Boston Bruins @ Arizona Coyotes game recap video, on October 14, 2017.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 15:31, Coyotes Mario Kempe scored, giving the Coyotes a 1-0 lead. At 16:07, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 2nd goal of the season, tying the game 1-1.
In the second period, at 1:39, Bruins Jake DeBrusk scored his 2nd goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead. At 5:03, Bruins Zdeno Chara scored his 1st goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead. At 16:21, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 3rd goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 4-1 lead.
In the third period, at 16:25, Coyotes Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored a power-play goal, cutting the Bruins lead to 4-2. At 16:48, Bruins Tim Schaller scored his 2nd goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 5-2 lead. At 18:37, Bruins Anders Bjork scored his 1st goal of the season, also his 1st career NHL goal, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 6-2 lead.
Game notes
Anton Khudobin played in net and made 29 saves on 31 shots. Khudobin is now 1-0-0 with a 1.52 GAA and a .950 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game with a 51% faceoff percentage. The Coyotes led the game in shots 31-29 and blocked shots 17-13. Both teams had 34 hits. The Bruins went 2-for-3 on the power-play while the Coyotes went 1-for-3.
Danton Heinen led the Bruins with 5 shots. Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 9 hits and 4 blocked shots.
Patrice Bergeron, Frank Vatrano, David Backes (IR), Noel Acciari (IR) and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins captain Zdeno Chara
2) Bruins forward Brad Marchand
3) Coyotes forward Mario Kempe
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 2-2-0 with 4 points this season and are in 6th place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins road record is now 1-1-0 this season. The next game for the Bruins is tonight (Sunday), when they visit the Vegas Golden Knights, at 7pm ET.
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