Boston Bruins Game 81: Ottawa Senators @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on April 7, 2018.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 12:31, Senators Ryan Dzingel scored, giving the Panthers a 1-0 lead.
In the second period, at 8:08, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 34th goal of the season, a power-play goal, tying the game 1-1. At 8:59, Bruins Tommy Wingels scored his 9th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead. At 17:01, Bruins Danton Heinen scored his 16th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead.
In the third period, at 7:07, Senators Ryan Dzingel scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 3-2. At 18:09, Bruins Noel Acciari scored his 10th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 4-2 lead. At 19:17, Bruins David Backes scored his 13th goal of the season, an empty-net goal, giving the Bruins a 5-2 lead.
Game notes
Anton Khudobin played in net and made 26 saves on 28 shots. Khudobin is now 16-6-7 with a 2.56 GAA and a .913 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game with a 60% faceoff percentage and in shots 35-28. The Senators led the game in hits 25-14 and blocked shots 14-4. The Bruins went 1-for-4 on the power-play while the Senators went 0-for-2.
David Backes led the Bruins with 5 shots. Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 4 hits. Adam McQuaid led the Bruins with 2 blocked shots.
Sean Kuraly, Rick Nash, Riley Nash, Brandon Carlo and Matt Grzelcyk were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins goalie Anton Khudobin
2) Bruins forward Noel Acciari
3) Senators forward Ryan Dzingel
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 50-19-12 with 112 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 5-2-3 in their last ten games and their home record is now 28-7-5 this season. The next game for the Bruins is tomorrow (Sunday), when they host the Florida Panthers, at 7:30pm ET.
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