Boston Bruins Game 68: Boston Bruins @ Carolina Hurricanes game recap video, on March 13, 2018.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 19:49, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 30th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead.
In the second period, at 2:10, Hurricanes Sebastian Aho scored a power-play goal, tying the game 1-1. At 12:06, Hurricanes Teuvo Teravainen scored a power-play goal, giving the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead. At 18:43, Hurricanes Justin Williams scored, giving the Hurricanes a 3-1 lead.
In the third period, at 0:51, Hurricanes Brock McGinn scored a short-handed goal, giving the Hurricanes a 4-1 lead. At 10:04, Bruins Matt Grzelcyk scored his 3rd goal of the season, cutting the Hurricanes lead to 4-2. At 11:00, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 25th goal of the season, cutting the Hurricanes lead to 4-3. At 11:21, Bruins Danton Heinen scored his 13th goal of the season, tying the game 4-4. At 16:30, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 26th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 5-4 lead. At 18:26, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 27th goal of the season, an empty-net goal, giving the Bruins a 6-4 lead.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 29 saves on 33 shots.
The Bruins led the game in shots 34-33 and blocked shots 18-13. The Hurricanes led the game with a 61% faceoff percentage and hits 28-25. The Bruins went 1-for-4 on the power-play while the Hurricanes went 2-for-5.
David Pastrnak led the Bruins with 6 shots. Noel Acciari and Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 3 hits each. Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 6 blocked shots.
Patrice Bergeron, Tommy Wingels, Adam McQuaid and Charlie McAvoy were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward David Pastrnak
2) Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho
3) Bruins forward Brad Marchand
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 44-16-8 with 96 points this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Thursday, when they visit the Florida Panthers, at 7:30pm ET.
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