Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)

Bruins blitz Avs, climb to Nhl-record 14-0 at home

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BOSTON — David Pastrnak and Trent Frederic scored two goals apiece to back Linus Ullmark, who stopped 25 shots, as Boston improved to an Nhl-record 14-0 at home this season by beating Colorado 5-1 on Saturday.

Three nights after William and Kate, the future British king and queen, were at TD Garden to watch the NBA’S Celtics, the 18-time Prince of Wales Trophy-winning Bruins took the ice against the reigning NHL champions.

Jake Debrusk scored his 100th NHL goal, putting Boston up 5-1 late in the third period, 10 seconds after Frederic had given the Bruins a 4-1 lead.

Andrew Cogliano scored to make it 3-1 at 6:32 of the third for the Avalanche, ending Ullmark’s shutout bid after two Bruins collided in front of the net and gave away the puck.

Pavel Francouz had 34 saves for Colorado, which is without forwards Valeri Nichushkin, Evan Rodrigues and Darren Helm and defensemen Bowen Byram and Kurtis Macdermid. Captain Gabriel Landeskog had knee surgery in October.

Former Golden Knight Tomas Nosek had a chance to add Boston’s lead when he was taken down on a breakaway near the end of the second period. Francouz stopped Nosek’s penalty shot.

■ Devils 3, Flyers 2: At Philadelph­ia, Miles Wood assisted on goals by Fabian Zetterlund and Dawson Mercer for New Jersey to back Akira Schmidt, who had 31 saves, as the Devils tied a team record with their 11th straight road win. Philadelph­ia, which lost for the 12th time in 13 games, had a 33-18 edge in shots.

■ Wild 5, Ducks 4, SO: At St. Paul, Minn., Kirill Kaprizov scored the tying goal with 2:35 left in regulation and had one of Minnesota’s two shootout goals, and Calen Addison and Joel Eriksson Ek each had a goal and an assist for the Wild, who held a 49-33 edge in shots in their fifth win in six games.

■ Lightning 4, Maple Leafs 3, OT:

At Tampa, Fla., Alex Killorn scored 33 seconds into overtime. Mitch Marner broke the Toronto points-streak record at 19 games, notching a short-handed goal in the second period to open the scoring and a tying power-play goal with 8:05 left in regulation.

■ Penguins 6, Blues 2: At Pittsburgh, Kasperi Kapanen notched his second hat trick, Bryan Rust had a goal and three assists, and Las Vegas product Jason Zucker had a goal and two assists in Pittsburgh’s second straight win and seventh in its past nine games.

■ Blackhawks 5, Rangers 2: At New York, Patrick Kane had a goal and two assists, and Max Domi scored twice for Chicago, which halted an eight-game slide. New York has lost five of its past six and four straight at home.

■ Oilers 5, Canadiens 3: At Edmonton, Alberta, Connor Mcdavid had two goals and two assists and Leon Draisaitl a goal and three assists in Edmonton’s fourth win in five games. Montreal had a 33-22 edge in shots.

■ Senators 5, Sharks 2: At Ottawa, Ontario, Claude Giroux had two goals and an assist to back Anton Forsberg, who stopped 35 shots.

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Avalanche goalie Pavel Francouz sees the puck get behind him in the second period of Colorado’s 5-1 loss to the Bruins on Saturday at TD Garden.
The Associated Press Winslow Townson Avalanche goalie Pavel Francouz sees the puck get behind him in the second period of Colorado’s 5-1 loss to the Bruins on Saturday at TD Garden.

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