"The third period and the goals they scored were, I don't like the fact that we weren't attacking as much. It was like we were good with the lead," Capitals coach Peter Laviolette said. "The first period I thought we were good. We were driving the period the way that we wanted to. We didn't do that in the third period, so you're sitting back."
Pastrnak, who was playing in his second game this season after recovering from hip surgery on Sept. 16, cut it to 3-1 at 12:37 of the second period with a one-timer from the high slot off a pass from Marchand.
"On the scoring, obviously it felt great," Pastrnak said. "Had a little trouble, I was missing the net a lot, so obviously it was a good one that finally hit the net. Definitely good to get the first one off."
Pastrnak then pulled Boston within 3-2 at 6:08 of the third period when he took a pass from Jakub Zboril, curled toward the slot and scored on a wrist shot.