🐻 Away Bruins 1-0-0
3–4
Final
🌲 Home Wild 44-28-10 last season
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐻 BOS 1023
🌲 MIN 1304

Bruins at Wild

Wild beat Bruins 4–3 at Xcel Energy Center on October 11, 2008.

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Wild lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Eric Belanger
2 G
4 shots · 14:17 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Mikko Koivu
2 A
5 shots · 20:15 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Niklas Backstrom
34 saves
0.919 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Phil Kessel Go-ahead 1st · 08:03
Assists: Patrice Bergeron, Marco Sturm · beat Niklas Backstrom
1–0
🌲 Eric Belanger PP Tying 1st · 18:32
Assists: Colton Gillies, Kim Johnsson · beat Manny Fernandez
1–1
2nd period
🌲 Marc-Andre Bergeron PP Go-ahead 2nd · 04:01
Assists: Mikko Koivu, Pierre-Marc Bouchard · beat Manny Fernandez
1–2
🌲 Antti Miettinen 2nd · 10:19
Assists: Andrew Brunette, Mikko Koivu · beat Manny Fernandez
1–3
🌲 Eric Belanger 2nd · 12:28
Assists: Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Owen Nolan · beat Manny Fernandez
1–4
3rd period
🐻 Marc Savard 3rd · 11:51
Assists: Michael Ryder, P.J. Axelsson · beat Niklas Backstrom
2–4
🐻 Marc Savard 3rd · 18:22
Assists: Michael Ryder, P.J. Axelsson · beat Niklas Backstrom
3–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Savard · Bergeron · Kessel 19:02
L2 Sturm · Axelsson · Ryder 16:45
L3 Lucic · Krejci · Wheeler 13:21
L4 Thornton · Yelle · Nokelainen 8:36
D1 Chara · Wideman 23:58
D2 Ference · Ward 23:05
D3 Stuart · Hnidy 11:35
🌲Wild
L1 Koivu · Miettinen · Gaborik 18:31
L2 Brunette · Veilleux · Sheppard 17:53
L3 Bouchard · Belanger · Nolan 14:17
L4 Pouliot · Boogaard · Gillies 7:35
D1 Burns · Johnsson 23:08
D2 Schultz · Skoula 20:33
D3 Bergeron · Reitz 15:04

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS MIN🌲
37 Shots on goal 26
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/3
16 Hits 15
8 Blocked shots 11
10 Takeaways 12
8 Giveaways 8
10 Penalty minutes 12
BOS shooting 8.1% (3/37) MIN shooting 15.4% (4/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Manny Fernandez
22/26
.846 SV% · 4 GA · 59:16 TOI
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
34/37
.919 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Wild
Wild: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Wild lead the season series 1–0
Mar 82007 🌲MIN @ 🐻BOS 2–1 Dec 152005 🐻BOS @ 🌲MIN 3–2 Mar 182004 🌲MIN @ 🐻BOS 2–0 Oct 112002 🐻BOS @ 🌲MIN 1–5 Nov 82001 🌲MIN @ 🐻BOS 5–3
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❓ BOS vs MIN, answered

Who won Bruins vs Wild on October 11, 2008?

Wild won 4–3. The final score was Bruins 3, Wild 4.

Who scored for Bruins?

Marc Savard (2), Phil Kessel.

Who scored for Wild?

Eric Belanger (2), Antti Miettinen, Marc-Andre Bergeron.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 22 saves on 26 shots (.846 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 34 saves on 37 shots (.919 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Wild played?

At Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the Wild home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Wild season series?

Wild lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeOct 9 🐻BOS @ 🏔️COL 5–4 AfterOct 15 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4
🌲 Wild
BeforeApr 19 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 1–2 AfterOct 14 🌲MIN @ 🐦ATL 4–2
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