Bruins defeat struggling Devils 5-3


Boston Bruins Game 54: Boston Bruins @ New Jersey Devils game recap video, on February 11, 2018.
On Sunday, the Bruins came away with a big 5-3 win over the Devils.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 13:32, Bruins Torey Krug scored his 9th goal of the season, a short-handed goal, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 16:26, Devils Miles Wood scored, tying the game 1-1. At 19:57, Bruins Tim Schaller scored his 9th goal of the season, a short-handed goal, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead.

In the second period, at 0:31, Devils Taylor Hall scored, tying the game 2-2. At 2:03, Bruins Torey Krug scored his 10th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 3-2 lead. At 11:07, Devils Kyle Palmieri scored, tying the game 3-3.

In the third period, at 11:55, Bruins Adam McQuaid scored his 1st goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 4-3 lead. At 19:21, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 25th goal of the season, an empty-net goal, giving the Bruins a 5-3 lead.

Game notes
Anton Khudobin played in net and made 35 saves on 38 shots. Khudobin is now 12-3-4 with a 2.32 GAA and a .925 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game with a 56% faceoff percentage and in blocked shots 16-8. The Devils led the game in hits 38-27 and hits 30-17. The Bruins went 1-for-4 on the power-play while the Devils went 0-for-7.

Patrice Bergeron and Torey Krug led the Bruins with 4 shots each. Adam McQuaid led the Bruins with 4 hits. Brandon Carlo and Adam McQuaid led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots each.

Frank Vatrano, Kevan Miller and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid
2) Devils forward Taylor Hall
3) Bruins defenseman Torey Krug

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 34-12-8 with 76 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 16-5-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Tuesday, when they host the Calgary Flames, at 7pm ET.

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