New Jersey Devils vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, December 27, 2018 · TD Garden
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Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Thursday, December 27, 2018 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Devils 42-33.
Blake Coleman scored twice. Damon Severson, Kyle Palmieri, Chris Wagner, Nico Hischier and Patrice Bergeron also scored.
Mackenzie Blackwood made 40 saves on 42 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 28 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Damon Severson (5)Andy Greene (8), Travis Zajac (10)1–000:25 NJD
Kyle Palmieri (19)Will Butcher (10), Brian Boyle (5)2–015:25 NJD · PPG
2nd period
Chris Wagner (4)John Moore (5), Danton Heinen (6)2–115:07 BOS
3rd period
Blake Coleman (10)Unassisted3–104:15 NJD
Nico Hischier (10)Miles Wood (6), Stefan Noesen (4)4–112:43 NJD
Patrice Bergeron (12)Jake DeBrusk (3)4–217:05 BOS- Blake Coleman (11)Nico Hischier (15), Andy Greene (9)5–219:12 NJD · PPG · EN
Team stats
NJDBOS
33Shots on goal42
44%Faceoff %56%
2/4Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes8
28Hits20
19Blocked shots4
11Giveaways17
21Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 04:15
Stefan Noesen · hooking2 min - 1st 14:50
John Moore · tripping2 min - 2nd 03:06Colby Cave · tripping2 min
- 2nd 19:48Andy Greene · tripping2 min
- 3rd 07:51Kevan Miller · tripping2 min
- 3rd 18:00David Backes · illegal check to head2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 13Nico HischierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:52 |
| 20Blake ColemanC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:08 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 21:48 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 13:30 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:41 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:14 |
| 23Stefan NoesenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 13:29 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:18 |
| 8Will ButcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 19:53 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 20:14 |
| 18Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:44 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16:24 |
| 43Brett SeneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:35 |
| 47John QuennevilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 11:24 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:08 |
| 12Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:13 |
| 16Steven SantiniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:57 |
| 45Sami VatanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:31 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Keith KinkaidG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 29Mackenzie BlackwoodG | W | 42 | 40 | 2 | .952 | 59:57 |
Boston Bruins
| 14Chris WagnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:35 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:22 |
| 43Danton HeinenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:00 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:00 |
| 27John MooreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:28 |
| 17Ryan DonatoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:10 |
| 20Joakim NordstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 14:44 |
| 26Colby CaveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:56 |
| 42David BackesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:26 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:35 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:16 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:20 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:43 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 20:59 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:13 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 22:32 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:31 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Tuukka RaskG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | L | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 58:33 |