Bruins third period leads to win over Blackhawks

Boston Bruins Game 66: Chicago Blackhawks @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on March 10, 2018.

Earlier today the Bruins hosted the Chicago Blackhawks and went into the third period losing 4-3 but the Bruins offense came alive as they scored four unanswered goals to earn a 7-4 win over the Blackhawks.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 5:41, Bruins Sean Kuraly dropped the gloves with Blackhawks John Hayden an had an ok fight. At 11:27, Bruins Noel Acciari scored his 8th goal of the season, a short-handed goal, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 14:10, Bruins David Krejci scored his 15th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 2-0 lead. At 14:27, Blackhawks Jonathan Toews scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 2-1. At 14:56, Blackhawks Erik Gustafsson scored, tying the game 2-2.

In the second period, at 6:37, Blackhawks John Hayden scored, giving the Blackhawks a 3-2 lead. At 10:05, Bruins David Krejci scored his 16th goal of the season, a power-play goal, tying the game 3-3. At 15:46, Blackhawks Matthew Highmore scored, giving the Blackhawks a 4-3 lead.

In the third period, at 6:23, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 24th goal of the season, tying the game 4-4. At 8:02, Bruins Brian Gionta scored his 2nd goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 5-4 lead. At 9:18, Bruins Rick Nash scored his 21st goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 6-4 lead. At 19:38, Bruins Sean Kuraly scored his 6th goal of the season, an empty-net goal, giving the Bruins a 7-4 lead.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 23 saves on 27 shots. Rask is now 28-11-4 with a 2.31 GAA and a .918 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in shots 40-27 and hits 26-17. The Blackhawks led the game with a 54% faceoff percentage and in blocked shots 13-10. The Bruins went 4-for-6 on the power-play while the Blackhawks went 0-for-2.

Jake DeBrusk led the Bruins with 6 shots. Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 5 hits. Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.

David Backes, Patrice Bergeron, Adam McQuaid and Charlie McAvoy were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk
2) Bruins forward David Krejci
3) Bruins forward Sean Kuraly

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 43-15-8 with 94 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The next game for the Bruins is tomorrow (Sunday), when they visit the Chicago Blackhawks, at 12:30pm ET.