After Saturday’s emotional loss to Vancouver, the Boston Bruins turned to Tuukka Rask to get them back on the winning track. Rask, who has won his last six decisions, picked up his tenth victory with a 5-3 win over the Winnipeg Jets.
Boston, down 3-2 after two periods of lethargic play, turned it on for the final frame and rattled off 3 quick goals in 6:41 from Nathan Horton, Tyler Seguin and Benoit Pouliot to put the game away.
Rask stopped 29 of 32 shots including a first period penalty shot from Winnipeg’s Chris Thornburn. This was Rask’s third penalty shot faced, two of which were saves.
Ondrej Pavelec (15-14-5) took the loss for Winnipeg stopping 37 of 42 shots. Andrew Ladd, former Bruin Blake Wheeler and Eric Fehr scored for the Jets.
Pavelac also faced a penalty shot, Boston’s second in as many games, when Tyler Stapleton held Bruins winger Shawn Thornton on a breakaway at 5:16 of the second period.
Thornton, known more for his work with his fists, beat Pavelec with a toe-drag and backhander to Pavelec’s stick side to tie the game at two apiece.
Rask said it was a move that Thornton had tried so often in practice he’d stopped trying it.
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