Bruins destroy Flames 9-0

Boston Bruins center Tyler Seguin (19) is congratulated by teammates and fans after his goal against Calgary Flames goalie Leland Irving during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Boston, Thursday Jan. 5, 2012. At left is Bruins' Patrice Bergeron, and at right is left wing Benoit Pouliot. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

If last night was domination against the Devils, tonight the Bruins completely destroyed the Calgary Flames with a 9-0 win. The Flames looked totally lost and at no time in this game did they look like they would come back. Tuukka Rask played good in net and stopped every shot he faced to get his third shutout of the season. Brad Marchand was scratched as he had flu-like symptoms so Benoit Pouliot took his place on the Bergeron-Seguin line, and Zach Hamill played on the third line with Kelly-Peverley.

In the first period, only 1:14 into the game, Tyler Seguin scored his 16th goal of the season making it 1-0. Only 2:03 later, Milan Lucic scored his 14th goal of the season making it 2-0. Lucic had the puck near the offensive zone faceoff circle, tried to pass the puck through Olli Jokinen but it went off Jokinen's skate and into a wide-open net as Flames goalie Leland Irving was moving. Later, David Krejci scored a power-play goal, his 9th goal of the season, to make it 3-0.

In the second period, only 1:19 into the period, Patrice Bergeron scored his 10th goal of the season to make it 4-0. Less than a minute later, Chris Kelly scored his 13th goal of the season, making it 5-0. Only 2:09 later, Nathan Horton scored his 11th goal of the season, making it 6-0. Later in the period, Horton scored his second goal of the game, his 12th goal of the season, making it 7-0.

In the third period, Patrice Bergeron scored his 11th goal of the season, making it 8-0. Later, Daniel Paille scored a short-handed goal, his 7th goal of the season, making it 9-0.

Game notes
The Bruins led the game in shots 42-25, faceoff wins 37-16, and blocked shots 14-8. The Flames led the game in hits 24-9 as the Bruins had the puck in the Flames end for most of the game.

The Bruins went 1-for-2 on the power-play while the Flames went 0-for-2.

Tuukka Rask stopped all 25 shots he faced, earning his 3rd shutout of the season. Rask is now 9-4-1 with a 1.49 GAA and a .949 save percentage this season.

Patrice Bergeron had 2 goals and 1 assist, was +3, and went 13-4 in the faceoff circle.

Zdeno Chara had 2 assists and was +3.

Nathan Horton had 2 goals and 1 assist, was +3, and had 4 shots.

David Krejci had 1 goal and 2 assists, was +3 and went 9-3 in faceoffs.

Milan Lucic had 1 goal and 1 assist, and was +3.

Rich Peverley had 2 assists and was +2.

Benoit Pouliot had 3 assists and was +3.

Tyler Seguin had 1 goal and 2 assists, was +3.

Joe Corvo led the Bruins with 7 shots and was +4.

Dennis Seidenberg led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots.

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 26-10-1 with 53 points (1st in the Northeast Division and 1st in the Eastern Conference). The Bruins next game is one a lot of people have been waiting for, as it's against the Vancouver Canucks in Boston on Saturday at 1pm ET.