Boston Bruins Game 46: New Jersey Devils @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on January 23, 2018.
Quick game summary
In the first period, no scoring happened.
In the second period, at 2:05, Devils Miles Wood scored, giving the Devils a 1-0 lead. At 7:03, Bruins Riley Nash scored his 7th goal of the season, tying the game 1-1. At 9:03, Devils Damon Severson scored, giving the Devils a 2-1 lead. At 12:53, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 20th goal of the season, a power-play goal, tying the game 2-2. At 19:27, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 21st goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-2 lead.
In the third period, no scoring happened.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 37 saves on 39 shots. Rask is now 18-8-4 with a 2.16 GAA and a .923 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game with a 61% faceoff percentage, in hits 31-30 and blocked shots 11-9. The Devils led the game in shots 39-24. The Bruins went 1-for-4 on the power-play while the Devils went 0-for-4.
Brad Marchand and Sean Kuraly led the Bruins with 4 shots each. David Backes led the Bruins with 4 hits. Brandon Carlo led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.
Charlie McAvoy, Frank Vatrano and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask
2) Bruins forward Brad Marchand
3) Devils defenseman Damon Severson
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 28-10-8 with 64 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 8-0-2 in their last ten games and their home record is now 16-5-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Thursday, when they visit the Ottawa Senators, at 7:30pm ET.
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