Boston Bruins Game 43: Montreal Canadiens @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on January 17, 2018.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 0:31, Canadiens Jakub Jerabek scored, giving the Canadiens an early 1-0 lead. At 6:50, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 18th goal of the season, tying the game 1-1.
In the second period, at 2:37, Bruins Ryan Spooner scored his 6th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead.
In the third period, at 3:40, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 19th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead. At 16:46, Bruins David Krejci scored his 8th goal of the season, an empty-net goal, giving the Bruins a 4-1 lead.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 21 saves on 22 shots. Rask is now 16-8-4 with a 2.21 GAA and a .920 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game with a 57% faceoff percentage and in shots 32-22. The Canadiens led the game in blocked shots 21-10. Both teams had 32 hits. The Bruins went 1-for-3 on the power-play while the Canadiens went 0-for-2.
Ryan Spooner, David Pastrnak and Adam McQuaid led the Bruins with 4 shots each. Sean Kuraly led the Bruins with 5 hits. Charlie McAvoy led the Bruins with 2 blocked shots.
Kevan Miller, 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 goalie Tuukka Rask
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 25-10-8 with 58 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 7-0-3 in their last ten games and their home record is now 15-5-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is tomorrow (Thursday), when they visit the New York Islanders, at 7pm ET.
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