Boston Bruins Game 61: Carolina Hurricanes @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on February 27, 2018.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 10:01, Hurricanes Brock McGrinn scored a power-play goal, giving the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead. At 11:41, Bruins Rick Nash scored his 19th goal of the season, first goal as a member of the Bruins and his 800th career NHL point, which tied the game 1-1. At 13:09, Hurricanes Teuvo Teravainen scored a power-play goal, giving the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead. At 19:04, Hurricanes Sebastian Aho scored, giving the Hurricanes a 3-1 lead. At 19:57, Bruins Riley Nash scored his 11th goal of the season, cutting the Hurricanes lead to 3-2.
In the second period, at 5:34, Bruins newcomer Tommy Wingels scored his 8th goal of the season, his first as a member of the Bruins, tying the game 3-3.
In the third period, no scoring happened.
In overtime, Bruins Charlie McAvoy scored his 7th goal of the season, winning the game 4-3 for the Bruins.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 29 saves on 32 shots. Rask is now 25-11-4 with a 2.23 GAA and a .921 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game in hits 31-25 and blocked shots 10-8. The Hurricanes led the game with a 52% faceoff percentage. Both teams had 32 shots each. The Bruins went 0-for-2 on the power-play while the Hurricanes went 2-for-3.
Riley Nash led the Bruins with 5 shots. Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 4 hits. Charlie McAvoy led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots.
Patrice Bergeron, Brian Gionta, Adam McQuaid and Nick Holden were scratched for the Bruins. Paul Postma was put on waivers.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Rick Nash
2) Bruins forward Tommy Wingels
3) Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 38-15-8 with 84 points this season and are in 3rd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 6-4-0 in their last ten games and their home record is now 20-7-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Thursday, when they host the Pittsburgh Penguins, at 7pm ET.
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