Bruins youngsters lead 4-3 win on opening night

Nashville Predators @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on October 5, 2017.

As Bruins star veterans Patrice Bergeron and David Backes were out of the lineup for opening night against the Nashville Predators tonight, Bruins rookies and veterans stepped up and came away with a 4-3 win over last season's Western Conference Champions.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 8:37, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 1st goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. Rookie defenseman Charlie McAvoy recorded an assist on Pastrnak's goal, his first career NHL regular season point. At 10:56, Bruins Adam McQuaid dropped the gloves with Predators Cody McLeod. At 19:49, Predators Viktor Arvidsson scored, tying the game 1-1.

In the second period, at 5:48, Bruins Jake DeBrusk scored his 1st goal of the season, which was also his first career NHL goal, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead. Rookie forward Anders Bjork recorded an assist on DeBrusk's goal, his first career NHL point. Later at 15:43, Bruins Charlie McAvoy scored his 1st goal of the season, also his first career NHL goal, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead.

In the third period, at 17:07, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 1st goal of the season, an empty-net goal/short-handed goal, giving the Bruins a 4-1 lead. At 18:12, Predators Scott Hartnell scored, a power-play goal, cutting the Bruins lead to 4-2. At 19:25, Predators Filip Forsberg scored, a power-play goal, cutting the Bruins lead to 4-3.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 26 saves on 29 shots. Rask is now 1-0-0 with a 3.00 GAA and a .897 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game with a 57% faceoff percentage and in shots 32-29. The Predators led the game in hits 25-23 and blocked shots 10-7. The Bruins went 1-for-5 on the power-play while the Predators went 2-for-7.

David Krejci led the Bruins with 3 points (all assists). Anders Bjork and Jake DeBrusk both led the Bruins with a +2 rating. Jake DeBrusk and David Pastrnak led the Bruins with 4 shots each. Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 4 hits. Tim Schaller and Brandon Carlo led the Bruins with 2 blocked shots each.

Patrice Bergeron (day-to-day with a lower body injury), David Backes (diagnosed with diverticulitis and is expected to be out for at least 3-to-4 weeks) and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward David Krejci
2) Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask
3) Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 1-0-0 with 2 points this season. The Bruins home record is now 1-0-0 this season. The next game for the Bruins is Monday, when they host the Colorado Avalanche, at 1pm ET.