The Bruins enter last night’s game with a mediocre 8-5-0 record, having lost three of their last five. They faced off against the Dallas Stars, who entered with an even more sub par 6-6-2 record. This was the first time the Bruins faced their former prodigy Tyler Seguin and the same can be said of Loui Eriksson for the Stars. 
In the first five minutes things were clicking on both sides. At the 3:38 mark of the first, Jamie Benn’s snap shot beat Rask for the early lead on the Star’s first shot of the night. Then less then a minute later at the 4:16 mark, Torey Krug netted his fifth score of the season, tipping in a shot by Reilly Smith (also involved in the trade from Dallas). The rest of the period was quiet, with Boston controlling the majority of shots, but there was no more scoring. 
To start the second, Dallas controlled most of the pressure, out shooting the Bruins in the first few minutes. Things began looking up for Boston however when Dallas’s Ray Whitney took his second penalty of the game, for hooking at the 4:10 mark. As things began to look bleak on that man advantage, Brenden Dillon took a penalty for high sticking with 14:54 to go. However Boston couldn’t score. Despite all the excitement in the early goings, it was a period of missed opportunities for both sides, as Dallas took a one shot lead, but the score remained tied at one.
The third period started off with a balanced attack from both sides. However a double minor penalty on Boston’s Reilly Smith changed that. Dallas racked up 4 quality shots on that man advantage but were stopped by the Bruins PK. With the halfway mark passed, Boston was able to get pressure in the Dallas zone. A shot by Hamilton was tipped in for a goal by Milan Lucic at the 11:39 mark, his seventh on the year. With the clock working against the Stars, a penalty shot fell into the lap of Dallas. Vernon Fidler moved in and lifted a backhander over the glove of Rask and into the net to tie the game on the penalty shot. The period ended and we needed extra time
The Bruins do not have much success against Dallas in post regulation play, as they are 0-2-9 all time. No one score in OT and a shootout was necessary. Bergeron scored as the first man up for Boston. Jamie Benn for Dallas was stopped, as was Iginla for Boston. Then came the Drama, Tyler Seguin. He moved in on Rask and scored. Eriksson was then stopped by Lehtonen. It continued until Rich Peverley (another man involved in last summer’s mega deal) ended it.
After the game, Coach Julien was asked his thoughts on the game and why it came down to a shootout, “It came down to a shootout because we played at the level of the other team, not to take anything away from them but I think that we are a better team than what we showed here tonight.”