Boston Bruins Game 49: St. Louis Blues @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on February 1, 2018.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 12:32, Bruins David Krejci scored his 9th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead.
In the second period, no scoring happened.
In the third period, at 9:05, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 21st goal of the season, a power-play goal giving the Bruins a 2-0 lead. At 18:28, Blues Jaden Schwartz scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 2-1. At 19:59, Bruins David Backes scored his 9th goal of the season, an empty-net goal, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 32 saves on 33 shots. Rask is now 20-8-4 with a 2.12 GAA and a .924 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game in shots 46-33. The Blues led the game with a 51% faceoff percentage, in hits 37-30 and blocked shots 19-14. The Bruins went 1-for-1 on the power-play while the Blues went 0-for-1.
David Backes led the Bruins with 8 shots and 6 hits.
Brad Marchand, Noel Acciari, Anders Bjork, Charlie McAvoy and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask
2) Bruins forward David Krejci
3) Blues goalie Jake Allen
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 30-11-8 with 68 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 7-1-2 in their last ten games and their home record is now 17-6-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Saturday, when they host the Toronto Maple Leafs, at 7pm ET.
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