NHL Wednesday: Boston vs. New Jersey

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The NBC Sports network is getting their first taste of championship hockey when the Boston Bruins travel to New Jersey to take on the Devils.

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The defending Stanley Cup champions claimed a 4-3 win at TD Garden on Nov. 15 in a game featuring a wild third period. Nick Palmieri erased a pair of one-goal deficits for the Devils, but the Bruins eventually got the game-winner from Benoit Pouliot with 3:01 remaining.

This will be just the third game Boston has played in the past 12 days, and the first in 2012. Will all the rest help the Bruins or slow the momentum of the tear they've been on since the beginning of November? They're coming off only their third regulation loss and fourth defeat overall during that stretch, in Dallas on New Year's Eve.

Already owners of the NHL's longest winning streak this season at 10 games, Boston was bidding for an eighth consecutive victory last Saturday to close out a memorable 2011. The Stars weren't interested in adding to the Bruins' nostalgia, however, and used a three-goal first period to deal their visitors a 4-2 loss. Tyler Seguin and Milan Lucic scored, but Boston found itself shorthanded six times in the first 40 minutes and yielded a pair of power-play goals.

Third periods and shorthanded goals have provided New Jersey with its share of struggles at times this season, and the two combined again to spell disaster Monday in Ottawa. The Devils were trying to add to a 2-1 lead in the final seconds of a power play when Filip Kuba collected a loose puck in the neutral zone and sent Erik Condra in for a shot that ticked off the stick of defenseman Matt Taormina and past Martin Brodeur for the tying goal. A penalty to David Clarkson in overtime led to Daniel Alfredsson's power-play goal and a 3-2 defeat.

The NBS Sports network wants to show that it is the home for the NHL and getting a great game like this, could prove that they are on the right path.