Boston Bruins' Nathan Horton (18) tries to score against Carolina Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward and Carolina's Jay Harrison (44) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
With David Krejci out of the lineup with a "core" injury, Tyler Seguin moved to the first line at center with Milan Lucic and Nathan Horton. That line got better as the game went on and Seguin is looking comfortable out there on the ice. It's good to see him with confidence. The Bruins power-play would not help them tonight as it looked like the power-play from late last season, not getting it done.
No scoring happened in the first period. The Bruins went 0 for 2 on the power-play.
In the second period, Joni Pitkanen scored a power-play goal to make it 1-0 Hurricanes. The Bruins went 0 for 3 on the power-play.
In the third period, Anthony Stewart scored to make it 2-0 Hurricanes. Only 25 seconds after the Stewart goal, Seguin went to the outside with speed and roofed one past Cam Ward high glove short side to make it 2-1. What a shot that was by Seguin. You'll see that one on the highlight shows. That goal seemed to energize the Bruins and they would get some good chances after that goal. But Jiri Tlusty would score for Carolina to make it 3-1. Later, Brad Marchand scored his 2nd goal of the season to make it 3-2, one-timing a deflected pass from Patrice Bergeron off a Canes player's skate and past Ward. The Bruins would not be able to tie the game in the final minutes.
Scary moment in the third period, as Adam McQuaid lost his footing and fell awkwardly into the boards hitting the right side of his head. He wasn't able to get up for a few seconds and he crawled back towards the net to get back into the play, as the referee watched and didn't blow the whistle. When he did get to his feet, it looked like McQuaid was hooking Andrew Ference, possibly thinking Ference was a Hurricane player. When play stopped the Versus announcers said that McQuaid stood by Tim Thomas for a little bit before Zdeno Chara had to come by and help him to the bench. McQuaid would eventually go to the dressing room and not return to the game. We hope McQuaid is ok.
Game notes
The Hurricanes led the game in shots 34-28, faceoff wins 31-30 and in hits 15-12.
The Bruins power-play went 0 for 5 tonight.
Tim Thomas played in net and made 31 saves on 34 shots. Thomas is now 1-2 with a 2.02 GAA and a .933 save percentage.
Bergeron went 16-7 in the faceoff circle. Seguin went 7-9 in the faceoff circle.
Seguin led the Bruins in shots with 4.
Benoit Pouliot led the Bruins in hits with 4. I am not a fan of Pouliot at all but you got to give him credit as he's doing everything he can to help the team.
Milan Lucic and Nathan Horton both had 0 hits.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 1-3 this season. The Bruins next game is on Saturday at 8:30pm ET, at the Chicago Blackhawks.
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