Bruins Drop One Late

Lucic went at it.

With 1:31 left in the game one of the more questionable calls in most recent memory was called on Milan Lucic. A high-sticking double-minor call on Looch was whistled, but the stick the referees thought was his belonged to a Blue Jacket player.

Just 15 seconds later a Columbus power play goal gave them a 3-2 lead that would be enough for the W. A last ditch effort had Zdeno Chara in front of the net with an opportunity to sneak a back hand in with 5 seconds left, but as he was falling down he could not get the shot off quick enough on the open side of the net.

Michael Ryder and Patrice Bergeron each netted their 12th goals of the season tonight and Tuukka Rask stopped 22 of 25 shots.

The Bruins have dropped 6 of their last 7 and are 1-5-1 in that stretch. They play a home game against the Senators again on Saturday at 1:00 and will look to avenge Monday's 5-1 loss.

NOTES:

• Marc Savard skated today for the first time since his knee injury 2 weeks ago. He hopes to return next week. It would be nice to see him get back to full strength because the Bruins' offensive pieces have not been on the ice together much this season.
• Marco Sturm (leg), Byron Bitz (undisclosed), and Steve Begin (undisclosed) missed tonight's game.