Last night's game against the New Jersey Devils started good for the Bruins as they looked to have energy. They traded chances back and forth with the Devils. As the period went on the Devils looked like they wanted it more. Then the second period came and the Bruins looked like they have in the past few games, not good. But in the third period, they woke up and found a way to beat the Devils.
In the first period, Gregory Campbell dropped the gloves with Brad Mills and it wasn't much of a fight. I would say Mills had the better punches thrown but no one got hurt in the fight. The fight seemed to energize the Devils more than the Bruins. Later, Petr Sykora scored with less than two minutes left in the period, to make it 1-0 Devils.
In the second period, no scoring happened.
In the third period, the Bruins woke up and took over the game with a big period. First, Andrew Ference scored his 3rd goal of the season to tie the game 1-1. A little more than four minutes later, Nathan Horton scored his 17th goal of the season, a power-play goal, to make it 2-1 Bruins. 35 seconds later, Gregory Campbell finished off the Gordie Howe hat trick by scoring his 5th goal of the season to make it 3-1 Bruins. With 47 second left in the game, Chris Kelly scored an empty-net goal, his 14th goal of the season to finish the game 4-1.
Game notes
The Bruins led the game in faceoffs 35-29, hits 17-13 and blocked shots 5-4. The Devils led the game in shots 31-24.
The Bruins went 1-for-1 on the power-play while the Devils went 0-for-1.
Tim Thomas made 30 saves on 31 shots. Thomas is now 19-9 with a 2.02 GAA and a .936 save percentage.
Gregory Campbell had 1 goal, 1 assist and a fight, was +2 and had 3 hits.
Shawn Thornton had 2 assists and was +2.
Milan Lucic led the Bruins with 4 hits.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 30-13-1 with 61 points (1st place in Northeast Divison and 2nd place in Eastern Conference).
The Bruins next game is on Saturday at 1pm ET against the New York Rangers in Boston.
In the first period, Gregory Campbell dropped the gloves with Brad Mills and it wasn't much of a fight. I would say Mills had the better punches thrown but no one got hurt in the fight. The fight seemed to energize the Devils more than the Bruins. Later, Petr Sykora scored with less than two minutes left in the period, to make it 1-0 Devils.
In the second period, no scoring happened.
In the third period, the Bruins woke up and took over the game with a big period. First, Andrew Ference scored his 3rd goal of the season to tie the game 1-1. A little more than four minutes later, Nathan Horton scored his 17th goal of the season, a power-play goal, to make it 2-1 Bruins. 35 seconds later, Gregory Campbell finished off the Gordie Howe hat trick by scoring his 5th goal of the season to make it 3-1 Bruins. With 47 second left in the game, Chris Kelly scored an empty-net goal, his 14th goal of the season to finish the game 4-1.
Game notes
The Bruins led the game in faceoffs 35-29, hits 17-13 and blocked shots 5-4. The Devils led the game in shots 31-24.
The Bruins went 1-for-1 on the power-play while the Devils went 0-for-1.
Tim Thomas made 30 saves on 31 shots. Thomas is now 19-9 with a 2.02 GAA and a .936 save percentage.
Gregory Campbell had 1 goal, 1 assist and a fight, was +2 and had 3 hits.
Shawn Thornton had 2 assists and was +2.
Milan Lucic led the Bruins with 4 hits.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 30-13-1 with 61 points (1st place in Northeast Divison and 2nd place in Eastern Conference).
The Bruins next game is on Saturday at 1pm ET against the New York Rangers in Boston.
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