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BOSTON -- Anton Khudobin made a couple big plays at key moments for the Boston Bruins, and celebrated accordingly.Khudobin pumped his fists after the Bruins finished off a 2-1 shootout win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night for the goaltenders first victory of the season.He deserves a lot of accolades tonight, the way he played, the way he responded after being out such a long time, Bruins coach Claude Julien said.Khudobin has been hampered by an upper-body injury, and Tuukka Rask is Bostons starting goaltender. Khudobin was recalled last Friday from Providence of the AHL after a brief conditioning assignment and then made 27 saves in a 2-1 loss to Calgary, dropping to 0-3 this season.Ryan Spooner and David Pastrnak scored for Boston in the shootout. Jeff Skinners bid to extend the tiebreaker fell short when he was stopped by Khudobin.Skinner also was turned away by Khudobin on a breakaway in the closing seconds of overtime.Its the chances you have early in the game, the breakaways in the game, a breakaway in overtime, Hurricanes coach Bill Peters said. You have to figure it out and make the big-time play.Carolina blew a two-goal lead against the Rangers in its previous game.We have to find ways to win these games no matter who we are playing, Hurricanes forward Derek Ryan said. Its frustrating but thats a hockey season ... you go up and you go down.Torey Krug scored in the third period for Boston, and Khudobin finished with 29 saves. Pastrnak made a pair of dekes and slipped the puck past Cam Ward for the winning goal.I dont think anyone here thinks they played their best game tonight, but to get the two points is huge, Bruins forward Matt Beleskey said.Jacob Slavin scored in the shootout for Carolina, which lost for the fourth time in five games.Krug was credited with the tying goal with 28.5 seconds remaining after Hurricanes forward Teuvo Teravainen kicked the puck past Ward.Hurricanes defenseman and Boston native Noah Hanifin scored at 7:37 of the first period on a slap shot from the blue line.Hanifins first of the season came right after Carolina blew a 3-on-0 rush when Skinner missed a point-blank opportunity.Ward made 34 saves and stoned the Bruins on several chances in overtime, including a nice stop on Krug 50 seconds in.Carolina hasnt won a regulation game against the Bruins in over three years.Game notes Pastrnak and David Krejci also notched assists for Boston, which improved to 6-6 at home. ... Bruins D Zdeno Chara missed his fifth straight game with a lower-body injury. ... Skinner has seven points in his last eight games. ... Hanifin has two goals and two assists in four games against the Bruins. ... Boston has earned points in 10 straight games against Carolina.UP NEXTHurricanes: Visit the New York Rangers on Saturday.Bruins: Visit the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday. Wholesale China Jerseys .com) - Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Roger Federer were easy first-round winners Tuesday at the Australian Open. China Jerseys . -- The Missouri Tigers might not have a roster full of superstars. https://www.fakejerseyswholesale.com/ . -- Devin Hester is done returning kicks in Chicago. Cheap Authentic Jerseys . -- If this was Aaron Gordons final home game at Arizona, and it almost certainly was, then he went out in style. Black Friday Jerseys . Woodson said during a radio interview Thursday that the Knicks Carmelo Anthony doesnt get the same calls as other superstars. Their record without him is poor but North Queensland dont feel any pressure to rush captain Johnathan Thurston back from injury.The NRL premiers top-four hopes took a hit last Saturday with a 16-8 loss to Melbourne at Townsville - their first loss at home this year.Thurston missed the match due to a slight hamstring strain, continuing the Cowboys struggles without their inspirational leader.Since 2005 the Cowboys have won just 13 of 45 matches without Thurston - a winning percentage of just 28.8.Fullback Lachlan Coote admits the Cowboys miss Thurston but doesnt think the risk of worsening his injury by rushing him back for Sundays clash with in-form Wests Tigers.Itd be good to have him back but hes got to get that hamstring right, Coote said.Youve got to get that injury right, especiallly coming towards the back end of the season and that run into the finals, its a crucial time.dddddddddddd One of those 13 wins for the Cowboys without Thurston came against the Tigers in round 11 last year.Thurston was on State of Origin duty with Queensland as the Cowboys won 8-0 with Coote picking up a career-high 509 kicking metres in the star playmakers absence.Coote says the performance against the Storm wasnt too bad but the Cowboys just need to make the most of their chances.Our attack was there, we created some good opportunities, just that final execution, he said. The main thing weve got to take out of that is that our last play needs to improve. ' ' '