Bruins take long road to down Stars in shootout.
The Boston Bruins defeated the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Monday afternoon, with Jeremy Swayman making a career-high 43 saves and Charlie McAvoy scoring in the ninth round of the shootout.
McAvoy scored the winning shootout goal against Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger, using his backhand. He also contributed two assists in regulation.
Jesper Boqvist scored and assisted, while Justin Brazeau and David Pastrnak also scored for the Bruins. Brazeau became the first Bruins player to score in their NHL debut since Marc McLaughlin on March 31, 2022.
Swayman made 21 saves in the second period alone, including seven in the shootout.
Wyatt Johnston, Ryan Suter, and Esa Lindell all scored, while Oettinger stopped 25 shots to extend Dallas’ unbeaten record to five games (3-0-2).
Dallas’ Jason Robertson and Boston’s Brad Marchand scored in the opening three rounds of the shootout.
Dallas led 46-30 in shots on goal.
The Stars seized a 3-2 lead with 9:16 left in the third. Following a Brad Marchand turnover, Lindell rushed all the way up the ice and slid a wrist shot from the right circle past Swayman.
Just after Swayman was replaced by an extra attacker, Pastrnak’s one-timer off a McAvoy feed to the left circle with 1:45 remaining forced OT.
The Bruins’ fourth line scored 4:01 into the first period when Anthony Richard passed to Boqvist, who deflected the puck into the open side of Oettinger’s net.
After Boston scored on its second shot, Dallas tied the game at 11:14 with a deflection by Johnston. Thomas Harley scored a tip-in goal from the top of the right circle.
Suter gave Dallas its first lead at 1:04 in the middle frame, beating Swayman cleanly with a shot from the top of the left circle off a Roope Hintz faceoff victory.
In just 28 seconds, the Bruins tied the game with a milestone goal by Brazeau. Boqvist found space behind the goal line and sent the puck into the crease to Brazeau, who finished with a fast touch from the front.
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