Bruins prove they can swim with Sharks

The Boston Bruins notched a big win last night, outlasting the San Jose Sharks in a shootout, 2-1.  Zdeno Chara provided the heroics, scoring the only goal in the shootout.  Chara scored on the 4th attempt, leaving only one chance for the Sharks to answer.  Patrick Marleau had the fate of the game in his hands, but Tim Thomas (41 saves) had other ideas, denying Marleau, and putting the exclamation point on a great win at the Shark Tank.

Daniel Paille scored the game’s first goal in the second period, receiving a nice feed from Shawn Thornton, and getting a little help from the Sharks Dan Boyle, as the puck deflected off his stick, and underneath the pads of Evgeni Nabokov (30 saves).  Old friend Joe Thornton tied the game later in the second, using his strength to overpower Bruins defenders, and poking in a rebound past Thomas.

The B’s will wrap up their west coast trip when they visit the Los Angeles Kings tomorrow at 4pm.