In Winnipeg, Tuukka Rask made 37 saves for the Bruins and Boston defeated the Jets, 2-1, on Friday night.
“Rask was terrific,” Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said. “He’d missed some time. [He] got hit in the head with one [puck], so clearly that you’re always worried because he’s come off a concussion. Played well, tracked pucks well.”
Patrice Bergeron had a goal for the Bruins – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
Patrik Laine scored his 18th of the year to give the Jets a 1-0 lead.
“We’ll go right through that game, because there’s too many good things for us not to recognize that that’s a game you can win with,” Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice said. “Our offensive game was right, pucks to the net, a better mentality there. Good fight, good heart, good bench. I’m proud of the way our hockey team played tonight.”
Patrice Bergeron and Jake DeBrusk were the Bruins strikers.
“I knew it was coming to me, so I just tried to keep my stick down, because I know I’ve missed about 500 of those,” DeBrusk said. “I’ve missed a lot of those this year, so I was just trying to bear down on my stick and try to put it in, maybe catch him going side to side.”
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Laurent Brossoit made 23 saves in the loss.
“I think we played a good game against one of the best teams in the League,” Laine said. “I think that’s the way we need to play, [we] just don’t get the results sometimes. Got to stay with it. Got to stick to the grind. Hopefully, it will turn if we work hard.”
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