Oct 21, 2014; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Bruins center Gregory Campbell (11) celebrates his goal with left wing Daniel Paille (20) during the third period of Boston
Third Period
Dallas comes out with a flurry of activity as Tuukka Rask is tested early on in the third period having to make two quick saves.
An interesting development has been Claude Julien seeming to have completely switched up his defensive pairings.
Chara-Miller
Krug-McQuaid
Hamilton-Seidenberg
At the 5:00 minute mark, Brad Marchand finds Patrice Bergeron for Bruins best scoring opportunity, however shot goes just wide of the net.
Dougie Hamilton makes an aggressive move into the offensive zone and fires a shot on Kari Lehtonen that is saved by the glove.
A little past halfway in the third period and Lindy Ruff has made some in game adjustments as Dallas is limiting the Bruins opportunities at a much higher rate than the previous two periods.
Carl Soderberg gives Jason Spezza a shot to the ground and Spezza responds with a tripping penalty on the big Swede. Bruins will be on the power play for the third time tonight and are 0-2 so far. Eight minutes to go in the period.
The Bruins were unable to set themselves at all over the course of their power play, firing off no shots and have now been held without a shot for the last seven minutes.
Krejci wins the offensive zone face-off and Torey Krug fires off a quick wrister wide of the net. Moments, later a potential 3-1 led by Tyler Seguin is disrupted by Zdeno Chara sprawling across the ice.
The Boston Bruins are going to bow down in defeat for the second consecutive night at home after a whacky empty net goal from Erik Cole that saw the puck miraculously curve towards the with about 40 feet to go.
The final score of this game is Dallas 5, Boston 3, even though the Bruins outshot the Stars 44-32.
Final Thoughts
The Bruins really gift wrapped this game for the visiting Stars after terrible errors on the power plays led to two shorthanded goals as well as the Bruins going 0 for 3 with the man advantage. Boston heads out to Western Canada for a five game road trip beginning Friday night in Vancouver and if they’re not careful that comfortable lead they hold on eighth place could completely evaporate.