A (Short-lived) Goalies Duel

What started as a duel between goalies Tim Thomas and Michal Neuvirth of the Washington Capitals, ended with both goalies being pulled before an entertaining 3rd period. Neither goalie got the decision. That means that Thomas is still 7-0-0 in the season, even though he let up 3 goals, his most of the season.

Tuukka Rask took Timmy's place to start the 3rd period, and held the Capitals at bay to let his team score 3 goals in 7 minutes to tie the game. But even with that comeback, the Caps were able to score 2 goals on Rask, and win the game. One of those games was scored by Ovechkin, his first against the Bruins this season.

The 3 Bruins goals were scored by Michael Ryder, Nathan Horton, and Shawn Thornton, each in a time of 6 minutes and and 44 seconds. This was Thorton's 300th career game. In the meantime, it was also Rask's 3rd loss of the season.

Overall, it was a pretty lack-luster game for the Bruins. There wasn't much intensity until the 3rd period. And it definitely wasn't the same stye of play that was in the first 2 games against the Caps. With all the chances they had, the B's just didn't jump on anything. And therefore, the team ended up with the loss.

Bruins Posessed the Devils

After almost a week since their last game in Prague, the Bruins beat the New Jersey Devils 4-1. Quite the physical game, overall the B's played a great game. All the goals of the game were scored in the 2nd period.

Tim Thomas started in his 2nd straight game in net, and showed why he deserved to be there. Thomas made 31 overall saves, a few of them spectaculer and important. This game, along with the start from last Sunday, just may be a sign the 2008-2009 Thomas is back in form.

The first goal of the game was scored by New Jersey's Dainius Zubrus 3:45 into the 2nd period. After that, the B's had 4 unanswered goals to pull them to the win. Rookie Jordan Caron got his first NHL goal of his career to tie the game 5:38 into the 2nd period. Rookie Tyler Seguin then got his first assist of his NHL career, when Michael Ryder scored 5 minutes later. At 16:43, Shawn Thorton got his first goal since October 3 of last season, putting the B's up 3-1. Finally, at 18:09 in the 2nd period, Milan Lucic scored the 4th Bruins goal.

Overall, the Bruins played a great game. They were physical, scored goals, and made important saves. They played like they wanted to win. If I must say so myself, if the Bruins keep this up, they will have so much more success than last season.

Now, what do you think of the Bruins' play tonight? Leave your opinion in a comment below.