Vegas Golden Knights at Boston Bruins
· National Hockey League
Bruins strike early, hold off Golden Knights 4-3 for 9th win in 11 games.
Boston won for the ninth time in 11 games.
Elias Lindholm and Tanner Jeannot also scored for the Bruins, who made the Golden Knights pay after a double minor for high-sticking was assessed to forward Tomas Hertl at the nine-minute mark of the opening period. Appearing in his second straight game, Joonas Korpisalo made 29 saves.
Vegas cut a 4-0 deficit in half during the opening minutes in the third period behind goals from Jack Eichel and Tomas Hertle. The Golden Knights made it three straight when Pavel Dorofeyev scored with 2:35 left with goalie Akira Schmid off for an extra skater,
Schmid remained in net after a shaky sequence that began when McAvoy blasted one from just inside the blue line for his fourth goal of the season. The goal came 10 seconds into the four-minute power play.
Boston kept charging and made it two power-play goals in 30 seconds when Lindholm scored between the circles for ninth goal of the season. Pastrnak assisted on both power-play goals.
Jeannot capped the spree off a feed from Sean Kuraly with 9:54 left.
The Bruins made it 4-0 in the second period when a nice move by Nikita Zadorov resulted in Pastrnak rifling one past Schmid for his 21st goal of the season
Bruins: Host Montreal on Saturday night.
Regular Season SeriesSeries tied 1-1
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 9:12 | Charlie McAvoy Goal (4) Slap Shot, assists: David Pastrnak (41), Morgan Geekie (18) |
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Goal | 1st Period 9:42 | Elias Lindholm Goal (9) Snap Shot, assists: David Pastrnak (42), Morgan Geekie (19) |
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Goal | 1st Period 10:06 | Tanner Jeannot Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Sean Kuraly (11) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 7:25 | David Pastrnak Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikita Zadorov (16), Elias Lindholm (26) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 0:31 | Jack Eichel Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Noah Hanifin (18), Kaedan Korczak (9) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 3:01 | Tomas Hertl Goal (21) Snap Shot, assists: Mark Stone (31), Jack Eichel (41) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 17:25 | Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (21) Snap Shot, assists: Shea Theodore (19), Mitch Marner (40) |
Statistics
 VGK |
 BOS |
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|---|---|---|
| 14 | Blocked Shots | 20 |
| 28 | Hits | 19 |
| 3 | Takeaways | 9 |
| 33 | Shots | 28 |
| 1 | Power Play Goals | 2 |
| 4 | Power Play Opportunities | 3 |
| 25.0 | Power Play Percentage | 66.7 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 36 | Faceoffs Won | 26 |
| 58.1 | Faceoff Win Percent | 41.9 |
| 18 | Giveaways | 13 |
| 4 | Total Penalties | 6 |
| 13 | Penalty Minutes | 15 |
Boston Bruins Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan Harris, D | Injured Reserve | Jan 22 |
Vegas Golden Knights Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Andersson, D | Injured Reserve | Jan 22 |
| Brett Howden, C | Injured Reserve | Jan 20 |
| Colton Sissons, C | Out | Jan 19 |
