BOSTON, MA - MARCH 9: Daniel Paille #20 of the Boston Bruins celebrates with teammates Shawn Thornton #22 and Gregory Campbell #11 of the Boston Bruins after scoring a goal in the first period against the Philadelphia Flyers during the game on March 9, 2013 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)
Quick game summary
In the first period, Bruins Tyler Seguin scored his 8th goal of the season, a power-play goal, making it 1-0 Bruins. Only 1:35 later, Chris Kelly scored his 2nd goal of the season, making it 2-0 Bruins. Only 43 seconds later, Bruins Daniel Paille scored his 4th goal of the season, making it 3-0 Bruins.
In the second period, no scoring happened. In the period Bruins Shawn Thornton dropped the gloves with Flyers Zac Rinaldo after Rinaldo laid out Johnny Boychuk with a hit. Thornton did pretty good and gets the decision in that fight.
In the third period, no scoring happened.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net for the Bruins and stopped all 23 shots he faced to get his 2nd shutout of the season. Rask is now 12-2-3 with a 1.97 GAA and a .927 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game in shots 28-23. The Flyers led the game in hits 41-31, faceoff wins 31-29 and blocked shots 25-18. The Bruins went 1-for-2 on the power-play while the Flyers went 0-for-3.
Nathan Horton led the Bruins with 4 shots. Dennis Seidenberg led the Bruins with 7 hits. Johnny Boychuk and Dennis Seidenberg led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots apiece.
Player notes
Jordan Caron played in his first game this season and played on the third line with Chris Kelly and Rich Peverley. Caron looked good and recorded an assist.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 16-3-3 with 36 points (tied with Montreal in points but Montreal has played 3 more games than the Bruins have played). The next game for the Bruins is on Monday at the Ottawa Senators at 7:30pm ET.
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