Alex DeBrincat, Red Wings Knock Off NHL-best Bruins For 2nd Time, 5-2

BOSTON: Alex DeBrincat and J.T. Compher every had a purpose and an help, and the Detroit Red Wings beat Boston 5-2 on Friday for his or her second victory over the NHL-leading Bruins this season.

Robby Fabbri, Dylan Larkin and David Perron additionally scored for the Red Wings, who’re the one staff to beat Boston (14-2-3) in regulation. Shayne Gostisbehere had two assists and Ville Husso stopped 25 photographs.

In their third assembly in a month — the Bruins received the primary sport on Oct. 28 — Detroit took benefit of six Boston penalties to enhance to 10-0-2 when scoring 4 or extra targets.

Jake DeBrusk and Danton Heinen scored for the Bruins, who had been 5-0-2 since shedding at Detroit on Nov. 4. Jeremy Swayman made 24 saves on his twenty fifth birthday.

Despite a 16-save shutout Wednesday in opposition to New Jersey, Alex Lyon was the Red Wings’ backup. Husso had allowed at the least 4 targets in his previous three begins, however he was sharp till DeBrusk knocked dwelling his personal rebound on the ability play to get the Bruins inside 2-1 early within the second interval.

It was DeBrusk’s second purpose in as many video games after managing one in his first 16 video games.

But Husso saved the surging Bruins at bay till Fabbri scored on a wrist shot from the faceoff circle at 13:24 of the second.

Heinen’s wrist shot 4:12 into the third obtained the Bruins inside a purpose. But Brandon Carlo was known as for hooking lower than a minute later and Larkin scored 5 seconds into the ability play to present Detroit one other two-goal cushion.

Perron added an empty-netter with 1:45 left.

Boston coach Jim Montgomery gave veteran James van Riemsdyk the day without work within the staff’s conventional Black Friday dwelling matinee, with Morgan Geekie returning to the lineup.

An early Geekie miscue and an odd bounce put the Bruins in a gap. With Geekie serving a holding penalty, Compher redirected Gostisbehere’s shot at 5:13. The puck bounced off Swayman’s chest and trickled between his legs.

The Red Wings made it 2-0 late within the first interval when DeBrincat pickpocketed rookie Matt Poitras within the impartial zone, skated in alone and wristed a shot previous Swayman for his team-high twelfth purpose.

Boston couldn’t overcome the sleepy begin and misplaced in regulation at dwelling for simply the fifth time in 50 regular-season dwelling video games over the previous two seasons.

After utilizing 11 forwards and 7 defensemen for a number of video games this season, together with their first victory over Boston, the Red Wings had a standard 12-6 lineup with Jake Walman (sickness) scratched.

It labored as Detroit received its second straight after coming back from 0-1-1 journey to Sweden.

UP NEXT

Red Wings: Host Minnesota on Sunday.

Bruins: At the New York Rangers on Saturday, with Matt Grzelcyk (upper-body damage) anticipated to return.

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