Bruins pound Senators 5-1


Boston Bruins Game 35: Ottawa Senators @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on December 27, 2017.
On Wednesday night, the Bruins returned to action after the Christmas break and pounded the Ottawa Senators 5-1. The Bruins are now on a 5-game winning streak.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 5:22, Bruins Kevan Miller scored his 1st goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 8:28, Bruins Danton Heinen scored his 9th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-0 lead. At 15:01, Bruins Noel Acciari was hit from the blindside by Senators Fredrik Claesson and went down, then Bruins Tim Schaller instigated a fight with Claesson. Claesson received a match penalty, fighting major and game misconduct. Schaller received 2, 5, 10 for the fight. Acciari would later return to the game.

In the second period, at 1:25, Bruins Riley Nash scored his 3rd goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-0 lead. At 3:49, Senators Thomas Chabot scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 3-1. At 14:43, Bruins Riley Nash scored his 4th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 4-1 lead.

In the third period, at 18:40, Bruins David Backes scored his 5th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 5-1 lead.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 25 saves on 26 shots. Rask is now 12-8-3 with a 2.23 GAA and a .920 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in blocked shots 15-13. The Senators led the game with a 55% faceoff percentage, in shots 26-23 and hits 18-14. The Bruins went 0-for-2 on the power-play while the Senators went 0-for-1.

David Backes led the Bruins with 5 shots. Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 3 hits. Riley Nash led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.

David Krejci, Frank Vatrano and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Riley Nash
2) Bruins defenseman Kevan Miller
3) Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 20-10-5 with 45 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 8-1-1 in their last ten games and their home record is now 13-5-3 this season. The next game for the Bruins is tomorrow (Thursday), when they visit the Washington Capitals, at 7:30pm ET.

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