Boston Bruins @ Colorado Avalanche game recap video, on October 11, 2017.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 6:59 Bruins Matt Beleskey dropped the gloves with Avalanche Mark Barberio. At 8:19 Avalanche Alexander Kerfoot scored, giving the Avalanche a 1-0 lead. At 17:08 Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 2nd goal of the season, tying the game 1-1.
In the second period, at 1:00 Avalanche Nail Yakupov scored, giving the Avalanche a 2-1 lead. At 12:37 Avalanche Sven Andrighetto scored a power-play goal, giving the Avalanche a 3-1 lead. At 12:42 Bruins Adam McQuaid dropped the gloves with Avalanche Nikita Zadorov with McQuaid getting the better of that fight. Earlier McQuaid pushed Avalanche Tyson Jost from behind into the boards so that's why this fight happened (McQuaid taking the consequences for his bad hit, unlike a lot of other NHL players). At 15:43 Avalanche Matt Duchene scored, giving the Avalanche a 4-1 lead.
In the third period, at 11:30 Bruins Tim Schaller scored his 1st goal of the season, cutting the Avalanche lead to 4-2. Bruins rookie Danton Heinen recorded an assist on Schaller's goal, which was Heinen's first career NHL point. At 12:57 Bruins Torey Krug scored his 1st goal of the season, a power-play goal, cutting the Avalanche lead to 4-3. At 18:26 Avalanche Sven Andrighetto scored an empty-net goal, giving the Avalanche a 5-3 lead. At 18:50 Avalanche Tyson Jost scored an empty-net goal, giving the Avalanche a 6-3 lead.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask started the game played in net for two periods and made 22 saves on 26 shots. Backup goalie Anton Khudobin played the third period and stopped all 9 shots he faced. Rask got the loss and is now 1-2-0 with a 3.75 GAA and a .870 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game with a 51% faceoff percentage. The Avalanche led the game in shots 37-23, hits 15-14 and blocked shots 17-15. The Bruins went 1-for-4 on the power-play while the Avalanche went 1-for-5.
David Pastrnak and Torey Krug both finished the game a team worst -3. David Pastrnak led the Bruins with 4 shots. Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 3 hits. Riley Nash led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots.
Patrice Bergeron, David Backes (IR), Noel Acciari (IR), Austin Czarnik and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Avalanche forward Nail Yakupov
2) Avalanche forward Matt Duchene
3) Bruins forward Brad Marchand
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 1-2-0 with 2 points this season and are in 6th place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins road record is now 0-1-0 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Saturday, when they visit the Arizona Coyotes, at 9pm ET.
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