nhl Game Recap
Boston Skates Past Minnesota 5-2 - Recap
Boston skated to a 5-2 victory over Minnesota on Saturday in NHL action at Xcel Energy Center.
Boston was favored by -152 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Boston got goals from Jake DeBrusk, David Pastrnak, Trent Frederic, David Krejci, and Patrice Bergeron in the victory. DeBrusk opened the scoring at 18:38 of the first period.
Linus Ullmark stopped 29 of 31 Minnesota shots in the victory.
Oskar Sundqvist, and Marcus Johansson scored for the Wild, finding the net behind Linus Ullmark.
Minnesota got a 33-stop effort from Filip Gustavsson in the loss.
Boston scored 1 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Minnesota went 1-for-5 with the man advantage.
Boston outshot Minnesota 38-31 in the game.
Next game, Boston takes its act on the road to face Buffalo looking for another win. For Minnesota, they head home to face Washington.