Boston Bruins vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Monday, December 4, 2017 · Bridgestone Arena
SN · TVAS · FS-TN · NESN
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Boston Bruins 5-3 on Monday, December 4, 2017 at Bridgestone Arena. The Bruins outshot the Predators 40-25.
Craig Smith scored twice. Nick Bonino, Kevin Fiala, Charlie McAvoy, Zdeno Chara, David Pastrnak and Filip Forsberg also scored.
Pekka Rinne made 37 saves on 40 shots for the win; Anton Khudobin stopped 10 of 14.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Craig Smith (10)Alexei Emelin (4), Kyle Turris (13)0–101:26 NSH- Craig Smith (11)Mattias Ekholm (10), Kevin Fiala (13)0–219:42 NSH
2nd period
Nick Bonino (5)Colton Sissons (7), Viktor Arvidsson (10)0–302:15 NSH
Kevin Fiala (4)Kyle Turris (14), Craig Smith (6)0–404:10 NSH
Charlie McAvoy (4)Danton Heinen (9), David Krejci (7)1–410:14 BOS · PPG
3rd period
Zdeno Chara (3)David Backes (2), Riley Nash (7)2–404:33 BOS
David Pastrnak (14)Brad Marchand (11), Patrice Bergeron (10)3–405:48 BOS
Filip Forsberg (14)Roman Josi (12)3–506:22 NSH
Team stats
BOSNSH
40Shots on goal25
46%Faceoff %54%
1/3Power play0/2
6Penalty minutes8
19Hits15
14Blocked shots22
4Giveaways13
8Takeaways13
Penalties
- 2nd 05:28
Matt Grzelcyk · high sticking2 min - 2nd 09:54
Roman Josi · cross checking2 min - 3rd 01:42Colton Sissons · holding2 min
- 3rd 07:40Filip Forsberg · holding2 min
- 3rd 09:13Brad Marchand · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:13Viktor Arvidsson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 10:10David Backes · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:22 |
| 42David BackesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 19:20 |
| 43Danton HeinenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 16:49 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 16:39 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:50 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 22:27 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 21:33 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 24:16 |
| 10Anders BjorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:14 |
| 51Ryan SpoonerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:15 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 08:27 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 08:39 |
| 59Tim SchallerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 07:34 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:50 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:53 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:18 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Anton KhudobinG | L | 14 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 24:10 |
| 40Tuukka RaskG | 11 | 10 | 1 | .909 | 32:40 |
Nashville Predators
| 15Craig SmithC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 14:51 |
| 8Kyle TurrisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 14:45 |
| 22Kevin FialaL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 13:11 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:27 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:46 |
| 33Viktor ArvidssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:06 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 27:43 |
| 25Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:48 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 27:07 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:45 |
| 20Miikka SalomakiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:03 |
| 46Pontus AbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:14 |
| 51Austin WatsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:20 |
| 89Frederick GaudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:23 |
| 7Yannick WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:47 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:35 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | W | 40 | 37 | 3 | .925 | 60:00 |
| 74Juuse SarosG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |