Predators 5-3 Bruins (5 Dec, 2017) Box Score

Boston Bruins

12-9-4, 5-5-2 away

	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	2	3
NSH	2	2	1	5

Nashville Predators

17-7-3, 11-2-1 home

Boston Bruins


forwards
Noel AcciariN. Acciari#55
David BackesD. Backes#42
Patrice BergeronP. Bergeron#37
Anders BjorkA. Bjork#10
Danton HeinenD. Heinen#43
David KrejciD. Krejci#46
Sean KuralyS. Kuraly#52
Brad MarchandB. Marchand#63
Riley NashR. Nash#20
David PastrnakD. Pastrnak#88
Tim SchallerT. Schaller#59
Ryan SpoonerR. Spooner#51
defensemen
Brandon CarloB. Carlo#25
Zdeno CharaZ. Chara#33
Matt GrzelcykM. Grzelcyk#48
Torey KrugT. Krug#47
Charlie McAvoyC. McAvoy#73
Kevan MillerK. Miller#86

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	18	8:39	0:00	0:58	7:41	1	1	50.0
0	1	-2	3	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	23	19:20	2:06	0:26	16:48	1	0	100.0
0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	26	21:22	2:14	1:11	17:57	11	14	44.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	12:14	0:00	0:00	12:14	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	22	16:49	2:06	0:48	13:55	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	16:39	2:06	0:00	14:33	9	8	52.9
0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	8:27	0:00	1:26	7:01	2	5	28.6
0	1	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	25	21:50	2:14	0:21	19:15	0	1	0.0
0	1	-2	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	18	14:15	0:00	1:25	12:50	6	7	46.2
1	0	1	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	26	22:27	2:14	0:00	20:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	14	7:34	0:00	1:25	6:09	1	1	50.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	12:15	1:49	0:00	10:26	1	1	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	18	13:50	0:00	2:13	11:37	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	5	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	22	21:33	0:03	3:07	18:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	25	18:18	2:01	0:00	16:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	24	20:53	2:41	0:17	17:55	0	0	0.0
1	0	-3	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	27	24:16	2:06	0:36	21:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	23	18:29	0:00	1:47	16:42	0	0	0.0

goalies
Anton KhudobinA. Khudobin#35
Tuukka RaskT. Rask#40

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
14	4	10	.714	0	0	0	0	0	24:10	0
11	1	10	.909	0	0	0	0	0	32:40	0

Nashville Predators


forwards
Pontus AbergP. Aberg#46
Viktor ArvidssonV. Arvidsson#33
Nick BoninoN. Bonino#13
Kevin FialaK. Fiala#22
Filip ForsbergF. Forsberg#9
Frederick GaudreauF. Gaudreau#89
Calle JarnkrokC. Jarnkrok#19
Miikka SalomakiM. Salomaki#20
Colton SissonsC. Sissons#10
Craig SmithC. Smith#15
Kyle TurrisK. Turris#8
defensemen
Mattias EkholmM. Ekholm#14
Alexei EmelinA. Emelin#25
Matt IrwinM. Irwin#52
Roman JosiR. Josi#59
P.K. SubbanP.K. Subban#76
Yannick WeberY. Weber#7

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	12:14	0:00	0:00	12:14	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	3	0	3	1	2	0	1	1	24	17:06	0:53	1:44	14:29	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	31	19:46	1:07	1:57	16:42	11	13	45.8
1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	19	13:11	2:00	0:00	11:11	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	21	17:13	2:00	0:00	15:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	9:23	0:00	0:00	9:23	6	2	75.0
0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	22	17:45	2:00	1:36	14:09	10	7	58.8
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	13	8:03	0:00	0:00	8:03	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	23	18:27	2:00	0:47	15:40	5	4	55.6
2	1	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	14:51	2:00	0:00	12:51	0	1	0.0
0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	14:45	2:00	0:00	12:45	6	5	54.5
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	4	32	27:43	2:00	2:24	23:19	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	25	18:48	0:00	1:56	16:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	20	11:35	0:00	0:00	11:35	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	3	0	4	1	2	0	1	1	32	27:07	2:00	2:13	22:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	27	21:36	2:00	2:07	17:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	10:47	0:00	0:00	10:47	0	0	0.0

goalies
Pekka RinneP. Rinne#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
40	3	37	.925	0	0	0	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Bruins	0	1	2	3
	Predators	2	2	1	5

1st Period			BOS	NSH
1:26		Craig Smith (10) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Alexei Emelin (4), Kyle Turris (13)	0	1
19:42		Craig Smith (11) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Mattias Ekholm (10), Kevin Fiala (13)	0	2

2nd Period		BOS	NSH
2:15	Nick Bonino (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Colton Sissons (7), Viktor Arvidsson (10)	0	3
4:10	Kevin Fiala (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Kyle Turris (14), Craig Smith (6)	0	4
10:14	Charlie McAvoy (4) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Danton Heinen (9), David Krejci (7)	1	4

3rd Period		BOS	NSH
4:33	Zdeno Chara (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: David Backes (2), Riley Nash (7)	2	4
5:48	David Pastrnak (14) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Brad Marchand (11), Patrice Bergeron (10)	3	4
6:22	Filip Forsberg (14) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Roman Josi (12)	3	5

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Predators
3
Bruins
4

Game 1

6/10

Bruins
3
Predators
5

Game 2

5/12

Bridgestone Arena

1:00 AM, 5 December 2017

Nashville, TN

Attendance: 17,113

Referees:
Jake Brenk

Linesmen:
Darren Gibbs

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Toronto	12	6	2	26
Florida	12	7	1	25
Tampa Bay	10	6	2	22
Boston	9	9	3	21
Buffalo	9	9	1	19
Detroit	8	9	2	18
Ottawa	8	10	1	17
Montreal	7	10	2	16

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Winnipeg	16	3	0	32
Minnesota	13	3	3	29
Dallas	12	6	0	24
Colorado	11	9	0	22
St. Louis	9	11	1	19
Utah	7	9	3	17
Chicago	7	12	1	15
Nashville	6	11	3	15

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