Game Recap:
Columbus came to play at the beginning of the game settling into their physical puck possession style of game and Bruce Jenner seemed to be in the middle of it all. No goals here but a few failed powerplays.
Bruins elevated their game and scored a quick one just over a minute into period 2 and Columbus held their own but couldn’t seemingly get their offense to click at all. Frustrating period for the Blue Jackets. But they’re still in it.
the Third period would begin with Boston looking like they were gonna put the game away with chance after chance and would even score to make it 2-0. But a strange goal that was ruled a goal by a review as it did cross the line would change the makeup of this game. 2-1 nine minutes remaining Columbus pressing but a bad pinch would allow the Bruins to gain back the 3-1 lead. The game was far from over as the Jackets would fire back and get 2 goals in under 30 seconds to tie the game at three. But another bad turnover would lead to a brilliant goal by David Pastrnak to make it 4-3 with a minute remaining. Matt Duchene would hit the post in the dying seconds on a brilliant tip and Brandon Carlo would make a huge block on an Artemi Panarin bomb, to seal the 4-3 win.
Lineups:
Bruins
Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson
Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman
Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari
Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy
Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug
Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Steven Kampfer
Injuries: Connor Clifton
Columbus
Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand
Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson
Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson
Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky
Zach Werenski — Seth Jones
Dean Kukan — David Savard
Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,
Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid
GameDay:
First Period:
Columbus Penalty – 9:03 – Cam Atkinson, 2 minutes for Slashing
Boston Penalty – 11:35 – Charlie McAvoy, 2 minutes for Slashing
Columbus Penalty – 13:43 – Ryan Dzingel, 2 minutes for Too Many Men
End of 1st – CBJ – 0 BOS – 0
Shots 8 9
Faceoffs 8/13 5/13
Hits 13 10
PP 0/1 0/2
Second Period:
Boston Goal – 1:39 – David Krejci (2) assisted by Jake DeBrusk (2) and David Backes (3)
Boston Penalty – 9:52 – Torey Krug, 2 minutes for Holding
End of 2nd – CBJ – 0 BOS – 1
Shots 23 21
Faceoffs 15/29 14/29
Hits 31 23
PP 0/2 0/2
Third Period:
Boston Goal – 4:51 – Brad Marchand (5) assisted by Connor Clifton (1) and Patrice Bergeron (3)
Columbus Goal – 10:33 – Seth Jones (3) assisted by Zach Werenski (5) and Cam Atkinson (6)
Boston Goal – 11:16 – David Pastrnak (5) assisted by Brad Marchand (7)
Columbus Goal – 12:07 – Ryan Dzingle (1) assisted by Matt Duchene (5) and David Savard (2)
Columbus Goal – 13:58 – Dean Kukan (1) assisted by Artemi Panarin (6) and Josh Anderson (2)
Boston Goal – 18:32 – David Pastrnak (6) assisted by Brad Marchand (8) and Brandon Carlo (1)
End of 3rd – CBJ – 3 BOS – 4
Shots 36 36
Faceoffs 29/54 25/54
Hits 42 32
PP 0/2 0/2
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