Pastrnak nets hat track, Bruins rally to stun ’Canes
RALEIGH, N.C. » David Pastrnak scored three of Boston’s five goals in the final 10 minutes for his first career hat trick, and the Bruins stunned the Carolina Hurricanes by rallying for a 6-4 victory Tuesday night.
Matt Grzelcyk, Pastrnak and Danton Heinen scored in a span of 77 seconds to turn a 4-1 Bruins deficit into a 4-all tie.
Grzelcyk fired home a slap shot with 9:56 remaining, Pastrnak scored on a wrister 56 seconds later and Heinen followed 21 seconds after that with the tying goal, banging home a one-timer off a 2-on-1 rush with David Krejci.
Pastrnak put Boston ahead on a power-play goal with 3:30 left and finished off his hat trick with an emptynet goal with 1:34 remaining.
Brad Marchand had a goal and two assists for the Bruins, who snapped a threegame road losing streak. Tuukka Rask made 29 saves.
It was a deflating loss for the Hurricanes, who missed a chance to make up ground as they chase the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. They are seven points back with 12 games remaining. SENATORS 7, LIGHTNING 4 » Mike Hoffman scored two goals and six other Ottawa players had multipoint games as the Senators beat Tampa Bay, ending the Lightning’s 10-game streak without a regulation loss.
One night earlier, the struggling Senators halted Florida’s eight-game home winning streak.
Tom Pyatt, Erik Karlsson, Ryan Dzingel and Marian Gaborik each had a goal and an assist for the Senators. Magnus Paajarvi also scored, and Mike Condon finished with 42 saves
Tampa Bay, sitting atop the NHL standings with 100 points, hadn’t lost in regulation since Feb. 17.
Pens’ Murray nearing return
PITTSBURGH » Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray is nearing a return from a concussion that’s sidelined him for two weeks.
Murray faced shots Tuesday before the rest of the twotime defending Stanley Cup champions took the ice. Murray hasn’t played since sustaining the concussion after taking a shot to the facemask in practice late last month.
Coach Mike Sullivan says the team is “encouraged” by Murray’s progress. Sullivan added he expects Murray to travel with the Penguins when they begin a threegame road trip against the Rangers on Wednesday. The Penguins are 4-3 since Murray went down.