The Bruins dominated most of Thursday's game against the Florida Panthers but Jose Theodore was good and he also got lucky a few times as the Bruins hit a few posts. Theodore always seems to play well against the Bruins for whatever reason. The Panthers would get lucky in the third period scoring with Tim Thomas down and Joe Corvo not able to get to the puck before Tomas Kopecky would. And the Panthers added an empty net goal to put the game away 2-0 and end Tim Thomas' 10-game winning streak.
Game notes
In the first period, Florida's newly acquired Krys Barch got a charging penalty for hitting Daniel Paille near the boards which left Paille woozy. NESN replays later showed that it looked like Barch hits Paille head or they collided heads. Both Shawn Thornton and Gregory Campbell dropped the gloves to get at Barch, but it would end up being Thornton taking on Barch once again. These two always seem to fight, remember the Dallas game last season. Thornton would get the decision in the fight. Paille would leave the game and not return.
In the second period, Johnny Boychuk laid out a Panthers player and Jack Skille came over and bumped into Boychuk. They dropped the gloves and had a good exchange.
Tim Thomas made 28 saves on 29 shots. Thomas is now 13-5-0 with a 1.83 GAA and a .941 save percentage.
The Bruins led the game in shots 40-29 and faceoff wins 28-24. The Panthers led the game in hits 19-16 and blocked shots 16-10.
The Bruins went 0-for-4 on the power-play, while the Panthers went 0-for-1.
Tyler Seguin played but he didn't really do much out there, as some other Bruins players. Seguin had 3 shots on net. The Lucic-Krejci-Horton line were all -2.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 17-9-1 and 3rd place in the Eastern Conference (Florida moving to 2nd place). The Bruins next game is on Saturday at the Columbus Blue Jackets at 7pm ET.
Game notes
In the first period, Florida's newly acquired Krys Barch got a charging penalty for hitting Daniel Paille near the boards which left Paille woozy. NESN replays later showed that it looked like Barch hits Paille head or they collided heads. Both Shawn Thornton and Gregory Campbell dropped the gloves to get at Barch, but it would end up being Thornton taking on Barch once again. These two always seem to fight, remember the Dallas game last season. Thornton would get the decision in the fight. Paille would leave the game and not return.
In the second period, Johnny Boychuk laid out a Panthers player and Jack Skille came over and bumped into Boychuk. They dropped the gloves and had a good exchange.
Tim Thomas made 28 saves on 29 shots. Thomas is now 13-5-0 with a 1.83 GAA and a .941 save percentage.
The Bruins led the game in shots 40-29 and faceoff wins 28-24. The Panthers led the game in hits 19-16 and blocked shots 16-10.
The Bruins went 0-for-4 on the power-play, while the Panthers went 0-for-1.
Tyler Seguin played but he didn't really do much out there, as some other Bruins players. Seguin had 3 shots on net. The Lucic-Krejci-Horton line were all -2.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 17-9-1 and 3rd place in the Eastern Conference (Florida moving to 2nd place). The Bruins next game is on Saturday at the Columbus Blue Jackets at 7pm ET.
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