Bruins beat Jets in shootout 2-1


Boston Bruins Game 33: Winnipeg Jets @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on December 21, 2017.
The Bruins and Jets had a goalie duel that would go to a shootout and Bruins birthday-boy Charlie McAvoy scored the game-winning goal.

Quick game summary
In the first period, no scoring happened.

In the second period, no scoring happened.

In the third period, at 8:16, Bruins Torey Krug scored his 6th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 9:13, Jets Patrik Laine scored, tying the game 1-1.

In overtime, no scoring happened.

In the shootout, Jets Bryan Little scored in the 1st round; Bruins David Pastrnak scored in the 4th round; and Bruins Charlie McAvoy scored the game-winning goal in the 8th round.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 37 saves on 38 shots. Rask is now 10-8-3 with a 2.34 GAA and a .916 save percentage this season.

The Jets led the game with a 54% faceoff percentage, in shots 38-33, hits 28-26 and blocked shots 20-13. Both teams went 0-for-3 on the power-play.

Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 7 shots. Sean Kuraly, Noel Acciari, Tim Schaller, Zdeno Chara, Charlie McAvoy and Kevan Miller all led the Bruins with 3 hits each. Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots.

David Krejci, Riley Nash, Ryan Spooner and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins. Forward Colby Cave made his NHL debut but only had 1:10 of ice time and had 2 PIMs.

Three stars of the game
1) Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask
2) Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy
3) Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 18-10-5 with 41 points this season and are in 3rd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 7-2-1 in their last ten games and their home record is now 11-5-3 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Saturday, when they host the Detroit Red Wings, at 1pm ET.

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