Jeremy Swayman pitched a 35-save shutout and Charlie McAvoy scored the eventual game-winning purpose because the Boston Bruins beat the visiting Minnesota Wild 3-0 on Tuesday evening.
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The Bruins received their second straight sport and fourth within the final six.
Trent Frederic and Morgan Geekie joined McAvoy within the purpose division.
Matt Poitras assisted on Boston’s first two objectives, and David Pastrnak had one helper to increase his level streak to 11 video games.
Swayman made 14 saves within the second interval.
The Wild was scoreless on the facility play, with three of their 4 alternatives coming within the third interval.
The loss was Minnesota’s second straight since a three-game win streak.
Minnesota’s Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 32 photographs. It was his 1,044th profession sport, tied with Roberto Luongo for the second-most by a goaltender in NHL historical past.
Minnesota recorded the primary 5 photographs on purpose earlier than Boston surged for the remainder of a scoreless first. Fleury made 14 saves, together with a flashing glove save on Pavel Zacha’s open likelihood coming down the slot at 10:25.
Swayman maintained the early impasse when he turned apart a Marco Rossi rebound bid after Marcus Foligno’s preliminary shot 2:04 into the second.
The house crew’s play was rewarded on the scoreboard later within the center interval, although, as McAvoy tipped residence Pastrnak’s shot that sailed by means of site visitors from the excessive slot at 5:46.
After Marco Rossi drove down the wing and missed connecting on a backhand move to Swayman’s proper, Frederic scored on the finish of a 3-on-2 rush at 14:14. His first purpose since Jan. 14 was a top-shelf snipe from the left circle that was arrange by a cross-ice move from Poitras.
Swayman saved the rating regular at 2-0 with 4:34 left within the second and into that intermission, sliding throughout his crease to grab a Matt Boldy one-timer.
After Minnesota’s third unsuccessful energy play of the final body, Oliver Wahlstrom almost made it a 3-0 Boston lead as he clanked the crossbar popping out of the penalty field with 6:42 remaining.
Geekie added an empty-net tally with 45.9 seconds left.
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