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Bruins fans never tire of seeing this kind of emotion from Cam Neely.



Today, the day after Thanksgiving, I am thankful for a Boston Bruins win. I am thankful for Dougie Hamilton and his overtime goal.



It was a long road throughout the game for the Bruins to get this win against the Jets. Although they improved each period, the Bruins had a very sluggish first period. They took three penalties and gave up a power play goal to Dustin Byfuglien.



The second period was an improvement as the Bruins took control of possession, but were unable to beat former Providence Bruin Michael Hutchinson in net. They continued to generate plenty of quality chances and finally converted three minutes into the third period when Milan Lucic crashed the net to tip in a perfect pass from Carl Soderberg.



Brad Marchand took a four minute penalty for high-sticking with 3:30 left in regulation, the game still tied 1-1.



The final minutes of regulation on the penalty kill were very stressful to watch as a fan considering the Jets have had a notoriously hot power play coming in, and had already scored one power play goal in the game. The penalty killers and Tuukka Rask came up big though. One of Rask's many key saves was on a shot that was almost identical to the one that he was scored on against in the first period.



In the final seconds of regulation, Rask took matters into his own hand, gloving the puck and instead of freezing play, he skated out to the top of the circle, dropped the puck, and pushed it out of the zone himself - killing off the rest of regulation by himself.



Prior to that, the Bruins had a golden chance to win the game in regulation when Daniel Paille forced a turnover on the forecheck and found Gregory Campbell in front of the net. Hutchinson, again, was able to make a good save.



The bench had a similar reaction than fans did at home.



In overtime, Dougie Hamilton won the game on another great set up by Carl Soderberg.





Although he had no points, David Pastrnak impressed on a line with Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron in his second NHL game. He had several good opportunities and made a lot of good plays. Hopefully he will produce some goal highlights for us as the Bruins go off on their west coast road trip.

This game wrapped up the month of November, a month in which the Bruins played zero games with Zdeno Chara but had a strong record anyway. Another notable point is that Pastrnak had a team-high seven shots on net in this game, tied for the most shots on net by a Bruin in a single game this season with Bergeron and Chara.