Boston Bruins Game 73: Boston Bruins @ Dallas Stars game recap video, on March 23, 2018.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 2:26, Stars Esa Lindell scored, giving the Stars a 1-0 lead.
In the second period, at 19:22, Stars Jamie Benn scored a short-handed goal, giving the Stars a 2-0 lead.
In the third period, at 1:17, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 32nd goal of the season, cutting the Stars lead to 2-1. At 9:47, Bruins Tim Schaller scored his 11th goal of the season, a short-handed goal, tying the game 2-2. At 19:48, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 29th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-2 lead.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 40 saves on 42 shots. Rask is now 31-11-5 with a 2.34 GAA and a .917 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game with a 51% faceoff percentage. The Stars led the game in shots 42-36, hits 30-19 and blocked shots 25-19. The Bruins went 0-for-3 on the power-play while the Stars went 0-for-4.
Matt Grzelcyk led the Bruins with 6 shots. Sean Kuraly led the Bruins with 3 hits. Brandon Carlo led the Bruins with 5 blocked shots.
Patrice Bergeron, David Backes, Jake DeBrusk, Rick Nash, Zdeno Chara, Torey Krug and Charlie McAvoy were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask
2) Bruins forward David Pastrnak
3) Stars forward Jamie Benn
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 46-17-10 with 102 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 6-2-2 in their last ten games and their road record is now 21-10-5 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Sunday, when they visit the Minnesota Wild, at 7:30pm ET.
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