Boston Bruins Game 50: Toronto Maple Leafs @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on February 3, 2018.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 4:29, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 22nd goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 8:03, Maple Leafs Mitchell Marner scored a power-play goal, tying the game 1-1.
In the second period, at 9:22, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 21st goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead. At 16:47, Bruins Torey Krug scored his 8th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead.
In the third period, at 18:21, Bruins Tim Schaller scored his 7th goal of the season, an empty-net goal, giving the Bruins a 4-1 lead.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 23 saves on 24 shots. Rask is now 21-8-4 with a 2.09 GAA and a .925 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game in shots 30-24. The Maple Leafs led the game with a 55% faceoff percentage, hits 29-26 and blocked shots 15-9. The Bruins went 2-for-3 on the power-play while the Maple Leafs went 1-for-4.
Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 6 shots. David Backes and Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 5 hits each.
Brad Marchand, Noel Acciari, Kevan Miller and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask
2) Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron
3) Bruins defenseman Torey Krug
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 31-11-8 with 70 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 8-1-1 in their last ten games and their home record is now 18-6-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Tuesday, when they visit the Detroit Red Wings, at 7:30pm ET.
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