Well, it wasn’t easy. But the Ottawa Senators fond a way to blow a lead in Boston as the Bruins struck for two third period goals in a 3-2 rally over the Senators.
David Krejci scored the game-winner with 45 seconds left in regulation.
The win pushed the Bruins’ point streak to 19 games and improved their record to 42-17-9.
David Krejci had game-winner late in third period – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
“Obviously, it’s a nice number, but we’re just taking it game by game,” Krejci said. “We know what we’re playing for here, and obviously a good finish from the team. But we have a game to play tomorrow, right? So get some rest, get ready for tomorrow.”
Tuukka Rask made 17 saves and is the primary reason the Bruins are rolling; he is 16-0-3 in his last 20 games.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Brady Tkachuk scored for the Senators.
The Sens dropped to 23-40-6.
“Obviously, we’re really disappointed in the result and we’re disappointed in the way that we lost. We’ve got to learn lessons from this,” Ottawa coach Marc Crawford said. “In order to win, it’s usually always about a series of habits. And on the final goal, we missed two assignments, we had a poor change, and those things can’t happen. And it’s not they’re lucky, it’s not it was their fortunate thing or anything like that. We beat ourselves tonight at the end of the game, and if this team will grow, it will grow when it stops making those fundamental mistakes.”
Brad Marchand gave Boston a 1-0 lead and Chris Wagner tied the game midway through the third period.
“It just seems like now every game’s close, could go either way, and we’re finding a way to win,” Boston head coach Bruce Cassidy said. “So give credit to the guys for doing that. It’s not lucky when you find ways to win over and over again. Obviously, we’ve got some good players in the room and stepping up at the right time. Sign of a good team because we need it.
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Craig Anderson made 28 saves in the hard luck loss.
“I thought we probably deserved a better fate. I thought we played a pretty good, solid game overall, you know, and attention to detail wasn’t there near the end,” Anderson said. “And it’s just one of those things where they’re a good hockey team, they’ve been doing that to us for at least eight years that I’ve played in Ottawa. So they find a way to stick with it and pounce on our mistakes.”
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