New Jersey Devils vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 30, 2023 · TD Garden
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Saturday, December 30, 2023 at TD Garden. The Devils outshot the Bruins 33-31.
David Pastrnak scored twice and Kevin Shattenkirk scored twice. Nico Hischier, Luke Hughes and Jake DeBrusk also scored.
Linus Ullmark made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Vitek Vanecek stopped 26 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nico Hischier (8)Tyler Toffoli (11), Jack Hughes (29)1–006:03 NJD · PPG
2nd period
Luke Hughes (7)Tyler Toffoli (12), Jesper Bratt (29)2–001:11 NJD
Jake DeBrusk (5)Brad Marchand (18), Charlie Coyle (12)2–105:35 BOS
David Pastrnak (21)Brandon Carlo (6), Morgan Geekie (8)2–212:51 BOS- David Pastrnak (22)Jake DeBrusk (10), Charlie McAvoy (17)2–315:39 BOS · PPG
Kevin Shattenkirk (3)Matt Grzelcyk (1), Charlie Coyle (13)2–417:14 BOS
3rd period
- Kevin Shattenkirk (4)Brad Marchand (19), David Pastrnak (26)2–516:49 BOS · PPG
Team stats
NJDBOS
33Shots on goal31
73%Faceoff %27%
1/2Power play2/2
4Penalty minutes4
33Hits39
13Blocked shots14
5Giveaways3
3Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 05:57
Kevin Shattenkirk · high sticking2 min - 1st 18:29David Pastrnak · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:02
Kevin Bahl · holding2 min - 3rd 15:49Kevin Bahl · high sticking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 73Tyler ToffoliR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 17:25 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:08 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:22 |
| 43Luke HughesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:26 |
| 10Alexander HoltzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:51 |
| 11Chris TierneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:28 |
| 14Nathan BastianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:31 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 15:15 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:53 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:30 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:28 |
| 91Dawson MercerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:14 |
| 2Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:40 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:59 |
| 17Simon NemecD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:03 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:26 |
| 88Kevin BahlD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Vitek VanecekG | L | 31 | 26 | 5 | .839 | 60:00 |
| 50Nico DawsG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Boston Bruins
| 88David PastrnakR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 18:59 |
| 13Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 15:34 |
| 63Brad MarchandL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 18:25 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:30 |
| 12Kevin ShattenkirkD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:45 |
| 39Morgan GeekieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:23 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:18 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:20 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:57 |
| 11Trent FredericC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:38 |
| 18Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:30 |
| 19John BeecherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:46 |
| 21James van RiemsdykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:49 |
| 42Georgii MerkulovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:08 |
| 43Danton HeinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:01 |
| 94Jakub LaukoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:34 |
| 6Mason LohreiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:22 |
| 27Hampus LindholmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jeremy SwaymanG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | W | 33 | 31 | 2 | .939 | 60:00 |