Ottawa Senators @ Boston Bruins, Game 6 recap video, on April 23, 2017.
The Senators got a gift power-play in overtime and finally capitalized on a power-play with a goal, beating the Bruins 3-2 in overtime to eliminate the Bruins from the playoffs.
Quick game summary
In the first period, Bruins Drew Stafford scored his 2nd goal of the playoffs, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead.
In the second period, Senators Bobby Ryan scored a power-play goal, tying the game 1-1. Later, Senators Kyle Turris scored, giving the Senators a 2-1 lead.
In the third period, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 2nd goal of the playoffs, tying the game 2-2.
In overtime, Senators Clarke MacArthur scored a power-play goal, winning the game 3-2 and ending the series.
Game notes
Bruins Tuukka Rask played in net and made 26 saves on 29 shots. Rask is now 2-4 with a 2.24 GAA and a .920 save percentage in the playoffs.
The Bruins led the game with a 56% faceoff percentage, in shots 30-29, hits 42-32 and blocked shots 16-8. The Bruins went 1-for-2 on the power-play while the Senators went 2-for-5.
Drew Stafford led the Bruins with 6 shots. Noel Acciari and Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 7 hits each. Kevan Miller and Brad Marchand led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.
Brandon Carlo, Tommy Cross, Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson, Jimmy Hayes, David Krejci, Torey Krug, Adam McQuaid and Ryan Spooner were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Senators forward Clarke MacArthur
2) Bruins forward Brad Marchand
3) Senators goalie Craig Anderson
Bruins are done playing for now
The Senators won the series 4-2 and move on to face the New York Rangers in the next round.
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