Blue Jackets beat Bruins in overtime 5-4

Boston Bruins Game 71: Columbus Blue Jackets @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on March 19, 2018.

The Bruins may have fallen to the Blue Jackets in overtime 5-4 tonight but they may have a star in the works as forward Ryan Donato made his NHL debut tonight and scored his first career NHL goal and also had two assists to lead the Bruins offense. If the name Donato sounds familiar, well for you younger Bruins fans out there, you may have heard of his father, Ted Donato, who played for the Bruins from 1991–92 into the 1998–99 season and then finishing his NHL career back again with the Bruins in the 2003–04 season.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 4:15, Blue Jackets Boone Jenner scored, giving the Blue Jackets a 1-0 lead.

In the second period, at 5:41, Bruins Ryan Donato scored his 1st goal of the season, his first career NHL goal, tying the game 1-1. At 7:28, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 31st goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead. At 16:32, Bruins Riley Nash scored his 15th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead. At 16:57, Blue Jackets Sonny Milano scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 3-2.

In the third period, at 5:38, Blue Jackets (and Bruins killer) Thomas Vanek scored, tying the game 3-3. At 11:30, Blue Jackets Artemi Panarin scored, giving the Blue Jackets a 4-3 lead. At 11:50, Bruins David Krejci scored his 17th goal of the season, tying the game 4-4.

In overtime, at 2:55, Blue Jackets Cam Atkinson scored, winning the game 5-4 for the Blue Jackets.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 20 saves on 25 shots. Rask is now 30-11-5 with a 2.35 GAA and a .916 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in shots 38-25. The Blue Jackets led the game in blocked shots 13-11. Both teams had a 50% faceoff percentage and both had 25 hits. The Bruins went 1-for-4 on the power-play while the Blue Jackets went 0-for-2.

Brad Marchand led the Bruins with 8 shots. Torey Krug and Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 4 hits each. Torey Krug led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots.

Patrice Bergeron, David Backes, Jake DeBrusk, Rick Nash, Zdeno Chara and Charlie McAvoy were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Ryan Donato
2) Blue Jackets forward Cam Atkinson
3) Bruins forward Brad Marchand

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 45-17-9 with 99 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 7-2-1 in their last ten games and their home record is now 25-7-5 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Wednesday, when they visit the St. Louis Blues, at 8pm ET.