Zadorov’s prints were everywhere in the win, which increased Boston to 13-11-3.

Zadorov scored his first home goal as a Bruin, but more importantly, he added physicality with some bloody body checks.

“I thought he was busy with the game tonight,” coach Joe Sacco said. “He was physical and just defended hard. When he was on the ice, the opposition knew.”

At the start of the third period the score was 1-1, the clubs then conceded a goal, with the Red Wings scoring first at 1:19 after Lucas Raymond’s second game.

Justin Brazeau made it 2-0 when he blocked a wrist shot from Mason Lohrei on the power play at 9:32.

Joonas Korpisalo made 25 saves, none bigger than his acrobatic blocking shot on Red Wing center Michael Rasmussen, giving Detroit a 2-1 lead.

“Crazy jump,” Korpisalo said. “I was a little late. I tried to climb over but I couldn’t really do it, so I just threw out my blocker. Just instincts. There is no time to think. Jumps will happen and you have to be prepared for them. So yeah, I’m glad it hit my blocker this time.”

The first 20 minutes were quiet both on the ice and in the stands. A quick look at the swamp on the Charlestown Bridge early on explained the empty seats and lack of power in the building.

Neither team looked like it had enough caffeine in the first five minutes, and Marc McLaughlin’s one-timer from the left circle was the only real threat on either side.

The Red Wings got on the field first with a pinball goal.

Detroit pounced on a failed clearing attempt in which Simon Edvinsson hit a backhand pass that bounced off Charlie McAvoy’s stick and then off his skate before landing on Raymond’s blade. The right winger clarified the situation and fired a shot that bounced off Korpisalo’s left ball and into the goal at 7:31.

It was the 200th career point for Raymond, who at 22 years and 250 days was the third youngest Swede to reach the milestone, behind Mats Sundin (21 years, 348 days) and Nicklas Backstrom (22 years, 33 days).

However, Boston wasn’t down for long.

Almost two minutes later, Zadorov equalized.

Zadorov took a backhand pass from Brad Marchand and unleashed a backscratcher that flew over Ville Husso’s blocker at 9:15.

The Bruins got their only power play in the 18th minute (Jeff Petry for the save), but couldn’t get past Husso as an eight-goal stretch came to a merciful end. The building woke up in the second half, perhaps jolted by Zadorov’s bone-crushing hit on Justin Holl.

It set the tone for the final 40-plus minutes, which featured a lot of physicality.

Detroit earned a power play when Charlie Coyle was forced to tackle Petry after another player failed to make a mistake.

With 27 seconds left, Marco Kasper appeared to give the Winged Wheels the lead when the 20-year-old Austrian redirected Jonatan Berggren’s shot between Korpisalo’s wickets.

Not so fast.

Mat Myers, the Bruins’ sharp-eyed video coach, called for the challenge and after far too long a review, Erik Gustafsson was determined to be offside, nullifying the tally.

Zadorov was sent off for a hit on Raymond, and not only did Zadorov not like the decision, he wasn’t particularly pleased with Raymond’s overreaction when the winger forcefully asked for the decision.

“I don’t like it when the guy shakes his hand. I barely touched his hand,” Zadorov said. “I think it has to get out of the league. It’s a men’s league. We all get slashed and we’re all in pain, but you don’t go like that (imitates him shaking his hand) and show the referee that you’ve been slashed. I just think it’s a bit disrespectful, so I went after him.”

Shortly after the Bruins converted the penalty, Zadorov got into an altercation with Ben Chiarot after the two ran to the boards in a tense chase.

The fracas ended quickly – fortunately for Chiarot, as Zadorov pinned him to the ice. Both were sent off with double-roughing minors that trickled into the third round.

The OT win was Boston’s fifth in seven games under Sacco.

Zadorov said the difference was noticeable.

“I think we play with passion. I think we play with pride. I think we play for each other,” he said. “I thought we had no connection before. That didn’t work. I don’t think we corrected many Xs and Os. I think it’s the same system, the same game plans. This time we’ll just do this.”

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