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SAN JOSE — David Pastrnak scored two goals for the Boston Bruins, who extended their point streak to 13 games with a 4-2 win against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on Saturday.
Brad Marchand had a goal and two assists, and Charlie McAvoy and Patrice Bergeron each had two assists for the Bruins (31-4-4), who are 10-0-3 during their streak. Linus Ullmark made 28 saves.
“When you have great depth like we have, you’re able to move people around, especially when people are on top of their games, to give our team an added spark,” Boston coach Jim Montgomery said.
Logan Couture and Mario Ferraro scored for the Sharks (12-21-8), who were coming off a 5-4 overtime loss at the Anaheim Ducks on Friday. James Reimer made 25 saves.
“We’ve lost too many games here in the last couple of years, and it’s tough, but all we can do is just move forward,” Couture said. “Tonight, we played a very good team pretty close all night, and it could have gone either way there for a while. So we’ll take the positives, have a day off tomorrow, and get back to work on Monday.”
Video: BOS@SJS: Pastrnak fires home a PPG from the slot
Marchand put Boston ahead 1-0 at 1:03 of the first period. He skated the puck out of his own zone, deked around Ferraro at the blue line, and cut back on Scott Harrington in the low slot before finishing with a backhand.
“Seems like he has his legs for sure,” Bergeron said. “He’s an impressive player and is a character player as well.”
With the secondary assist on the play, Bergeron moved past Phil Esposito (1,012) for third in points in Bruins history.
“It’s very special,” Montgomery said. “When you look at the guys that are up there, you know, legends of the game, people that I have a lot of respect for, and they’ve had a tremendous impact on the organization, but also in the League itself.”
Video: BOS@SJS: Marchand weaves through defenders and scores
Craig Smith scored his second of the season to make it 2-0 at 5:32, controlling a pass from Nick Foligno and shooting glove side from the right hash marks.
Couture cut it to 2-1 at 6:57 with a tap-in off a backdoor pass from Alexander Barabanov.
Ferraro tied it 2-2 at 14:55 of the second period when his one-timer from the right point deflected in off the back of Bruins defenseman Hampus Lindholm.
Sharks coach David Quinn said after the game that Ferraro played after being sick earlier in the day.
“I give Mario Ferraro a lot of credit,” Quinn said. “He was sick as a dog all day long and tried to compete for it.”
Pastrnak responded for Boston to make it 3-2 at 16:45, scoring on a shot through traffic on a power play.
“I couldn’t get a beat on it, unfortunately,” Reimer said. “Obviously as a goalie, you want to fight and find a sightline so you can see it. But unfortunately, it was just one of those where I couldn’t find a sightline and he managed to slip it into a pretty tight space.”
Video: BOS@SJS: Pastrnak extends the lead with second goal
Pastrnak then extended the lead to 4-2 at 9:00 of the third period when he beat a lunging Reimer near the left post.
NOTES: Bergeron (1,014 points) now trails only Johnny Bucyk (1,339) and Ray Bourque (1,506) on the Bruins’ all-time points list. … Pastrnak has 29 goals this season, which is tied with Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals for third in the NHL.
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