BOSTON — It was a difficult but rewarding split for the Minnesota Wild.
The Wild rallied with three goals in the third period and beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Tuesday night, easing the pain from the night before when Minnesota was at the opposite end of a surprising comeback by the New York Rangers.
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“The way it all worked out, we’re really not too disappointed. We learned a couple lessons on the trip,” Wild Coach Mike Yeo said.
Zach Parise and Justin Fontaine scored 2:13 apart for Minnesota early in the third to tie it, then Marco Scandella scored the go-ahead goal with 5:53 remaining as the Wild salvaged a split in their first back-to-back games this season.
Parise said Yeo made some tactical adjustments in the second intermission and the Wild responded by coming out firing on Boston goalie Tuukka Rask.
“That’s the way it goes. You get one and all of the sudden you get a little momentum and you start to feel good about it,” Parise said. “The best thing is that the way we were playing paid off.”
Rask faced 18 of Minnesota’s 42 shots in the third period as Wild continued pressing through any fatigue lingering from Monday.
Niklas Backstrom stopped 25 shots for Minnesota and picked up the win despite allowing three straight goals by the Bruins. Rookie Seth Griffith scored in the first and second, then assisted on Milan Lucic’s goal with 3:01 left in the second.
But the Wild controlled the pace in the third and capitalized on the absence of Boston defenseman Zdeno Chara.
“There’s no excuse why we shouldn’t have been the better team in the third, being fresh and all of that, but it shows character for them,” Rask said. “That’s how we like to win games.”
PENGUINS 8, DEVILS 3: Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby scored two of four second-period goals and Pittsburgh netted seven straight in a rout at home.
SENATORS 5, BLUE JACKETS 2: Clarke MacArthur had two goals and an assist, Erik Karlsson added a goal and an assist and the Senators won at Columbus.
MAPLE LEAFS 4, SABRES 0: The Maple Leafs set a franchise record for fewest shots allowed in a game, and scored three times in the third period of a home victory over the Sabres.
Jonathan Bernier made just 10 saves in his eighth career shutout.
FLYERS 3, KINGS 2: Brayden Schenn scored 2:36 into overtime, and the host Flyers snapped the Kings’ six-game win streak.
JETS 4, ISLANDERS 3: Andrew Ladd scored his second goal of the night 3:31 into the third period, and the visiting Jets rallied to beat the Islanders in a back-and-forth encounter.
LIGHTNING 7, COYOTES 3: Nikita Kucherov had his first career NHL hat trick, Tyler Johnson had four assists, and the Lightning won at home.
DUCKS 1, BLACKHAWKS 0: John Gibson made 37 saves and Devante Smith-Pelly scored on a short-handed breakaway, leading surging Anaheim at Chicago.
NOTES
BLUE JACKETS: Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky has a broken finger and will miss one or two weeks. Bobrovsky sustained the injury when he was struck by a puck in practice on Monday.
HURRICANES: Carolina activated captain Eric Staal before Tuesday night’s game at Vancouver. Staal sustained an unspecified upper-body injury on Oct. 11.
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