It wasn't pretty -- in fact it was, at times, downright ugly -- but the Boston Bruins have scrapped their way into second place in the Northeast Division.
Despite falling behind in the first period, Milan Lucic struck back to tie the game in the second, forcing overtime. For the second straight night, Patrice Bergeron tallied a goal after regulation ended to help the Bruins jump out to a 2-0 record on this four-game road trip that ends next Wednesday.
End of game, Bruins 2-1: Well, there's a feel-good win for you. Not only did the B's persevere through overtime and a shootout on Thursday night, but they held strong despite falling behind in the first period of this one.
Milan Lucic notched the game-tying goal midway through the second and Patrice Bergeron tallied the winning goal less than a minute into overtime to help Boston earn the 2-1 win.
Prior to Friday's game at Buffalo, the Bruins assigned forward Brad Marchand to Providence and placed Trent Whitfield on waivers for the purpose of assigning him to Providence, according to general manager Peter Chiarelli.
It's no coincidence that the Bruins are starting to light up the scoreboard as David Krejci gets into a rhythm.
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