In Boston, the Bruins’ Taylor Hall s hit for a power play goal with 10 seconds left i extra time on Saturday afternoon, to defeat the Minnesota Wild, 4-3.
“I thought that was our best game of the year, how we want to play with and without the puck,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “Unfortunately, things don’t always go your way, but I like the way we keep handling adversity, and we just forge ahead.”
Linus Ullmark made 24 saves in the Boston win.
“I’m happy that we won,” Ullmark said. “Doesn’t matter if we do it after 60, 65, 62 1/2 or 64 minutes. It’s the feeling afterwards when you win is still the same.”
Jared Spurgeon and scored for the Wild.
“We competed, we battled back,” Wild coach Dean Evason said. “Very resilient again, and we just didn’t get the result, obviously.”
Minnesota’s Brandon Duhaime scored to give the Wild a 1-0 lead.
Boston replied with three straight goals from Nick Foligno who tied the game, 1-1, and David Pastrnak and Hampus Lindholm for a 3-1 lead.
“I think there is a lot of positives to be looking at, so I think we are pretty happy,” Pastrnak said. “We just need to keep doing the same thing.”
Matt Boldy got the Wild within one goal at 3-2, Spurgeon scored to tie it and force the extra session.
“We know that we want to score on [the power play] every time, and it [stinks] not getting one for [Fleury],” Boldy said. “Stood on his head for everyone else.”
Marc-Andre Fleury made 38 saves in the Minnesota loss.
“I was just trying to make the next save, keep us in the game, and it felt like a long time with 4-on-3 in our zone there in OT,” Fleury said. “It [stinks], 10 seconds left, and I was going down hard in front, blocking shots. Yes, it’s tough, so tough to lose that way.”
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