BOSTON (AP) — Casey DeSmith made 25 saves, Tyler Seguin and Matt Duchene had a purpose and two assists every and the Dallas Stars handed the Boston Bruins their third straight loss, 5-2 on Thursday night time.
The Stars additionally received objectives from Jason Robertson, Logan Stankoven and Roope Hintz. Mason Marchment had two assists as Dallas scored 4 unanswered objectives after David Pastrnak gave Boston a 1-0 lead at 11:57 of the primary interval.
Jeremy Swayman made 27 saves for the Bruins, who minimize the Stars’ result in 4-2 on Justin Brazeau’s purpose at 10:41 of the second interval. Nonetheless down two objectives with time winding down within the third interval, Boston pulled Swayman.
Hintz provided the of entirety with an empty-netter with 2:02 remaining.
Takeaways
Stars: A Dallas staff that completed with a Western Convention-best 114 factors final season gained 4 straight to start the season earlier than dropping two of three previous to going through Boston. That includes the NHL’s prime penalty kill unit, the Stars have been profitable on three of Boston’s 4 extra-skater alternatives.
Bruins: Pastrnak returned to the scoring column after getting held off the scoresheet and posting a mixed minus-four in Boston’s earlier two video games.
Key second
Seguin’s second-period purpose capped off the Stars’ dominance on the facility play and epitomized the issues the Bruins bumped into on the penalty kill.
Key stat
A Bruins staff that entered Thursday’s sport ranked second within the NHL in penalty minutes and allowed six opponent power-play objectives by means of seven video games allowed the Stars to attain thrice on the person benefit over a nine-minute span within the second interval.
Up subsequent
Stars: Return residence to host Chicago on Saturday night time for the primary sport of a four-game homestand.
Bruins: Host Toronto within the center sport of a three-game homestand on Saturday night time.
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