In Boston on Tuesday, David Pastrnak scored with under a minute left in extra time to give the Bruins a 4-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings.
Tuukka Rask picked up home win Tuesday night over Detroit – file photo by Brent Clark/CSM
Pastrnak had been in a 17-game drought.
“There’s not much you can do. You’ve got to play the right way,” Pastrnak said. “Obviously it’s always going to be back in your head, but like I said, guys help me and try to support me all the time. But also when I had that stretch with a lot of goals I said that might happen that you won’t score for a couple games. It was more than a couple, but it’s nice to get the one and especially with the win.”
Boston has been on a skid losing their four games so the win was a welcome relief.
Brad Marchand had two goals to help end the skid.
“It was frustrating the way we were playing, we were playing good and we were down,” said Marchand, whose second goal made it 3-3 at 8:20 of the third period. “So it was a little frustrating but we showed a ton of character tonight, coming out and getting that win.”
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Andreas Athanasiou, Mike Green and Tomas Tatar scored for the Red Wings.
The loss a hit for the Wings who are trying to keep their 25-year playoff run alive this season.
“I mean, it’s imperative that we get those extra points,” Green said. “Right now, not just good enough to get that point. It doesn’t sting but we’ve got to try to find a way to get it done in regular time because obviously things aren’t bouncing our way in overtime.”
Boston’s Kevan Miller opened the scoring to give the Bs a 1-0 lead early.
Tuukka Rask made 23 saves for the win.
Jared Coreau made 45 saves in the loss.
“You got to give credit to Boston, they were just getting a lot of shots on net. I think they just generated a lot from innocent shots, but with some traffic, some bounces they generated some better chances” Coreau said.
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