Golden Knights 6, Bruins 5

 

What the hell happened in the NHL? The Bruins (3-2-0), tied with Florida for first place in the Atlantic, are off for three days, then suffer a loss to Vegas, their second consecutive drop, and are suddenly in fourth place behind Montreal, Detroit, and Toronto, and one ahead of Florida.

Tanner Jeannot and Nikita Zadorov scored in the first period, which ended in a 2-2 tie, and Pastrnak got a power-play goal in the second, the only score in that period, which ended with a 5-3 Vegas lead. In the third period, Mark Kastelic and Michael Eyssimont scored within 1:07 of each other in a furious Boston comeback, but it wasn't enough and the Bruins lost, 6-5.  

Jeremy Swayman was in the net last night and made 31 saves (.838). 

The Bruins' mountain-west road trip will continue with a Friday night (9:00) game against Colorado (4-0-1), the first-place team in the Central Division and the one with the most points (9) in the NHL. They'll play Utah on Sunday before returning home to host Florida in the Garden on Tuesday (ESPN).