Khudobin and McAvoy lead Bruins to shootout win over Devils


Boston Bruins @ New Jersey Devils game recap video, on November 22, 2017.
Tonight the Bruins got great goaltending from backup goalie Anton Khudobin and a beautiful shootout goal from Bruins rookie defenseman Charlie McAvoy to get a shootout win over the New Jersey Devils.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 1:25, Bruins Jake DeBrusk scored his 5th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 11:02, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 5th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-0 lead. At 17:10, Devils Jesper Bratt scored a power-play goal, cutting the Bruins lead to 2-1.

In the second period, no scoring happened.

In the third period, at 15:16, Devils Brian Gibbons scored, tying the game 2-2.

In overtime, no scoring happened.

In the shootout, Devils Taylor Hall scored in the 1st round; Bruins David Pastrnak scored in the 4th round; and Bruins Charlie McAvoy scored in the 22nd round to win the game.

Game notes
Anton Khudobin played in net and made 40 saves on 42 shots. Khudobin is now 6-0-2 with a 2.13 GAA and a .938 save percentage this season.

The Devils led the game with a 52% faceoff percentage, in shots 42-29, hits 24-16 and blocked shots 15-14. The Bruins went 0-for-4 on the power-play while the Devils went 1-for-3.

Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 6 shots. Brandon Carlo led the Bruins with 3 hits. Charlie McAvoy and Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots each.

Brad Marchand, Matt Beleskey, Torey Krug and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins. David Backes is on the IR.

Three stars of the game
1) Devils forward Brian Gibbons
2) Devils forward Jesper Bratt
3) Devils defenseman Damon Severson

What's up with these stars of the game? Some home-cooking going on.

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 9-7-4 with 22 points this season and are in 4th place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 5-4-1 in their last ten games and their road record is now 4-4-2 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Friday, when they host the Pittsburgh Penguins, at 1pm ET.

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