Bruins Lose and Win in Extra Time

Going into the 3rd period on Saturday afternoon, the B's had a chance to shock the visiting Dallas Stars and pick up a victory. Unfortunately, Boston could not hold on to their 1-0 lead and the Stars tied the game up sending it to overtime. With nothing settled in the extra 5 minute period, the game went to a shootout and eventually Dallas won 2-1 on a high-light reel goal by Jussi Jokinen. Today the story was the same but with a different ending. Boston went into the 3rd period with a one goal lead over Anaheim and once again blew it. In fact, the B's built themselves a two goal lead early on in 3rd but got into some horrendous penalty troubles that cost them. Sergei Samsonov was called for using an illegal stick and Patrice Bergeron was called for hooking on the exact same play. 14 seconds later, Boston's lead had be cut in half and it was 3-2 with a half period to play. Less then a minute later the Mighty Ducks tied the game causing a chorus of profanity from my office at work. (Due to the early start, I could only listen to the game). Luckily for the Bruins (and my co-workers) Patrice Bergeron scored with just under 2 minutes to play in OT and the B's won 4-3. The game was the second game in a row that goaltender Tim Thomas started as Andrew Raycroft sat quietly on the bench. Boston now travels to Philadelphia to take on the Flyers on Thursday night.