Quote of the Game
Head coach John Tortorella: "I have no problem with the intenstiy of our club right on through. It's just that we need guys being more creative and making more plays throughout a 60-minute game. We had a problem at the beginning of the third after two periods, although we didn't create a bunch of offense, we didn't give them much either (in the first 40 minutes). The surge in the third, we came back."
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Quick Recap
The teams skated to an even, scoreless first period, with about the only difference the fact that the Blue Jackets had to kill two penalties while Boston took just one, though Sergei Bobrovsky made some tough saves look easy on the Boston power plays.
But it took Boston just 1:39 to take the lead in the second period, scoring in transition after a turnover. David Backes brought the puck into the zone and gave it to Jake DeBrusk, who reversed it to the right to the onrushing David Krejci. Krejci couldn't corral the puck at first and then sort of fanned on the shot, but it crossed up Bobrovsky, sliding between his legs to make it a 1-0 game.
Bobrovsky more than made up for it, though, a few minutes later as he went post-to-post to his left to deny Marcus Johansson with his left pad on a one-timer on a feed from Charlie Coyle.
The Blue Jackets started to gain more possession as the period went on -- Boston didn't have a shot attempt from the offensive zone in the last 10 minutes -- but Tuukka Rask made a couple of big saves alone. First, Cam Atkinson was set up by Alex Wennberg, but Rask made a stick save as Atkinson tried to make a move and beat him five-hole. Then on the power play moments later, Nick Foligno worked his way around Zdeno Chara and had just Rask to beat, but the Boston goalie made a pad save on Foligno's backhand try.
That kept it a 1-0 game through 40 minutes and the Bruins made it 2-0 early in the third. Off an offensive zone faceoff win, Connor Clifton got low along the left side and fired across the crease to Brad Marchand. Bobrovsky made an incredible glove save on Marchand's first effort, but he couldn't control the puck and it went right back to Marchand to finish at 4:51.
But Columbus got a lifeline at 10:33, as Jones threw a puck on net from a sharp angle on the right, and it tipped the stick of Matt Grzelcyk and deflected into the net between the near post and Rusk's left pad. It took a long review, but officials finally confirmed the tally.
It took just 43 seconds, though, for the Bruins to answer and make it 3-1. The Jackets got caught pushing for the tying goal and the Bruins went the other way on an odd-man rush, with Pastnrak beating Bobrovsky clean past the blocker as he came in along the left side with 8:44 to go.
Columbus wasn't done, though, scoring 51 seconds later to pull within one again. Matt Duchene got the puck into the right circle and pulled up, sending a pass across the slot to Dzingel, who had time and picked his spot, roofing a shot over Rask with 7:53 to go.
