Marchand scores late, Bruins beat Flyers

Boston Bruins Game 65: Philadelphia Flyers @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on March 8, 2018.

Bruins Brad Marchand is on fire right now as tonight he scored the game-winning goal vs the Flyers late in the third period to give the Bruins another win, their 5th win in a row.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 1:38, Flyers Jakub Voracek scored a power-play goal, giving the Flyers a 1-0 lead. At 9:14, Bruins Riley Nash scored his 13th goal of the season, tying the game 1-1. At 19:34, Bruins Brian Gionta scored his 1st goal of the season (also his first goal as a member of the Bruins), giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead.

In the second period, at 7:21, Flyers Jori Lehtera scored a short-handed goal, tying the game 2-2.

In the third period, at 19:38, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 29th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-2 lead.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 31 saves on 33 shots. Rask is now 27-11-4 with a 2.27 GAA and a .920 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in hits 32-22 and blocked shots 15-8. The Flyers led the game with a 63% faceoff percentage and in shots 33-27. The Bruins went 0-for-3 on the power-play while the Flyers went 1-for-5.

Riley Nash, Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak and Zdeno Chara all led the Bruins with 4 shots each. Noel Acciari led the Bruins with 5 hits. Adam McQuaid and Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots each.

David Backes, Patrice Bergeron, Nick Holden and Charlie McAvoy were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Brad Marchand
2) Bruins forward Riley Nash
3) Flyers forward Jakub Voracek

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 42-15-8 with 92 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 24-7-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Saturday, when they host the Chicago Blackhawks, at 1pm ET.