Joe Sacco Makes Mid-Game Roster Change That Paid Off For Bruins

Joe Sacco made a massive roster change during their game vs the Calgary Flames that paid off for the Boston Bruins.

Heading into Tuesday night, the Bruins were riding some momentum from their win against the Vancouver Canucks and were looking to build off of that in their game against the Calgary Flames.

Things were not going well for the Bruins, as in the second period they quickly went down 2-0 to the Flames. Just 54 seconds into the second period, the Flames would score to break the tieless game, and then they would score again 1:21 seconds in to take a 2-0 lead over the Bruins.

Heading into the third period the Bruins were trailing 3-1 when Sacco decided to make some changes to his lineup.

The Bruins originally entered the game running the same lines as they did against the Vancouver Canucks.

Here were the lines:

Brad Marchand - Elias Lindholm - Justin Brazeau
Morgan Geekie - Pavel Zacha - David Pastrnak
Trent Frederic - Charlie Coyle - Mark Kastelic
Cole Koepke - John Beecher - Marc McLaughlin

Nikita Zadorov - Charlie McAvoy
Jordan Oesterle - Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei - Andrew Peeke

Entering the third period Joe Sacco made some changes, here are the changes he ended up making that paid off for the Bruins:

Middle six shuffle:
Marchand-Lindholm-Coyle
Frederic-Kastelic-Brazeau