In Boston, David Pastrnak hit for a double in the third period to help the Bruins to a 4-1 win over the visiting Detroit Red Wings.
Pastrnak scored at 11:19 of the third, on a penalty shot , after the Red Wings had scored to cut into a 2-0 Boston lead, his goal made it 3-1.
“Obviously, the toughest [penalty] was the last one,” Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said. “We’re down 2-1. I mean, everyone in the building can feel it. You guys probably thought we were going to tie that game up. We hit a post, we had a Grade-A look, and then we just make a soft play, a little saucer through the middle of the ice and that ends up being a power play. So again, little areas of our game we can manage much better.”
His double came at 17:41 for the 4-1 final.
“I was just trying to get [the puck] out,” Pastrnak said. “I was there for a while, and I wanted to get a change, honestly.”
Jeremy Swayman made 22 saves in the Boston win.
“I thought that we neutralized their speed through their rush attack,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “I thought we protected our house from the back of the net and from the passes to the slot. It’s a real gifted offensive team there, the Red Wings are, and I thought our focus on defense and our focus on offense, both of them, the game plan, the players went out and executed it great.”
Joe Veleno scored Detroit’s only goal of the game in the third to trim the Boston lead to one.
“It wasn’t our best game by any means,” Veleno said. “The first period wasn’t good at all, losing puck battles, just them outcompeting us in general. We got fortunate enough to score that goal and hopefully it brought a bit of energy, but I think just a little too late.”
Pavel Zacha staked the Bruins to a 1-0 lead midway through the first period.
“I was trying to be a little bit closer to the net, getting some more rebounds,” Zacha said. “Knowing we had good shooters on our power play, too, just trying to be closer to the net, and of course, try to shoot a little bit more. I was happy that the rebound came in there and I was able to score one.”
Charlie McAvoy pushed the lead to 2-0, four minutes later.
Ville Husso made 27 saves in the loss.
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