Bruins 3, Golden Knights 2 (SO): Pastrnak settles it after Vegas rallies from two down
Boston won its sixth straight at home, needing a shootout to get past a Vegas team that erased a 2-0 deficit.
The Boston Bruins beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in a shootout at TD Garden on Monday, Nov. 2, with David Pastrnak scoring the only shootout goal.
Boston's lead, Vegas's answer
Boston scored first. According to NHL.com, James Hagens, 19, opened the scoring at 7:23 of the first period, chipping an Elias Lindholm pass past Carter Hart. Hagens now has six goals this season. Early in the second, the Bruins went to a five-minute power play when Vegas's Bowman was given an elbowing major and a game misconduct for a hit on Matthew Poitras, and Morgan Geekie scored on it with a one-timer at 3:23 to make it 2-0.
Vegas answered with a power-play goal of its own. Mark Stone beat Jeremy Swayman to his own rebound for his 10th goal of the season, and Trevor Connelly tied it at 7:23 of the third with a sharp-angle shot off a Noah Hanifin feed. Hanifin told NHL.com, "We knew if we got one the momentum would come back to our side and it would be a game." There was no scoring in overtime.
The shootout
Swayman stopped Connelly, Jack Eichel and Mitch Marner in the shootout, per ESPN, and Pastrnak scored in the third round, going backhand to forehand past Hart's left skate, NHL.com reports. Swayman finished with 21 saves and Hart with 25. Hart was back after missing two games with a lower-body injury.
What it means
Boston is 11-4-1 with 23 points, top of the Atlantic, and has won six in a row at home. NHL.com notes that ties the league's longest current home winning streak with Tampa Bay and the New York Rangers. Pastrnak's assist on Geekie's goal was his 300th career power-play point, making him the sixth player in Bruins history to reach that mark.
Vegas is 9-5-2 and 1-3-2 in its last six, after starting 8-2. ESPN notes the Golden Knights have allowed a power-play goal in seven of their last eight games. Marner extended his point streak to 10 games with two assists.
One thing to watch for Boston: Poitras left after the hit, returned to the bench with a full shield and did not take another shift. Coach Marco Sturm had no update after the game.