Bruins finally score, but still fall in shoot out

The Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadien's took the ice against one another for the 700th time in the team's storied history.

The Bruins, however, were on the losing end of the match up tonight, falling 2-1 in a shoot out.

The Canadiens goal came late in the first period, when Andrei Kostitsyn wrapped the puck around the Bruins goal to Glen Metropolit for the goal.

Matt Hunwick and Dennis Wideman collided to allow Kostitsyn the lane to the goal, and Metro put the garbage in the barrel.

The Bruins were shut out during the first period, and went to the locker room without a goal for the seventh straight time.

With about two and a half minutes to go in the second period, it looked like Bruins had broken their scoreless streak. However, the goal was reviewed and called off as the net had been knocked off of its moorings.

As the Bruins skated to the locker room after the end of the second period it looked like the scoreless streak was getting to them. The Bruins heads were down, and they were one period away from a third straight shut out and a loss to their bitter rival.

Things stayed the same for the first 19 minutes of the third period, but things finally changed. With 52 seconds remaining, Patrice Bergeron ended the streak at 192 minutes and six seconds with a rebound tally.

The teams headed to overtime and with no goals scored, then headed to a shoot out. Michael Cammalleri was the lone player to score in the shootout to give the Montreal Canadiens a 2-1 victory.

The Bruins loss was their fourth in five games and the power play went scoreless yet again. Boston's power play is the worst PP in the league.

When the Bruins lost Marc Savard, people expected the team's scoring to decrease. However, the Bruins passion and toughness seems to have fallen off the map as well.

This scribe would have to think that has to do with the absence of Milan Lucic. Both Lucic and Savard are targeting a return prior to Thanksgiving.

Boston will play nine games before the Thanksgiving holiday. So the question must be asked, can the Bruins weather the storm until these two return?

Oh, and did I mention David Krejci will likely miss the next two games as well?