Wings Pound Bruins 6-1
BOSTON (WWJ/AP) The Red Wings gave the Bruins a pounding in Boston, beating the Bruins 6-1 Friday night.
Todd Bertuzzi scored two goals (Bertuzzi's second goal was his 700th career point), Henrik Zetterberg and Jiri Hudler each had a goal and two assists and the Detroit Red Wings snapped out of their scoring slump.
Wings goalie Jimmy Howard had 25 saves; allowing only one goal in net for the night.
Friday, the offense was much more productive as the Red Wings led 5-1 with 3:22 remaining in the second.
Bertuzzi began the scoring when he took a pass from Zetterberg and scored off the right post. Just 2 minutes later, Cleary scored his 17th goal of the season on a pass from Hudler, who fed the puck from behind the net and into the slot where Cleary had gotten behind defenseman Dennis Seidenberg.
Rask, who allowed goals on Detroit's first two shots, received a mock cheer when he made a routine save about four minutes into the game.
A nice pass from Zetterberg set up Hudler's sixth goal at 1:09 of the second period. Detroit's scoring leader made a backhand pass from the left circle to Hudler, who one-timed the puck past Rask from the right corner of the crease.
The game settled down with neither team scoring for more than 15 minutes. Detroit then scored twice within 24 seconds for a 5-1 lead. Tomas Holmstrom finished the scoring with his 12th goal on a power play with 6:09 left in the game.
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