Boston Bruins Game 58: Boston Bruins @ Edmonton Oilers game recap video, on February 20, 2018.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 18:29, Oilers Ryan Strome scored, giving the Oilers a 1-0 lead.
In the second period, at 11:38, Oilers Jujhar Khaira scored, giving the Oilers a 2-0 lead.
In the third period, at 4:37, Bruins Noel Acciari scored his 7th goal of the season, cutting the Oilers lead to 2-1. At 11:42, Bruins Matthew Grzelcyk scored his 2nd goal of the season, tying the game 2-2. At 18:56, Bruins David Krejci scored his 11th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-2 lead.
Game notes
Anton Khudobin played in net and made 18 saves on 20 shots. Khudobin is now 13-3-4 with a 2.33 GAA and a .922 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game with a 66% faceoff percentage and shots 45-20. The Oilers led the game in hits 38-19 and blocked shots 16-10. The Bruins went 0-for-3 on the power-play while the Oilers went 0-for-1.
David Backes, Brad Marchand, Zdeno Chara and Torey Krug all led the Bruins with 5 shots each. Torey Krug and Adam McQuaid led the Bruins with 3 hits each. Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 5 blocked shots.
Frank Vatrano, Kevan Miller, Nick Holden and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward David Krejci
2) Oilers goalie Cam Talbot
3) Bruins forward David Backes
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 37-13-8 with 82 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 8-2-0 in their last ten games and their road record is now 18-6-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Saturday, when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs, at 7pm ET.
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