Bruins keep winning streak alive, beat Sens 5-2

Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson sprawls on the ice as Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron shoots the puck past him to score during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, in Ottawa, Ontario. The Bruins won 5-2. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)

Tonight the Bruins kept their winning ways going, 3 wins in a row, even without captain Zdeno Chara in the lineup (2 games now without Chara). Gregory Campbell also missed this game and Zach Hamill again got into the lineup.

In the first period, Rich Peverley scored his 6th goal of the season. Also in the period, Milan Lucic and Matt Carkner had a good heavyweight fight.

In the second period, Daniel Alfredson scored for the Senators to tie the game 1-1. Later, Chris Kelly scored his 12th goal of the season to give the Bruins a 2-1 lead.

In the third period, Patrice Bergeron scored his 6th goal of the season on a breakaway, to make it 3-1 Bruins. Less than a minute later, actually 56 seconds later, Daniel Paille scored on a breakaway, his 4th goal of the season to make it 4-1. Later, Jason Spezza scored to make it 4-2. A little less than two minutes left in the game, Daniel Paille scored his second goal of the game, his 5th goal of the season to make it 5-2 Bruins.

Milan Lucic vs Matt Carkner

Game notes
The Bruins led the game in faceoff wins 33-22 and blocked shots 18-13. The Senators led the game in shots 49-29 and hits 26-22.

The Senators went 0-for-5 on the power-play while the Bruins had no power-plays.

Tim Thomas played in net for the Bruins and made 47 saves on 49 shots. Thomas is now 14-5-0 with a 1.93 GAA and a .940 save percentage.

Patrice Bergeron, Chris Kelly and Daniel Paille led the Bruins in shots with 4 apiece.

Johnny Boychuk led the Bruins in blocked shots with 4.

Adam McQuaid and Chris Kelly led the Bruins in hits with 3 apiece.

McQuaid got a 5-minute major and game misconduct for kneeing Nick Foligno. On replay it showed that McQuaid's skate hit Foligno's knee.

Andrew Ference had a big night, leading the Bruins in ice time with 27:33. He had 2 assists, was +3, had 3 shots and 2 hits.

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 20-9-1 with 41 points which is 1st in the Northeast Division. The Bruins next game is on Saturday at 1pm ET at the Philadelphia Flyers.