Pastrnak hot at wintry Tahoe
After going through the handshake line following a lopsided win, the Boston Bruins all gathered at center ice for one last team photo.
It was a pictureperfect day for the Bruins at Lake Tahoe.
David Pastrnak had three goals and Boston took control by scoring three times in a span of 1:39 during the second period to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 73 on Sunday in a scenic outdoor game.
“It was beautiful,” Pastrnak said. “I think personally playing in both conditions, the sun and the dark was great. The dark is beautiful, too. You get to play outside. Overall it was an unbelievable experience.”
After a delayfilled opening game of the weekend between Colorado and Vegas because of bright sun that made for poor ice conditions, the game Sunday went off with few hitches.
Pastrnak scored in the opening minute of the first two periods and then again late in the third to give him his second hat trick in three games against the Flyers this season. Charlie Coyle, Trent Frederic and Nick Ritchie scored in succession late in the second to give Boston five wins in five games this year against Philadelphia.
Charlie McAvoy also scored and Tuukka Rask made 16 saves for Boston.
Joel Farabee, Sean Couturier and James van Riemsdyk scored for the Flyers, who have six players on the COVID-19 list. Carter Hart allowed six goals on 23 shots in the first two periods and has now given up 20 goals in four losses to Boston this season.
Jets 4, Canucks 3: Pierre-Luc Dubois scored his second goal of the game 27 seconds into overtime as Winnipeg won in Vancouver to sweep a twogame set. The Canucks, who blew a 2-0 lead, tied it with 38 seconds left in regulation on a power-play goal from Elias Petterson, his second tally of the game. Mark Scheifele had a goal and two assists for the Jets, and Blake Wheeler chipped in with three assists.
Capitals 4, Devils 3: T.J. Oshie scored twice, Alex Ovechkin had a late power-play goal and host Washington erased a two-goal deficit to beat New Jersey. Ovechkin scored with 4:04 left, and that turned out to be an insurance goal when Nikita Gusev beat Craig Anderson with 11.9 seconds left.
Senators 3, Canadiens 2: Brady Tkachuk scored at 3:30 of overtime to lift Ottawa past visiting Montreal. Drake Batherson and Josh Norris also scored, and Matt Murray made 30 saves. The Senators are last in the NHL at 5-14-1. Corey Perry and Nick Suzuki scored for Montreal.