Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Referees: Ghislain Hebert, Furman South
Linesmen: Brandon Gawryletz, Bevan Mills
Attendance: 18024
David Pastrnak and Hampus Lindholm scored 13 seconds apart in the second period and the Boston Bruins beat the scuffling Colorado Avalanche 5-3 in Denver on Wednesday.
Lindholm added an assist and Cole Koepke, Charlie Coyle and John Beecher also had goals for Boston, which kicked off a three-game road trip.
Joonas Korpisalo turned away 22 shots as the Bruins won for the third time in four games since a season-opening loss.
Cale Makar and Mikko Rantanen had a goal and two assists each for Colorado, which lost another player to injury when Miles Wood left after taking a hard hit from Lindholm in the third period.
The Avalanche were without defenseman Devon Toews (lower-body injury) for the second straight game, and forward Jonathan Drouin (upper-body injury) missed his third in a row.
Ross Colton had a goal, Nathan MacKinnon finished with two assists and Alexandar Georgiev made 20 saves for Colorado, which dropped its fourth game in a row to start the season.
The Bruins took a 1-0 lead when Koepke redirected a pass by Georgiev at 13:46 of the first period. It was his second goal of the season.
Colton tied it on a power play at 15:07 of the first period. He played a give-and-go with Rantanen and beat Korpisalo with a snap shot on the return pass for his second goal.
Coyle answered with a power-play goal before the end of the first when he redirected Mason Lohrei's pass to the front of the net at 17:09. It was his first tally of the season.
Boston extended the lead midway through the second period when Pastrnak and Lindholm struck quickly. Pastrnak's fourth goal made it 3-1 on the power play at 9:09, and right after the faceoff, Lindholm beat Georgiev with a shot from the boards at 9:22.
It was his first goal of the season.
The Avalanche crept back into the game with a couple of power-play goals. Makar made it 4-2 when he scored from the point at 11:15 of the second, his first of the season, and Rantanen scored his fourth goal 4:52 into the third period.
Beecher scored into the empty net at 17:59, his second tally of the season.
--Field Level Media
| Boston | Colorado | |
| Hampus Lindholm 2 | Points | Cale Makar 3 |
| Hampus Lindholm 1 | Goals | Cale Makar 1 |
| Hampus Lindholm 1 | Assists | Cale Makar 2 |
| Charlie Coyle 1 | Power Play Goals | Cale Makar 1 |
| N/A | Short Handed Goals | N/A |
| Joonas Korpisalo .880 | Save Percentage | Alexandar Georgiev .840 |
| Joonas Korpisalo 22 | Saves | Alexandar Georgiev 21 |
| Team | Shots | Goals | Power Play | Penalty Kill | Penalty Mins | Face Offs Won |
| Boston | 26 | 5 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 11 | 38 |
| Colorado | 25 | 3 | 3-3 | 2-4 | 13 | 24 |
- Colorado will play their next game at home against Anaheim. The Avalanche have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
- Boston will play their next game on the road against Utah. The Bruins have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .667 after a loss.