San Jose Sharks at Boston Bruins
· National Hockey League
Bruins extend points streak to 8 games with 6-4 win over Sharks
Casey Mittelstadt, Marat Khusnutdinov, Fraser Minten and Will Morgan also scored for the Bruins, who have won seven of their past eight. Jeremy Swayman made 21 saves for his seventh victory.
Michael Misa, Kiefer Sherwood, Dmitry Orlov and Will Smith scored for San Jose, and Alex Nedeljkovic made 29 saves. The Sharks had won two in a row.
The game was tied at 2-2 through two periods, with the Sharks responding each time the Bruins took a one-goal lead.
San Jose took its first lead of the game when Orlove fired a one-timer on the power play at 4:03 of the third. It was the third special-teams goal of the game for the Sharks and Orlove’s second goal of the season.
Pastrnak exited the penalty box and took a feed from J.J. Peterka before firing in a shot from the right circle for his seventh goal at 8:27 of the third. The tying goal pushed Pastrnak into a tie for third place with former Bruin Patrice Bergeron in career goals (427).
Bruins: At Carolina on Tuesday night.
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Regular Season SeriesBOS wins series 2-0
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 3:08 | Casey Mittelstadt Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Elias Lindholm (5), James Hagens (5) |
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Goal | 1st Period 5:54 | Michael Misa Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Tyler Toffoli (5), Jacob Trouba (5) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 8:20 | Marat Khusnutdinov Goal (3) Backhand, assists: Morgan Geekie (8), Fraser Minten (5) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 13:34 | Kiefer Sherwood Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: none |
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Goal | 3rd Period 4:03 | Dmitry Orlov Goal (2) Slap Shot, assists: Ivar Stenberg (6), Mason Marchment (1) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 8:27 | David Pastrnak Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: JJ Peterka (4) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 9:07 | James Hagens Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Elias Lindholm (6) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 12:00 | Fraser Minten Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: JJ Peterka (5), Casey Mittelstadt (3) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 12:27 | Will Smith Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Jacob Trouba (6), Macklin Celebrini (10) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 19:32 | William Borgen Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: none |
Statistics
 SJ |
 BOS |
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| 9 | Blocked Shots | 10 |
| 21 | Hits | 14 |
| 3 | Takeaways | 5 |
| 27 | Shots | 35 |
| 2 | Power Play Goals | 1 |
| 6 | Power Play Opportunities | 5 |
| 33.3 | Power Play Percentage | 20.0 |
| 1 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 26 | Faceoffs Won | 40 |
| 39.4 | Faceoff Win Percent | 60.6 |
| 15 | Giveaways | 19 |
| 7 | Total Penalties | 9 |
| 22 | Penalty Minutes | 24 |
Boston Bruins Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
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San Jose Sharks Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Igor Chernyshov, LW | Out | Oct 24 |
| Alexander Wennberg, C | Out | Oct 22 |
| Quentin Musty, LW | Injured Reserve | Sep 28 |
| Kyle Keyser, G | Injured Reserve | Sep 28 |
