David Pastrnak collected two goals and two assists to lead the Boston Bruins to a 6-1 victory over the Utah Mammoth at TD Garden on Thursday night.
Boston established control with three goals in the opening period. Casey Mittelstadt opened the scoring at 10:06 with an even-strength wrist shot. Pastrnak added his first goal of the season on a power play at 14:22, and Mason Lohrei followed at 15:51 with another wrist shot to build a 3-0 lead.
The Bruins continued to pull away during the second period. Pastrnak netted his second power-play goal of the night on a slap shot at 4:40, followed by Morgan Geekie converting on the man advantage at 7:57. Matthew Poitras capped Boston's scoring at 14:08 with an even-strength wrist shot. Jack McBain scored Utah's lone goal at 9:48 of the third period on an even-strength snap shot.
Jeremy Swayman stopped 36 of 37 shots in net for Boston. The Bruins finished 3 of 4 on the power play while killing off all seven penalties they took. Starting goaltender Sebastian Cossa took the loss for the Mammoth after stopping five of eight shots, while Karel Vejmelka made 11 saves on 14 shots in relief.
Both teams moved to 3-2-0 on the regular season following the matchup.
Utah hosts the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday, October 19. Boston visits the Dallas Stars on Tuesday, October 20.
