In Boston, the script seemed to be set in the middle frame when the Pittsburgh Penguins took a 3-2 lead in the period.
Brad Marchand had a hat trick for the Boston Bruins
The Bruins took over the game and scored five times in the second period en route to a 7-5 win on Saturday afternoon.
The Bruins’ offense, stagnant for weeks, erupted with Brad Marchand collecting a hat trick and assist in the win.
Jaroslav Halak made 23 saves for the win.
“It was all our top guys tonight,” Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy said. “Obviously, you’re going to have games like this throughout the course of the year. I think with the type of resumes that they have — [Pastrnak], [Marchand], [Patrice Bergeron], [David Krejci] — these guys, they’re going to have some games.
“We just haven’t had a lot of them for whatever reason. We’ve run into some really good goaltending. And I thought the goals we scored today were excellent. There were no fluky ones, no freebies other than the empty-netter. High-end plays by high-end players.”
Mark Jankowski gave the Pens a 1-0 lead in the first period, and Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel added markers and three points apieace in the loss.
“I think it’s such a game of emotion and it’s just the human element of sports, and sometimes it gets away from you. It did tonight for us,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “And so we just got to make sure that we learn from it and just focus on the moment. And I think that’s the important thing is just making sure that you just concern yourself with that shift right in front of you and then you pay attention to the details associated with how we’re trying to play the game.”
David Pastrnak struck twice for the Bruins.
David Krejci and David Pastrnak scored single markers for Boston.
“Well we definitely needed two points,” Krejci said. “We’re trying to build something here. We only have 20 or so games left before playoffs and it seems like a lot, but it’s not. You’ve got to start creating good habits, play the right way and keep winning games. So that was a good step in the right direction.”
Cody Ceci and Jared McCann also scored for the Penguins.
“In the second period, just attention to detail for us,” Guentzel said. “We got to be better there. It happens sometimes, so we just got to learn from it and move on. Love the compete. We had to try and get back in the game in the third.”
Casey DeSmith made 21 saves in the loss.
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