July 3, 2024

Kailer Yamamoto scored the only goal in a shootout as the Seattle Kraken defeated the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Monday night.

Seattle’s Jordan Eberle, Vince Dunn, and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored as the team rallied again to tie the game. Philipp Grubauer blocked all three Bruins shootout tries, the latest of which came from Pastrnak.

It was Boston’s sixth consecutive overtime game. By earning one point, the Bruins (34-12-14) equaled idle Vancouver for the most points in the NHL (82).

Boston is 2-2-5 in its last nine games after losing the final three games of a 1-0-3 road trip.

Grubauer recorded 29 saves for the Kraken. He started after replacing Joey Daccord early in the second period of Saturday’s 5-2 home loss to Minnesota.

Linus Ullmark made 23 saves for Boston.

Yamamoto was up first in the shootout, defeating Ullmark with a forehand shot. Grubauer then made saves against Charlie Coyle, Charlie McAvoy, and Pastrnak.

Pastrnak put the Bruins on the board at 5:53 in the first period. Kevin Shattenkirk got the ball deep in his own zone and passed it to Pasternak, who was breaking down the middle of the ice ahead of Seattle defenders Will Borgen and Jamie Oleksiak. Pastrnak went one-on-one with Grubauer and blasted the puck over his glove and high into the net.

Pastrnak’s 37th goal of the season became his 700th career point. He is the tenth Bruins player to attain this milestone.

At 4:45 of the second period, Eberle knotted it on a power play with his 14th of the season. At 17:08, Pastrnak put Boston back in front. Dunn’s tenth goal tied it again at 5:29 in the third.

Bjorkstrand gave the Kraken a 3-2 lead with 5:30 left in the third, redirecting Alex Wennberg’s shot past Ullmark for his 14th goal.

With 2:52 remaining in regulation, Pastrnak tied it 3-all on a power play.

1 thought on “Pastrnak scores a hat trick, but Kraken defeats Bruins in shootout.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *