Bruins Salvage Point From Improbable Comeback, But Fall 4-3 in Shootout

By John in Bruins, Featured, Top Story ⋅ November 20, 2010 at 11:04pm ⋅ Post a comment

Patrice Bergeron celebrates with teammates after scoring the game-tying goal. (NHL Video)

The highs and lows of this game were worlds apart, and in the end, the Kings finally finished off the Bruins 4-3 in a shootout, leaving the Bruins to settle for a single point. That isn’t too bad, considering the Kings led 3-0 at one point. The game started with obvious omens that it would be a bad night for the Bruins. Their first shot dinged off the post, as many Bruins’ shots seem to, then Los Angeles brought the puck across the ice and put their first shot right past a napping Tim Thomas. At that point, just 57 seconds had passed.

The Kings added another goal at the 11:17 mark in the first, and the Bruins dinged another shot off the post. That kind of night. The 2nd period started with another Kings goal 2:50 in following a Bruins turnover at the offensive blue line. Up until that point, Boston had been playing quite sloppily, but after that, they turned their play into its reciprocal came hard at the Kings while beefing up defense.

It took 1:40 to respond and get on the board, thanks to Blake Wheeler’s snap shot. Gregory Campbell (you know, the evil one‘s son) cut the deficit to one at the 11:57 mark with a wrist shot; he took advantage of a man advantage with Thomas on the bench following a delayed penalty call on Los Angeles. It was a back-and-forth contest from the 3rd on, with both teams giving it their all in an attempt to gain a shred of momentum. Boston succeeded with 6:16 left in regulation thanks to Patrice Bergeron, and neither side could do much else.

That mindset carried over into the shootout, which took six rounds and just the one netted puck to end the game. It would have been nice to get the two points, but with two games in hand against their closest neighbors in the East, Boston can still claim the East’s #1 spot by winning those two (not in shootouts) and keeping pace from there on out.

JERRY!! JERRY!! Moment of the Game

No fights this time around. It’s a shame, since that’s the only reason anyone watches hockey this time around.

Scoring Summary

1st Period
00:57	LAK	Brad Richardson (4) Wrist Shot – Assists: Kevin Westgarth (1) & Trevor Lewis (1)
11:17	LAK	Michal Handzus (4) Snap Shot – Assists: Davis Drewiske (5) & Trevor Lewis (2)
2nd Period
2:50	LAK	Jarret Stoll (7) Wrist Shot – Assists: Justin Williams (11) & Rob Scuderi (5)
4:30	BOS	Blake Wheeler (4) Snap Shot – Assists: Tyler Seguin (4) & Zdeno Chara (5)
11:57	BOS	Gregory Campbell (2) Wrist Shot – Assists: Shawn Thornton (1) & Brad Marchand (5)
3rd Period
13:44	BOS	PPG – Patrice Bergeron (3) Wrist Shot – Assists: Blake Wheeler (3) & Mark Recchi (11)
OT Period
NONE
Shootout
Patrice Bergeron	BOS	Save (Puck poked away by goalie)
Anze Kopitar	LAK	Save (glove side)
Tyler Seguin	BOS	Save (leg, glove side)
Jack Johnson	LAK	Save (wide, glove side)
Milan Lucic	BOS	Save (5-hole)
Dustin Brown	LAK	Save (leg, glove side)
Michael Ryder	BOS	Save (stick side)
Jarret Stoll	LAK	Save (high)
Nathan Horton	BOS	Save (chest)
Justin Williams	LAK	Save (stick side)
David Krejci	BOS	Save (5-hole)
Michal Handzus	LAK	Goal (stick side)

Penalty Summary

1st Period
8:08	BOS	Zdeno Chara: Hi-sticking – 2 min
9:03	LAK	Dustin Brown: Holding – 2 min
11:57	LAK	Davis Drewiske: Hooking – 2 min
17:48	LAK	Jarret Stoll: Holding – 2 min
2nd Period
8:53	BOS	Johnny Boychuk: Tripping – 2 min
14:22	BOS	Zdeno Chara: Tripping – 2 min
17:32	BOS	Milan Lucic: Cross checking – 2 min
18:40	LAK	Justin Williams: Interference on goalkeeper – 2 min
3rd Period
12:23	LAK	Kyle Clifford: Slashing – 2 min
16:17	BOS	Mark Recchi: Hooking – 2 min
OT Period
NONE

Goalie Stats

	Goalie	Save Total	TOI
LAK	Jonathan Quick	38/41	64:45
BOS	Tim Thomas	23/26	64:39

Shots on Goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	Total
LAK	7	10	8	1	26
BOS	14	8	17	2	41

Game Notes:

With 29.4 seconds left in overtime, linesman Steve Miller was struck in the face with a puck and was tended to.
Boston is now 0-3-2 when trailing at the 1st intermission, and 1-4-2 when trailing at the 2nd intermission.
Tim Thomas is now 22-22 in his career in shootouts.
10 out of the last 15 meetings between Boston and Los Angeles have reached at least overtime.
Marc Savard participated in the morning skate. Here’s hoping he gets back into action sooner rather than later.

Tags: Blake Wheeler, Brad Marchand, Bruins, David Krejci, Gregory Campbell, Johnny Boychuk, Los Angeles Kings, Marc Savard, Mark Recchi, Michael Ryder, Milan Lucic, Nathan Horton, Patrice Bergeron, Shawn Thornton, Tim Thomas, Tyler Seguin, Zdeno Chara