Pastrnak, Swayman lead Bruins out of skid with 5-1 win over Hurricanes
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Pastrnak notched 5 factors within the win.
BOSTON (AP) — David Pastrnak had a hat trick and two assists, Jeremy Swayman stopped 39 photographs for his one hundredth profession win and the Boston Bruins snapped a 10-game winless streak with a 5-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night time.
Morgan Geekie had a purpose and 4 assists for the Bruins and Elias Lindholm added a purpose and an help.
Justin Robidas scored Carolina’s solely purpose, breaking apart Swayman’s shutout bid with simply 55 seconds remaining. Frederik Andersen had 21 saves for the Hurricanes.
The Bruins received for the primary time in almost a month, taking command with a pair of objectives 58 seconds aside by Geekie and Lindholm within the ultimate 1:11 of the primary interval.
Pastrnak assisted on the primary two objectives of the sport, then delivered three consecutive objectives over the ultimate two durations. It was his nineteenth profession hat trick.
The Bruins ended the workforce’s longest skid up to now 15 years. Boston, which hadn’t misplaced 10 straight since 2010, had been 0-9-1 since beating Florida 3-1 on March 11.
Hurricanes: Carolina misplaced back-to-back video games for the primary time since late February.
Bruins: Pastrnak’s second hat trick of the season was solely the second for the Bruins, too.
Halfway by means of the second interval, Pastrnak nudged the puck throughout the slot along with his left skate, spun round on the reverse publish and bought off a forehand from behind the purpose line, beating Andersen and placing Boston up 3-0.
Though Boston was outshot 40-26, the Bruins outhit the Hurricanes 39-12 and blocked 25 photographs to Carolina’s seven.
The Hurricanes proceed 4 straight on the highway with a recreation Tuesday night time at Buffalo. The Bruins go to the Sabres on Sunday.
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