Boston Bruins vs. Calgary Flames: B's Roll on in the West, Defeat Flames, 3-1

The Bruins have only one game this week and it was against the red-hot Calgary Flames.

The Flames have not lost a home game in the Saddledome in a month (last regulation loss was at the hands of the Minnesota Wild on Jan. 19 in a 6-0 romp).

The Bruins were looking to extend their current two-game win streak as the Montreal Canadiens were just three points back and they played an injury-riddled Vancouver Canucks.

Rich Peverley played his first game as a Bruin since the trade. He played just over 15 minutes and was an even plus/minus.

First Period

It took a second less than a minute for the Bruins to open up the scoring.

On a bad line change, in what looked like the Flames cleared the puck, it got no further than the B's side of the neutral zone when Adam McQuaid gloved the puck down and quickly passed it to David Krejci who was entering the zone on Miikka Kiprusoff's left side of the boards.  

Krejci then sold Kiprusoff on the shot but he elected to pass to a surging Milan Lucic who buried it to open the scoring.

Second Period

There was no scoring in the second, but that is not to say there weren't chances for both teams. Some defensive plays here and a couple of post dings that could have easily went the other way.

Third Period

Brad Marchand has been electric for the Bruins this year. He is that player that will get into the mud and create space. Marchand has a habit of getting clear from players by not bringing too much attention to himself and with quick hands, he will punish you for forgetting about him.

Andrew Ference received a pass from Mark Recchi. Ference ripped a shot on net to have it redirected by Patrice Bergeron to a wide open Marchand who popped it into a wide open left side of the net as Kiprusoff was fully committed to the right side.  

2-0 Bruins.

With the Flames on the power play on Bergeron's slashing penalty, Jerome Iginla had Tim Thomas completely committed to stopping him. The result was that he was too far out of his net to do anything about the pass to Curtis Glencross.  

Glencross popped it in the wide open left side of the net. That finally gave the Flames a notch on the scoreboard, but with just 2:33 left in the game the Flames needed to open and that can prove costly.

With the Flames' net empty, they tried to push for the tying goal.  

The puck was cleared systematically by Dennis Seidenberg, then Recchi, then Krejci who took the hit to clear it up ice. Lucic was off to the races and popped in the dagger goal to end the game at 3-1. The goal was Lucic's second of the night and his 26th of the season so far, leading the team in goals.

This is the third win in a row for the Bruins and they are now 6-4-0 for the month, and maintained their three-point lead over the Habs in the standings.

The Good

The Bruins were playing very well as of late and seem to be getting their act together.

Over all, both goalies were on their game, but someone had to take a W and the other would have to take the L.

The Bad

Nothing really bad per se in this game. The Bruins maintained good pressure in the game. 

The Ugly

The shots off the posts were Bruin-friendly and could have tipped the game the other way.

The Bruins continue their Western road trip in Vancouver against the Canucks on Saturday, Feb. 26 at 10 pm EST. The Canucks lost to the Habs this same night and are sharing a 6-4-0 record with the B's in their last 10 games. As of late, the Canucks are 2-3-0 in their last five games.