Bruins rally for 3-2 win over Dallas in OT Stars lose lead in third, game in OT

In Dallas, the Boston Bruins’ Pavel Zacha scored midway through the third period to tie the Stars, 2-2, on Tuesday night.

David Pastrnak scored with 76 seconds left in extra time to give the Bruins a 3-2 win.

“They’re playing great hockey, so do we, so we knew that coming in,” Pastrnak said. “It was exactly what both teams expected. It was a hard-played game. We did two mistakes, they got two goals. I’m really proud of our group, we came back and it’s not easy to come back on the road, especially against a good team like Dallas.”

Linus Ullmark made 29 saves in the Boston win.

The Bruins moved to 40-8-5.

Taylor Hall scored at 10:33 of the first period to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead.

The Stars dropped to 30-14-11.

“It was a good game. They are as advertised,” Stars coach Peter DeBoer said. “Really good team. Heavy, hard team, tough defense, good goaltending, so they came as advertised. I thought we stood around and watched a little bit in the first period, and thankfully [Oettinger] played the way he did and let us get through that first 20 minutes. Then we jumped into the battle, and I thought we were pretty good the next two periods.”

Dallas’ Roope Hintz tied the game, 1-1, at 13:11 of the first.

“It was nice to win a game where we had to overcome so many struggles within the game,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “The penalty kills, then playing really well and not having the lead, trailing. Keep pushing, keep believing. There’s a lot of belief in that locker room if we play the right way. We have a lot of depth that can overcome a lot of adversity.”

In the middle frame, Jason Robertson  put the Stars up, 2-1, at 4:17.

“[Jake Oettinger] was phenomenal. We won a lot of draws, drew a lot of penalties,” Robertson said. “But at the end of the day, special teams wasn’t good enough, and it hasn’t been lately. It doesn’t feel great, especially when you go 0-for-4 on the power play. Definitely let our team down.”

Oettinger made 34 saves in the Dallas loss.

“You want to test yourself against the best in the League, and they’re a heck of a team having a historic year, so it’s easy to get up for games like this,” Oettinger said. “It was a fun game but didn’t get the two points.”