NHL Wrap: Griffith's ‘sick' goal gives Bruins win

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BOSTON -- Bruins coach Claude Julien liked the way Seth Griffith blocked a shot in the Boston end to start the play.

Forward Patrice Bergeron complimented him on the "sick" way he ended it, with a shot that went double 5-hole: Backward between Griffith's own legs, and then just under goalie Corey Schneider's pad on its way to the back of the net.

"I knew if I got it on net, something good might happen," Griffith said after his highlight-reel goal helped the Bruins beat the New Jersey Devils 4-2 on Monday night.

After blocking a shot to start the breakout, Griffith muscled through two Devils as he crossed the blue line. As he approached the crease, New Jersey defenseman Marek Zidlicky spun Griffith around, but he slapped the puck backward and past the goalie.

The play got a big cheer from the sold-out TD Garden crowd -- and an even bigger one when it was replayed on the scoreboard and fans could see in slow motion what had happened.

"The (Bruins') third goal was a highlight goal. But it was kind of lucky, too, when you look at it," said Devils forward Jaromir Jagr, who scored for New Jersey. "To score between the legs, it's not going to happen again."

Bergeron had a goal and two assists, and Tuukka Rask stopped 26 shots for Boston, which won its fifth straight game. Griffith's goal made it 3-2 with 1:59 left in the second period, and Reilly Smith scored 80 seconds later to give Boston a 4-2 lead.

"It was on me to get out of that situation 2-2," said Schneider, who made 19 saves as the Devils lost their fourth consecutive game. "All of the sudden, it's 4-2. It's not really fair for me to do that to my teammates" (see full recap).

Skinner helps 'Canes beat Flames
RALEIGH, N.C. -- After becoming the fourth-youngest player in Carolina Hurricanes franchise history to score 100 career goals, Jeff Skinner is looking forward to his next milestone.

Justin Faulk had a goal and two assists and Skinner had a goal and an assist to help the Hurricanes beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Monday night.

Skinner is behind only Sylvain Turgeon, Ron Francis and Geoff Sanderson as the youngest in franchise history to reach the 100-goal mark, but he is the youngest since the team moved from Hartford in 1997.

"It's pretty cool," Skinner said. "It's a nice achievement but I'm ready to go for the next one. (Alexander) Semin did a great job finding me and I got a great screen in front by (Jay McClemment) so I don't think (Hiller) saw it."

David Jones gave the Flames a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 13:07 of the first period. Calgary held a modest 8-5 shot advantage in the first period but were outshot 26-15 the rest of the way, including 12-5 in the third period.

"They capitalized on our turnovers and that was kind of the difference in the game," Jones said. "We've been away for a while but we should have had our legs tonight. We just came up short and we'll regroup and get ready for the next game."

Zach Boychuk tied it with 2:30 left in the first period for the Hurricanes, who won for the fifth time in six games since starting the season 0-6-2 (see full recap).

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