BOSTON (AP) — David Pastrnak scored three targets and added an help to guide the Boston Bruins to a 6-3 victory over New York on Saturday, spoiling J.T. Miller’s return to the Rangers.
Charlie McAvoy, Charlie Coyle and Pavel Zacha additionally scored for Boston, which snapped a two-game skid. Jeremy Swayman completed with 22 saves.
Miller scored twice in his first sport with the Rangers sooner or later after they reacquired him from Vancouver in a multiplayer deal that despatched Filip Chytil to the Canucks. Jonny Brodzinski additionally scored and Igor Shesterkin had 19 saves as New York misplaced its third straight in regulation after a 7-0-3 stretch.
After Miller’s rising one-timer from the slot made it 1-1 at 10:55 of the primary interval, Pastrnak put Boston forward for good when he slipped a shot previous Shesterkin with 2:51 left.
Coyle tipped Andrew Peeke’s shot from the appropriate level over Shesterkin’s glove to make it 3-1 at 3:39 of the second.
Pastrnak received his second early within the third and accomplished his 18th profession hat trick with an empty-netter for his team-leading twenty seventh aim.
Takeaways
Rangers: New York started the day sixth within the Metropolitan Division and thirteenth within the convention, and wish to start out stringing collectively extra wins.
Bruins: It was a pleasant turnaround for Swayman after he gave up seven targets in a loss against Buffalo on Tuesday.
Key second
After Miller’s second sliced it to 4-2 early within the third, Pastrnak scored on a slap shot 46 seconds later.
Key stat
Regardless of struggling on the highway, the Bruins improved to 11-2-1 of their final 14 video games at TD Backyard.
Up Subsequent
Rangers host Vegas on Sunday, and Bruins host Minnesota on Tuesday.
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