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Moments after a Chicago power play ended,
McAvoy put a shot past Blackhawks goalie Robin Lehner off Jake
DeBrusk's feed from the left wing. It was McAvoy's first goal of
the season.
"What a pass," McAvoy said. "Thank God I buried that one."
The Blackhawks have lost three of four (0-1-2) after a five-game
winning streak.
Chicago fans voiced their displeasure late in regulation after a
possible game-winning goal was waved off. With the Blackhawks on
the penalty kill, the referee blew the whistle on a delayed
penalty against Boston's Torey Krug before Chicago's Drake
Caggiula gained possession of the puck and scored a would-be,
go-ahead, short-handed goal with 1:05 to go.
Chicago's Kirby Dach created the opportunity for an earlier man
advantage, stealing the puck in the neutral zone and racing in
for a breakaway opportunity against Halak. Boston's Chris Wagner
was called for slashing on the play with just over five minutes
remaining, but the Blackhawks were unable to score.
Lehner stopped 38 of 40 shots, but it wasn't enough as the
Bruins leapt to 78 points this season, the top total in the NHL.
Alex DeBrincat opened the scoring for the Blackhawks with a
power-play goal at 6:50 of the second period, knocking in a
rebound of a Dach shot after Patrick Kane found Dach in front of
the net. It was the first power-play goal the Bruins allowed in
14 tries.
Sean Kuraly tied the game for Boston about six minutes later.
Kuraly skated with the puck from behind the net and went to the
lower right circle, where he turned and wristed the puck past
Lehner, who stopped Boston's first 21 shots to start the game.
Lehner drew a standing ovation from the home crowd with 1:51 to
go in the first period after sprawling across the goal to make a
pair of saves and keep the game scoreless. Lehner stopped 16
shots in the first 20 minutes, while the Blackhawks managed just
five.
Blackhawks defenseman Adam Boqvist sustained an upper-body
injury early in the second period and did not return. Skating
near the side boards in pursuit of a loose puck, Boqvist had his
right shoulder jammed into the boards on a hit by Boston's David
Krejci and was taken to the dressing room.
Krejci was whistled for boarding, and DeBrincat scored 37
seconds later, tallying his 13th goal of the season and ninth on
the power play. Kane's assist on the goal was his 41st of the
season and came one night after his 12-game point streak was
snapped in an overtime loss at Minnesota.
--Field Level Media
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