Nashville Predators vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Tuesday, March 28, 2017 · TD Garden
SNO · SN1 · TVAS · FS-TN
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Nashville Predators 4-1 on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Predators 31-25.
Goals came from Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci, Craig Smith, Noel Acciari and David Backes.
Tuukka Rask made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 27 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Patrice Bergeron (18)Zdeno Chara (17), Brad Marchand (44)0–102:28 BOS
David Krejci (22)David Pastrnak (33), Torey Krug (42)0–213:52 BOS
3rd period
Craig Smith (10)Roman Josi (36), Ryan Ellis (22)1–211:16 NSH
Noel Acciari (1)Riley Nash (9)1–315:47 BOS
David Backes (17)Dominic Moore (14)1–418:29 BOS · EN
Team stats
NSHBOS
25Shots on goal31
58%Faceoff %42%
0/3Power play0/3
45Penalty minutes21
27Hits22
9Blocked shots24
9Giveaways14
10Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 06:29
Anthony Bitetto · holding2 min - 1st 07:43
Torey Krug · cross checking2 min - 2nd 07:01Brandon Carlo · roughing2 min
- 3rd 05:35Drew Stafford · hooking2 min
- 3rd 06:43Ryan Johansen · holding2 min
- 3rd 18:35Vernon Fiddler · roughing2 min
- 3rd 18:35Vernon Fiddler · roughing2 min
- 3rd 18:35Cody McLeod · fighting5 min
- 3rd 18:35Kevan Miller · fighting5 min
- 3rd 18:35Noel Acciari · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 18:35Cody McLeod · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 18:35Cody McLeod · game misconduct10 min
- 3rd 18:35Vernon Fiddler · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 20:00Colton Sissons · high sticking2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 15Craig SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:30 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:53 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 25:37 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:41 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:38 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:05 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:11 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:31 |
| 38Viktor ArvidssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 19:15 |
| 51Austin WatsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:18 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:58 |
| 56Kevin FialaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:07 |
| 83Vernon FiddlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:34 |
| 92Ryan JohansenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 19:46 |
| 2Anthony BitettoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:34 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:38 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:03 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 24:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | L | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 59:10 |
| 74Juuse SarosG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Boston Bruins
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:21 |
| 28Dominic MooreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:36 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 7 | 18:46 |
| 42David BackesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:27 |
| 46David KrejciC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:00 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:07 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:48 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:07 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 24:25 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:01 |
| 11Jimmy HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:37 |
| 19Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:14 |
| 51Ryan SpoonerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:52 |
| 72Frank VatranoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:00 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 26John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:13 |
| 54Adam McQuaidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:01 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Anton KhudobinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Tuukka RaskG | W | 25 | 24 | 1 | .960 | 60:00 |