In Boston, David Pastrnak had the first and final two goals of the game on Thursday night for a hat trick in a 5-2 Boston win over the visiting Colorado Avalanche. 
“Coming into [the] third, we definitely turned things around [and] played more like [we did] in the first period, so that was huge,” Pastrnak said. “Obviously, we got the power-play [goal] late there and got the insurance goal, so I think that was huge. So overall, I think definitely the bounce back from the second to third, that’s what stands out to me.”
The Bruins moved to 27-8-9 off their third straight win.
“I don’t know if it’s a statement game,” Boston coach Jim Montgomery said. “I just like the way our game is building. You can see the confidence throughout the lineup with how we’re playing with the puck.”
Jeremy Swayman made 30 saves. in the win
Pastrnak staked the Bruins to a 1-0 lead with 44 seconds of fresh game ice used.
Boston pushed the advantage to 2-0 when Jakub Lauko scored at 4:58,
“We got off to a pretty slow start obviously,” Colorado’s Logan O’Connor said. “All it takes against a good team is 10, 15, 20 minutes. We get down early and against a good team like that, away game for us, it’s always going to be tough to come back.”
The Avs trimmed the deficit to 2-1 on a marker from Miles Wood at 7:32.
Jake DeBrusk extended the advantage to 3-1 at 14:52.
“First period, it was obvious [Boston] had lots of jump,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. “We just didn’t get going to win any races, to check the puck back, or kind of check it with their eyes and not with their legs, and they capitalized.”
The Avalanche dropped to 29-14-3.
Nathan MacKinnon trimmed the lead, again, to one at 16:20 of the middle frame, making it 3-2 headed to the third period.
Pastrnak scored at 17:42 off the power play for a double and a 4-2 advantage to Boston.
“At that time I was in the slot, and I just wanted to threaten a shot,” DeBrusk said. “I knew ‘Pasta’ was there, so I tried not to stare at it and have them maybe defend it.”
He collected his hats with 28 seconds left on the game with an empty-net marker for the 5-2 final count on the scoreboard.
“We play with the lead a lot in the third period, so teams [are going to] come back,” Pastrnak said. “They’re [going to] get their push and they get their chances. … So good for us that we were able to finish the game and get the insurance goal today.”
Alexandar Georgiev made 26 saves in the loss..
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