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Bruins Down Carolina 5-2 - Match Report

Boston skated to a 5-2 victory over Carolina on Thursday in NHL action at TD Garden.

The Bruins were a -117 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.0.

Boston got goals from Charlie Coyle, Derek Forbort, Erik Haula, Curtis Lazar, and Brad Marchand in the victory. Marchand opened the scoring at 0:46 of the second period.

Jeremy Swayman stopped 23 of 25 Carolina shots in the victory.

Carolina got a goal from Andrei Svechnikov(2) in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Carolina got a 29-stop effort from Antti Raanta in the loss.

On the power play, Boston went 1-for-3, while the Hurricanes were 0-for-4 with the man advantage.

Boston outshot Carolina 34-25 in the game.