Boston Bruins Game 25: Boston Bruins @ Nashville Predators game recap video, on December 4, 2017.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 1:26, Predators Craig Smith scored, giving the Predators a 1-0 lead. At 19:42, Predators Craig Smith scored again, giving the Predators a 2-0 lead
In the second period, at 2:15, Predators Nick Bonino scored, giving the Predators a 3-0 lead. At 4:10, Predators Kevin Fiala scored, giving the Predators a 4-0 lead. At 10:14, Bruins Charlie McAvoy scored his 4th goal of the season, a power-play goal, cutting the Predators lead to 4-1.
In the third period, at 4:33, Bruins Zdeno Chara scored his 3rd goal of the season, cutting the Predators lead to 4-2. At 5:48, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 14th goal of the season, cutting the Predators lead to 4-3. At 6:22, Predators Filip Forsberg scored, giving the Predators a 5-3 lead.
Game notes
Anton Khudobin started the game in net but after allowing a the fourth goal, he was pulled in the second period and Tuukka Rask came in and played the rest of the game. Khudobin made 10 saves on 14 shots. Khudobin got the loss and is now 7-1-2 with a 2.53 GAA and a .922 save percentage this season. Rask made 10 saves on 11 shots, and now has a 2.62 GAA and a .906 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game in shots 40-25 and hits 19-15. The Predators led the game with a 54% faceoff percentage and blocked shots 22-14. The Bruins went 1-for-3 on the power-play while the Predators went 0-for-2.
David Pastrnak and Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 5 shots each. Zdeno Chara and Charlie McAvoy led the Bruins with 3 hits each. Tim Schaller led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.
David Backes got his 500th NHL point, with an assist on Zdeno Chara's goal.
Matt Beleskey, Frank Vatrano and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Predators forward Craig Smith
2) Predators forward Kevin Fiala
3) Predators forward Kyle Turris
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 12-9-4 with 28 points this season and are in 4th place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 6-4-0 in their last ten games and their road record is now 5-5-2 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Thursday, when they host the Arizona Coyotes, at 7pm ET.
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