Ryan Hartman and Marcus Johansson scored and Marc-Andre Fleury made 40 saves for Minnesota (13-13-4), which has won four of its past five games (4-1-0). There is.
“It was a bit of a heavyweight match,” Wild coach John Hynes said. “I thought both teams were physical. It was a difficult game. I thought both goalies played very well. We had a strong push, they had a strong push, and we found a way to win. I’m glad you did.”
For Boston (19-5-6), which has lost consecutive games in overtime, David Pastrnak scored twice and Linus Ullmark made 26 saves. Pavel Zasa returned from a three-game absence due to an upper-body injury and had two assists.
“I wasn’t annoyed, there were a lot of facial expressions. That’s a plus for me. If I look like that, it means I’m doing something right,” Pastrnak said. Ta. “[The] The NHL is the best league in the world. We have great goaltenders, especially guys like Fleury. …I could have finished the game several times, but I didn’t. He made the save and kept them in it.Credit to them, but that’s definitely the game we should have played. [won]”
Johansson gave the Wild a 1-0 lead on the power play at 7:44 of the first period with a rebound on his first tip-in from the slot.
Pastrnak beat Fleury in five holes on a cross-ice pass from John Beecher to tie it 1-1 at 11:29.
“Going north and getting behind guys gives us an advantage,” Beecher said. “And as soon as we leave it, it goes into our net, so in a sense, [puts the] There is a burden on us players and we just [have] To become better. ”
Pastrnak gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead with one second left in the first, looping around the net to the backdoor and converting a feed from Zasha for a one-timer.
“Like [Pastrnak] You always find a way to open up,” Fleury said. “No matter where the pass is, he always makes a good shot.”
