Boston Bruins Game 55: Calgary Flames @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on February 13, 2018.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 0:28, Bruins Riley Nash scored his 9th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 2:03, Flames Sam Bennett scored, tying the game 1-1. At 9:12, Flames Johnny Gaudreau scored, giving the Flames a 2-1 lead.
In the second period, at 16:20, Bruins Riley Nash scored his 10th goal of the season, tying the game 2-2.
In the third period, at 1:15, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 26th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 3-2 lead. At 9:19, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 27th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 4-2 lead. At 16:14, Bruins Zdeno Chara scored his 6th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 5-2 lead.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 28 saves on 30 shots. Rask is now 23-9-4 with a 2.11 GAA and a .924 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game with a 52% faceoff percentage and shots 40-30. The Flames led the game in hits 37-29 and blocked shots 10-9. The Bruins went 1-for-4 on the power-play while the Flames went 0-for-5.
Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 6 shots. David Backes and Torey Krug led the Bruins with 5 hits each. Adam McQuaid led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.
Frank Vatrano, Kevan Miller and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron
2) Bruins forward Riley Nash
3) Bruins forward Brad Marchand
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 35-12-8 with 78 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division (1 point behind the Lightning while having two games in hand). The Bruins are 8-2-0 in their last ten games and their home record is now 19-7-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Saturday, when they visit the Vancouver Canucks, at 10pm ET.
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