Bruins host the Wild after Mittelstadt's 2-goal game
EST BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Bruins host the Minnesota Wild after Casey Mittelstadt's two-goal game against the Montreal Canadiens in the Bruins' 5-2 loss.
- Wild: Joel Eriksson Ek: day to day (upper body), Filip Gustavsson: out (hip), Brock Faber: out (skull).
- TOP PERFORMERS: David Pastrnak has scored eight goals with 16 assists for the Bruins.
- The Wild have gone 8-0-2 in games they have fewer penalties than their opponent.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bruins: 6-3-1, averaging 3.5 goals, 5.6 assists, 4.9 penalties and 14.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.7 goals per game.
The Bruins serve 13.9 penalty minutes per game to rank second in league play.
- Kirill Kaprizov led the Wild with two goals.
- ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
- Maxim Shabanov has six goals and one assist over the last 10 games.
- The teams meet Saturday for the second time this season.
- Charlie McAvoy has seven assists over the last 10 games.
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