The Minnesota Wild hosted the Boston Bruins in the second half of their home game on Sunday evening, December 14. Quinn Hughes made his debut for the Wild after being traded to the team on Friday, December 12. Their injury list remained the same as Jonas Brodin, Marcus Foligno, Vinnie Hinostroza, Jake Middleton and Mats Zuccarello sat out. The Bruins were without Victor Arvidson, Jonathan Aspirot, Michael Callahan, Henri Jokiharju, Matej Blumel and Jordan Harris.
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Filip Gustavsson was back in net for the Wild, and for the Bruins it was Jeremy Swayman. Everyone was obviously focused on Hughes’ debut, and for the Wild it was a great start for him. The game started in favor of the Wild, and so it went on while the Wild won 6-2. This moved the Wild’s record to 19-9-5 and the Bruins to 19-14-0.
Summary of the game
The Wild got the scoring started midway through the first with a power-play goal from Jared Spurgeon. Brock Faber and Marcus Johnasson assisted him to make it 1-0. That was the only goal of the first period and the Wild took the lead in the second.
The Wild extended their lead in the second with a goal from Kirill Kaprizov, making it 2-0. Matt Boldy and Joel Eriksson Ek assisted him. Then Ryan Hartman scored a power play goal that made it 3-0. Faber recorded the only assist. That was the final goal of the second, and the Wild took the 3-0 lead in the third.
The Wild increased their lead again in the third period when Quinn Hughes scored his first goal in a Wild jersey to make it 4-0. Hartman and Nicolas Aube-Kubel assisted him. Matt Boldy scored the fifth goal of the game for the Wild midway through the third period to make it 5-0. The Bruins got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the third thanks to a goal from Alex Steeves. Fraser Minten and Michael Eyssimont assisted him to make it 5-1 and took away Gustavsson’s shutout.
Kaprizov scored his second goal of the match late in the third period, giving his team a 6-1 lead. Hartman and Daemon Hunt helped him. It looked like it would be the last goal until the Bruins added another with 0.09 seconds left to make it 6-2. The goal was scored by Andrew Peeke. Sean Kuraly and Tanner Jeannot assisted him. That was the ultimate goal of the game and the Wild took the win.
The Wild will stay at home for one more game to wrap up this recent homestand on Tuesday, December 16, as they host Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals. The Bruins return home to host the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday.
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