Bruins beat Senators 3-2 in exciting back and forth game

BOSTON, MA - APRIL 2: Ceremonial puck drop with Paralympic swimmer and gold medalist Victoria Arlen with the Captain of Boston Bruins Zdeno Chara #33 and Daniel Alfredsson #11 of the Ottawa Senators at the TD Garden on April 2, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)

First the bad news, as Bruins Patrice Bergeron left in the second period and did not return to the game after getting hit in the head by the elbow or shoulder of Ottawa's Colin Greening as both reached for a puck. We all know that Bergeron had concussion issues in the past and the way he stayed down on the ice after the hit and then slowly got up and went to the dressing room makes you think that it may be another one, but hopefully not.

The good news is that the Bruins looked alive and finally skated for a full game which would help them come out on top 3-2 against the Ottawa Senators. Also, the Bruins made a trade before the game, maybe ten to fifteen years too late, but they acquired forward Jaromir Jagr from the Dallas Stars without giving up a regular-playing player.

Quick game summary
In the first period, Senators Colin Greening scored, making it 1-0 Senators. Less than a minute later, Bruins David Krejci scored his 9th goal of the season, tying the game 1-1. Only 1:01 later, Bruins Tyler Seguin scored his 12th goal of the season, making it 2-1 Bruins.

In the second period, no scoring happened.

In the third period, Senators Andre Benoit scored, tying the game 2-2. Later, Bruins Nathan Horton scored his 12th goal of the season, making it 3-2 Bruins.

Game notes
Anton Khudobin played in net for the Bruins and made 45 saves on 47 shots. Khudobin is now 8-3-0 with a 2.07 GAA and a .929 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in shots 50-47, hits 33-26, faceoff wins 28-26 and blocked shots 17-8. Both teams went 0-for-3 on the power-play.

Tyler Seguin led the Bruins with 12 shots. Gregory Campbell led the Bruins with 6 hits. Andrew Ference and Dennis Seidenberg led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 23-8-4 with 50 points and in 2nd place in the Northeast Division (one point behind the Montreal Canadiens for 1st place with the same amount of games played). The next game for the Bruins is on Thursday when they host the New Jersey Devils in Boston at 7pm ET.