Boston Bruins Game 62: Pittsburgh Penguins @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on March 1, 2018.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 0:35, Penguins Olli Maatta scored, giving the Penguins a 1-0 lead. At 1:45, Bruins David Krejci scored his 12th goal of the season, tying the game 1-1. At 2:53, Bruins Riley Nash scored his 12th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead. At 5:27, Bruins Rick Nash scored his 20th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead. At 9:27, Penguins Phil Kessel scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 3-2. At 12:49, Bruins David Backes scored his 11th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 4-2 lead. At 16:07, Bruins Torey Krug scored his 11th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 5-2 lead. At 19:57, Penguins Riley Sheahan scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 5-3.
In the second period, at 2:16, Bruins David Krejci scored his 13th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 6-3 lead and also giving Krejci his 4th NHL hat trick. At 10:50, Bruins captain Zdeno Chara (6'9" tall) dropped the gloves with Penguins giant Jamie Oleksiak (6'7" tall) and they had an ok fight with Chara slightly getting the better of Oleksiak. At 14:33, Bruins David Krejci scored his 14th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 7-3 lead. At 17:42, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 23rd goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 8-3 lead.
In the third period, at 5:15, Penguins Olli Maatta scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 8-4.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 22 saves on 26 shots. Rask is now 26-11-4 with a 2.27 GAA and a .919 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game with a 53% faceoff percentage, in shots 38-26 and hits 30-28. The Penguins led the game in blocked shots 25-5. The Bruins went 3-for-5 on the power-play while the Penguins went 0-for-4.
Rick Nash led the Bruins with 5 shots. Charlie McAvoy and Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 4 hits each.
Patrice Bergeron, Danton Heinen, Matt Grzelcyk and Adam McQuaid were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward David Krejci
2) Bruins forward David Pastrnak
3) Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 39-15-8 with 86 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 6-4-0 in their last ten games and their home record is now 21-7-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Saturday, when they host the Montreal Canadiens, at 5pm ET.
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