BSJ Game Report: Bruins 8, Red Wings 2 - David Pastrnak stays hot, secondary scoring breaks through taken at TD Garden (Bruins)

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BSJ Game Report: Bruins 8, Red Wings 2 - David Pastrnak stays hot, secondary scoring breaks through

By Conor Ryan

Oct 13, 2018 • 7:47 pm

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Everything you need to know from the Bruins’ 8-2 win over the Red Wings in quickie form, with BSJ insight and analysis:

BOX SCORE

HEADLINES

David Pastrnak releases the hats: For the second time on this homestand, TD Garden welcomed a barrage of hats out on the ice, as David Pastrnak lit the lamp three times for a hat trick in Saturday’s 8-2 win over Detroit.

It was already a landmark game for the 22-year-old winger, who tallied his 100th career goal off of a power-play strike at 16:20 in the second.

As expected, some crisp feeds from his linemates in Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand allowed Pastrnak to bury his salvos against Detroit, but the skilled forward generated Boston’s opening tally off his own skill, breaking into the Red Wings’ zone and snapping a sleepy stretch for both teams with a laser of a wrister at 19:09 in the first.

Pastrnak, who still doesn’t turn 23 until the end of May, is now up to nine points in his last four games — and is now tied with Joe Thornton (101 goals) for third place in Bruins history for the most career tallies for a player under the age of 23.

Secondary scoring starting to ramp up: As expected, Boston’s big guns in Pastrnak and Bergeron (three assists) did plenty of the heavy lifting in Saturday’s win, but Boston’s secondary scoring finally started to break through against a floundering Red Wings club.

A snakebit Jake DeBrusk got himself on the board off of a nifty backhand tally through Detroit goalie Jonathan Bernier’s five-hole, with center David Krejci feeding his linemate the puck off a turnover in the neutral zone at 11:27 in the second. DeBrusk added another goal at 15:15 in the third, while Anders Bjork added his first goal of the season at 10:12 in the final frame, sniping one past Bernier off of a 3-on-1 entry into the Red Wings’ zone.

Brandon Carlo also picked up his first points of the season off of a pair of assists  — making Noel Acciari, David Backes and Danton Heinen the only skaters on the B’s roster that has yet to record a point this season.

Charlie McAvoy tallied his first goal of the season off a quick snap shot off the draw at 4:44 in the second, while Sean Kuraly lit the lamp with 1.3 seconds remaining in regulation to give the B’s scoring from all four forward lines.

Tuukka Rask returns in net: Rask allowed a pair of goals in the third period — a shorthanded tally from Dylan Larkin and a power-play strike from Filip Hronek — but the B’s netminder was solid, especially in the opening stanza when Detroit kept Boston on its heels at times.  It would seem likely that Jaroslav Halak might get the call in net for Wednesday’s game against Calgary, given Bruce Cassidy’s intention to stick with a goaltender rotation through the first couple weeks of the season.

THREE UP

David Pastrnak: What else needs to be said? Pastrnak is now up to seven goals in five games, stamping another dominant showing from a top line that is now up to 30 points in their past four matchups.

With his showing Saturday, Pastrnak became the third fastest player in Bruins history to tally 100 career goals, just behind Barry Pederson (187) and Dit Clapper (247).




Jake DeBrusk:
The chances have been there for DeBrusk to open the season, most off of his own merit. All he needed was a chance to bury them — which the speedy skater finally crashed in on Saturday.


Once again, DeBrusk’s possession numbers were fantastic when he was out on the ice (a team-high 82.35 Corsi For Percentage and seven scoring chances for the Black and Gold) — but the 21-year-old forward finally got the monkey off his back with his two tallies, both of which were assisted by his center in Krejci, who recorded his 400th career assist on the evening.


Kevan Miller:
While numerous players on the Bruins’ blue line impressed Saturday (Brandon Carlo — two assists / 64.29 CF%), Miller was once again a strong presence on Boston’s second D pairing with Matt Grzelcyk.


Along with his plus-4 rating, Miller was out on the ice for 14 scoring chances for the Bruins and just four against over 19:25 of EV TOI, while also coming to the defense of Charlie McAvoy and attempting to drop the gloves after his younger teammate started to get into a scuffle with Anthony Mantha.


"I think he’s always been that way, Kevin, to be honest with you,” Cassidy said of Miller’s tendency to defend his teammates. “ I just think Adam (McQuaid) might have beat him to it a couple of times. Kevan [Miller] is always going to do that, never hesitates. Terrific teammate. When we moved Adam that was part of the thinking, you don’t want to lose that quality, and not be able to replace it.”


TWO DOWN:


The Red Wings:
Wooooooooof. The days of Yzerman, Lidstrom and more are definitely in the rearview mirror with these Red Wings, who have failed to win the first five games of the season for the first time since 1980-81. The Bruins have now taken
points in 16 of their last 17 games against the Red Wings, including their last 10 straight at 9-0-1.


Penalty kill:
The Black and Gold once again relinquished a goal on the penalty kill Saturday, with
tipping the puck past Rask just seconds after a 5-on-3 stretch ended in the opening minute of the third period. So far this season, the Bruins are 11 for 16 on the kill for a percentage of 68.8.  


UP NEXT:
After taking care of business on home ice, the Black and Gold will now head out on a four-game road trip — including a three-game trek out to Western Canada, starting with a Wednesday matchup against the Calgary Flames at 9:30 p.m. EST.

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