Vancouver Canucks @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on October 19, 2017.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 2:58, Canucks Derek Dorsett scored, giving the Canucks a 1-0 lead. At 3:29, Bruins Anders Bjork scored his 2nd goal of the season, tying the game 1-1. At 6:13, Canucks Erik Gudbranson boarded Bruins Frank Vatrano from behind into the boards, Bruins Tim Schaller dropped the gloves with Gudbranson, then Gudbranson was thrown out of the game with a game misconduct for the hit. At 9:03, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 4th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead. At 9:26, Bruins Anders Bjork scored his 3rd goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead. At 10:40, Bruins David Krejci scored his 1st goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 4-1 lead. At 19:18, Bruins Kevan Miller dropped the gloves with Canucks Derek Dorsett.
In the second period, at 10:05, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 4th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 5-1 lead. At 16:06, Bruins killer/Canucks Thomas Vanek scored a power-play goal, cutting the Bruins lead to 5-2. At 16:40, Bo Horvat scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 5-3.
In the third period, at 11:53, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 1st goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 6-3 lead.
Game notes
Anton Khudobin played in net and made 26 saves on 29 shots. Khudobin is now 2-0-0 with a 2.16 GAA and a .928 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game in shots 35-29 and blocked shots 15-11. The Canucks led the game in hits 22-21. Both teams had a 50% faceoff percentage. The Bruins went 4-for-8 on the power-play while the Canucks went 1-for-6.
Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 6 shots. Tim Schaller led the Bruins with 4 hits. Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots.
Matt Beleskey, Paul Postma, Tuukka Rask, Ryan Spooner (IR) and Noel Acciari (IR) were scratched for the Bruins.
Injuries and roster moves
Before the game it was announced that the Bruins assigned forward Peter Cehlarik to Providence (AHL) and that goalie Zane McIntyre was recalled from Providence (AHL) on an emergency basis. The Bruins also announced that goalie Tuukka Rask is out with a concussion after a collision during Wednesday's practice.
Video: Bergeron says he felt better as game went on
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron
2) Bruins forward Anders Bjork
3) Bruins forward Brad Marchand
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 3-3-0 with 6 points this season and are in 5th place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins home record is now 2-1-0 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Saturday, when they host the Buffalo Sabres, at 7pm ET.
Comments