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Authentic Stephen Johns Jersey , N.J. (AP) Even when they don’t play their best, the Boston Bruins are still getting it done on the road.Adam McQuaid got
his first goal of the season with 8:05 to play, and the Bruins extended their
road point-scoring streak to 13 games with a 5-3 victory over the slumping New
Jersey Devils on Sunday night.”We’re trying to dictate the play early,” said
Boston defenseman Torey Krug, who scored twice. ”Don’t let the other team use
their home-ice advantage, just make sure we’re skating and going and have them
react to us. I think every game we’ve given ourselves a chance to win the game
going into the third period. We were ugly the first two, but got the job done in
the third.”Boston is 11-0-2 in its current road run and 16-5-4 away from TD
Garden overall.Tim Schaller also scored a goal that the Devils were not
convinced crossed the goal line despite a review, and Patrice Bergeron added an
empty-netter as the Bruins improved to 19-2-4 in their last 25 games. Boston
also killed off all seven New Jersey power plays, scored an extra-man goal and
got two short-handed in sweeping the three-game season series.”We’re getting
production up and down the lineup,” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. ”If they
shut down our top guys then someone else contributes. That’s a hallmark of our
group
Youth Tyler Pitlick Jersey , they like to pick each other up and know they don’t have to be the best player every night.”Backup goalie Anton Khudobin
stopped a first-period penalty shot and finished with 35 saves as Boston avoided
consecutive losses in regulation for what would have been the third time this
season.Miles Wood, Taylor Hall and Kyle Palmieri scored for the Devils, who have
lost four straight and eight of 11. Eddie Lack, who was acquired in a trade with
Calgary in late December, made 22 saves in his first start for New Jersey.”Our
power play was the difference tonight,” Hall said. ”They got one and we gave up
a couple on the other end. Like I said, it was one of those nights. We were
trying. The effort was there, 5 on 5, I thought we had them for sure. Our power
play could not execute.”McQuaid, who returned to the lineup on Jan. 17 after
missing 36 games with a broken right leg
Tyler Seguin Jersey , snapped a 3-all tie with a shot from the right point that deflected off the stick of Devils forward Drew Stafford and bounced
past Lack.”He battles so hard for us, does little things, blocks shots, and make
hits,” Krug said of McQuaid. ”For him to get that one and play with confidence
was great. It’s nice to see him get rewarded.”It was the first game between the
teams since Brad Marchand was suspended for five games for elbowing New Jersey’s
Marcus Johansson in the head in Boston on Jan. 23. Marchand was booed every time
he touched the puck.There was a scrum after Bergeron scored with 39 seconds to
play. Marchand was knocked down by Damon Severson before the goal.Boston took
leads of 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 in the first two periods. The Devils responded every
time, with Palmieri tying it at 3 by beating Khudobin in close after taking a
nice pass from Hall.
