Bruins beat Jets in shootout 2-1

Gold medal gymnast Aly Raisman drops the puck in front of Zdeno Chara and Andrew Ladd
BOSTON, MA - JANUARY 21: Gold medal gymnast Aly Raisman drops the puck in front of Zdeno Chara #33 of the Boston Bruins and Andrew Ladd #16 of the Winnipeg Jets during the game on January 21, 2013 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)
It was an early 1pm game for the Bruins today on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day hosting the Winnipeg Jets. The game was a tight one with a lot of back and forth action and the Jets at times controlled the play. The game would go into a shootout and Patrice Bergeron's shootout goal would be the winner as Tuukka Rask stopped the third shooter Bryan Little. Update: Watch the game summary video

Quick game summary
In the first period, not even two minutes into the game, Chris Thorburn scored for the Jets to make it 1-0. Later in the period, Brad Marchand scored his 1st goal of the season to tie the game 1-1.

In the second period, no scoring happened.

In the third period, no scoring happened.

In the overtime period, no scoring happened.

In the shootout, Tyler Seguin scored for the Bruins; Blake Wheeler scored for the Jets; Patrice Bergeron scored for the Bruins; Olli Jokinen did not score for the Jets; Chris Bourque did not score for the Bruins; and Bryan Little did not score for the Jets.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net for the Bruins and made 26 saves on 27 shots. Rask is now 2-0 with a 0.96 GAA and a .958 save percentage this season.

Both teams finished the game with 27 shots each. The Bruins led the game in hits 48-32, faceoff wins 37-30, and blocked shots 22-16.

The Bruins went 0-for-2 on the power-play while the Jets went 0-for-4.

Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 5 shots.

Milan Lucic led the Bruins with 10 hits.

Zdeno Chara led the Bruins in ice time with 28:16.

Player notes
Dennis Seidenberg did not play as Bruins coach Claude Julien said that Seidenberg is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.

Aaron Johnson played in his first game as a member of the Boston Bruins. Johnson had 16:03 of ice time and had 1 shot and 1 hit.

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 2-0 this season with 4 points and are leading the Northeast Division when this was posted. The next game for the Bruins is on Wednesday at the winless New York Rangers at 7:30pm ET.

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