Surging Bruins tie NHL file with eleventh straight house win

BOSTON — David Pastrnak scored twice, a part of a dominant effort that ended with 4 consecutive targets to conclude the scoring and the Boston Bruins dominated the Chicago Blackhawks, 6-1, on Saturday evening.

The win allowed the Bruins to tie an NHL file with eleventh straight house victories to start out the season, matching a mark reached by the Florida Panthers final season, and the Blackhawks in 1963-64.

Based on ESPN Stats & Data analysis, Boston can be the primary NHL staff to win 16 of their first 18 for the reason that 1929-30 Bruins.

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Jake DeBrusk, David Krejci, Taylor Corridor and Patrice Bergeron additionally scored within the win, and Jeremy Swayman stopped 17 of 18 pictures. The objective was 999th level in Bergeron’s profession.

Charlie McAvoy assisted on 4 of the Bruins’ targets as Boston grew to become the primary staff within the league to prime 30 factors (32).

Jonathan Toews scored Chicago’s lone objective, a power-play tally assisted by Max Domi and Philipp Kurashev. Petr Mrazek struggled in internet for the Blackhawks, permitting all six targets on 43 pictures.

Boston hits the highway for 2 video games this week — in opposition to Tampa Bay and Florida — earlier than returning house to host Carolina for its annual Black Friday matinee.

Behind a fired-up TD Backyard crowd that broke into quite a few chants of “Let’s Go Bruins,” Boston jumped to a 2-0 edge early within the second interval en path to matching its season-high for targets in a sport.

Taking part in his first sport since leaving with a left knee damage from a collision with Bergeron, Swayman was sharp regardless of the puck primarily being within the Blackhawks’ zone.

The Bruins at the moment are 8-0 in opposition to Western Convention groups.

The Related Press contributed to this report.