Boston Bruins Game 51: Boston Bruins @ Detroit Red Wings game recap video, on February 6, 2018.
Quick game summary
In the first period, no scoring happened.
In the second period, at 2:08, Red Wings Martin Frk scored a power-play goal, giving the Red Wings a 1-0 lead. At 12:11, Bruins Sean Kuraly scored his 4th goal of the season, tying the game 1-1. At 14:17, Bruins David Krejci scored his 10th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead.
In the third period, at 8:21, Bruins Danton Heinen scored his 12th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead. At 18:36, Red Wings Frans Nielsen scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 3-2.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 26 saves on 28 shots. Rask is now 22-8-4 with a 2.09 GAA and a .925 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game in shots 31-28. The Red Wings led the game with a 57% faceoff percentage, hits 28-15 and blocked shots 15-13. The Bruins went 0-for-2 on the power-play while the Red Wings went 1-for-2.
Danton Heinen led the Bruins with 4 shots. Adam McQuaid led the Bruins with 3 hits. Riley Nash and Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots each.
Brad Marchand, Noel Acciari, Kevan Miller and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Danton Heinen
2) Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid
3) Red Wings forward Martin Frk
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 32-11-8 with 72 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 8-1-1 in their last ten games and their road record is now 14-5-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is tomorrow (Wednesday), when they visit the New York Rangers, at 8pm ET.
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