Boston 5, Detroit 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, December 29, 2014
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Referees:
Ian Walsh, Marc Joannette
Linesmen:
Steve Barton, Matt MacPherson
Attendance:
17565
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Bruins 5, Red Wings 2: Carl Soderberg scored one goal and set up two others to lift host Boston past Detroit.
Reilly Smith and Gregory Campbell scored during a three-goal first period and rookie Seth Griffith added a power-play tally as the Bruins rebounded from a 6-2 drubbing in Columbus to post their third straight home win. Chris Kelly recorded an empty-net goal and an assist, Loui Eriksson set up two tallies and Tuukka Rask made 28 saves to improve to 3-5-1 versus the Red Wings.
Justin Abdelkader and Tomas Tatar tallied for Detroit, which tumbled to its seventh loss in nine games (2-3-4). Jimmy Howard turned aside 40 of Boston's season-high 45 shots.
The Red Wings opened the scoring 2:44 into the contest on Smith's shot through a screen from the right point before Abdelkader tied it by sweeping a no-look backhander of a partially blocked shot past a surprised Rask with 8:39 left in the first period. Campbell cleaned up a rebound in front at 16:12 and Soderberg converted a feed by Eriksson from behind the net 73 seconds later for a 3-1 advantage.
Detroit's red-hot power play cut the deficit to 3-2 with 4:50 left in the middle session, converting when Tatar sent a shot from the top of the right faceoff circle past a screened Rask. The Bruins restored the two-goal lead with a power-play tally of their own at 5:11 of the third as David Krejci set up Griffith, who fired a wrister from the left circle into the far corner of the net.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Griffith halted a 10-game goal-scoring drought for the Bruins, who registered 19 shots in the opening 20 minutes - their highest total for any period this season. ... Detroit, which extended its power-play goal streak to four games, had a disallowed tally upheld by video review with 62 seconds left in the first period as it was ruled that Tatar's stick was above the crossbar on a deflection. ... The Bruins, who were without C Patrice Bergeron and LW Milan Lucic after each suffered undisclosed injuries in Saturday's loss to Columbus, recalled C Matthew Lindblad from Providence of the American Hockey League after RW Matt Fraser was claimed off waivers by Edmonton.
Top Game Performances
Detroit |
|
Boston |
Justin Abdelkader 1 |
Points |
Carl Soderberg 3 |
Justin Abdelkader 1 |
Goals |
Carl Soderberg 1 |
Pavel Datsyuk 1 |
Assists |
Carl Soderberg 2 |
Tomas Tatar 1 |
Power Play Goals |
Seth Griffith 1 |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Jimmy Howard .909 |
Save Percentage |
Tuukka Rask .933 |
Jimmy Howard 40 |
Saves |
Tuukka Rask 28 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Detroit
|
30 |
2 |
1-4 |
0-1 |
2 |
40 |
Boston
|
45 |
5 |
1-1 |
3-4 |
8 |
24 |
Upcoming Games
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Boston will play their next game at home against Toronto. The Bruins have a W/L % of .444 after a win and .579 after a loss.
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Detroit will play their next game at home against New Jersey. The Red Wings have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .529 after a loss.