Boston Bruins' Chris Kelly (23) celebrates his second goal of the second period with teammate Adam McQuaid during an NHL hockey game against the Winnipeg Jets in Boston, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. The Bruins won 4-2. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
In the first period, Evander Kane and Dustin Byfuglien scored two quick goals by mid-way through the period, to make it 2-0 Jets. Later, Zdeno Chara scored his 4th goal of the season, a power-play goal to make it 2-1.
In the second period, Chris Kelly scored two goals for the Bruins, his 8th and 9th goals of the season, to give the Bruins a 3-2 lead. The first goal was a short-handed goal.
In the third period, Brad Marchand scored an empty-net goal to put the game away 4-2 for the Bruins.
This game wasn't as intense, spirited and physical as some recent past games but there was a lot of back-and-forth action trading scoring chances. Former Bruin Blake Wheeler had an assist and was -1 in the 14:01 of ice time he got. And former Bruin Mark Stuart was +1 in 19:42 of ice time he got.
Game notes
The Bruins led the game in faceoff wins 30-19 and blocked shots 11-9. The Jets led the game in shots 42-35 and hits 23-16. The Bruins went 1-for-5 on the power-play while the Jets went 0-for-4.
Tim Thomas made 40 saves on 42 shots. Thomas is now 11-4-0 with a 1.86 GAA and a .937 save percentage this season.
Zdeno Chara led the Bruins in shots with 6.
Rich Peverley had 2 assists.
Andrew Ference led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots.
Gregory Campbell and Zdeno Chara led the Bruins in hits with 3 apiece.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 14-7-1 and are 1st place in the Northeast Division (2nd place in the Eastern Conference and 4th place overall in the NHL). The Bruins next game is on Wednesday, November 30th at the Toronto Maple Leafs at 7pm ET.
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