BOSTON – Brad Marchand truly is the king of overtime.
He capped off an offensive slugfest by scoring his third goal of the game in overtime to lead the Bruins to a 6-5 overtime win, and give him sole possession of the all-time franchise record with his 11th OT game-winner of his career. Marchand finished with three goals and five points, and now has a ridiculous 66 points in 51 games this season.
The Bruins got things off with a bang scoring a pair of goals in the first minute of the game, and that kicked off a goal-scoring party for both sides throughout the game.
Torey Krug scored on a bomb from the point to open things up offensively, and Jake DeBrusk followed 15 seconds later with a goal that deflected in off a Detroit defender in front of Red Wings goalie Jared Coreau. Detroit responded with an offensive outburst of its own, however, as Frans Nielsen and Mike Green scored to tie things up by the mid-point of the first period.
Krug gave the Bruins a lead at the first intermission when he scored his second of the game after crashing backdoor on the power play, and snapping home a pass from Brad Marchand. Brad Marchand extended the lead in the second period when got a return favor from Krug on a slick pass from the high point on another PP goal.
That Marchand goal actually kicked off a stretch in the second period where Marchand Red Wings youngster Anthony Mantha started alternating goals, and ended the second period with the Bruins holding a slim 5-4 lead. It didn’t last too long, unfortunately, as Martin Frk scored midway through the third period after his slot shot deflected off a diving David Krejci and then past Khudobin for the game-tying strike.