The Boston Bruins gained three of a possible four points on their last two games before the All-Star break, but they could have had a better outcome than their 3-2 shootout loss to the Colorado Avalanche Wednesday night at Pepsi Center in Denver.

Boston could have prevented both of Colorado’s two regulation goals, but the Avalanche scored in the final second of the first period, then tied the game during a 6-on-5 situation at 18:15 of the third period. The Avalanche’s Nathan MacKinnon scored the lone goal in the shootout to give Colorado the win.

With the one point earned Wednesday, the Bruins remain tied for the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference with 57 points.

Back-to-back Rask: Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask continues his solid play. Despite the shootout loss, he finished with 34 saves and kept Boston in the game. Coupled with his 36-save performance Tuesday night in Dallas, he has 70 saves in the last two games. There’s no doubt the Bruins will need to rely on Rask if they want to climb in the standings and he’s been doing his job the last month with an 8-1-4 record in his 13 starts.

It’s about time: Bruins defenseman Dougie Hamilton recorded his first NHL fighting major when he dropped the gloves with Colorado’s Gabriel Landeskog at 36 seconds of the third period. Many in the Bruins organization have been waiting for the 6-foot-5, 212-pounder to show some emotion and fight, and when he finally did Wednesday he served himself well.

Still going strong: Former Bruins and current Avalanche winger Jarome Iginla scored the game’s first goal when he beat Rask and the clock with 0.3 seconds remaining in the first period to give Colorado a 1-0 lead. It was Iginla’s 574th career goal to surpass Mike Bossy for 20th place on the NHL's all-time scoring list. Next on the list is three-time Stanley Cup champion and former Bruin Mark Recchi, who recorded 577 career goals.

He’s back: In his first game back after serving his two-game suspension, Brad Marchand scored his 13th goal of the season to give the Bruins a 2-1 lead at 4:47 of the third period.