Bergeron returns and Marchand scores OT winner vs Wild


Boston Bruins Game 74: Boston Bruins @ Minnesota Wild game recap video, on March 25, 2018.
On Sunday, Bruins Patrice Bergeron returned to the Bruins lineup and once again Bruins Brad Marchand scores another overtime game-winning goal, this time vs the Minnesota Wild as Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask had a tremendous game as well.

Quick game summary
In the first period, no scoring happened.

In the second period, at 3:15, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 30th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead.

In the third period, at 9:20, Wild Mikko Koivu scored, tying the game 1-1.

In overtime, at 0:28, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 33rd goal of the season, winning the game 2-1 for the Bruins.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 24 saves on 25 shots. Rask is now 32-11-5 with a 2.32 GAA and a .918 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game with a 54% faceoff percentage, in shots 28-25 and hits 15-9. The Wild led the game in blocked shots 13-7. Both teams went 0-for-2 on the power-play.

David Pastrnak led the Bruins with 5 shots. Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 3 hits. Matt Grzelcyk led the Bruins with 2 blocked shots.

David Backes, Jake DeBrusk, Rick Nash, Jordan Szwarz, Zdeno Chara, Charlie McAvoy and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask
2) Wild goalie Alex Stalock
3) Wild forward Mikko Koivu

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 47-17-10 with 104 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 6-2-2 in their last ten games and their road record is now 22-10-5 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Tuesday, when they visit the Winnipeg Jets, at 8pm ET.

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