The Boston Bruins and Calgary Flames appeared poised for a high-scoring affair after notching three goals each in the opening 20 minutes. But things settled down a bit for the next 40.
Advantage Bruins.
A mere 3:23 into Friday’s tilt, Bruce Cassidy’s squad faced two separate two-goal deficits with Mikael Backlund scoring twice just 2:14 apart and Johnny Gaudreau countering Patrice Bergeron’s first of the night. Yet, they kept pace and evened things up on Bergeron’s second of the night and Coyle’s 15th of the season.
Brad Marchand put the Bruins ahead for good a mere 52 seconds into the middle stanza.