Bruins continue point streak, beat Senators


Boston Bruins Game 47: Boston Bruins @ Ottaawa Senators game recap video, on January 25, 2018.
On Thursday, the Bruins visited the Ottawa Senators, without forward Brad Marchand as he serves his suspension, and held on for a 3-2 win to extend their point streak to 18 games.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 12:00, Senators Thomas Chabot scored, giving the Senators a 1-0 lead.

In the second period, at 11:35, Bruins Danton Heinen scored his 11th goal of the season, a power-play goal, tying the game 1-1.

In the third period, at 1:58, Bruins Tim Schaller scored his 6th goal of the season, a short-handed goal, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead. Only 20 seconds later, at 2:18, Senators Ryan Dzingel scored a power-play goal, tying the game 2-2. At 8:41, Bruins Jake DeBrusk scored his 11th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-2 lead.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 21 saves on 23 shots. Rask is now 19-8-4 with a 2.16 GAA and a .922 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in shots 44-23. The Senators led the game with a 51% faceoff percentage, in hits 38-25 and blocked shots 15-13. The Bruins went 1-for-1 on the power-play while the Senators went 1-for-4.

Patrice Bergeron, David Backes, Danton Heinen, Jake DeBrusk, David Pastrnak and Zdeno Chara all led the Bruins with 4 shots each. Ryan Spooner, Frank Vatrano, Zdeno Chara, Adam McQuaid and Kevan Miller all led the Bruins with 3 hits each. Brandon Carlo led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.

Brad Marchand, Noel Acciari, Charlie McAvoy and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron
2) Senators defenseman Dion Phaneuf
3) Senators goalie Mike Condon

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 29-10-8 with 66 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 road record is now 13-5-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Tuesday, when they host the Anaheim Ducks, at 7pm ET.

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