Bruins top Red Wings in OT; Vatrano scores two

Pavel Datsyuk chipped the puck to himself and scored goal number 300 for his career, making him the 9th Russian-born player to hit that mark.

Frank Vatrano scored his second goal of the game at 3:32 of overtime, giving the Boston Bruins a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night.

Vatrano deflected Colin Miller’s shot past Petr Mrazek for his third NHL goal. Miller scored the tying goal with 1:44 left in the third period, and Boston won its sixth straight game against the Red Wings.

Boston is 2-1 in overtime, while Detroit fell to 4-3.

Vatrano opened the scoring at 7:11 of the first period when his shot from the left point beat Mrazek.

At 2:26 of the second, Pavel Datsyuk eluded Boston defenceman Torey Krug and shot the puck into the top left corner of the net. It was Datsyuk’s 300th career goal.

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