RALEIGH, NC - APRIL 13: Jeff Skinner #53 of the Carolina Hurricanes takes a shot on yet as goaltender Tuukka Rask #40 and defenseman Johnny Boychuk #55 of the Boston Bruins attempt to protect the goal during their NHL game at PNC Arena on April 13, 2013 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Gregg Forwerck/NHLI via Getty Images)
Quick game summary
In the first period, Bruins Milan Lucic scored his 6th goal of the season, making it 1-0 Bruins. Bruins Shawn Thornton dropped the gloves with Hurricanes Kevin Westgarth and they had more of a grapple-technical type of fight with it most likely a draw. Later, during a scrum, Hurricanes Jay Harrison went right after Bruins Zdeno Chara and they dropped the gloves and went at it with Chara getting the edge in that fight. Maybe Harrison remembered when Chara went after him last season? That was when Hurricanes Cam Ward had some words for Chara and Tuukka Rask after the fight. Hey Cam, do you have anything to say about this fight? Not too long after the Chara-Harrison fight, Hurricanes Jeff Skinner scored a power-play goal, tying the game 1-1. The second faceoff after the Hurricanes goal, Bruins Gregory Campbell dropped the gloves with Hurricanes Nicolas Blanchard and they had a wild-swinging fight with not much landing by either guy, and that was a draw.
In the second period, Hurricanes Jiri Tlusty scored, making it 2-1 Hurricanes. Bruins Tyler Seguin scored his 15th goal of the season, tying the game 2-2.
In the third period, Hurricanes Joe Corvo scored a power-play goal, making it 3-2 Hurricanes. Hurricanes Jiri Tlusty scored an empty net goal to put the game away 4-2.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net for the Bruins and made 34 saves on 37 shots. Rask is now 17-8-4 with a 1.99 GAA and a .929 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game in faceoff wins 37-29. The Hurricanes led the game in shots 38-30, hits 31-16 and blocked shots 17-13. The Bruins went 0-for-3 on the power-play while the Hurricanes 2-for-3.
Jaromir Jagr led the Bruins with 5 shots. Andrew Ference, Zdeno Chara and Johnny Boychuk all had 3 hits to lead the Bruins. Johnny Boychuk led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 26-11-4 with 56 points and in 2nd place in the Northeast Division (1 point behind Montreal and they've played the same amount of games). The next game for the Bruins is on Monday when they host the Ottawa Senators at 7pm ET. There are only 7 games left in the season.
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