Boston Bruins defenseman Mark Stuart skates off the ice as St. Louis Blues celebrate their 2-1 shootout win in a NHL hockey game in Boston Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
In the second period, things got more physical as there were two fights. First Andrew Ference instigated a fight with David Backes after Backes laid out Mark Recchi with a big clean hit. It was a good fight as Ference handled himself well against a bigger opponent. Later on in the second period, Mark Stuart stepped up and laid out Jay McClement and B.J. Crombeen challenged Stuart and they had an ok fight too. Crombeen didn't get the instigating penalty as Ference did earlier which was a little surprising.
Finally in the third period the Bruins were able to get one by Halak as Gregory Campbell scored his first goal as a Bruin.
The game went into overtime and although no scoring happened in overtime, the big story may be David Krejci getting nailed into the boards by T.J. Oshie hard. Krejci stayed down and they stopped play as the Bruins trainer went to check on him. There was some blood on the ice. Hopefully it was just a bloody nose or a broken nose, but on the replay it did look like Krejci may have reached for his shoulder but I could be wrong. Hopefully it's not a shoulder or head injury and just his nose that was hurt from the hit.
The game then went to a shootout. T.J. Oshie scored, then Tyler Seguin scored a beautiful goal deking Halak and scoring on a backhander. Ex-Bruin Brad Boyes scored the winner as Michael Ryder didn't score on his chance, he actually hit the post, as many Bruins hit the posts during the game. So the Bruins lose 2-1 in the shootout tonight.
Tuukka Rask played well, making 34 saves on 35 shots. Rask is now 0-3-1, with a .921 save percentage, and a 2.66 GAA.
The Bruins next play on Wednesday at the struggling Pittsburgh Penguins.
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