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This crop of Bruins is special, and they once again rallied behind Tim Thomas Saturday to take down the Ottawa Senators 4-0. And it didn’t take long to begin the delightful process of ripping the collective hearts out of everyone in Ottawa. The Senators did make a good save point-blank 3:28 in, but whatever. David Krejci took a turnover in front of the net and easily flipped a slap shot in unassisted 1:04 later. 1-0 Bruins.

Ottawa attempted to respond, but couldn’t quite get past Thomas, who stopped a flurry of opportunities in the 6th minute. More life arose for Ottawa after a Blake Wheeler slashing call at 17:06. Within a 30 second span shortly thereafter, Thomas stopped four quick shots.

Then, life kept sticking it to the Senators. They dinged a shot off the post at 6:26 in the 2nd, and finally scored at 7:27. Or so they thought, but the goal was immediately disallowed for a player in the crease preventing Thomas from attempting a save.

In response, Boston kept their patient defense on, and waited until the time was right for another attack. A power play is a good time to do that, so after Zack Smith was called for tripping, the Bruins sprinted down the rink with the puck, and amongst a crowd of players, Mark Recchi threaded the puck to Tyler Seguin, who followed that up with the tip-in, perfectly placed. 2-0 Bruins.

Nathan Horton had a great shot to make it 3-0 during a 1-on-0, but Brian Elliot made the save. Whatever. Lucic just went ahead and converted at 18:24 in the 2nd, moments later. 3-0 Bruins. Seguin, while he was at it, almost added another goal during a rush just past 7:00 into the 3rd.

Seguin didn’t get it done in that moment, but at 9:03, Jordan Caron sure did, on a disheartening (to Ottawa fans, at least) wrist shot. 4-0 Bruins. You could feel the energy leave the arena continuously throughout the night, but that was the definitive nail in the coffin and football in the groin for the Senators. All the remaining fans could do to pass the time was break into the Candiens’ “Ole Ole Ole” chant for a spell.

JERRY!! JERRY!! Moment of the Game

Down 4-0, and with 2:07 left, Ottawa was frustrated. Chris Neil provoked Dennis Seidenberg, and threw a few punches before the refs intervened. It wasn’t much, but that was it for fisticuffs on the night.

Scoring Summary

Penalty Summary

Shots on Goal

Goalies

Game Notes

• Boston’s power play was 1/4; Ottawa’s was 0/3.
• Boston’s penalty kill is #1 in the league (93.1%); their power play is #9 (21.9%).
• Tim Thomas is 6-0-0, the first time in 73 years a Bruins goalie has done that.
• Thomas’ scoreless streak is at 130 minutes and 33 seconds.
• That’s his third shutout on the year, second in a row, and 20th ever with the Bruins.
• His save percentage is .984 and his goals against average is .50, both best in the league. Tuukka Rask is at .894 and 3.53, respectively.

Tags: Andrew Ference, Blake Wheeler, Bruins, David Krejci, Dennis Seidenberg, Gregory Campbell, Mark Recchi, Milan Lucic, Nathan Horton, Ottawa Senators, Patrice Bergeron, Tim Thomas, Tyler Seguin