Pastrnak’s heroics lift Bruins over Hurricanes

David Pastrnak scored three goals in the third period to complete a huge Boston comeback as the Bruins took down the host Carolina Hurricanes 6-4 on Tuesday night.

Pastrnak notched a power-play goal with 3:30 remaining to give the Bruins their first lead since it was 1-0. Brad Marchand, Matt Grzelcyk and Danton Heinen also scored for Boston. Riley Nash and Marchand each provided two assists while Pastrnak and Grzelcyk had one apiece.

Carolina’s goals were scored by Sebastian Aho, Teuvo Teravainen, Justin Williams and Brock McGinn. Elias Lindholm and Justin Faulk both had two assists.

In other NHL action, Pekka Rinne stopped 32 of 33 shots, and the Nashville Predators pulled away for a 3-1 win over the visiting Winnipeg Jets.

The Predators earned their 11th win in 12 games to increase their lead atop the Western Conference’s Central Division. The Predators reached 100 points, which is tied with the Tampa Bay Lightning for most in the NHL.

Kevin Fiala, Austin Watson and Viktor Arvidsson scored for Nashville. Kyle Connor scored in a losing effort for Winnipeg, which lost its third game in a row.

Meanwhile, Artturi Lehkonen had a pair of goals and Alex Galchenyuk and Jonathan Drouin recorded two assists each as the host Montreal Canadiens defeated the Dallas Stars 4-2 to snap a five-match losing streak.

The Stars have lost two straight matches, are 1-3-1 in their past five games and 4-6-2 in their last 12. Radek Faksa and Jamie Benn scored for Dallas.

Also, Ryan Dzingel and Mike Hoffman both hit the 20-goal mark, and Mike Condon stopped 42 shots as the Ottawa Senators handed the Tampa Bay Lightning their first regulation loss in 11 games with a 7-4 road conquest.

Hoffman, who scored twice, has compiled 20 or more goals in all four of his full NHL seasons. Dzingel, Marian Gaborik, Erik Karlsson and Tom Pyatt each had a goal and an assist for the Senators.

J.T. Miller responded with three goals for the Lightning, his first career hat trick, in defeat