FINAL: Wild 4, Bruins 3 (OT) - Kapizov scores game winner in OT

The Bruins fell to the Minnesota Wild 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday night. The game was highlighted by physical play and elite goaltending on both sides. 

Markus Johansson got the scoring started at the 7:44 mark in the first period to give the Wild a 1-0 lead. However, David Pastrnak answered back as he went on to score the next two goals at the 11:29 mark as well as the 19:59 mark to give the B's a 2-1 lead going into the first intermission. 

After a scoreless second period, the third period started off with Kirill kaprizov scoring at the 13:12 mark to tie the game at two. Ryan Hartman scored at the 15:10 mark to give the Wild a 3-2 advantage.

 After a mad scrum in front of the Minnesota goal, Brad Marchand scored on the Power Play at the 18:54 mark to tie the game at three and force overtime. 

The Wild scored at the 2:54 mark in overtime to hand the B's their second loss in a row. Linus Ullmark still had an outstanding night finishing with 27 saves in net. 

The Bruins will be back in action on Friday night when they hit the road north of the border in Winnipeg to face the Jets at 8 p.m. ET.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• B's continue to struggle to close out games in the third period.  
• One of the most physical games all season for the Bruins.
• Outstanding goaltending by both Boston and Minnesota. 
• Boston now has a league leading six losses in OT this season. 
• Pastrnak continues to impress by scoring two goals in first period. 

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WHO: Wild (12-13-4) at Bruins (19-5-5)
WHEN: 7 p.m. 
WHERE: TD Garden, Boston. 
TV: NESN
RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub
LIVE BOX SCORE
ROSTERS

Swayman

WILD

Kaprizov-Eriksson Ek- Boldy
Foligno-Rossi-Hartman
Johansson-Gaudreau-Maroon
Duhaime-Dewar-Lettieri

Middleton-Faber
Goligoski-Bogosian
Merrill-Hunt

Fleury

PREGAME NOTES

The Bruins welcome the Minnesota Wild into TD Garden to finsih a quick two-game home stand with faceoff set for 7 p.m. Jim Montgomery told reporters this morning that Pavel Zacha will return to the lineup tonight after missing the last three games with an upper-body injury, while Charlie McAvoy is considered a game-time decision following a four-game absence also due to an upper-body injury. 

“Zacha 100% [is in]," Jim Montgomery explained. “We're just waiting for McAvoy to see where he's at after [morning skate]. He's more than likely going to play but not going to sit here and say 100% if something changed in the morning skate,” Montgomery continued. 

If McAvoy returns, Mason Lohrei will be the odd man out on the blue line, which means that Parker Wotherspoon will remain in the lineup after impressive performances through five games (over two separate stints) this season. 

Don Sweeney told reporters on Monday that they have assigned Matt Poitras to Team Canada for the upcoming 2024 World Juniors in Sweden and will return when it ends. Kevin Shattenkirk is one goal away from recording number 100 for his career. 

Boston faces a Wild team that is coming off a 4-3 loss at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night. Minnesota was on a three-game winning streak before their loss on Monday night, and currently sits sixth in the west's wild card standings, four points behind the Arizona Coyotes for the second spot. The Wild are also 7-3 since John Hynes took over for Dean Evason late last month. 

Joel Eriksson EK leads Minnesota in goals (14) and Matts Zuccarello, leading the team in points (28), is considered week to week with an upper-body injury.