Minnesota Wild vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Tuesday, October 28, 2014 · TD Garden
NBCSN · NESN
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at TD Garden. The Wild outshot the Bruins 42-28.
Seth Griffith scored twice. Nino Niederreiter, Milan Lucic, Zach Parise, Justin Fontaine and Marco Scandella also scored.
Niklas Backstrom made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Tuukka Rask stopped 38 of 42.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nino Niederreiter (2)Thomas Vanek (5)1–004:51 MIN
Seth Griffith (2)David Krejci (6), Zach Trotman (1)1–118:23 BOS
2nd period
- Seth Griffith (3)Gregory Campbell (1), Milan Lucic (6)1–205:23 BOS
Milan Lucic (2)Torey Krug (4), Seth Griffith (2)1–316:59 BOS · PPG
3rd period
Zach Parise (4)Mikael Granlund (4), Jared Spurgeon (4)2–304:21 MIN
Justin Fontaine (1)Ryan Carter (5), Matt Cooke (4)3–306:34 MIN
Marco Scandella (2)Jason Zucker (1), Charlie Coyle (3)4–314:07 MIN
Team stats
MINBOS
42Shots on goal28
43%Faceoff %57%
0/2Power play1/2
6Penalty minutes6
18Hits23
20Blocked shots17
5Giveaways7
4Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 15:19
Dennis Seidenberg · holding2 min - 1st 19:09
Jason Zucker · tripping2 min - 2nd 15:25Kyle Brodziak · tripping2 min
- 3rd 00:49Brad Marchand · holding2 min
- 3rd 09:03Seth Griffith · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 09:03Niklas Backstrom · embellishment2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:54 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:44 |
| 14Justin FontaineR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 09:27 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:38 |
| 18Ryan CarterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:31 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:43 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:54 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:29 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:22 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:35 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:41 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:39 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:54 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17:23 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 28:16 |
| 39Nate ProsserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:49 |
| 44Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 08:44 |
| 55Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:43 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 60:00 |
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Boston Bruins
| 53Seth GriffithC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14:25 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16:58 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 09:01 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:17 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 24:07 |
| 62Zach TrotmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:16 |
| 12Simon GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:35 |
| 18Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:40 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:13 |
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:43 |
| 23Chris KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 34Carl SoderbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:56 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 27Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 28:32 |
| 43Matt BartkowskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:56 |
| 44Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:00 |
| 54Adam McQuaidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Tuukka RaskG | L | 42 | 38 | 4 | .905 | 58:33 |
| 72Niklas SvedbergG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |