Boston Bruins Game 24: Boston Bruins @ Philadelphia Flyers game recap video, on December 2, 2017.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 8:29, Bruins Kevan Miller and Flyers Wayne Simmonds dropped the gloves and had a good fight. Remember these two had words with each other in a pre-season game in September when Bruins David Krejci dropped the gloves with Flyers Nolan Patrick. At 14:30, Bruins Ryan Spooner scored his 1st goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead.
In the second period, at 6:38, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 13th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-0 lead. At 10:44, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 9th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-0 lead.
In the third period, no scoring happened.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and stopped all 28 shots he faced, earning his 1st shutout of the season. Rask is now 5-8-2 with a 2.65 GAA and a .906 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game in blocked shots 21-13. The Flyers led the game with a 54% faceoff percentage, in shots 28-27 and hits 19-13. The Bruins went 0-for-2 on the power-play while the Flyers went 0-for-6.
David Pastrnak led the Bruins with 3 shots. Noel Acciari, Brad Marchand and Kevan Miller all led the Bruins with 2 hits each. Brandon Carlo and Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots each.
Matt Beleskey, Frank Vatrano and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Brad Marchand
2) Bruins forward David Pastrnak
3) Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 12-8-4 with 28 points this season and are in 3rd place in the Atlantic division (as of right now before the Montreal game, if Montreal beats the Red Wings tonight then they'll move ahead of the Bruins in the standings). The Bruins are 6-3-1 in their last ten games and their road record is now 5-4-2 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Monday, when they visit the Nashville Predators, at 8pm ET.
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