Pastrnak stars as the Bruins beat the Avalanche 3-1 a day after the Rantanen trade – Boston News, Weather, Sports

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BOSTON (AP) — David Pastrnak had a objective and two assists, and the Boston Bruins beat Colorado 3-1 on Saturday, a day after the Avalanche traded star winger Mikko Rantanen.

Pastrnak arrange each of Morgan Geekie’s objectives within the third interval. He additionally had an empty-netter within the ultimate seconds for his twenty fourth objective of the season.

It was Boston’s tenth win in its final 12 residence video games.

Artturi Lehkonen scored for the Avalanche of their third consecutive loss.

Colorado parted with Rantanen in a three-team deal on Friday, delivery him off to Carolina whereas buying forwards Martin Necas and Jack Drury, in addition to a second-round decide on this yr’s draft and a fourth-rounder in 2026.

Geekie tied it at 1 when he beat Scott Wedgewood on a one-timer 25 seconds into the third. He added his fifteenth objective at 5:44 off one other good go by Pastrnak.

The Avs had jumped in entrance when Lehkonen beat Jeremy Swayman with a wrist shot from the precise circle early within the second interval.

Boston received the opposite assembly between the groups, 5-3 in Colorado in October.

Takeaways

Avalanche: Necas and Drury, who have been in New York for a recreation in opposition to the Islanders on Saturday night time, made their method to Boston and performed.

Bruins: Swayman returned after he was unavailable for Thursday’s 2-0 victory over Ottawa due to an upper-body harm.

Key second

After a listless opening two durations, the Bruins charged into the Colorado zone on a 3-on-2 break and Pastrnak discovered Geekie within the slot for the tying objective.