{"id":390012,"date":"2026-01-04T09:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T09:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/390012\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T09:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T09:59:08","slug":"breaking-apart-the-bruins-overtime-win-against-the-canucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/390012\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Apart the Bruins Overtime Win Against the Canucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Boston Bruins<\/a> (22-18-2) made it two straight on Saturday night by taking down the Canucks (16-20-4) at Rogers Arena in downtown Vancouver. Lifted by their special teams, goaltending, and a 21-year-old from Vancouver, the Bruins picked up a 3-2 victory in overtime.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For Fraser Minten, the night fulfilled a childhood dream; he scored two goals that bookended the scoring.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really special,\u201d Minten said before puckdrop<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s a moment I would\u2019ve taken any day when I was a young kid, so I\u2019m super excited to be here tonight.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Minten grew up in Vancouver, BC, and was raised five minutes away<\/a> from Rogers Arena. He mentioned that he was expecting somewhere between 50 and 100 people in the crowd tonight. They were treated to a Fraser Minten power play goal<\/a> in the first period; he beat Kevin Lankinen low on the blocker side and gave Boston a 1-0 lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were holding him for a long time [from being] on the power play,\u201d Sturm said about Minten. \u201cHe\u2019s still young. He\u2019s still learning. But, halfway through, we thought \u2018this is the right thing to do,\u2019 and he\u2019s been excellent on the power play.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bruins took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission; they led shots 6-5 but were outhit 10-1.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vancouver answered early in the second period, scoring 48 seconds in and again later in the period. Filip Hronek played a role in both goals, with each finding its way past Swayman by way of a deflection. The first went in off Elias Pettersson\u2019s skate, and the second one went off Charlie McAvoy\u2019s skate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Elias Lindholm scored another power play goal<\/a> for the Bruins, which gave Boston a 2-1 lead before Hronek\u2019s goal. Lindholm is up to 14 points on the power play this season; he has 26 in total.<\/p>\n

After taking five penalties Wednesday night in Edmonton<\/a>, the Bruins committed four more in the second period against the Canucks on Saturday, finishing with six on the night. Filip Hronek\u2019s goal would come on the power play for Vancouver, and they would have 12 power play shots on the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t mind taking those penalties in front of our net, where we really have to battle hard,\u201d Sturm said postgame. \u201cBut we take some away from the play, away from the puck. That just can\u2019t happen. We have to control our sticks better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boston\u2019s penalty kill went four-for-five through the first two periods of the game. The teams went into the second intermission tied 2-2. Vancouver piled 15 shots onto Swayman in the middle 20 minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jeremy Swayman would make 31 saves on the night, marking his second straight 30-save performance. His biggest stop would come against former-Bruin Jake DeBrusk in the second period<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s finding his game right now,\u201d Sturm said about Swayman. \u201cWe all feel it, that\u2019s why I want to get him back. He just gives us the feeling and the big saves. Even against the Oilers the other night, there were a couple times they could have tied it up, but he was the guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swayman has seen action in nine of the last ten games.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good to get games, but it\u2019s also one of those seasons where we don\u2019t get a lot of practice,\u201d Swayman said. \u201cYou got to make sure that you\u2019re dialed in, no matter how much rest you get or not. It\u2019s why we\u2019re pros, we have to put our bodies in good situations and perform every night.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the first nine minutes of the third period, the Canucks steered nine shots on Swayman, only adding to his workload. That, coupled with an early penalty kill, helped the Bruins keep this game tied at two.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Bruins and Canucks needed overtime again. Unlike last time<\/a>, this one went in favor of the black and gold.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vancouver\u2019s own, Fraser Minten, still had more to show in his homecoming performance. With less than a minute to go in overtime, Minten buried a loose puck in the net front that clinched the win for Boston.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s excellent. He deserves every bit of it,\u201d Swayman said about Minten. \u201cOne of the hardest workers on the team. Plays the right way, carries himself the right way, like a pro. It\u2019s just awesome to see him get results like that, and it\u2019s expected now.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the Bruins, it was another night of strong special teams play and steady goaltending. For Fraser Minten, it was a night that he will never forget, living out a childhood dream in the arena he frequented as a child.<\/p>\n

Boston will travel to Seattle, the team will have Sunday off before practicing Monday, and playing the Kraken (18-14-7) on Tuesday night. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Bruins (22-18-2) made it two straight on Saturday night by taking down the Canucks (16-20-4) at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5128],"tags":[95,894,58,4112,5,156,4,893,27,5313],"class_list":{"0":"post-390012","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vancouver-canucks","8":"tag-boston-bruins","9":"tag-canucks","10":"tag-featured","11":"tag-fraser-minten","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-jeremy-swayman","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-vancouver","16":"tag-vancouver-canucks","17":"tag-vancouvercanucks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115836247478075296","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}