In Boston Monday night, the Bruins turned an interesting match with the Columbus Blue Jackets into a rout with four goals in the third period to win, 7-2..
“Certainly in this building we want to make it difficult for teams to come in and establish any sort of control or pace to the game,” Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy said. “So that was important for us. … So it was good to get the first goal. … It’s always an 
advantage, especially at home, to get the other team chasing the game.”
Seven different skaters struck for goals in the win including Jake DeBrusk, Danton Heinen, Torey Krug, Brad Marchand, David Backes, Charlie McAvoy, and Patrice Bergeron.
Josh Anderson and Seth Jones scored for Columbus.
Tuukka Rask made 16 saves to pick up the win.
The win snapped a two-game skid for Boston.
“It was … one of those nights and it was nice that we got no passengers tonight and everyone contributed,” the Bruins’ Jake DeBrusk said after the win.
The Jackets dropped their second straight game and saw their record fall to 20-13-1.
“We just have to get better,” Columbus head coach John Tortorella said. “We’ve got to put some skin on [ourselves] here and take it right in the chin like we did tonight, and try to get better for our next game. That’s all we can do.
“Right through our lineup, we weren’t good, and obviously this is the result. It’s one tick in the loss column. We’ve got to take it that way, grow up a little bit and get better as a hockey club.”
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Sergei Bobrovsky made 38 saves in taking the loss.
“It’s been a while since I’ve been this disappointed in a game. You know things happen in the game but sometimes you just chalk it up to ‘OK, we were flat,'” Blue Jackets captain Nick Foligno said after the loss. “But tonight the lack of emotion, the lack of caring, it’s just disappointing. This team, you don’t use those words too often with our team. So to use those words tonight doesn’t sit well with me.”
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