Boston Bruins Game 26: Arizona Coyotes @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on December 7, 2017.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 0:15, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 10th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 17:07, Coyotes Christian Dvorak scored, tying the game 1-1.
In the second period, at 13:54, Bruins David Backes scored his 1st goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead. At 19:06, Bruins David Backes scored his 2nd goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead.
In the third period, at 0:45, Bruins David Krejci scored his 4th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 4-1 lead. At 17:56, Bruins Danton Heinen scored his 5th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 5-1 lead. At 18:51, Bruins Anders Bjork scored his 4th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 6-1 lead.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 20 saves on 21 shots. Rask is now 6-8-2 with a 2.52 GAA and a .908 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game with a 52% faceoff percentage, shots 32-21 and blocked shots 11-6. The Coyotes led the game in hits 26-23. The Bruins went 1-for-4 on the power-play while the Coyotes didn't have any power-plays.
Riley Nash led the Bruins with 6 shots. Noel Acciari led the Bruins with 3 hits. Tim Schaller, Zdeno Chara and Torey Krug all led the Bruins with 2 blocked shots each.
Matt Beleskey, Frank Vatrano and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward David Backes
2) Bruins forward Brad Marchand
3) Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 13-9-4 with 30 points this season and are in 3rd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 7-3-0 in their last ten games and their home record is now 8-4-2 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Saturday, when they host the New York Islanders, at 7pm ET.
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