Bruins down Detroit 4-1

The Bruins were able to beat the defending champs tonight in front of a sell out crowd at the Garden (17,565). With a 4-1 final one would think the Bruins dominated the Red Wings but that was not the case.

The Red Wings came out blazing, dominating the Bruins for the first 12 minutes of the first period. Then, one odd man rush later the Bruins had took the lead to stay. Blake Wheeler found the back of the net on a nice feed from Michael Ryder and on the Bruins first shot of the game, they had a goal.


With 3:49 to go in the period Phil Kessel was able to pot one from out near the blue line and the Bruins took the two goal advantage. At periods end the score read 2-0 Bruins but things easily could have favored the Red Wings.


Eight minutes into the second period Patrice Bergeron was able to play the role of pick pocket and find a streaking Chuck Kobasew in the slot to give the Bruins a three goal lead. The Garden was going nuts at this point.


The Red Wings got the next goal on the power play but even the goal that they did score went in off of Marc Savards skate. Manny Fernandez was a wall tonight and at one point there were even Manny chants at the Garden. It reminded me of Fenway Park when number 24 used to step up in a key spot.


In the third period the Bruins kept their foot on the throttle and gave themselves breathing room. David Krejci handled a rebound in the slot and fired passed Chris Osgood who had replaced Ty Conklin after the Bruins third goal.



The Bruins played the second half of the period in kill the clock mode and were able to keep the Red Wings off the board, defeating Detroit 4-1.

The Bruins finished November with a record of 11-1-1 after a 5-3-3 October. With the win the Bruins catapulted themselves into first place in the Eastern Conference. Both the New York Rangers and Boston have 36 points but Boston has two games in hand.