Game 17: Boston 6 at Chicago 3

Cal Gardner and Leo Labine each scored two goals as the Boston Bruins torched the Chicago Black Hawks, 6-3 at Chicago Stadium.

Bruins (3-3-0) scored three times in the first 11;26 and never looked back.

Eric Nesterenko scored twice for Chicago (1-4-1), which went 0-for-4 on the power play, making them 1-for-23 this season with the man advantage.

Gardner started the scoring, firing a wrist shot past Al Rollins just 90 seconds into the game.

1st Period
BOS- Gardner (Boivin, Labine) 1:30
BOS- Beckett (McKenney) 6:36
BOS- Labine (Gardner, Chevrefils) 11:26
CHI- Nesterenko (Pilote, Lalande) 15:02

2nd Period
CHI- Nesterenko (Lalande, Mickoski) 9:06
BOS- Gardner (unassisted) 11:08
BOS- Labine (Chevrefils, MacKell) 19:54

3rd Period
BOS- McKenney (Boivin, Bionda) PPG 6:30
CHI- Kachur (Skov, Mortson) 8:41

SOG
BOS 10-10-7 = 27
CHI 10-15-12 = 37

PP: BOS 1-3; CHI 0-4

Goalies
BOS- Simmons
CHI- Rollins