Bergeron's 4 goals lead Bruins over Hurricanes

Boston Bruins Game 39: Carolina Hurricanes @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on January 6, 2018.

On Saturday night the Bruins offense came alive, especially the Bergeron-Marchand-Pastrnak line, as the Bruins exploded with five goals in the first period and finished the game with a 7-1 win over the Hurricanes. Patrice Bergeron finished the game with 4 goals (2nd career hat trick and 1st 4-goal game of his NHL career) and 1 assist. Bergeron also recorded his 700th career point on his 2nd goal in the game, making him the 7th Bruins player to reach 700 career points. Brad Marchand finished the game with 4 assists. David Pastrnak finished the game with 1 goal and 2 assists.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 3:14, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 13th goal of the season, a short-handed goal, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 5:43, Bruins Riley Nash scored his 5th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-0 lead. At 7:09, Hurricanes Jordan Staal scored a power-play goal, cutting the Bruins lead to 2-1. At 9:04, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 16th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead. At 10:22, Bruins Jake DeBrusk scored his 9th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 4-1 lead. At 14:34, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 14th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 5-1 lead.

In the second period, at 5:36, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 15th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 6-1 lead. At 10:45, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 16th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 7-1 lead.

In the third period, no scoring happened.

Game notes
Anton Khudobin played in net and made 27 saves on 28 shots. Khudobin is now 9-2-3 with a 2.37 GAA and a .925 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game with a 62% faceoff percentage and shots 30-28. Both teams had 20 hits and 14 blocked shots. The Bruins went 1-for-2 on the power-play while the Hurricanes went 1-for-3.

Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 7 shots. Ryan Spooner, Zdeno Chara and Kevan Miller all led the Bruins with 3 hits each. Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.

Frank Vatrano and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron
2) Bruins forward Brad Marchand
3) Bruins forward David Pastrnak

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 23-10-6 with 52 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 8-0-2 in their last ten games and their home record is now 14-5-3 this season. The next game for the Bruins is tomorrow (Sunday), when they visit the Pittsburgh Penguins, at 7:30pm ET.