Boston Bruins vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Saturday, December 23, 2023 · Xcel Energy Center

BostonBruinsAway

2–3

Final

SOG 21–35

MinnesotaWildHome

BSN · NESN · BSWI

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Saturday, December 23, 2023 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Bruins 35-21.

Goals came from David Pastrnak, Joel Eriksson Ek, Kirill Kaprizov, Marcus Foligno and Morgan Geekie.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 33 of 35.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BOS	1	0	1	2	21
MIN	0	2	1	3	35

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

David Pastrnak (20)Charlie McAvoy (15), Brad Marchand (15)1–002:37 BOS · PPG

2nd period

Joel Eriksson Ek (15)Unassisted1–105:57 MIN · PPG
Kirill Kaprizov (12)Alex Goligoski (5), Joel Eriksson Ek (9)1–207:22 MIN

3rd period

Marcus Foligno (4)Patrick Maroon (10), Frederick Gaudreau (4)1–303:10 MIN
Morgan Geekie (5)Danton Heinen (7), Trent Frederic (7)2–313:53 BOS

Team stats

BOSMIN

21Shots on goal35

45%Faceoff %55%

1/2Power play1/5

15Penalty minutes9

21Hits26

12Blocked shots11

5Giveaways9

4Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 02:12Kirill Kaprizov · holding2 min
1st 02:41Brandon Duhaime · fighting5 min
1st 02:41Jakub Lauko · fighting5 min
1st 03:31Patrick Maroon · hooking2 min
1st 19:45Brad Marchand · roughing2 min
2nd 05:49Ian Mitchell · interference2 min
2nd 16:08Hampus Lindholm · holding2 min
3rd 01:07Charlie Coyle · high sticking2 min
3rd 09:57Trent Frederic · interference2 min

Season series

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

11Trent FredericC	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	–	11:58
39Morgan GeekieC	1	0	1	0	6	0	1	0	11	14:43
43Danton HeinenL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	17:05
63Brad MarchandL	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	100	18:48
88David PastrnakR	1	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	50	21:50
73Charlie McAvoyD	0	1	1	-1	0	5	0	0	–	27:05
13Charlie CoyleC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	58	17:27
18Pavel ZachaC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	50	22:38
19John BeecherC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	43	09:39
21James van RiemsdykL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:48
62Oskar SteenC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	07:15
74Jake DeBruskL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	15:00
94Jakub LaukoC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	100	06:07
6Mason LohreiD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	0	–	19:07
14Ian MitchellD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	–	10:50
25Brandon CarloD	0	0	0	-1	2	4	3	0	–	20:03
27Hampus LindholmD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	2	–	25:11
29Parker WotherspoonD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	–	16:02

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Jeremy SwaymanG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Linus UllmarkG	L	35	33	3	.943	58:16

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

14Joel Eriksson EkC	1	1	2	+1	5	7	0	0	52	22:16
17Marcus FolignoL	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	16:36
20Patrick MaroonL	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	2	–	14:40
89Frederick GaudreauC	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	64	16:06
97Kirill KaprizovL	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	2	–	21:34
33Alex GoligoskiD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	–	18:10
10Vinni LettieriC	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	–	10:19
12Matt BoldyL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	50	21:13
21Brandon DuhaimeR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	–	09:07
23Marco RossiC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	80	17:52
26Connor DewarC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	56	10:46
27Jake LucchiniC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	100	10:05
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	15:42
4Jon MerrillD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	12:35
5Jake MiddletonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	23:24
6Dakota MermisD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:30
7Brock FaberD	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	–	27:47
24Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	17:19

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	21	19	2	.905	59:34
32Filip GustavssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00