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Red Wings, 3-1

Print | Comments () Posted by Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff February 2, 2008 10:35 PM

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After falling behind 1-0, Detroit scored the next three goals to earn their league-best 40th victory before a sellout TD Banknorth Garden crowd that was filled with the red and white paraphernalia of the visiting club.

"They're the best team in the league for a reason," said Claude Julien.

Chuck Kobasew scored Boston's only goal, his 19th of the season.

* The Bruins do not play any more Western Conference teams this year. They went 6-4-0 against clubs from the West.

* Zdeno Chara's two penalties couldn't have come at a worse time. At 13:54 of the third period, with his team down 2-1, Chara was forced to take a hooking penalty on Pavel Datsyuk that led to a power-play goal. Then at 18:14, Chara was called for roughing.

* The Bruins have tomorrow off. They return to practice on Monday at 10:30 a.m. at Ristuccia Arena.

tags Chuck Kobasew, Zdeno Chara