Bruins defeat Wild late in OT, stay undefeated at home

BOSTON --Taylor Hall scored a power-play goal with 10.1 seconds left in overtime to give the Boston Bruins a 4-3 win against the Minnesota Wild at TD Garden on Saturday.

Hall, who also had two assists, won it on a one-timer from low in the right circle off a pass from David Pastrnak.
"I thought that was our best game of the year, how we want to play with and without the puck," Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. "Unfortunately, things don't always go your way, but I like the way we keep handling adversity, and we just forge ahead."

The Wild started overtime on the penalty kill after Matt Dumba was called for holding with 38 seconds left in the third period. Hall's goal was set up by Kirill Kaprizov's tripping penalty at 2:57 of overtime.
"I was just trying to make the next save, keep us in the game, and it felt like a long time with 4-on-3 in our zone there in OT," Fleury said. "It [stinks], 10 seconds left, and I was going down hard in front, blocking shots. Yes, it's tough, so tough to lose that way."
Pastrnak had a goal and an assist, and Linus Ullmark made 24 saves for Boston (5-1-0), which is 4-0-0 at home this season.
Zdeno Chara, who signed a one-day contract and retired with the Bruins on Sept. 20, was honored with the ceremonial puck drop in a pregame ceremony.
"I knew [Chara] way back when," Bruins forward Nick Foligno said. "My first year (with the Ottawa Senators) he was still there in training camp, so I got to meet him. He's a guy that I just have so much respect for. He came here and changed the culture completely."
Jared Spurgeon had a goal and an assist, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 38 saves for Minnesota (1-3-1). Mats Zuccarello had two assists to extend his season-opening point streak to five games (four goals, six assists).
"We competed, we battled back," Wild coach Dean Evason said. "Very resilient again, and we just didn't get the result, obviously."
Brandon Duhaime gave the Wild a 1-0 lead at 1:55 of the first period. While killing off Joel Eriksson Ek's slashing penalty, Connor Dewar poked the puck free in the neutral zone and sent it to Duhaime, who beat Ullmark glove side on a short-handed breakaway.

Foligno tied it 1-1 at 3:12 with a one-timer before Pastrnak put the Bruins ahead 2-1 at 12:45.
Hampus Lindholm then made it 3-1 at 6:41 of the second period when he gathered his own blocked shot from the point and scored from the left circle.
"I think there is a lot of positives to be looking at, so I think we are pretty happy," Pastrnak said. "We just need to keep doing the same thing."
Matt Boldy cut it to 3-2 at 15:58, redirecting Zuccarello's shot from the right circle on the power play.
Boldy appeared to score again on the man-advantage at 5:45 of the third, but the call was reversed after a video review determined the puck was knocked into the net with a direct kicking motion.
"We know that we want to score on [the power play] every time, and it [stinks] not getting one for [Fleury]," Boldy said. "Stood on his head for everyone else."
Spurgeon tied it 3-3 at 15:29 of the third.
"I'm happy that we won," Ullmark said. "Doesn't matter if we do it after 60, 65, 62 1/2 or 64 minutes. It's the feeling afterwards when you win is still the same."
NOTES:Fleury played his 943rd game, tying Curtis Joseph for sixth among goalies in NHL history. … Pastrnak scored his 40th home goal dating to the start of the 2020-21 season (66 games). Only Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs (57 in 64 games), Kaprizov (48 in 72 games) and Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers (46 in 72 games) have more in that span.