David Pastrnak scored in the third round of a shootout to lift the Boston Bruins to a 3-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday.
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The Boston Bruins beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in a shootout after the teams were tied 2-2 through regulation and overtime.
Carter Hart stopped one attempt before Pastrnak slipped a shot past him to end the shootout stalemate. Jeremy Swayman stopped Vegas’ Trevor Connelly, Jack Eichel and Mitch Marner in the shootout to set up Pastrnak for the winner.
James Hagens scored his sixth goal of the season for Boston, and Morgan Geekie added a power-play goal as the Bruins extended their home winning streak to six. Elias Lindholm, Nikita Zadorov, Pavel Zacha and Pastrnak had assists.
Connelly tied the game 7:23 into the third period by collecting a loose puck in front of the net and slipping it past Swayman. Noah Hanifin and Marner assisted, and Mark Stone also scored for Vegas.
Swayman made 21 saves for Boston, while Hart finished with 25 saves for the Golden Knights.
Elsewhere on Monday, Detroit defeated Florida 5-3 in Sunrise, with Justin Faulk and Michael Brandsegg-Nygård scoring 45 seconds apart early in the third. Nazem Kadri and Jaden Schwartz scored twice each as Colorado beat Chicago 5-2 in a game at Chicago. In San Jose, Calgary beat the Sharks 2-1 as Adam Klapka and William Stromgren scored and Dustin Wolf made 26 saves.
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