Highlights from Bruins' 3-2 shootout win over Golden Knights

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FINAL SCORE: Bruins 3, Golden Knights 2 (SO)

IN BRIEF: David Backes scored the winner in the sixth round of the shootout to deliver the Bruins their seventh straight win, and fourth straight win of this five-game road trip that started in Southern California and concludes this weekend in St. Louis.

BOX SCORE 

BRUINS RECORD: 36-17-8 (80 points), 2nd in Atlantic Division

FROM JOE HAGGERTY:

So that’s goals in five straight games for Jake DeBrusk, who is very clearly feeling it confidence-wise right now. He took a David Krejci pass from the sideboards, spun off Shea Theodore in the slot and then roofed a shot past Marc-Andre Fleury for his 19th goal of the season. DeBrusk is now one goal short of putting up 20 goals for the first time in his career, and has two shots on net in five plus minutes of ice time while working pretty well together with his usual trigger man in Krejci along with the hard-working Karson Kuhlman on the other wing.

Danton Heinen had four shots on net in the second period alone after the Bruins as a team had only six shots on net in the first period. Heinen continues to be active and in the middle of everything offensively for the Black and Gold while skating with Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron on Boston’s top line. It was Heinen that carried the puck into the offensive zone and threw a cross-ice pass to Brad Marchand for a top corner blast from the slot for a go-ahead goal in the third period. 

It was a pretty clean game for the Bruins, with just a tripping penalty for Heinen in the first period. Otherwise, there were a couple of chances for Boston’s vaunted power play without it actually leading to any offense for the Bruins. In fact, the Bruins had just one shot on net in three power play chances against the Golden Knights, and that’s been a big part of Vegas holding down Boston’s offense to this point.

⬇️ HIGHLIGHTS ⬇️

DEBRUSK STRIKES AGAIN

HALAK STANDS TALL

MARCHAND LETS IT RIP

BACKES' SHOOTOUT WINNER

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SATURDAY: at St. Louis, 4 p.m. (NESN)
TUESDAY: vs San Jose, 7 p.m. (NESN)

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