Sean Monahan, Dmitri Voronkov each score twice to lead the Blue Jackets past the Bruins 6-2 – Boston News, Weather, Sports

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Sean Monahan scored twice in his 800th NHL sport, serving to Columbus beat the Boston Bruins 6-2 Friday night time and lengthening the Blue Jackets’ residence win streak to a few video games.

Dmitri Voronkov added two targets and an help, extending his level streak to 6 video games. Kirill Marchenko’s aim and two assists gave him factors in a career-high seven straight. Adam Fantilli additionally scored, and Elvis Merzlikins made 23 saves for Columbus.

Zach Werenski had 4 assists for the second time in his profession, setting a franchise file with factors in 12 straight residence video games.

Pavel Zacha and Charlie Coyle scored, and Joonas Korpisalo stopped 27 pictures for Boston, which misplaced its second straight on the street. Brad Marchand’s help on Coyle’s aim prolonged his level streak to 11 video games.

Takeaways

Boston: The Bruins appeared aggressive once they tied the rating with a aim late within the first, however had been stagnant within the second, going almost 10 minutes with no shot on aim after which permitting 5 unanswered targets in a lackluster efficiency.

Columbus: The Blue Jackets got here out with bounce and spent a lot of the primary interval in Boston’s finish earlier than dominating the second and buying and selling targets within the third for its most full sport of the season.

Key second

The Blue Jackets scored three targets in a span of two:47 within the second and added one other with 46 seconds left within the interval, breaking the sport open and bettering to 10-0-3 when main after two durations.

Key stat

The Blue Jackets scored three power-play targets for the primary time since Feb. 23, 2021, in a house loss to Chicago. They’ve recorded power-play targets in eight of their final 10 video games. The Bruins have given up three power-play targets in a sport six instances this season.