Minnesota Wild center Frederick Gaudreau (89) and Boston Bruins center Matthew Poitras (51) battle for the puck during the second period Sunday’s game in St. Paul, Minn. Abbie Parr/Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Frederick Gaudreau scored the game’s only goal and Filip Gustavsson stopped 28 shots as the Minnesota Wild beat the Boston Bruins 1-0 on Sunday.
Gustavsson posted his fourth shutout of the season, his first since Jan. 4 against Carolina. The Wild snapped a three-game losing streak.
Jeremy Swayman made 21 saves as the Bruins lost for the sixth time in seven games.
Gaudreau got Minnesota on the board at 5:01 of the second period when he set up in front of the net and redirected Marcus Johansson’s shot from the high slot past Swayman.
Takeaways
Bruins: Boston played without captain and second-leading scorer Brad Marchand, who left with an upper-body injury in Saturday’s victory over Pittsburgh. The team did not share a timeline for Marchand’s return, but it can’t come soon enough for a Bruins squad in a tough battle for a playoff spot.
Wild: Minnesota’s offense also continued to struggle with superstar Kirill Kaprizov among its many injured players. But the Wild’s penalty kill went 2 for 2 and the defense kept Boston from creating many quality scoring opportunities.
Key moment
The Bruins pulled Swayman with 1:44 to go, but the Wild were able to run out the clock without allowing a tying goal.
Key stat
Boston’s David Pastrnak saw his 17-game point streak snapped in the shutout.
Up next
Both teams are back in action on Tuesday, when the Bruins host Nashville and the Wild visit Seattle.
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