BOSTON, MA - OCTOBER 8: Players of the Boston Bruins celebrate a goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning at the TD Garden on October 8, 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)
No scoring happened in the first period.
In the second period, Rich Peverley scored his 1st goal of the season giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. The Lightning came back only 1:16 later as Martin St. Louis scored on a breakaway on his friend Tim Thomas to tie the game. Then 1:38 later Bruins Daniel Paille scored his 1st goal of the season to give the Bruins a 2-1 lead.
In the third period, David Krejci scored his 1st goal of the season making it a 3-1 Bruins lead. Later, Peverley scored his 2nd goal of the game/season to make it 4-1.
Game notes
The Bruins led the game in shots 42-26 and hits 18-14. The Lightning led the game in faceoff wins 33-32. The Bruins went 0 for 5 on the power-play.
Jordan Caron and Matt Bartkowski were scratched and Benoit Pouliot and Adam McQuaid replaced them in the lineup.
Tim Thomas played in net and made 25 saves on 26 shots. Thomas is now 1-1 with a 1.51 GAA and a .945 save percentage.
Zdeno Chara, Rich Peverley and Tyler Seguin all had 5 shots on net apiece to lead the Bruins.
Brad Marchand and Seguin both had 2 assists apiece. Marchand and Seguin are both tied for the team lead in points with 3. Seguin has 3 assists, while Marchand has a goal and 2 assists so far this season.
Chara and Milan Lucic both led the Bruins with 3 hits apiece.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 1-1 this season. The Bruins next game is on Monday at 1pm ET, hosting the Colorado Avalanche in Boston. Colorado is playing their first game of the season tonight against the Detroit Red Wings.
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