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Pastrnak scores twice as Bruins beat Coyotes 5-3

David Pastrnak's second goal puts Coyotes away for good

Charlie Coyle also scored for Boston and Kevin Shattenkirk got his 99th career goal as the Bruins won for the fourth time in five games and improved to 10-2-1 at home.

Trailing 3-0, Arizona got back-to-back goals from Clayton Keller and Michael Carcone 32 seconds apart early in the second period. They never got closer as Linus Ullmark finished with 31 saves.

“They’re a good team offensively and they can make you pay. I thought we regrouped really well," Shattenkirk said. “We stuck with it, got back to our gameplan and got that fourth and fifth goal at the right time.”

Ullmark came up with a pair of stops just outside the goal line late in an Arizona power play and Pastrnak sealed it with his second goal of the game, beating Connor Ingram with a wrist shot with 5:31 left in the third.

“Our execution was a little bit below average, but Linus played great,” Frederic said.

Danton Heinen also scored for Boston.

Ingram stopped 24 shots for Arizona, which kicked off a three-game road trip with its second straight loss following a five-game winning streak. The Coyotes went 0-for-5 on the power play.

“I think they just capitalized on our mistakes. We got off to a good start. There were good moments,” Carcone said. “I thought we played a pretty solid game overall. It’s just when we had those mental collapses they took advantage of it.”

Pastrnak scored his 15th of the season when he skated the puck out from behind the net, delayed and beat Ingram with a wrist shot 15:22 of the first period. Coyle redirected a crossing pass from Frederic for his 10th goal of the season and a 2-0 lead less than a minute later.

“I was just trying to plant myself there and he fired it,” Coyle said. “There was a stick there, but he still made a great pass and I honestly didn’t do much with it.”

Shattenkirk made it 3-0 early in the second period on a power play, one-timing a pass from Pastrnak.

Keller beat Ullmark with a wrist shot from the left circle 2:50 into the second, then Carcone grabbed the puck after a turnover just outside the Arizona zone and beat Ullmark with another wrister from the same circle.

Frederic picked up his second assist with a pass that set up Heinen’s goal from the slot that put Boston back up 4-2 9:12 into the second period.

The Bruins were without injured defenseman Charlie McAvoy and lost center Pavel Zacha early in the game to an undisclosed upper-body injury.

UP NEXT

Coyotes: Visit the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night.

Bruins: Visit the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night.

Regular Season Series

BOS leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 15:22 David Pastrnak Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 1st Period 16:10 Charlie Coyle Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Trent Frederic (5)
Goal 2nd Period 2:02 Kevin Shattenkirk Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: David Pastrnak (23), Brad Marchand (13)
Goal 2nd Period 2:50 Clayton Keller Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Jason Zucker (4), Juuso Valimaki (5)
Goal 2nd Period 3:22 Michael Carcone Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 2nd Period 9:12 Danton Heinen Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Matthew Poitras (7), Trent Frederic (6)
Goal 3rd Period 3:20 Lawson Crouse Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Matias Maccelli (15), Nick Bjugstad (11)
Goal 3rd Period 14:29 David Pastrnak Goal (16) Wrist Shot, assists: Morgan Geekie (5), Jake DeBrusk (7)

Statistics

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11 Blocked Shots 17
20 Hits 25
9 Takeaways 9
33 Shots 29
0 Power Play Goals 1
5 Power Play Opportunities 3
0.0 Power Play Percentage 33.3
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
18 Faceoffs Won 42
30.0 Faceoff Win Percent 70.0
15 Giveaways 9
3 Total Penalties 5
6 Penalty Minutes 10
Boston Bruins Boston Bruins Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Jonathan Aspirot, D Injured Reserve Dec 23
Henri Jokiharju, D Injured Reserve Nov 29
Matej Blumel, RW Injured Reserve Nov 28
Arizona Coyotes Arizona Coyotes Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE

Game Information

TD Garden

Location: Boston, MA
Attendance: 17,850 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Detroit 22 13 47 3
Montreal 20 12 45 5
Tampa Bay 20 13 43 3
Florida 20 14 42 2
Ottawa 18 13 41 5
Boston 20 17 41 1
Buffalo 18 14 40 4
Toronto 16 15 37 5
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