Thursday, 3 November 2016

NHL - Minnesota Wild @ Boston Bruins 5-0 - Tuesday, October 25, 2016



Devan Dubnyk made 27 saves and Charlie Coyle, Chris Stewart, Ryan Suter and Jason Zucker scored in the second period in the Minnesota Wild's 5-0 win against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden. The Wild (4-2-1) are 1-1-1 with one game remaining on their four-game road trip. Three players - Zucker (one goal, two assists), Suter (one goal, one assist) and Joel Eriksson Ek (three assists) - had multipoint games. Jason Pominville scored in the third period. It was Dubnyk's 20th career shutout.
With goalies Tuukka Rask (undisclosed) and Anton Khudobin (upper body) unavailable because of injury, Malcolm Subban made his season debut for the Bruins (3-3-0) and first NHL start since Feb. 20, 2015. He was pulled at 10:36 of the second period after allowing three goals on 16 shots. Zane McIntyre made his NHL debut in relief and made 15 saves. The Bruins, who have lost their past two games, were without forward David Backes because of an undisclosed injury. Coach Claude Julien blamed the Bruins' play without the puck for the losses.

Coyle opened the scoring at 5:07 of the second period when he beat Subban from the slot. It was the Weymouth, Mass., native's first goal against the Bruins.
Pominville scored at 15:12 of the third period.

* Zucker's strong hand-eye coordination was on full display when he tipped Suter's shot out of the air and past McIntyre to make it 4-0.
 "I think once we scored that first goal, it rattled their goalie pretty well because we scored right again. And then once we scored the second goal it gave us confidence to keep going, so it was a good period. ... I thought in the third period we did just enough to get it deep."
Charlie Coyle: "It feels good. It's a long time coming. Cousins are always [asking] me, 'Hey, you gonna score this time?' So it's nice to get one."

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