David Krejci is back, Bruins win

Boston Bruins center David Krejci celebrates after his goal against New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Boston, Thursday, March 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Tonight's Devils-Bruins game had its ups and downs but the Bruins managed to pull out an overtime win and get the two points they need, beating the Devils 4-3. The Bruins dominated the first period and led 2-0 after it. The second period was dominated by the Devils as the score was 3-2 Devils after the period. In the third period, it was mostly the Bruins as they were able to tie up the game 3-3. In overtime, David Krejci would score his 3rd goal of the game to win it for the Bruins, getting his second career hat trick. Bruins coach Claude Julien switched up his first two lines for this game as he put Lucic-Krejci-Seguin together and Rolston-Bergeron-Marchand together. The Lucic-Krejci-Seguin line paid off as they scored all of the goals while the Rolston-Bergeron-Marchand line didn't seem to work out that well.

Scoring summary
In the first period, David Krejci scored his 14th goal of the season giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. Shawn Thornton dropped the gloves with Eric Boulton and they had a good spirited fight trading punches. Thornton got the better early on and Boulton came back late.

Video: Shawn Thornton vs Eric Boulton

Later, Tyler Seguin scored his 21st goal of the season to make it 2-0.

In the second period, Zach Parise, Patrik Elias and David Clarkson all scored to make it 3-2 Devils.

In the third period, David Krejci scored his 15th goal of the season to tie the game 3-3.

In overtime, David Krejci scored his 16th goal of the season, his third goal of the game, getting his second career NHL hat trick (during the season), and winning the game for the Bruins. Krejci also had a hat trick in the playoffs last year vs the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Video: All 3 of David Krejci's goals

Game notes
The Bruins led the game in faceoff wins 31-21 and blocked shots 19-18. The Devils led the game in shots 31-25 and hits 22-20.

Both teams went 0-for-3 on the power-play.

Tim Thomas played in net and made 28 saves on 31 shots. Thomas is now 27-13-0 with a 2.22 GAA and a .929 save percentage so far this season.

After the game Claude Julien said that defenseman Andrew Ference has a lower body injury and will be re-examined tomorrow.

Greg Zanon played tonight while Mike Mottau was a scratch. Zanon led the Bruins with 3 hits. Johnny Boychuk is still out with a concussion.

David Krejci with the 3 goals, Milan Lucic and Zdeno Chara had 2 assists each, and Tyler Seguin had 1 goal and 1 assist.

Joe Corvo had another bad game, going -2, and was benched for some of the second period.

David Krejci led the Bruins with 5 shots.

Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 5 blocked shots.

Patrice Bergeron went 16-4 in the faceoff circle.

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 38-21-3 with 79 points (first in Northeast Divison and 2nd in Eastern Conference). The Bruins next game is on Saturday against the New York Islanders in Boston at 1pm ET.