Bruins keep rolling with 3-2 win over Red Wings

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DETROIT – It doesn’t matter where they are or who they are playing, the winning just keeps on continuing for the Boston Bruins. 

This time it was a by-the-numbers 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesar’s Arena that gives the Black and Gold a ridiculous 11-1-2 record since the beginning of January.

The Red Wings actually got on the board first with Martin Frk connecting on a PP one-timer from the circle that found a hole on Tuukka Rask at the net. 

But that was really it for the Red Wings as the Bruins controlled play even if they weren’t quite dominant against a Detroit team with nothing to play for at this point. The fourth line stepped up in the second period in the form of Sean Kuraly stepping into a shot and firing one home off a slick feed from Matt Grzelcyk. 

David Krejci gave the Bruins the lead a couple of minutes later in the second period when he hammered home a loose puck rebound that bounced to him after a Ryan Spooner shot on net. That score was the crowning achievement in this game for a very solid night for the Boston second line with Krejci, Spooner and Jake DeBrusk all getting their chances before the three of them teamed together for the game-winning goal. 

The Bruins finally got the insurance marker midway through the third period as an aggressive Austin Czarnik fore-check turned into a Danton Heinen snipe to the top corner of the net. It capped off a two-point night for the Bruins rookie winger and gives Heinen an extremely solid 12 goals and 37 points on the season. 

The rest was up to Tuukka Rask, who was strong early when the Red Wings had a couple of pretty good scoring chances in the first period en route to his 26 saves for the game.

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