David Pastrnak scored power-play goals in the second and third periods as part of a three-point night, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 3-2 win over the visiting Seattle Kraken in Tuesday's first-ever meeting between the teams.
Pastrnak's winning goal at the 10:49 mark of the third period was his team-leading 22nd of the season and 11th on the power play. He remained hot after recording at least one point in 11 of 16 January games.
Taylor Hall added a goal and an assist for Boston. Brad Marchand had two assists, and Linus Ullmark made 25 saves for the win.
The Bruins, who went 2-for-3 on the power play Tuesday, have scored 12 power-play goals in their past 10 games.
Seattle's Joonas Donskoi and Mason Appleton scored third-period goals to tie the game after Boston led 2-0 at the second intermission. Chris Dreidger stopped 23 shots for the expansion Kraken.
After the teams combined for four unsuccessful power plays to start, the Bruins opened the scoring at 9:06 of the second when Pastrnak's one-timer from the circle beat Driedger. Hall recorded his first of two points on a feed from behind the goal line to set up the tally.
The Bruins gained momentum from a five-on-three penalty kill and doubled their lead with 3:51 left in the middle frame. Hall slotted home a second chance in the low slot after taking Tomas Nosek's pass from the corner.
Seattle halved its deficit just 42 seconds into the third as a turnover led to Donskoi's first goal of the season in his 44th game. Donskoi beat Ullmark on a shot through traffic.
Sloppy defensive-zone play burned Boston at the 7:30 mark, resulting in a game-tying goal from Appleton, who deflected in Adam Larsson's point shot.
Bruins defenseman Urho Vaakanainen didn't return after he sustained an upper-body injury on a penalized hit by Yanni Gourde early in the second period.
The win was the second in three games for Boston, which was coming off a 1-1-1 road trip through Colorado, Arizona and Dallas. Seattle has now lost back-to-back contests.
Boston will have a full week off before hosting the Pittsburgh Penguins on Feb. 8 as part of a three-game homestand. Seattle closes a stretch of four straight Eastern Conference road games on Wednesday against the New York Islanders.
--Field Level Media
Seattle | Boston | |
Mason Appleton 1 | Points | David Pastrnak 3 |
Mason Appleton 1 | Goals | David Pastrnak 2 |
Colin Blackwell 1 | Assists | Brad Marchand 2 |
N/A | Power Play Goals | David Pastrnak 2 |
N/A | Short Handed Goals | N/A |
Chris Driedger .885 | Save Percentage | Linus Ullmark .926 |
Chris Driedger 23 | Saves | Linus Ullmark 25 |
Team | Shots | Goals | Power Play | Penalty Kill | Penalty Mins | Face Offs Won |
Seattle | 27 | 2 | 0-6 | 1-3 | 13 | 27 |
Boston | 26 | 3 | 2-3 | 6-6 | 19 | 28 |