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After suffering more scoreless periods than a spinster aunt, Patty Bergeron’s 5th of the year (with Timmy Thomas pulled) kept the Bruins from headed to an atrocious 10 periods without a goal. Bergie knocked home the point-salvager on the doorstep against the very good version of Carey Price, who has been nearly absent this season, with less than a minute left and the Bruins pressing hard. Price was seemingly woken up after an apparent 2nd period Bergeron goal was rightfully disallowed, though there was no penalty called on the Hab D-man for running Missing Marco Sturm into the net causing it to dislodge.

Though the game will be a referred to a loss because the Bs came out on the short end of the “let’s-win-over-the-Southerners” rule, it’s a good point to be had considering they were down with a minute left against a goalie standing on his head. It’s only fitting that it was Bergeron, who logged over 22 minutes of ice and once again was all over the ice playing Selke-worthy hockey. The Daniel Paille–Steve Begin–Brad Marchand line made the most noise on the night with their incessant hitting and numerous scoring bids. Meanwhile, Marco Sturm, Mike Ryder, and Mark Recchi are still looking for a revival of their stagnant offensive abilities.

For this team, one point per game isn’t going to cut it over the course of the season. But for the short term, it might have to do until the healing reinforcements arrive. With their 17 shots and good movement in the 2nd, it looks like there’s a bunch of goals just around the corner. In reality, it’s just another good goalie around the corner (the last five Bs games have gone under). Next up, the league’s best, Buffalo’s Ryan Miller Saturday at the place with the shittiest pretzels in Boston (barring him getting an unlikely night off). Fortunately, the Bruins also happen to have one of the league’s best in Timmy Thomas.