WINNIPEG, MB - FEBRUARY 17: Patrice Bergeron #37 of the Boston Bruins congratulates Brad Marchand #63 for his goal against the Winnipeg Jets during third period action on February 17, 2013 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Photo by Marianne Helm/Getty Images)
Quick game summary
In the first period, no scoring happened.
In the second period, Jets Alex Burmistrov scored to make it 1-0 Jets. Bruins Tyler Seguin scored his 3rd goal of the season later to tie the game 1-1. Jets Evander Kane scored with 27 seconds left in the period to make it 2-1 Jets. Bruins Daniel Paille scored his 2nd goal of the season with a redirection on a Johnny Boychuk shot-pass, to tie the game 2-2.
In the third period, 36 seconds into the period, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 8th goal of the season, a power-play goal to give the Bruins a 3-2 lead. The Bruins would hold on to win the game 3-2, even with the puck crossing the goal line behind Tuukka Rask in the final seconds.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net for the Bruins and made 22 saves on 24 shots. Rask is now 7-1-2 with a 2.06 GAA and a .919 save percentage this season.
The Jets led the game in hits 25-21 and faceoff wins 28-24. Both teams had 20 blocked shots. The Bruins went 1-for-1 on the power-play and the Jets went 0-for-2.
Player notes
Milan Lucic did not play and returned to Boston for personal reasons. We hope all is ok. With Lucic out, Jay Pandolfo made his Bruins debut with 3 hits in 6:48 of ice time.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 9-2-2 with 20 points and first place in the Northeast Division. The next game for the Bruins is on Thursday at the Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:30pm ET.
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