Bruins offense explodes, beating Blue Jackets 7-2

Boston Bruins Game 31: Columbus Blue Jackets @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on December 18, 2017.

Wow, what a show the Bruins offense put on against the Columbus Blue Jacket on Monday night as they exploded with seven goals, beating the Blue Jackets 7-2. I don't know if it's because how bad the Blue Jackets played or not but the Bruins were pulling off some sweet moves that you think you would only see in NHL video games. Check out the recap video with the highlights. If that wasn't enough, Bruins rookie Charlie McAvoy got his first "Gordie Howe Hat Trick" in this game, as he scored a goal, got an assist and got into his first fight, what a night for him and the Bruins.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 14:48, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 14th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead.

In the second period, at 8:23, Bruins David Backes scored his 3rd goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 2-0 lead. At 11:53, Bruins Charlie McAvoy scored his 5th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 3-0 lead.

In the third period, at 0:53, Bruins Charlie McAvoy got into his first NHL fight with Blue Jackets Pierre-Luc Dubois, after McAvoy laid a hit on Dubois, which was called an illegal check to the head, and McAvoy handled himself ok as he's not a fighter anyways. At 8:32, Blue Jackets Josh Anderson scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 3-1. At 12:30, Bruins Danton Heinen scored his 8th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 4-1 lead. At 15:44, Bruins Torey Krug scored his 5th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 5-1 lead. At 17:26, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 8th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 6-1 lead. At 18:50, Bruins Jake DeBrusk scored his 7th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 7-1 lead. At 19:46, Blue Jackets Seth Jones scored a power-play goal, cutting the Bruins lead to 7-2.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 16 saves on 18 shots. Rask is now 9-8-3 with a 2.42 GAA and a .912 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in shots 45-18. The Blue Jackets led the game with a 55% faceoff percentage, in hits 23-22 and blocked shots 19-14. The Bruins went 2-for-4 on the power-play while the Blue Jackets went 1-for-5.

Patrice Bergeron and Sean Kuraly led the Bruins with 5 shots each. Noel Acciari, Charlie McAvoy and Kevan Miller all led the Bruins with 4 hits each. Torey Krug led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.

David Krejci, Frank Vatrano and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Danton Heinen
2) Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy
3) Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 16-10-5 with 37 points this season and are in 3rd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 6-3-1 in their last ten games and their home record is now 10-5-3 this season. The next game for the Bruins is tomorrow/on Tuesday, when they visit the Buffalo Sabres, at 7:30pm ET.