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2017-18 regular season

Bruins at Predators

🗓 📍 Bridgestone Arena, Nashville 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Predators beat Bruins 5–3 at Bridgestone Arena on December 4, 2017.

BOS – NSH
40–25
Shots on goal
1/3–0/2
Power play
19–15
Hits
14–22
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐯 NSH
Craig Smith
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 14:51 TOI
2nd star 🐯 NSH
Kevin Fiala
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 13:11 TOI
3rd star 🐯 NSH
Pekka Rinne
37 saves
0.925 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🐯 Craig Smith Go-ahead 1st · 01:26
Assists: Alexei Emelin, Kyle Turris · beat Anton Khudobin
0–1
🐯 Craig Smith 1st · 19:42
Assists: Mattias Ekholm, Kevin Fiala · beat Anton Khudobin
0–2
2nd period
🐯 Nick Bonino 2nd · 02:15
Assists: Colton Sissons, Viktor Arvidsson · beat Anton Khudobin
0–3
🐯 Kevin Fiala 2nd · 04:10
Assists: Kyle Turris, Craig Smith · beat Anton Khudobin
0–4
🐻 Charlie McAvoy PP 2nd · 10:14
Assists: Danton Heinen, David Krejci · beat Pekka Rinne
1–4
3rd period
🐻 Zdeno Chara 3rd · 04:33
Assists: David Backes, Riley Nash · beat Pekka Rinne
2–4
🐻 David Pastrnak 3rd · 05:48
Assists: Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron · beat Pekka Rinne
3–4
🐯 Filip Forsberg 3rd · 06:22
Assists: Roman Josi · beat Tuukka Rask
3–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Marchand · Bergeron · Pastrnak 21:50
L2 Heinen · Krejci · Backes 16:49
L3 Bjork · Nash · Spooner 12:15
L4 Schaller · Acciari · Kuraly 8:27
D1 McAvoy · Chara 22:54
D2 Krug · Miller 19:41
D3 Grzelcyk · Carlo 16:04
🐯Predators
L1 Bonino · Sissons · Jarnkrok 18:27
L2 Forsberg · Arvidsson · Watson 17:06
L3 Fiala · Smith · Turris 14:45
L4 Aberg · Gaudreau · Salomaki 9:23
D1 Ekholm · Josi 27:25
D2 Subban · Emelin 20:12
D3 Irwin · Weber 11:11

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS NSH🐯
40 Shots on goal 25
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
19 Hits 15
14 Blocked shots 22
8 Takeaways 13
4 Giveaways 13
6 Penalty minutes 8
BOS shooting 7.5% (3/40) NSH shooting 20.0% (5/25)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Anton Khudobin
10/14
.714 SV% · 4 GA · 24:10 TOI
Tuukka Rask
10/11
.909 SV% · 1 GA · 32:40 TOI
🐯Predators
Pekka Rinne
37/40
.925 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Craig Smith · 1st 01:26 · 0–1 Craig Smith · 1st 19:42 · 0–2 Nick Bonino · 2nd 02:15 · 0–3 Kevin Fiala · 2nd 04:10 · 0–4 Charlie McAvoy · 2nd 10:14 · 1–4 Zdeno Chara · 3rd 04:33 · 2–4 David Pastrnak · 3rd 05:48 · 3–4 Filip Forsberg · 3rd 06:22 · 3–5
BOS NSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-3-1 (0% win rate, 4 games)
Predators
Predators — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 3-0-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 1–4
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Predators
Predators — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Oct 52017 🐯NSH @ 🐻BOS 3–4 Mar 282017 🐯NSH @ 🐻BOS 1–4 Jan 122017 🐻BOS @ 🐯NSH 1–2 Feb 182016 🐻BOS @ 🐯NSH 0–2 Dec 72015 🐯NSH @ 🐻BOS 3–2
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Who won Bruins vs Predators on December 4, 2017?

Predators won 5–3. The final score was Bruins 3, Predators 5.

Who scored for Bruins?

Charlie McAvoy, David Pastrnak, Zdeno Chara.

Who scored for Predators?

Craig Smith (2), Filip Forsberg, Kevin Fiala, Nick Bonino.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Anton Khudobin made 10 saves on 14 shots (.714 save percentage).

How did the Predators goalie play?

Pekka Rinne made 37 saves on 40 shots (.925 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Predators played?

At Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, the Predators home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Predators season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeDec 2 🐻BOS @ 🔔PHI 3–0 AfterDec 7 🌵ARI @ 🐻BOS 1–6
🐯 Predators
BeforeDec 2 🦆ANA @ 🐯NSH 2–3 AfterDec 5 🐯NSH @ ⭐DAL 5–2
Also on December 4
🦈SJS 1–4 🦅WSH 🏝️NYI 5–4 🐆FLA 🔔PHI 5–2 🔥CGY
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