Revisiting the Bruins Previous Three Outdoor Games
By Scott Roche
For the fourth time in the last 11 years, the Boston Bruins will be playing an NHL game outdoors. The Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers will play today at Lake Tahoe, Nevada in the NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe.
Playing the Flyers for the fifth time this season, the Bruins will be looking to win their fifth consecutive game over Philadelphia. With the game just a few hours away at 7:30 p.m., let’s take a look back at the three previous Bruins Outdoor games in the last 11 years.
Flyers at Bruins, Jan. 1, 2010
On Jan. 1, 2008, the NHL began their yearly Winter Classic game on New Years Day and the Bruins played in the event for the first time two years later at Fenway Park against the Flyers, winning 2-1 in overtime.
In front of 38,112 fans, the two teams played one of the most exciting games of the year. Philly scored the first goal of the game in the second period when Danny Syvret beat Boston goalie Tim Thomas early in the period. That ended up being the only Flyers goal of the game as Thomas made 25 saves.
Philadelphia goalie Michael Leighton was just as good down the other end against Boston. He stopped everything the Black and Gold threw at him until the final three minutes of regulation.
Mark Recchi tipped home a pass from defensemen Derek Morris to tie the game with 2:18 left, setting the stage for overtime.
Marco Sturm, who scored 22 goals in the 2009-20 season, scored his 14th goal of the season when he tipped in Patrice Bergeron’s pass 1:57 into the extra session.
Philadelphia ended up getting revenge on the Bruins five months later in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Trailing 3-0 in the Eastern Conference semifinal-round series, the Flyers pulled off the most improbable comebacks when they won the final four games, including Game 7 at the Garden to stun the Bruins and send them into a long offseason.