The Flyers wasted no time taking a penalty as Travis Konecny got called for tripping just 42 seconds into the game. The Bruins failed to score on the power play and just 3:03 into the game, David Pastrnak won the faceoff. The puck went to Brad Marchand for the one timer but Flyers goalie Samuel Ersson made the save. A few seconds later, Charlie McAvoy sent the puck in front but Pastrnak failed to score. A minute later, Matthew Poitras sent the puck to Hampus Lindholm but Ersson made the save. John Beecher had a give and go with Cole Koepke but Ersson made the save again. Just 5:25 into the period, McAvoy was whistled for roughing and the Flyers were on the power play. Jamie Drysdale passed to Owen Tippett for the one timer, but Korpisalo made the save. Nikita Zadorov took a shorthanded slapshot but Errson made the save. All of a sudden Errson had to leave the game and Aleksei Kolosov took his place. With just over 8 minutes left in the period, Pavel Zacha was robbed on the doorstep by Kolosov. With 6:49 left in the period, Matvei Michkov sent the puck to Travis Sanheim but Sanheim's shot went wide with Elias Lindholm crashing into Korpisalo. Then with 6:32 left, Morgan Geekie shot the puck wide of the net. Hampus Lindholm gathered it and shot it off the boards only for Matthew Poitras to shoot it off the pad of Kolosov and in for the game's first goal. With 4:37 left, Trent Frederic threw it in front but Morgan Geekie couldn't bang it home. Korpisalo denied a shot by Nick Seeler and with 1:13 left in the period, Noah Cates was sent to the box for holding to put the Bruins on the power play. With 25 seconds left, Marchand and Pastrnak had a 2 on 1 and Marchand beat Kolosov clean...but the shot hit the post. The Bruins went into the break still up 1-0 and had 47 seconds left of power play time.
35 seconds into the second period, Elias Lindholm sent the puck to Charlie Coyle but he couldn't put it past Kolosov. Pastrnak was also denied a few seconds later. McAvoy's shot was saved to end the power play. Sanheim passed the puck to Cates but his shot was gloved by Korpisalo. Just five minutes into the period, Tippett had a wide open shot but Joonas batted it away. Just over five minutes into the period, Korpisalo stopped Erik Johnson's shot attempt. A few seconds later Zacha failed to get three straight backhand shots past Kolosov. Just 6:13 into the period, Poitras was sent to the box for slashing. On the power play, the Flyers couldn't get anything going until Bobby Brink had a wide open look as time experied. Korpisalo saved the shot and the penalty was killed off. With 9:50 left in the period, Koepke walked in alone and shot...saved by Kolosov. With 8:37 left in the period, Elias Lindholm tipped a pass up ice to Marchand. Marchand skated around the net and fed a streaking Brazeau who scored his third goal of the year to put the Bruins up by two. With 8 minutes left in the second, Farabee left a puck for Brink but his shot clanged off the post. With 3:42 left in the period, Tippett blew by a falling down Brandon Carlo to pass to a wide open Morgan Frost in the slot. Somehow the puck went through Korpisalo and over the net. The period ended with the Bruins up 2-0.
With 17:12 left in the game, Michkov took a point blank shot but it was saved by Korpisalo. Farabee shot on the net and Brink damn near tipped the puck home, but it stayed out of the net. With 8:36 left, Couturier was denied by Korpisalo on the door step as well. With 5:16 left, Frost took McAvoy down but lost his stick in the process. The puck was kicked over to a wide open Brazeau but Kolosov saved the shot. Flyers coach John Tortorella pulled Kolosov with 4 minutes left and Farabee tried to pass through the Bruins zone, but it was intercepted by Pastrnak. Pastrnak hit Marchand and he flipped the puck down the ice and in for the empty net goal to seal it. Things got chippy with 2:14 left when Hathaway and Kastellic went at each other. Hathaway got 2 minutes for cross checking and 2 minutes for roughing while Kastelic got 4 minutes for roughing. Then with 51 seconds it was a free for all as Carlo, Frederic, Poitras, Konecny and Sanheim were all sent out of the game for roughing. The final seconds ticked down and the Bruins had won the game 3-0.
Marchand ends it
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That was their most complete win of the season so far. The Bruins defense held the Flyers to just twenty shots and Joonas stopped all of them for his first Bruins shutout. He made some big stops too so not all of them were pedestrian. This was the kind of game they needed after getting carved up by Carolina on Halloween. Hopefully that game was a wakeup call to turn the tide after they've been mediocre to start the season. Finally Poitras scored and it was important for the 20 year old to get the monkey off his back. He looked damn good last year before his season was cut short by injury and hasn't seemed on his game so far. Just like Korpisalo getting the shutout, hopefully that goal launches Poitras. Getting goals from Brazeau and Poitras on a night when the defense steps up shows Pastrnak, Marchand and Zacha aren't just offensive machines. Hopefully more wins like this are in order. The win improved the Bruins to 5-6-1, good for 11 points. The Bruins play tomorrow afternoon in a Sunday special against the Seattle Kraken. The game begins at 5:00 PM at TD Garden.
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