Well that was one heck of a start to the 2016-17 Boston Bruins season.
The B’s hit the road for their season opener against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night and left Nationwide Arena happy as clams following an exciting, come-from-behind 6-3 win to kick things off.
Boston trailed 2-0 after one period and 3-1 early in the second, but Boston’s defense and first line took over from there. Each of Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak and David Backes scored two goals, while Marchand had an incredible five-point performance in the comeback.
Tuukka Rask stopped 28 of 31 shots and was lights out for the final 33 minutes of action.
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