Boston Bruins Game 77: Florida Panthers @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on March 31, 2018.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 4:59, Panthers Jamie McGinn scored, giving the Panthers a 1-0 lead. At 11:15, Bruins Nick Holden scored his 4th goal of the season, tying the game 1-1. At 14:06, Bruins Jake DeBrusk scored his 15th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead.
In the second period, at 1:32, Bruins Ryan Donato scored his 4th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead. At 1:57, Bruins Adam McQuaid dropped the gloves with Panthers Micheal Haley in a good fight. At 13:40, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 29th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 4-1 lead. At 16:32, Bruins Jake DeBrusk scored his 16th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 5-1 lead.
In the third period, no scoring happened. At 12:38, Bruins Noel Acciari dropped the gloves with Panthers MacKenzie Weegar, with Acciari getting the edge. This was Acciari's first NHL fight.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 30 saves on 31 shots. Rask is now 34-11-5 with a 2.28 GAA and a .919 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game in shots 33-31. The Panthers led the game with a 51% faceoff percentage, in hits 29-15 and blocked shots 8-6. The Bruins went 1-for-1 on the power-play while the Panthers went 0-for-2.
Noel Acciari led the Bruins with 4 shots and 4 hits. Adam McQuaid led the Bruins with 2 blocked shots.
Brian Gionta, Sean Kuraly, Rick Nash, Zdeno Chara and Charlie McAvoy were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk
2) Bruins forward David Krejci
3) Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 49-17-11 with 109 points this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Sunday (tomorrow), when they visit the Philadelphia Flyers, at 12:30pm ET.
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