Bruins hang on for 5-3 win over Wild

Minnesota Wild @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on November 6, 2017.

The Bruins had a 4-1 lead at one point against the Minnesota Wild tonight but made mistakes that let the Wild get back into the game. The Bruins though were able to hold on for a 5-3 win.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 4:53, Wild's Nino Niederreiter scored, giving the Wild a 1-0 lead. At 10:23, Bruins Jake DeBrusk scored his 3rd goal of the season, tying the game 1-1. At 12:42, Bruins Frank Vatrano scored his 1st goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead. At 12:50, Bruins Matt Beleskey dropped the gloves and was going to fight Wild's Matt Dumba but Wild's Luke Kunin dropped the gloves and jumped in instead and they had a quick bout.

In the second period, at 5:34, Bruins Sean Kuraly scored his 2nd goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead. At 7:43, Bruins Torey Krug scored his 3rd goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 4-1 lead.

In the third period, at 1:33, Wild's Mikael Granlund scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 4-2. At 15:56, Wild's Eric Staal scored a short-handed goal cutting the Bruins lead to 4-3. At 19:03, Bruins Tim Schaller scored his 3rd goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 5-3 lead.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 24 saves on 27 shots. Rask is now 3-4-2 with a 2.73 GAA and a .903 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in shots 34-27. The Wild led the game with a 52% faceoff percentage, hits 37-24 and blocked shots 12-6. The Bruins went 0-for-4 on the power-play while the Wild went 0-for-1.

Tim Schaller led the Bruins with 5 shots. Charlie McAvoy led the Bruins with 5 hits. Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 2 blocked shots.

Brad Marchand (lower-body injury), Paul Postma and Anton Khudobin were scratched for the Bruins. David Krejci, David Backes, Ryan Spooner and Noel Acciari are on the IR.

Three stars of the game
1) Bruins captain Zdeno Chara
2) Bruins forward Frank Vatrano
3) Bruins forward Jordan Szwarz

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 6-4-3 with 15 points this season and are in 5th place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 5-2-3 in their last ten games and their home record is now 5-2-2 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Wednesday, when they visit the New York Rangers, at 8pm ET.