Boston Bruins vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Saturday, October 11, 2008 · Xcel Energy Center

BostonBruinsAway

3–4

Final

SOG 37–26

MinnesotaWildHome

XM 236 · FS-N (HD) · NESN (HD)

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at Xcel Energy Center. The Bruins outshot the Wild 37-26.

Eric Belanger scored twice and Marc Savard scored twice. Phil Kessel, Marc-Andre Bergeron and Antti Miettinen also scored.

Niklas Backstrom made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Manny Fernandez stopped 22 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BOS	1	0	2	3	37
MIN	1	3	0	4	26

Scoring

1st period

Phil Kessel (2)Patrice Bergeron (3), Marco Sturm (1)1–008:03 BOS
Eric Belanger (1)Colton Gillies (1), Kim Johnsson (1)1–118:32 MIN · PPG

2nd period

Marc-Andre Bergeron (1)Mikko Koivu (1), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1)1–204:01 MIN · PPG
Antti Miettinen (1)Andrew Brunette (1), Mikko Koivu (2)1–310:19 MIN
Eric Belanger (2)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2), Owen Nolan (1)1–412:28 MIN

3rd period

Marc Savard (2)Michael Ryder (1), P.J. Axelsson (2)2–411:51 BOS
Marc Savard (3)Michael Ryder (2), P.J. Axelsson (3)3–418:22 BOS

Team stats

BOSMIN

37Shots on goal26

63%Faceoff %37%

0/4Power play2/3

10Penalty minutes12

16Hits15

8Blocked shots11

8Giveaways8

10Takeaways12

Penalties

1st 03:06Brent Burns · high sticking double minor4 min
1st 09:22Mark Stuart · high sticking2 min
1st 17:01Mark Stuart · holding2 min
2nd 02:08David Krejci · high sticking2 min
2nd 15:17James Sheppard · holding2 min
3rd 16:50Zdeno Chara · cross checking2 min
3rd 16:50Zdeno Chara · roughing2 min
3rd 16:50Owen Nolan · roughing2 min
3rd 16:50Owen Nolan · slashing2 min
3rd 19:44Stephane Veilleux · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Season series

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

11P.J. AxelssonL	0	2	2	+1	3	0	0	0	100	16:37
73Michael RyderR	0	2	2	+2	5	1	0	0	–	16:45
91Marc SavardC	2	0	2	+2	6	0	1	0	60	19:07
16Marco SturmL	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	–	18:03
37Patrice BergeronC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	70	19:02
81Phil KesselR	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	18:20
17Milan LucicL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	12:42
18Stephane YelleC	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	43	11:49
22Shawn ThorntonL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	08:26
29Petteri NokelainenC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100	08:36
42Blake WheelerR	0	0	0	-1	5	1	1	0	–	13:21
46David KrejciC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	60	15:17
6Dennis WidemanD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	–	23:40
21Andrew FerenceD	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	–	23:07
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	–	24:15
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	10:34
44Aaron WardD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	23:03
45Mark StuartD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	4	–	12:36

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Tim ThomasG		0	0	0	–	–
35Manny FernandezG	L	26	22	4	.846	59:16

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

9Mikko KoivuC	0	2	2	0	5	2	0	0	29	20:15
25Eric BelangerC	2	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	56	14:17
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:35
11Owen NolanR	0	1	1	-1	4	1	0	4	–	14:15
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	18:00
18Colton GilliesC	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	08:27
20Antti MiettinenR	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	18:31
5Kim JohnssonD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	23:01
47Marc-Andre BergeronD	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	17:41
10Marian GaborikR	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	18:25
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	17:53
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	06:10
51James SheppardC	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	31	17:49
67Benoit PouliotL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	25	07:35
2Erik ReitzD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	–	12:26
8Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	4	–	23:15
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	0	–	19:54
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	–	21:12

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	W	37	34	3	.919	60:00