The Boston Bruins rallied from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 at Honda Center on Friday night. David Pastrnak led the way with a goal and an assist as Boston capitalized on special teams to secure the victory.
Anaheim struck late in the opening frame with two goals separated by only 21 seconds. Tim Washe opened the scoring at 19:22 of the first period, and Beckett Sennecke doubled the lead at 19:43 to give the Ducks a 2-0 advantage heading into the intermission.
Boston answered on the power play early in the second period when Frederic Brunet scored his first goal of the season at 3:15, assisted by James Hagens and Pastrnak. That cut the deficit to 2-1, keeping the Bruins within reach despite managing just 22 shots on goal during the contest.
Special teams dominated the third period for the visitors. Pastrnak tied the game 2-2 with another power-play tally at 3:26, followed by Elias Lindholm scoring the go-ahead power-play goal at 8:18 off feeds from Pavel Zacha and Morgan Geekie. Matthew Poitras sealed the win at even strength at 16:20 off an assist from Hagens.
Bruins goaltender Michael DiPietro stopped 26 of 28 shots to earn the victory, while Anaheim goalie Lukas Dostal turned aside 18 of 22 shots in the loss. Boston converted three of its four power-play opportunities, whereas Anaheim went 0 for 5 with the man advantage.
The win improved the Bruins to 6-2-0 on the season and extended their winning streak to four games. The Ducks fell to 4-3-0 with the loss, dropping the opening meeting of the season series against Boston.
