Avalanche shutout Bruins 4-0


Colorado Avalanche @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on October 9, 2017.
Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov led the Avalanche to a 4-0 win over the Bruins in an early afternoon game.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 4:41 Avalanche Sven Andrighetto scored, giving the Avalanche a 1-0 lead. At 13:22, Avalanche J.T. Compher scored a short-handed goal, giving the Avalanche a 2-0 lead.

In the second period, no scoring happened.

In the third period, at 6:07 Avalanche Nail Yakupov scored, giving the Avalanche a 3-0 lead. At 19:16 Avalanche Nail Yakupov was awarded an empty-net goal after the net came off, giving the Avalanche a 4-0 lead.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 19 saves on 22 shots. Rask is now 1-1-0 with a 3.00 GAA and a .882 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game with a 71% faceoff percentage, shots 29-23 and hits 22-19. The Avalanche led the game in blocked shots 14-11. The Bruins went 0-for-4 on the power-play while the Avalanche went 0-for-1.

Anders Bjork and Jake DeBrusk led the Bruins with a team-worse -3 rating. Sean Kuraly and Brandon Carlo led the Bruins with 4 shots each. Adam McQuaid led the Bruins with 4 hits. Frank Vatrano led the Bruins with 2 blocked shots.

Patrice Bergeron, David Backes and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov
2) Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson
3) Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 1-1-0 with 2 points this season and are in 5th place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins home record is now 1-1-0 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Wednesday, when they visit the Colorado Avalanche, at 9:30pm ET.

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