Boston Bruins hold off Minnesota Wild in a tight finish

That brings us to the end of a first period — Minnesota Wild 1, Boston Bruins 0. Minnesota Wild edged the shot clock 12-4, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Kirill Kaprizov opened the scoring for Minnesota Wild on the power play at 19:44.

Filip Gustavsson was under siege with 11 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Minnesota Wild went 1-for-1.

Minnesota Wild owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Minnesota Wild 1, Boston Bruins 1. Boston Bruins edged the shot clock 12-10, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Kirill Kaprizov extended the lead for Minnesota Wild at 0:23, then Sean Monahan cut the deficit for Boston Bruins at 12:52.

Sergei Bobrovsky was under siege with 11 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Minnesota Wild went 0-for-1.

Boston Bruins owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Minnesota Wild 0, Boston Bruins 2. Boston Bruins edged the shot clock 15-12, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Ross Colton tied it for Boston Bruins at 0:44, then Brady Skjei put Boston Bruins in front on the power play at 17:12.

Filip Gustavsson was under siege with 12 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Minnesota Wild went 0-for-1 while Boston Bruins went 1-for-1.

Boston Bruins owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.