Red Wings end Bruins winning streak

Tuukka Rask reacts after allowing the winning goal in the shootout to Todd Bertuzzi
BOSTON, MA - NOVEMBER 25: Tuukka Rask #40 of the Boston Bruins reacts after Todd Bertuzzi of the Detroit Red Wings scores the game winning goal on November 25, 2011 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Boston Bruins 3-2 in an overtime shootout. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
Sorry for not posting sooner as I've been away for a few days because of the Thanksgiving holiday but here we go.

The Detroit Red Wings came into Boston on Friday, November 25th for a 1pm ET game and they ended the Bruins 10-game winning streak with a 3-2 shootout win over the Bruins.

In the first period, Detroit's Valtteri Filppula scored to make it 1-0.

In the second period, Daniel Paille scored his 3rd goal of the season to tie the game 1-1. Pavel Datsyuk would score 35 seconds later to make it 2-1 with a beautiful individual play.

In the third period, Patrice Bergeron scored his 5th goal of the season to tie the game 2-2.

The game went into overtime but nobody scored so it went to a shootout. In the shootout: Tyler Seguin did not score, Pavel Datsyuk scored, Rich Peverley did not score, Jiri Hudler did not score, Nathan Horton scored, and Todd Bertuzzi scored on a beautiful deke to win the game for the Red Wings.

Game notes
The Bruins led the game in shots 43-31 and hits 30-22. The Red Wings led the game in faceoff wins 28-27. Both teams had 16 blocked shots. Both teams went 0-for-2 on the power-play.

Tuukka Rask played in net and made 29 saves on 31 shots. Rask is now 3-3-1 with a 2.25 GAA and a .921 save percentage.

Zdeno Chara led the Bruins in shots with 6.

Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins in blocked shots with 4.

Johnny Boychuk led the Bruins in hits with 4.

Onto the next one
After this game the Bruins were 13-7-1. Their next game would be against the Winnipeg Jets in Boston on Saturday night.

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