In Boston, the Bruins scored three straight goals in the third period after the Arizona Coyotes had rallied to tie the 3-3. 
Derek Forbert scored to give Boston a 4-3 lead and A.J. Greer scored twice in a 6-3 win.
“We’re only two games in, but I feel really good about where I’m at right now with my game,” Greer said. “It’s not perfect, and it’s only gonna get better from here.”
Jeremy Swayman made 21 saves in the Boston win.
“In a lot of areas, we were better tonight, and we played a team that was hungry,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “Things didn’t go really well in [the Coyotes’] first game (6-2 loss to Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday). Human nature is they’re going to come back, and they did. They played really hard. You could tell how physical they were and how hard they were going to try to go to our net, and I like how we responded.”
The Coyotes rallied from a 3-1 deficit to the Bruins to tie. The Arizona strikers were Clayton Keller, Josh Brown, and Shayne Gostisbehere
“We were right there. It’s tough to swallow because we believe so much and have worked so hard,” Coyotes coach Andre Tourigny said. “I like in the first period our urgency, and we were engaged and we’re battling, so we were there. We built our confidence throughout the game.”
Nick Foligno, Pavel Zacha, and Charlie Coyle also scored for Boston.
“Goals are going to go in, that’s the nature of the game,” Swayman said. “You want to make timely saves, (and) obviously I want those two back. However, I knew that there was going to be more chances to get, and I was going to do everything I can to shut the door.”
Karel Vejmelka made 37 saves in the Coyotes loss.
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