Pastrnak lifts Bruins past Blackhawks with late goal

BOSTON -- David Pastrnak scored his second goal of the game with 18 seconds remaining in the third period, giving the Boston Bruins a 4-3 win against the Chicago Blackhawks at TD Garden on Thursday.

Pastrnak one-timed a bouncing puck in front after Taylor Hall passed it toward the slot and Boston center Patrice Bergeron got a touch on it.
"It was kind of tough to find flow until the second half of the game pretty much for our line, but I think we were around it today, and I think we could have had a couple more," Pastrnak said. "That's how it goes. Sometimes you just have to stick with it."
Jack Ahcan scored his first NHL goal, Pastrnak had an assist, and Jeremy Swayman made 22 saves for Boston (35-18-5).
"Certainly not our A-game," Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. "We did some things well, and other things we need to be better at. I thought we did a good job with [our mentality in the final five minutes], trying to go on the attack and get the next goal. So that's what I liked about it, and we didn't sell the farm to do it. It wasn't trading chances every time and poor decisions."

Brandon Hagel scored twice, Alex DeBrincat had a goal and an assist, and Kevin Lankinen made 32 saves for Chicago (21-30-8), which has lost seven of 10.
"It [stinks]," DeBrincat said. "I thought we played pretty well the whole game. Played for each other. It just didn't work out in the end. Their power play was good, and we kind of blew a couple chances on the power play."
Charlie Coyle put the Bruins ahead 1-0 at 4:12 of the first period with a wrist shot from the left face-off dot. He scored on a rebound after Lankinen made the save on Connor Clifton's shot from the slot.
DeBrincat tied it 1-1 at 6:41 with a one-timer off a pass from Kane on a 4-on-1. With the assist, Kane tied Bobby Hull for second on the Blackhawks points list with 1,153. Kane has scored 12 points (three goals, nine assists) in the past five games; he scored six (one goal, five assists) in an 8-3 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday.
"It's every game, where he's passed somebody. I can't keep up," Chicago coach Derek King said. "Like I've said before, he's a special player and a special person. With him being this hot right now, it's a good thing. We just need him to continue to stay hot."
Hagel gave Chicago a 2-1 lead at 4:12 of the second period with a wraparound off the rush after Boston turned it over in the neutral zone.
Ahcan tied it 2-2 on the power play at 11:57 with a wrist shot from the slot. It was his fifth NHL game.
"I think my mom's probably texting me now to see where I'm going to put [the puck]," Ahcan said. "She'll probably get it, so it's kind of cool for her. It's just such a good feeling. You know, you picture it over and over in your head before it actually happens. I don't think once it was like that, but it was a pretty awesome goal, and nice to get out of the way."

Pastrnak gave the Bruins a 3-2 lead on the power play at 15:23 with a one-timer from the left circle off a cross-ice pass from Charlie McAvoy.
Hagel tied it 3-3 on the power play at 3:24 of the third on a rebound at the top of the crease, giving him 20 goals for the first time in his three NHL seasons.
"It definitely would have felt way better if we won that one for sure," Hagel said. "It's obviously nice to get to 20, but I'll hopefully go for 30."
NOTES: Kane has scored 423 goals with 730 assists in 1,084 NHL games, all with the Blackhawks. Stan Mikita is first in Chicago history with 1,467 points. … DeBrincat extended his goal streak to five games. … Pastrnak passed Ken Hodge for seventh on Boston's power-play goals list with 81.