As with a lot of games that are hyped up to be physical and possibly full of fights for revenge, usually nothing happens and that's exactly what happened in Thursday night's game against the Atlanta Thrashers. The only dust-up that happened was between Daniel Paille and Dustin Byfuglien. Byfuglien came in late and with an elbow at Paille in front of the Thrashers goalie after a save and Paille didn't like it so he pushed back. Byfuglien dropped the gloves as did Paille but both fell to the ice in an awkward position. Besides that, there were some hits but it was mainly a tame game. The game was filled with questionable penalties on both sides, which led to two Atlanta power-play goals. For the Thrashers, Freddy Meyer and Evander Kane were out of the lineup. For the Bruins, Gregory Campbell was out with the flu.
Now to the scoring. After the first period it was 1-1. Patrice Bergeron scored on a backhander, his 8th goal of the season. In the second period, both teams scored a goal each. Blake Wheeler scored his 9th goal of the season. No scoring happened in the third period as the game would go into overtime 2-2, and then the shootout. In the shootout Tyler Seguin and Wheeler were both stopped and both Thrashers shooters scored to win the game 3-2.
The Bruins played well in this game and outplayed the Thrashers in the third period, but Thrashers goalie Ondrej Pavelec played great in net.
Some notes about the game:
Seguin only had 6:30 of ice time in the game. He was hit hard and was slow getting up and skated to the bench. Hopefully he is ok, but he looked a little dazed after the hit. Please no more concussions. In the shootout, Seguin tried his deke and go to the backhand move again and Pavelec was ready for it.
Wheeler tried his lose the puck and hopefully get it back and shoot it in the net move, like he did in Florida, but it didn't work tonight.
Brad Marchand skated on a line with Patrice Bergeron and Mark Recchi and that line looked good.
Tim Thomas allowed both shooters in the shootout to score on him. The first one looked to beat him glove side and the second beat him five-hole. I would expect Tuukka Rask to get the start against the Sabres on Saturday. Thomas may need a rest, as I believe I read somewhere that he said he felt tired in the last game.
Now to the scoring. After the first period it was 1-1. Patrice Bergeron scored on a backhander, his 8th goal of the season. In the second period, both teams scored a goal each. Blake Wheeler scored his 9th goal of the season. No scoring happened in the third period as the game would go into overtime 2-2, and then the shootout. In the shootout Tyler Seguin and Wheeler were both stopped and both Thrashers shooters scored to win the game 3-2.
The Bruins played well in this game and outplayed the Thrashers in the third period, but Thrashers goalie Ondrej Pavelec played great in net.
Some notes about the game:
Seguin only had 6:30 of ice time in the game. He was hit hard and was slow getting up and skated to the bench. Hopefully he is ok, but he looked a little dazed after the hit. Please no more concussions. In the shootout, Seguin tried his deke and go to the backhand move again and Pavelec was ready for it.
Wheeler tried his lose the puck and hopefully get it back and shoot it in the net move, like he did in Florida, but it didn't work tonight.
Brad Marchand skated on a line with Patrice Bergeron and Mark Recchi and that line looked good.
Tim Thomas allowed both shooters in the shootout to score on him. The first one looked to beat him glove side and the second beat him five-hole. I would expect Tuukka Rask to get the start against the Sabres on Saturday. Thomas may need a rest, as I believe I read somewhere that he said he felt tired in the last game.
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