Thursday night the Bruins beat the young hot Edmonton Oilers 6-3 and are now on a 4-game winning streak. Tuukka Rask played in net, his first back-to-back action of the season and got his 2nd win of the season. Rich Peverley again did not play and Zach Hamill got into the game and played well as he finished +2 with 1 assist and had 2 shots. Hamill played on a line with Chris Kelly and Jordan Caron.
Here's the scoring summary:
In the first period, Edmonton native Johnny Boychuk scored his 2nd goal of the season to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead. 1:44 later Jordan Caron scored his 1st goal of the season, from a nice pass from Zach Hamill. The Oilers would score twice to tie the game 2-2.
In the second period, Brad Marchand scored his 3rd goal of the season. It was a power-play goal. Later Tyler Seguin scored his 9th goal of the season off a weird bounce to make it 4-2.
In the third period, Oilers Ryan Smyth scored his 2nd goal of the game to make it 4-3. Milan Lucic scored his 8th goal of the season, a power-play goal making it 5-3. Nice pass from Joe Corvo to Lucic for that goal. 44 seconds later, Marchand scored his 2nd goal of the game and 4th goal of the season making it 6-3 with a nice hard wrist shot that beat Devan Dubnyk.
Game notes
The Bruins led the game in faceoff wins 34-25 and blocked shots 13-12. The Oilers led the game in shots 30-28 and hits 17-15. The Bruins went 2-for-5 on the power-play while the Oilers went 1-for-5.
Tuukka Rask made 27 saves on 30 shots and is now 2-3 with a 2.63 GAA and a .908 save percentage.
Defenseman Andrew Ference only played 9:22 in the game as he left in the second period and did not return. After the game Claude Julien said it's a lower-body injury.
Johnny Boychuk led the Bruins with 5 blocked shots.
Milan Lucic led the Bruins with 3 hits.
Joe Corvo finished the game with 3 assists, was +1 and had 1 shot.
Nathan Horton finished the game with 2 assists.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 7-7 this season, in 4th place in the Northeast Division ahead of Montreal (both are tied with 14 points but Montreal has played 1 more game). The Bruins next game is on Saturday taking on the Buffalo Sabres at 7pm ET in Boston.
Here's the scoring summary:
In the first period, Edmonton native Johnny Boychuk scored his 2nd goal of the season to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead. 1:44 later Jordan Caron scored his 1st goal of the season, from a nice pass from Zach Hamill. The Oilers would score twice to tie the game 2-2.
In the second period, Brad Marchand scored his 3rd goal of the season. It was a power-play goal. Later Tyler Seguin scored his 9th goal of the season off a weird bounce to make it 4-2.
In the third period, Oilers Ryan Smyth scored his 2nd goal of the game to make it 4-3. Milan Lucic scored his 8th goal of the season, a power-play goal making it 5-3. Nice pass from Joe Corvo to Lucic for that goal. 44 seconds later, Marchand scored his 2nd goal of the game and 4th goal of the season making it 6-3 with a nice hard wrist shot that beat Devan Dubnyk.
Game notes
The Bruins led the game in faceoff wins 34-25 and blocked shots 13-12. The Oilers led the game in shots 30-28 and hits 17-15. The Bruins went 2-for-5 on the power-play while the Oilers went 1-for-5.
Tuukka Rask made 27 saves on 30 shots and is now 2-3 with a 2.63 GAA and a .908 save percentage.
Defenseman Andrew Ference only played 9:22 in the game as he left in the second period and did not return. After the game Claude Julien said it's a lower-body injury.
"Only that it's a lower-body injury right now," Julien said. "I don't know the severity of it, so that's all I can give you."
Source
Johnny Boychuk led the Bruins with 5 blocked shots.
Milan Lucic led the Bruins with 3 hits.
Joe Corvo finished the game with 3 assists, was +1 and had 1 shot.
Nathan Horton finished the game with 2 assists.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 7-7 this season, in 4th place in the Northeast Division ahead of Montreal (both are tied with 14 points but Montreal has played 1 more game). The Bruins next game is on Saturday taking on the Buffalo Sabres at 7pm ET in Boston.
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