Bruins offense can't get it done, lose to Red Wings

BOSTON, MA - OCTOBER 14: Alumni legend Milt Schmidt poses with Zdeno Chara #33 of the Boston Bruins and Henrik Zetterberk #40 of the Detroit Red Wings at the TD Garden on October 14, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)

The Bruins had another early game on Monday and it was another game where they struggled to get the puck past the opposing goalie. The Red Wings wound up beating the Bruins 3-2.

Quick game summary
In the first period, Red Wings Henrik Zetterberg scored, making it 1-0 Red Wings. A little later, Bruins Loui Eriksson scored his 2nd goal of the season, tying the game 1-1.

In the second period, Red Wings Stephen Weiss scored, making it 2-1 Red Wings. Less than three minutes later, Dan Cleary scored, making it 3-1 Red Wings.

In the third period, with 1:20 left in the game, Bruins Milan Lucic scored his 3rd goal of the season, making it 3-2. The Bruins wouldn't be able to tie the game up and the Red Wings wound up winning 3-2.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 24 saves on 27 shots. Rask is now 3-2-0 with a 1.41 GAA and a .951 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in hits 25-19. The Red Wings led the game in shots 30-27, faceoff wins 24-22 and blocked shots 22-4. The Bruins went 0-for-5 on the power-play while the Red Wings didn't have a power-play in the game.

Jarome Iginla led the Bruins with 5 shots. Iginla and Shawn Thornton led the Bruins with 4 hits each. Johnny Boychuk led the Bruins with 2 blocked shots.

Player notes
Dougie Hamilton was again scratched and Matt Bartkowski was in the lineup. Carl Soderberg did not play again as he's still recovering from his injury.

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 3-2-0 with 6 points and 5th place in the Atlantic Division. The next game for the Bruins is on Thursday at the Florida Panthers at 7:30pm.