Boston Bruins Game 57: Boston Bruins @ Calgary Flames game recap video, on February 19, 2018.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 5:59, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 22nd goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead.
In the second period, at 1:12, Bruins Adam McQuaid dropped the gloves with Flames Garnet Hathaway. At 5:28, Flames Matthew Tkachuk scored a power-play goal, tying the game 1-1.
In the third period, no scoring happened.
In overtime, at 3:36, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 22nd goal of the season, winning the game 2-1 of the Bruins.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 28 saves on 29 shots. Rask is now 24-10-4 with a 2.17 GAA and a .922 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game with a 51% faceoff percentage, shots 32-29 and blocked shots 14-12. The Flames led the game in hits 25-15. The Bruins went 0-for-2 on the power-play while the Flames went 1-for-3.
David Backes and Ryan Spooner led the Bruins with 5 shots each. Zdeno Chara and Adam McQuaid led the Bruins with 3 hits each. David Pastrnak and Charlie McAvoy led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots each.
Frank Vatrano, Jordan Szwarz, Kevan Miller and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Flames goalie David Rittich
2) Bruins forward Brad Marchand
3) Bruins forward David Pastrnak
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 36-13-8 with 80 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 7-3-0 in their last ten games and their road record is now 17-6-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is tomorrow (Tuesday), when they visit Milan Lucic and the Edmonton Oilers, at 9pm ET.
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