Milan Lucic leads Bruins to 3-1 win over Blue Jackets

Game summary video of the Bruins 3-1 win over the Blue Jackets on November 30, 2013.

It was Zdeno Chara leading the way yesterday for the Bruins against the New York Rangers, and tonight it was Milan Lucic leading the Bruins to a 3-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Lucic scored two goals, was +1, had 2 shots, 6 hits,1 blocked shot and he also got into a fight. With this win, the Bruins have swept the season series 3-0 against Columbus. The Bruins went 8-0-2 at home in November.

Quick game summary
In the first period, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 8th goal of the season, making it 1-0 Bruins. Later, Bruins Milan Lucic scored his 10th goal of the season, a power-play goal, making it 2-0 Bruins.

In the second period, no scoring happened. Bruins Milan Lucic did drop the gloves with Blue Jackets Dalton Prout and they had a good fight.

In the third period, Bruins Milan Lucic scored his 11th goal of the season, making it 3-0 Bruins. Later, Blue Jackets Ryan Johansen scored a power-play goal, making it 3-1.

Game notes
Backup goalie Chad Johnson played in net for the Bruins and made 13 saves on 14 shots. Johnson is now 4-1-0 with a 1.97 GAA and a .918 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in shots 36-14, faceoff wins 34-22 and blocked shots 18-17. The Blue Jackets led the game in hits 31-24. The Bruins went 1-for-6 on the power-play while the Blue Jackets went 1-for-2.

Torey Krug and Johnny Boychuk led the Bruins with 5 shots each. Milan Lucic led the Bruins with 6 hits. Adam McQuaid led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots.

Player notes
Matt Bartkowski and Jordan Caron were healthy scratches.

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 18-7-2 with 38 points and 1st in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference. The next game for the Bruins is on Thursday at the Montreal Canadiens at 7:30pm ET. It will be the first matchup of the season between Montreal and Boston. As of right now, Montreal is tied for 2nd place in the Atlantic Division with 33 points.