Recchi tallies twice, Bruins upend Blackhawks

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03/07/2009 - Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mark Recchi scored two goals to lead the Boston Bruins to a 5-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks at TD Banknorth Garden.

David Krejci and Phil Kessel also scored for the Bruins, who ended their six- game homestand with a 3-2-1 mark and will now travel to New York for a Sunday matinee contest against the Rangers. Tim Thomas made 32 saves in the win.

Jonathan Toews, Kris Versteeg and Patrick Kane scored for Chicago, which fell to 2-3-1 after a four-game win streak. Cristobal Huet allowed four goals on 38 shots in the losing effort. The Blackhawks open a three-game homestand on Sunday against the Avalanche.

The Bruins opened the scoring midway through the first period courtesy of a mistake by Chicago defenseman Brian Campbell. Following a dump-in, Campbell appeared to purposely avoid the forecheck of Recchi along the rear boards. This negated the chance for the Blackhawks to clear the zone, and the disc ended up along the left half-wall on the stick of Patrice Bergeron. Bergeron passed to Chuck Kobasew below the left circle, and Kobasew fed Recchi for a successful turnaround wrister at 10:19.

With 4:49 remaining in the second stanza, the visitors knotted the contest on Toews' power-play marker. Kane held control along the outer rim of the right circle near the half-wall and passed to Toews, who was stationed along the goal line near the right post. Toews then attempted a stuffer, and the disc caromed off the skate of Boston's Aaron Ward and into the back of the cage.

However, the Bruins responded quickly with two goals in a 35-second span, the first of which was Krejci's stuffer at the left post only 30 seconds after the Blackhawks tied it up.

Then at the 16:16 mark, Boston moved ahead 3-1 on Recchi's second tally of the game. Dennis Wideman corralled the puck in the high slot and fired a wrister toward the net before Recchi redirected the disc past Huet from the left side of the crease.

Kessel's 27th goal of the season 1:35 into the final stanza gave the hosts a three-goal edge. Following a turnover at the blue line, Marc Savard eventually gained control and feathered a perfect pass through the slot and onto the stick of Kessel, who lit the lamp with a wrister from below the right circle.

Midway through the third, Versteeg's 17th tally of 2008-09 -- assisted by Andrew Ladd and Matt Walker -- brought Chicago within 4-2.

When Andrew Ference was whistled for interference with 5:33 to play in regulation, the Blackhawks cashed in on the 5-on-4 advantage. Kane held control atop the left circle and released a blazing slap shot that flew past Thomas with the help of a screen in front. Kane's 21st goal was scored at 14:34.

Thomas and the Bruins defense corps, however, clamped down and P.J. Axelsson's empty-net goal inside the final minute capped the scoring.

Game Notes

Boston improved to 22-6-5 at home this season, while Chicago fell to 19-13-3 on the road in 2008-09...Chicago forward Martin Havlat saw his nine-game scoring streak halted...The Bruins have won four straight against their Original Six rivals...The Blackhawks were 2-for-3 on the power play, while the Bruins were scoreless on all three of their power-play chances...Attendance was 17,565.

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