Bruins Beat Red Wings 3-2 In OT
DETROIT -- Center Frank Vatrano's second goal of the game, with 1:28 left in overtime, gave the Boston Bruins a 3-2 come-from-behind win against the Detroit Red Wings Wednesday night at Joe Louis Arena.
Defenseman Colin Miller also scored and had an assist for Boston while goaltender Jonas Gustavsson made 32 saves.
Center Pavel Datsyuk and left winger Tomas Tatar scored for Detroit and goalie Petr Mrazek made 19 saves.
Vatrano tipped in Miller's shot for the winner for Vatrano's third goal.
Miller tied it 2-2, with 1:44 left. He beat Mrazek with a one-time slap shot from the top of the right circle.
The Red Wings scored twice in the second period to take a 2-1 lead.
Datsyuk second goal of the season tied it 1-1 2:26 into the second period. The goal was his the 300th of his NHL career. He cut in off right wing, flipped the puck over the stick of defenseman Torey Krug, who was diving, and beat Gustavsson under the crossbar.
Tatar's seventh goal of the season gave Detroit the lead with 5:07 left in the second period. His shot from the slot deflected in off Krug's stick, as Tatar had come directly off the bench.
Vatrano's second goal of the season opened the scoring 7:11 into the game when his shot from the high slot area beat Mrazek.
Gustavsson stopped Datsyuk from the right circle 5:32 into the first period.
Boston defenseman and captain Zdeno Chara knocked the puck out of the crease behind Gustavsson, as it rolled towards the goal line 6:37 into the game.
Datsyuk's shot from the bottom of the left circle went off of Gustavsson and hit the goal post in the final minute of the first period.
NOTES: Boston F Landon Ferraro began the season with Detroit. He was claimed off waivers by the Bruins on Sunday. This is his second game with Boston. ... Boston G Jonas Gustavsson spent the past three seasons with the Red Wings. ... Detroit was without RW Johan Franzen (concussion) and D Kyle Quincey (ankle). ... The Bruins were missing C Chris Kelly (fractured femur), D Kevan Miller (upper-body injury), F David Pastrnak (foot) and C Alexander Khokhlachev (hand). ... C Joakim Andersson and D Jakub Kindl were healthy scratches for the Red Wings. ... C Joonas Kemppainen, D Joe Morrow and RW Tyler Randell were Boston's healthy scratches.
