Boston Bruins Game 34: Detroit Red Wings @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on December 23, 2017.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 13:37, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 15th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 14:38, Red Wings Frans Nielsen scored a short-handed goal, tying the game 1-1.
In the second period, no scoring happened.
In the third period, at 6:11, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 9th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead. At 19:46, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 10th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 30 saves on 31 shots. Rask is now 11-8-3 with a 2.28 GAA and a .918 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game with a 61% faceoff percentage. The Red Wings led the game in shots 31-26, hits 27-22 and blocked shots 16-12. The Bruins went 1-for-2 on the power-play while the Red Wings went 0-for-2.
Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 6 shots. Ryan Spooner, Noel Acciari, Charlie McAvoy and Kevan Miller all led the Bruins with 3 hits each. Zdeno Chara and Torey Krug led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots each.
David Krejci, Frank Vatrano and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins captain Zdeno Chara
2) Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron
3) Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 19-10-5 with 43 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 12-5-3 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Wednesday, when they host the Ottawa Senators, at 7pm ET.
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