Bruins beat Red Wings in overtime 3-2


Boston Bruins Game 28: Boston Bruins @ Detroit Red Wings game recap video, on December 13, 2017.
On Wednesday night, the Bruins took on the Detroit Red Wings and were able to tie the game 2-2 in the third period. Then in overtime, Bruins Brad Marchand showed his skills with a beautiful hard-working goal to win the game.

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

In the second period, at 9:15, Red Wings Tomas Tatar scored a power-play goal giving the Red Wings a 1-0 lead.

In the third period, at 3:02, Bruins Noel Acciari scored his 2nd goal of the season, tying the game 1-1. At 11:34, Red Wings Dylan Larkin scored a short-handed goal, giving the Red Wings a 2-1 lead. At 18:34, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 15th goal of the season, tying the game 2-2.

In overtime, at 0:35, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 12th goal of the season, winning the game 3-2 for the Bruins.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 31 saves on 33 shots. Rask is now 8-8-2 with a 2.41 GAA and a .914 save percentage this season.

The Red Wings led the game with a 51% faceoff percentage, in shots 33-32 and blocked shots 20-8. Both teams had 25 hits. The Bruins went 0-for-3 on the power-play while the Red Wings went 1-for-3.

Patrice Bergeron and Torey Krug led the Bruins with 3 shots each. Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 4 hits. Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.

Matt Beleskey, Frank Vatrano and Kevan Miller were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Brad Marchand
2) Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask
3) Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 15-9-4 with 34 points this season. The next game for the Bruins is tomorrow/Thursday, when they host the Washington Capitals, at 7pm ET.

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