Boston Bruins vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Wednesday, December 17, 2014 · Xcel Energy Center
NBCSN
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in overtime on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Bruins 37-25.
Goals came from Carl Soderberg, Kyle Brodziak, Patrice Bergeron, Jason Pominville and Loui Eriksson.
Niklas Svedberg made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 22 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Carl Soderberg (6)Loui Eriksson (11), Chris Kelly (8)1–005:06 BOS
Kyle Brodziak (4)Brett Sutter (1), Erik Haula (1)1–105:33 MIN
Patrice Bergeron (6)Brad Marchand (11), Zach Trotman (4)2–117:55 BOS
3rd period
Jason Pominville (7)Ryan Suter (18)2–211:39 MIN
OT period
Loui Eriksson (6)Carl Soderberg (15), Zdeno Chara (3)3–201:30 BOS
Team stats
BOSMIN
25Shots on goal37
46%Faceoff %54%
0/2Power play0/2
9Penalty minutes9
14Hits17
11Blocked shots11
6Giveaways9
5Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 17:24
Gregory Campbell · fighting5 min - 1st 17:24
Justin Falk · fighting5 min - 2nd 07:36Patrice Bergeron · hooking2 min
- 2nd 08:24Kevan Miller · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:09Zach Parise · tripping2 min
- 3rd 17:32Brett Sutter · interference2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 18:18 |
| 34Carl SoderbergC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 19:21 |
| 23Chris KellyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:06 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:27 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:46 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:13 |
| 62Zach TrotmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:51 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:30 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:43 |
| 18Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:45 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:31 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 53Seth GriffithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:09 |
| 61Craig CunninghamL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:31 |
| 27Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:26 |
| 44Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:26 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19:13 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Tuukka RaskG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 72Niklas SvedbergG | W | 37 | 35 | 2 | .946 | 61:30 |
Minnesota Wild
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:39 |
| 27Brett SutterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:10 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:58 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:11 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 31:46 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:54 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:52 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:07 |
| 14Justin FontaineR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 10:42 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:24 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:12 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:57 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:52 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 24:34 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 27:47 |
| 39Nate ProsserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 06:43 |
| 44Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:51 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | O | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 61:30 |
| 33John CurryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |