Boston Bruins @ Columbus Blue Jackets game recap video, on October 30, 2017.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 1:59, Blue Jackets David Savard scored, giving the Blue Jackets a 1-0 lead. At 17:08, Blue Jackets Boone Jenner scored, giving the Blue Jackets a 2-0 lead.
In the second period, 40 seconds into the period, Bruin captain Zdeno Chara dropped the gloves with Blue Jackets Josh Anderson. At 8:27, Blue Jackets Tyler Motte scored, giving the Blue Jackets a 3-0 lead. At 15:37, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 2nd goal of the season, a power-play goal, cutting the Blue Jackets lead to 3-1.
In the third period, at 14:36, Bruins Kevan Miller instigated a fight with Blue Jackets Oliver Bjorkstrand after he hit Bruins Torey Krug that sent him down awkwardly. At 10:26, Bruins Torey Krug scored his 2nd goal of the season, cutting the Blue Jackets lead to 3-2. At 11:47, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 8th goal of the season, a power-play goal, tying the game 3-3.
In overtime, no scoring happened.
In the shootout, Blue Jackets Artemi Panarin scored in the 3rd round; Blue Jackets Oliver Bjorkstrand scored in the 5th round to win the game 4-3.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 29 saves on 32 shots. Rask is now 1-3-2 with a 2.93 GAA and a .896 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game in hits 32-26. The Blue Jackets led the game with a 56% faceoff percentage, in shots 32-30 and blocked shots 19-17. The Bruins went 2-for-4 on the power-play while the Blue Jackets went 0-for-5.
Patrice Bergeron, David Backes and Jake DeBrusk all led the Bruins with 4 shots each. Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 8 hits.
David Krejci and Matt Beleskey were scratched for the Bruins. Ryan Spooner and Noel Acciari are on the IR.
Three stars of the game
1) Blue Jackets forward Artemi Panarin
2) Bruins forward David Pastrnak
3) Blue Jackets forward Tyler Motte
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 4-3-3 with 11 points this season and are in 4th place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins road record is now 1-2-1 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Thursday, when they host the Vegas Golden Knights, at 7pm ET.
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