Stars beat Bruins in overtime 3-2

Boston Bruins Game 42: Dallas Stars @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on January 15, 2018.

On Monday, the Bruins hosted the Dallas Stars and the game went into overtime where ex-Bruin, now Stars star, Tyler Seguin scored the game-winning goal with some patient beautiful moves. The Bruins continue to accumulate points with each game and obviously that's good and could be huge down the stretch run.

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

In the second period, at 3:49, Stars Stephen Johns scored, giving the Stars a 1-0 lead. At 8:15, Stars Alexander Radulov scored, giving the Stars a 2-0 lead. At 16:28, Bruins captain Zdeno Chara scored his 4th goal of the season, cutting the Stars lead to 2-1.

In the third period, at 11:21, Bruins Ryan Spooner scored his 5th goal of the season, tying the game 2-2.

In overtime, at 2:59, Stars Tyler Seguin scored, winning the game for the Stars 3-2.

Game notes
Anton Khudobin played in net and made 29 saves on 32 shots. Khudobin is now 9-2-4 with a 2.40 GAA and a .924 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game with a 52% faceoff percentage. The Stars led the game in blocked shots 13-9. Both teams had 32 shots and 32 hits. The Bruins went 0-for-4 on the power-play while the Stars went 0-for-2.

Patrice Bergeron, Ryan Spooner and Brad Marchand all led the Bruins with 4 shots each. Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 6 hits. Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots.

Frank Vatrano and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Stars forward Tyler Seguin
2) Stars forward Jamie Benn
3) Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 24-10-8 with 56 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 7-0-3 in their last ten games and their home record is now 14-5-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Wednesday, when they host the Montreal Canadiens, at 7:30pm ET.