Boston Bruins @ Nashville Predators

12-9-4, 5-5-2 Away

Final

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

Nashville PredatorsPredatorsNSH

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

Smith scores twice to lead Predators over Bruins 5-3

Craig Smith scored twice and added an assist to lead the Nashville Predators over the Boston Bruins 5-3 on Monday night.

Dec 5, 2017, 06:30 am - Associated Press

		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

BRUINS

PREDATORS

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Predators
3
Bruins
4

Game 1

6/10

Bruins
3
Predators
5

Game 2

5/12

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	21	13	3	45
Montreal	19	12	5	43
Tampa Bay	19	13	3	41
Boston	20	16	1	41
Florida	19	14	2	40
Ottawa	18	13	4	40
Buffalo	17	14	4	38
Toronto	15	15	5	35

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	26	2	7	59
Dallas	25	7	5	55
Minnesota	22	10	5	49
Utah	18	17	3	39
St. Louis	14	15	8	36
Nashville	15	16	4	34
Winnipeg	15	17	3	33
Chicago	13	16	6	32

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Boston Bruins @ Nashville Predators

Stars of the Game

Craig SmithC - NSH

Kevin FialaLW - NSH

Kyle TurrisC - NSH

Game Information

Smith scores twice to lead Predators over Bruins 5-3

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

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