Kings beat Bruins with less than a second left in overtime


Los Angeles Kings @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on October 28, 2017.
Only something like losing a game with less than a second left would happen to the Bruins it seems and that happened tonight as the Kings defeated the Bruins 2-1 in overtime in the final second. Unbelievable.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 5:27, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 7th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 9:01, Kings Tyler Toffoll scored, tying the game 1-1.

In the second period, no scoring happened.

In the third period, no scoring happened.

In overtime, with less than a second left, Kings Tyler Toffoll scored, winning it 2-1 for the Kings.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 28 saves on 30 shots. Rask is now 1-3-1 with a 2.97 GAA and a .894 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game with a 51% faceoff percentage and blocked shots 20-10. The Kings led the game in hits 35-34. Both teams had 30 shots. Both teams went 0-for-2 on the power-play.

Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 5 shots. David Backes and Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 5 hits each. Brandon Carlo and Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots each.

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) Kings forward Tyler Toffoll
2) Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask
3) Kings goalie Jonathan Quick

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 4-3-2 with 10 points this season and are in 5th place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins home record is now 3-1-2 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Monday, when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets, at 7pm ET.

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