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Bruins 6, Sharks 3: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Bears get quota, first win

The Bruins beat the Sharks 6-3 in glorious form tonight. Their power play looked fantastic, their sh% is going up....everything’s coming up bears tonight.

Let’s look at some interactives.

52 seconds into Bruce Cassidy’s first game as head coach of the Bruins, David Backes scored his 12th goal of the season:

Very nice. The assists went to Torey Krug and David Krejci; Krug now has five points in his last six games, and Krejci has four points in his last four.

The Sharks tied it up almost exactly seven minutes later when Joe Thornton scored his first goal of the season against a real goalie (his first three goals were all ENGs.