The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)

Pastrnak records 2nd hat trick in Bruins rout

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MONTREAL — David Pastrnak recorded his second hat trick of the season and the Eastern Conference­leading Boston Bruins routed the Montreal Canadiens 81 Tuesday night.

Jake Debrusk, Brad Marchand, Anders Bjork, Charlie Coyle and Danon Heinen also scored for the Bruins (1635), who have won four straight.

Marchand, Coyle, David Krejci and Torey Krug had two assists apiece, while Sean Kuraly had three.

Captain Shea Weber scored the only goal for the Canadiens (1185), who have lost five straight.

Bruins backup Jaroslav Halak made 36 saves and improved to 600 against Carey Price, his former teammate in Montreal.

Price gave up five goals on 11 shots before being pulled in the second period.

Keith Kinkaid stopped 10 of 13 shots in relief.

Boston extended its points streak to eight games (503) and moved ahead of Washington atop the conference standings.

Claude Julien made no changes to a Canadiens team that blew a fourgoal lead and lost 65 to the New York Rangers on Saturday.

Price gave up six goals on 34 shots to the Rangers and struggled even more against the Bruins, who were without Patrice Bergeron (lowerbody injury).

A nice giveandgo led to Debrusk's opener on the power play at 8:03 of the first period. Weber tied the game at 12:41 on a rebound at the side of the net.

That's when Pastrnak got to work on his seventh career hat trick.

The NHL's leading goal scorer, Pastrnak beat Price with a onetimer on the power play at 14:24 for Boston's second score on five shots.

Marchand made it 31 on a bad giveaway by Jeff Petry

behind his own net with 37 seconds remaining in the first. It was the winger’s 600th NHL point. Price conceded three goals on eight shots in the first.

Pastrnak’s goal eight seconds into the second period sealed Montreal’s fate, and Bjork gave Boston a 51 lead on a breakaway a minute later.

Julien took a timeout and pulled Price — the first time that has happened since Dec. 9, 2017.

Pastrnak completed his hat trick when he deflected Brandon Carlo’s shot past Kinkaid at 9:06 of the second. Pastrnak has 23 goals in 24 games this season.

Coyle made it 71 on a onetimer at 8:26 of the third as fans left Bell Centre. Heinen added an eighth for Boston with 2:02 left.

NOTES: Marchand has 10 points in his last four games. … Bruins forward Jack Studnicka made his NHL debut. … Montreal is winless since losing Jonathan Drouin and Paul Byron to injury (032). … The Bruins are 821 in their last 11 games against Montreal. The teams meet again in Boston on Sunday for the third of four encounters this season.

UP NEXT

Bruins: At Ottawa Senators on Wednesday.

Canadiens: Host the New Jersey Devils on Thursday.

 ?? Ryan Remiorz / Associated Press ?? Boston Bruins right wing David Pastrnak scores his third goal of the game past Montreal Canadiens goaltender Keith Kinkaid on Tuesday.
Ryan Remiorz / Associated Press Boston Bruins right wing David Pastrnak scores his third goal of the game past Montreal Canadiens goaltender Keith Kinkaid on Tuesday.
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 ?? Minas Panagiotak­is / Getty Images ?? The Bruins’ David Pastrnak, center, celebrates his third goal of the game with teammates Brad Marchand, left, and David Krejci during the second period against the Canadiens on Tuesday.
Minas Panagiotak­is / Getty Images The Bruins’ David Pastrnak, center, celebrates his third goal of the game with teammates Brad Marchand, left, and David Krejci during the second period against the Canadiens on Tuesday.

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