Bruins can't complete comeback against Senators, lose 4-3

Game summary video of Bruins @ Senators on December 28, 2013.

With already the loss of defenseman Dennis Seidenberg, the Bruins were without captain Zdeno Chara for this game with an undisclosed injury and forward Carl Soderberg out after hitting his head against the glass in the last game, and it sure looked bad at the start for the Bruins. The Bruins were down 3-1 early in the second period, with goalie Tuukka Rask pulled as well, but they managed to fight their way back into the game and tie it in the third period but the Senators would score later in the period and hold on for the win against the Bruins.

Quick game summary
In the first period, Senators Patrick Wiercioch scored, making it 1-0 Senators. Later, Bruins Daniel Paille scored his 4th goal of the season, tying the game 1-1. After a Matt Kassian hit on Bruins David Warsofsky, Jordan Caron dropped the gloves with Kassian but held on for dear life. Less than three minutes later, Senators Cory Conacher scored, making it 2-1 Senators.

In the second period, only 29 seconds into the period, Senators Zack Smith scored a short-handed goal, making it 3-1 Senators. Tuukka Rask was then pulled from the net and in came backup goalie Chad Johnson. Later, Bruins Jarome Iginla scored his 12th goal of the season, making it 3-2.

In the third period, Bruins David Warsofsky scored his 1st NHL career goal, tying the game 3-3. Later, Senators Bobby Ryan scored, making it 4-3 Senators.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask started in net for the Bruins and was taken out early in the second period after the third goal. Rask made 9 saves on 12 shots. Chad Johnson played the rest of the game, making 17 saves on 18 shots. Johnson got the loss and is now 6-3-0 with a 2.34 GAA and a .914 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in shots 32-30, faceoff wins 36-29 and blocked shots 22-8. The Senators led the game in hits 37-33. The Bruins went 0-for-4 on the power-play while the Senators went 0-for-2.

Reilly Smith and Johnny Boychuk led the Bruins with 4 shots each. Milan Lucic led the Bruins with 7 hits. Adam McQuaid led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots. Defenseman Zach Trotman made his NHL debut and had 3 shots.

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 26-11-2 with 54 points and are 1st place in the Atlantic Division. The next game for the Bruins is on Tuesday when they host the New York Islanders in Boston at 7pm ET.