
It was DeBrusk's second goal in as many games after missing 17 games with hand and leg injuries. Jake DeBrusk gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead at 15:09 of the first period, putting in the rebound of his own shot over Mandolese's right shoulder. It's just at the end of the day, a couple mistakes we made, you know, ended up in our net." We had our chances, I thought we checked really hard. "But you can't let it affect the rest of the game, which I didn't think it did. "We would love to have that back in a tight game like this," Ottawa coach D.J. The Senators were unable to score on a 5-on-3 power play for 1:49 after Bruins forward Craig Smith received a tripping penalty at 9:16 of the first period and Patrice Bergeron got called for hooking 11 seconds later. He just let it bounce off the boards, and I told him right away, 'That's an unbelievable play.' Heads down to him, great pass." Pastrnak has 41 goals this season, trailing Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid (42) for the NHL lead. Pastrnak pushed it to 3-1 at 12:10 of the third period, shooting five-hole on a breakaway after receiving a stretch pass off the boards from McAvoy. … Just a special moment and I'm very, very thankful that I'm part of this team." "It was a pretty special moment, having the family there with me. "I knew what to expect a little bit, but it was more than I expected," Krejci said. Video: Pastrnak scores his 40th, 41st goal in winĭavid Krejci, who had the secondary assist on the play, was honored in a pregame ceremony for playing 1,000 NHL games, which he accomplished on Jan. Pastrnak put Boston in front 2-1 at 17:06 of the second period, scoring glove side from the bottom of the left circle off a pass from McAvoy. 1 team in the League, so we feel like we played them really strong, obviously, all season, and it was a good game for us this afternoon, and just a couple chances end up going the back of our net." Louis Blues on Sunday), really difficult building to come into historically no matter where that team is in the standings. "A tough back-to-back (after a 7-2 win against the St. "You're never going to be satisfied, obviously, with a loss," Ottawa defenseman Travis Hamonic said. The Senators won their previous two games against the Bruins this season (7-5 on Oct.

I thought him and Charlie McAvoy were special tonight."Ĭlaude Giroux scored, and Kevin Mandolese made 29 saves in his second NHL start for Ottawa (27-25-4), which lost for the third time in 10 games (7-2-1).

That's how good he is, and he was just ultracreative. "When he has his B-game, it still jumps out at you. "When really on like he was tonight, it jumps out at you," Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. Charlie McAvoy had three assists, and Linus Ullmark made 30 saves for Boston (43-8-5), which has won four in a row.
