out of three's not bad.

Monday marked Savard's return to play after a 15-game absence. With Lucic already back in the swing of things (swing in the skating sense, not the Shawn Thornton sense), the Bruins' game against the Blues was set to be the golden hour fans (and Claude Julien, Cam Neely and the rest of the organization) have been waiting for since first hearing about broken fingers and broken feet.

Puck dropped, play began and, after a tough first period, the pieces began to come together like an Optimus Prime of awesome. The only surprise was that the face of this solid winning Bruins effort was not Savvy, was not Looch, but instead was that of Bergey. Patrice Bergeron notched assists in each of the Bruins' four goals as they went on to defeat St. Louis, 4-2.

With the win, not only did Boston figure out how to score on the power play, but they recorded their first three-game winning streak of the season. The team gets a day off today before finishing up their four-game road trip in Minnesota on Wednesday and then returning to Boston.

Speaking of injury rehabbing, the Player Formerly Known as Big Baby is working on getting back into play. Glen Davis' cast is scheduled to come off on Dec. 2, at which point he will work on strengthening the hand that was hobbled by a broken right thumb and getting onto the court to relieve his teammates.

Turning away from the Garden and to Fenway, congratulations to DeMarlo Hale, who has given up his spot on the third base line for a sweet spot in the Red Sox dugout. Hale will take over for Brad Mills as Boston's bench coach and he's more than just a little psyched about the promotion.