David Pastrnak registered his first hat trick of the season and an assist to lead the Boston Bruins to a 6-3 win over the visiting New York Rangers on Saturday afternoon.

The Bruins never looked back after Pastrnak scored a go-ahead goal in the first period before increasing the Bruins' lead to three on two occasions during the final frame.

The star winger is riding a 10-game point streak (10 goals, 13 assists).

Pavel Zacha had a goal and an assist, Charlie McAvoy and Charlie Coyle each scored, and Brad Marchand and Matt Poitras each dished out two assists for the Bruins, who snapped a two-game skid.

Boston's Jeremy Swayman made 22 saves in the win.

J.T. Miller scored two goals for New York less than 24 hours after being reacquired in Friday's blockbuster trade with the Vancouver Canucks. Jonny Brodzinski netted the other.

The 31-year-old Miller was playing his 342nd regular-season game as a Ranger and his first in 2,533 days (Feb. 25, 2018).

Igor Shesterkin stopped 19 shots for New York, which has lost three straight.

After losing a 1-0 lead, Pastrnak flipped the score back in Boston's favor with 2:51 left in the first, taking a Brandon Carlo feed from behind the goal line and quickly snapping it glove-side.

The game's first two-goal lead was established 3:39 into the second when Coyle was stationed outside Shesterkin's crease to deflect an Andrew Peeke point shot.

Zacha's power-play tally at 17:10 upped Boston's lead to 4-1 before the second intermission. The centerman slotted home a loose puck after a passing sequence between Elias Lindholm and Brad Marchand.

Miller brought New York within 4-2 just 35 seconds into the third, scoring on Chris Kreider's feed from the top of the right circle on the power play. At 1:21, though, Pastrnak rocketed a shot from the high slot after a Poitras dish.

Brodzinski redirected Ryan Lindgren's centering pass to make it a two-goal game again with 9:13 left in regulation, but Pastrnak added an empty-net strike with 3:22 to go.

The Bruins capitalized on a 12-second 5-on-3 man advantage to score at 10:21 of the first. McAvoy took Zacha's diagonal pass for a slapper from the left circle.

Miller needed only 34 seconds to respond to the opening goal and bring the visitors back even. Panarin fed the Ranger newcomer for a top-shelf score from the wall.

Boston rookie defenseman Michael Callahan did not return after taking a puck near the face early in the second period.

--Field Level Media