Nashville Predators vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 22, 2018 · TD Garden
NHLN-US · SN · SN1 · FS-TN
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Nashville Predators 5-2 on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Predators 32-30.
Patrice Bergeron scored twice. Ryan Johansen, Kyle Turris, Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak and Sean Kuraly also scored.
Jaroslav Halak made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 27 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Patrice Bergeron (10)Charlie McAvoy (9), Brad Marchand (26)0–115:10 BOS
2nd period
Ryan Johansen (6)Craig Smith (8), Roman Josi (20)1–113:01 NSH
3rd period
- Patrice Bergeron (11)Danton Heinen (5), David Pastrnak (23)1–201:44 BOS · PPG
Kyle Turris (6)Roman Josi (21), Miikka Salomaki (4)2–209:17 NSH
Brad Marchand (12)David Pastrnak (24), Patrice Bergeron (18)2–311:23 BOS · PPG
David Pastrnak (23)Brad Marchand (27), Patrice Bergeron (19)2–414:09 BOS
Sean Kuraly (2)Charlie McAvoy (10), Jaroslav Halak (2)2–518:01 BOS · EN
Team stats
NSHBOS
30Shots on goal32
52%Faceoff %48%
0/2Power play2/3
6Penalty minutes4
23Hits24
12Blocked shots12
11Giveaways9
11Takeaways13
Penalties
- 2nd 17:55
Matt Grzelcyk · hooking2 min - 2nd 19:04
Ryan Johansen · interference2 min - 2nd 20:00Mattias Ekholm · roughing2 min
- 3rd 05:20Matt Grzelcyk · slashing2 min
- 3rd 11:09Ryan Hartman · tripping2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 25:30 |
| 8Kyle TurrisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:31 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 16:52 |
| 20Miikka SalomakiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:32 |
| 92Ryan JohansenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:14 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:13 |
| 22Kevin FialaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:11 |
| 23Rocco GrimaldiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:05 |
| 36Zac RinaldoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:41 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:20 |
| 51Austin WatsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:22 |
| 89Frederick GaudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:44 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:53 |
| 5Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:39 |
| 7Yannick WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:01 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:24 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | L | 31 | 27 | 4 | .871 | 59:02 |
| 74Juuse SarosG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Boston Bruins
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 3 | 16:25 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 18:50 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18:19 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 21:47 |
| 43Danton HeinenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:15 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:32 |
| 14Chris WagnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:38 |
| 17Ryan DonatoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:15 |
| 20Joakim NordstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:00 |
| 26Colby CaveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:52 |
| 42David BackesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:23 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:57 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:04 |
| 27John MooreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:06 |
| 44Steven KampferD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:12 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:00 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Tuukka RaskG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | W | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 60:00 |