12/10/12

Boston (14-9-4) @ Detroit (18-8-1)

In some much needed relief, Niklas Kronwall returns to action tonight on the blueline, he will return to the first pairing next to Ian White.

Boston, who started out stronger than any team in the League, hit a big wall and has barely remained above .500, and only because of a strong effort the past few games.

The game started quickly, and the Bruins did what every road team loves to do, scored first. Milan Lucic (12) beat Gustavsson top corner from the crease (A: Horton, Krejci). The Red Wings seemed to be struggling to find a rhythm, but the grind line did it beautifully, with Justin Abdelkader (3) scoring on a slap shot from the blue line (A: Emmerton, Tootoo).

The second and third periods were washes, with neither team having many scoring chances or getting powerplays, however late in the third, Nik Kronwall got called for a tripping violation with 0:36 left.

In Overtime, it would cost them, with less than a minute in, Marc Savard (6) scored for the Bruins from along the goal line near the boards to seal it (A: Chara, Krejci).

BOS 2 – 1 DET OT

Three Stars:

  1. BOS C – Marc Savard – 1G, 3H
  2. BOS LW – David Krejci – 0G, 2A, 3H
  3. BOS G – Tim Thomas – 0.99 GAA, .952 SV%, 21 SA

Note: Nik Kronwall came back from a concussion and recorded a team-high 4 hits.

Dallas (17-10-2) @ Los Angeles (19-8-1)

LAK 2 – 1 DAL

Edmonton (7-14-5) @ Vancouver (13-11-4)

VAN 3 – 0 EDM

Tampa Bay (9-15-0) @ New York Rangers (15-7-5)

TBL 2 – 1 NYR

Winnipeg (14-10-0) @ Pittsburgh (15-13-0)

WPG 4 – 2 PIT

Carolina (12-13-5) @ Montreal (10-14-3)

MTL 1 – 0 CAR SO

12/11/10

TRADE ALERT: Boston acquires D Sami Salo from Tampa Bay for a 2013 1st round draft pick.

New Jersey (11-13-1) @ Philadelphia (13-12-3)

NJD 2 – 1 PHI OT

Columbus (12-10-4) @ Phoenix (11-11-3)

PHX 4 – 2 CBJ

Tampa Bay (9-16-0) @ Boston (15-9-4)

BOS 4 – 1 TBL

Ottawa (13-10-4) @ Buffalo (17-7-2)

BUF 4 – 1 OTT

Winnipeg (15-10-0) @ Toronto (12-9-5)

WPG 3 – 1 TOR

Chicago (15-9-3) @ New York Islanders (15-11-2)

NYI 4 – 3 CHI SO

Calgary (14-9-2) @ Nashville (16-9-3)

NSH 6 – 2 CGY

Colorado (11-13-3) @ Florida (15-10-1)

FLA 4 – 3 COL SO

Pittsburgh (16-13-0) @ Washington (14-13-1)

PIT 2 – 1 WSH

Edmonton (8-14-5) @ San Jose (11-13-3)

EDM 2 – 1 SJS

Notes: SJS RW Martin Havlat will be out 2-3 months with an MCL sprain.

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