Fraser Minten scored two goals and Jeremy Swayman turned aside 35 shots to carry the Boston Bruins to a 6-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center at San Jose on Tuesday.
Minten opened the scoring at 12:55 of the first period with a wrist shot off passes from Casey Mittelstadt and Nikita Zadorov. Jacob Trouba answered for San Jose at 15:29 with a slap shot for his first goal of the season, assisted by Kiefer Sherwood and Dmitry Orlov. Boston regained the lead at 18:43 when Charlie McAvoy converted a wrist shot off a feed from JJ Peterka for his first goal of the year.
San Jose pulled even at 5:48 of the second period when Ivar Stenberg potted a wrist shot for his first goal of the season, assisted by Macklin Celebrini and Orlov. Matthew Poitras answered for the Bruins at 8:42, tipping in a shot with assists from Mark Kastelic and Morgan Geekie. Pavel Zacha doubled the Boston advantage with three seconds left in the second frame, scoring on a wrist shot set up by Geekie and David Pastrnak.
Celebrini trimmed the deficit to 4-3 at 5:04 of the third period with a snap shot, set up by Stenberg and Will Smith. Minten pushed the Bruins ahead by two again at 11:47, tipping in a pass from Marat Khusnutdinov and Mason Lohrei. Will Borgen sealed the win at 18:18 with an unassisted empty-net wrist shot for his first goal of the season.
San Jose held a 38-26 advantage in shots on goal and finished 2 for 4 on the power play, while Boston went 0 for 2 with the man advantage. Swayman earned the win with 35 saves, while San Jose goaltender Yaroslav Askarov took the loss after stopping 20 of 25 shots.
The Bruins improved their regular-season record to 5-2-0 and stretched their winning streak to three games. San Jose dropped to 3-3-0 and remained winless in two consecutive contests.
San Jose visits the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday, October 19. Boston visits the Dallas Stars on Tuesday, October 20.
