Boston Bruins’ Fabian Lysell Showing Promise Early This Preseason – The Hockey Writers – Boston Bruins

For some players, the preseason is much ado about nothing, and is just about getting game reps before the regular season begins. In other players’ cases, the preseason is about their battle to make it back to the NHL or, in some cases, make it for the first time ever.

For Boston Bruins‘ top prospect Fabian Lysell, for the first time since being drafted in 2021, he finally has a shot at the latter.

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Going into the preseason, the Bruins had a few vacant spots on the wings left by Jake DeBrusk, Danton Heinen, and Jakub Lauko, who either left in free agency or were traded in the offseason. Lysell could easily be a fit at any one of those three spots.

Two of the vacant winger spots will be taken by Max Jones and Riley Tufte, who were signed to a two-year and a one-year deal in the offseason, respectively. This leaves the third spot to either be taken by other offseason signings or by Lysell himself who, in this writer’s eyes, has earned it.

Lysell’s Second Preseason Game Makes Statement

Through two preseason games, Lysell’s statistics won’t pop off the page and hand him a spot. However, his second game in the preseason should definitely open some eyes and give Boston general manager Don Sweeney something to think about as the preseason wears on.

In the Bruins’ second preseason game against the Washington Capitals, Lysell scored the Bruins’ second goal of the game, putting them up 2-0 at the time, and was named the game’s second star. Fellow Boston forward Georgii Merkulov and goaltender Joonas Korpisalo were named the games third star and first star, respectively, but to be named the second star is something Lysell should be proud of.

Fabian with some FILTH 🎯 pic.twitter.com/5MYfw5uvKR

— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) September 25, 2024

Now, it wasn’t just the goal itself that made Lysell’s game shine on Tuesday night, but also the timing of his goal. Yes, it was early on in the second period, which itself is great, but that’s not the point of emphasis here. What the point of emphasis is, however, is that it came right at the end of the power play.

In the 2023-24 season, Boston’s power play ranked 14th in the NHL. 14th is by no stretch of the imagination a bad placement, but in order to succeed, especially in the Eastern Conference, it is paramount to have a power play that can be counted on.

Lysell also turned some…