Marchand scores another overtime goal, Bruins beat Red Wings

Boston Bruins Game 64: Detroit Red Wings @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on March 6, 2018.

Tonight Bruins Brad Marchand was the hero once again for the Bruins as he scored the game-winning goal in overtime, giving the Bruins a 6-5 win over the Detroit Red Wings. Marchand's overtime goal earned him his 3rd career NHL hat trick and it also was his 11th career regular season overtime goal, the most in Boston Bruins history.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 0:37, Bruins Torey Krug scored his 12th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 0:52, Bruins Jake DeBrusk scored his 14th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-0 lead. At 2:16, Red Wings Frans Nielsen scored a power-play goal, cutting the Bruins lead to 2-1. At 7:53, Red Wings Mike Green scored, tying the game 2-2. At 13:48, Bruins Torey Krug scored his 13th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 3-2 lead.

In the second period, at 3:27, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 26th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 4-2 lead. At 4:45, Bruins David Backes dropped the gloves with Red Wings Jonathan Ericsson and they had a quick bout with neither player really getting the edge. At 12:05, Red Wings Anthony Mantha scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 4-3. At 13:18, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 27th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 5-3 lead. At 15:50, Red Wings Anthony Mantha scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 5-4.

In the third period, at 9:46, Red Wings Martin Frk scored, tying the game 5-5.

In overtime, at 0:34, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 28th goal of the season, winning the game 6-5 for the Bruins.

Game notes
Anton Khudobin played in net and made 30 saves on 35 shots. Khudobin is now 15-4-4 with a 2.45 GAA and a .918 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in shots 37-35 and blocked shots 15-12. The Red Wings led the game with a 67% faceoff percentage and in hits 30-23. The Bruins went 2-for-4 on the power-play while the Red Wings went 1-for-5.

Brad Marchand led the Bruins with 6 shots. David Backes led the Bruins with 6 hits. Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.

Patrice Bergeron, Noel Acciari, Charlie McAvoy and Adam McQuaid were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Brad Marchand
2) Red Wings forward Anthony Mantha
3) Bruins defenseman Torey Krug

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 41-15-8 with 90 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 7-3-0 in their last ten games and their home record is now 23-7-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Thursday, when they host the Philadelphia Flyers, at 7pm ET.