A four-goal third period lifted the Boston Bruins to a 6-4 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night at TD Garden.
Casey Mittelstadt opened the scoring for Boston 3:08 into the game with a wrist shot, assisted by Elias Lindholm and James Hagens. Michael Misa answered for San Jose at 5:54 on the power play, converting a backhand with assists from Tyler Toffoli and Jacob Trouba. In the second period, Marat Khusnutdinov put the Bruins back ahead with a backhand goal at 8:20, set up by Morgan Geekie and Fraser Minten. Kiefer Sherwood tied the score again for the Sharks at 13:34, scoring unassisted with a shorthanded snap shot.
San Jose took its first lead at 4:03 of the third period when Dmitry Orlov scored on a slap shot during a power play, assisted by Ivar Stenberg and Mason Marchment. Boston then produced three consecutive goals in less than four minutes. David Pastrnak tied the game 3-3 at 8:27 on a snap shot, and Hagens scored the go-ahead goal 40 seconds later on a wrist shot at 9:07. Minten pushed the Bruins lead to 5-3 with a power-play wrist shot at 12:00. Will Smith cut the deficit to 5-4 for the Sharks at 12:27 with a snap shot, but Will Borgen secured the win with an unassisted empty-net goal with 28 seconds remaining.
Jeremy Swayman earned the win in net for Boston, stopping 23 of 27 shots. Alex Nedeljkovic made 29 saves on 34 shots for San Jose. The Sharks went 2 for 6 on the power play and added a shorthanded goal, while the Bruins converted 1 of 5 opportunities on the man advantage. Boston held a 35-27 advantage in shots on goal and won 40 of 66 faceoffs.
The victory improved the Bruins to 9-2-1 on the season and extended their winning streak to two games. Boston has won both regular-season meetings against San Jose this season, having also beaten the Sharks 6-3 on October 13. San Jose fell to 6-5-1 with the loss.
Both teams return to the ice on Tuesday, October 27. The Sharks host the Buffalo Sabres, while the Bruins visit the Carolina Hurricanes.
