Streaking B's Grab 5th Straight

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The Bruins won their fifth straight game tonight in Edmonton.  Edmonton is well out of the play-off race and are all auditioning for jobs next season.  They are a young and fast team who plays with a lot of grit.  They got the scoring going only a minute into the game on a wrist shot by Alex Hemsky.  The B's dominated the rest of the period in both flow of play and shots.  They finally got on the board as Michael Ryder picked up a rebound and patiently waited for the goaltender, who dove as Ryder faked the shot, to be out of the play and stuck it top shelf to even the score.  The Bruins scored with under 2 minutes left to play in both the first and second periods.  Nathan Horton took a beautiful feed from David Krejci to put the B's up 2-1.  Rich Peverley and Chris Kelly got their first point in black and gold as Peverley took a feed from Ryder and put a move on Dubnyk and stuffed it far side.  Kelly also assisted on the play.  

The third period got chippy, as Andrew Cogliano decided to take a shot on Brad Marchand, who continues to get under the skin of every team in the NHL.  Milan Lucic was challenged by Jim Vandermeer in front of then net.  Although, the game got physical, that's nothing the Bruins aren't used to.  They kept taking the body, moving the puck, and playing a solid three-zone game to ensure the W in front of Tuukka Rask.

It was a one goal game, but I felt as if the Bruins had control the entire game.  The Oilers managed only 17 shots to Boston's 40.

While Lucic was in the box for his fighting major, Seguin got some time with Krejci and Horton, and looked pretty good.  The kid is starting to play well.  I expect big things out of him next year.