{"id":332530,"date":"2025-12-05T18:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T18:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/332530\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T18:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T18:53:09","slug":"bruins-marco-sturm-praises-alex-steeves-amid-hot-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/332530\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruins&#8217; Marco Sturm Praises Alex Steeves Amid Hot Streak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Bruins are off to a surprising start this season as the team has relied on some unsung heroes.<\/p>\n<p>One player who has been a major surprise is Alex Steeves, who Boston signed to a one-year deal this offseason. Steeves made his Bruins\u2019 debut on Nov. 8, and in 13 games, he has recorded six goals and two assists for eight points.<\/p>\n<p>In Boston\u2019s 5-2 win over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday, Steeves scored again as he now has five goals in his last five games. After another solid performance, Bruins head coach Marco Sturm praised the forward and said he always had confidence in him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe worked his way in; he separated himself,\u201d Sturm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/bruins\/video\/press-room-marco-sturm-6386005498112\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> on Thursday, as seen on NESN\u2019s postgame coverage. \u201cHe plays hard, he plays the right way, and I think he feels really good about his game overall. He also finds the back of the net. \u2026 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to tell you, a lot of guys say it. But, to Steeves\u2019 credit, a lot of guys don\u2019t do it. The way he said it, I believed him. And I knew his time would come.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Sturm said Steeves can play on any line, which has made him such a weapon for the Bruins. The forward has been playing on the top line with Elias Lindholm and Morgan Geekie, but once David Pastrnak returns, he will be demoted.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Sturm knows Steeves will remain in the lineup and continue to make an impact for Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Steeves, meanwhile, said he\u2019s enjoying his time and is happy he\u2019s making an impact for the Bruins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u201dIt\u2019s been fun,\u201d Steeves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/bruins\/video\/locker-room-raw-steeves-arvidsson-zacha-and-geekie-6386003823112\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>. \u201cIt is nice playing with world-class players up and down the lineup. To be honest, it is a little bit of learning but also just trusting my abilities and having the confidence to get to the right areas. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoal scoring is part of my identity; I love it. You can probably see with my celebrations and stuff \u2013 it\u2019s a big release for me, and it\u2019s been really fun. But credit goes to linemates, coaching staff for putting me in really good positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the win, Boston improved to 16-13-0 and is in second place in the Atlantic Division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Bruins are off to a surprising start this season as the team has relied on some&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[168267,120926,385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-332530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-alex-steeves","9":"tag-marco-sturm","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}