Battling injuries all year, Lucic admitted that he's struggled both physically and mentally this season to continue his development. This week though, he's regained a bit of his physicality on the ice, and he's been producing at a rapid rate.
In three games, the winger has averaged a point per game with a goal and two assists, greatly outpacing his season number of 0.37 points per game.
On top of the point production, Lucic simply looks more like Lucic out on the ice. He's been throwing his body around a bit more and he's shown tremendous confidence when holding the puck in the offensive end.
What's even better for the Bruins is that he's doing it when the intensity of the games is really
starting to pick up.
"I think we were just looking forward to the challenge this game," Lucic said after the Bruins beat the Rangers in Boston on Sunday. "We knew they were right behind us in the standings and we knew it was going to be a playoff-type game, and it was. It was a tight, checking game and I thought we did a pretty good job of getting in their zone and creating a lot of traffic."
Whether he can continue to do so will be a major factor in where the Bruins finish in the Eastern Conference standings.
