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Winning ugly: Bruins extend winning streak to seven games

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BOSTON, MA - NOVEMBER 15: Shawn Thornton #22 of the Boston Bruins is congratulated by teammates Steve Kampfer #47 and Jordan Caron #38 in the third period against the New Jersey Devils on November 15, 2011 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Bruins defeated the New Jersey Devils 4-3. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

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It wasn’t as decisive as fans in Boston may have liked, but the Bruins extended their winning streak to seven games as they beat the struggling Columbus Blue Jackets by a 2-1 score in a shootout.

Thursday night’s game featured the worst team in the league playing on the road against the defending Stanley Cup champs. The champs also happened to enter the game on a six-game winning streak—so the outcome really shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, right? But it was the way the Bruins won the game that should raise a few eyebrows around the league. In that, they weren’t very impressive at all.

The Jackets scored the first goals of the game against back-up Tuukka Rask, but despite a strong effort, they were unable to get any other pucks past the Finnish netminder. The Bruins knotted the score at 1 and escaped to a shootout, where they finished off the comeback by beating Jackets’ goaltender Curtis Sanford twice in the skills competition. That’s right, the high-flying Bruins were only able to score a single goal against the Blue Jackets back-up in 65 minutes.

Even though Boston produced an underwhelming effort, the Bruins have been dominant over their seven game winning streak. The win was their fifth in their five game homestand. In fact, they scored 22 goals over the first four games of the homestand. But Thursday they proved they would win when the goals aren’t flowing as freely.

At the end of the day, another win is another win for the streaking Bruins. Likewise, another loss is just another loss for the Jackets who still haven’t won on the road this season.