Bruins beat Senators in overtime

Bruins players celebrate Patrice Bergeron's game winning goal in overtime
BOSTON, MA - FEBRUARY 28: The Boston Bruins celebrate an over time win against the Ottawa Senators at the TD Garden on February 28, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)
Even though the Ottawa Senators were playing without some of their best players last night against the Bruins, the Senators gave the Bruins everything they could and managed to get the game to overtime where the Bruins would win it and get the two points.

Quick game summary
In the first period, no scoring happened.

In the second period, Bruins Nathan Horton scored his 7th goal of the season, making it 1-0 Bruins. Later, Senators Jim O'Brien scored a power-play goal to tie the game 1-1.

In the third period, no scoring happened.

In overtime, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 4th goal of the season to win the game for the Bruins 2-1.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net for the Bruins and made 30 saves on 31 shots. Rask is now 11-1-2 with a 1.82 GAA and a .933 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in shots 46-31, hits 30-16, faceoff wins 37-20 and blocked shots 15-14. The Bruins went 0-for-3 on the power-play while the Senators went 1-for-5.

Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 5 shots. Milan Lucic led the Bruins with 7 hits. Adam McQuaid led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 13-2-2 with 28 points. The next game for the Bruins is on Saturday when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning in Boston at 1pm ET.

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