Pastrnak has a 3-point night in the Bruins’ 3-1 victory over Ovechkin and the Capitals

Boston Bruins right wing David Pastrnak celebrates his goal during the second period of an NHL hockey match against the Washington Capitals Wednesday Oct in Washington AP Photo Nick Wass AP Nick Wass Boston Bruins right wing David Pastrnak celebrates his goal during the second period of an NHL hockey match against the Washington Capitals Wednesday Oct in Washington AP Photo Nick Wass AP Nick Wass WASHINGTON AP David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists and Jeremy Swayman made saves in the Boston Bruins - accomplishment over Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night Pastrnak scored in the second period and Elias Lindholm added a goal at of the third just seconds after Tom Wilson had tied it at for Washington Morgan Geekie scored into an empty net with seconds remaining The Bruins made Marco Sturm a winner in his first championship as coach killing off all five of Washington s power plays That included a two-man advantage that lasted nearly a minute in the second The -year-old Ovechkin is in the final year of his contract and if this was his last season opener at least one goal-scoring record will elude him He has goals in openers but Michel Goulet and Dino Ciccarelli both had After urgent Wayne Gretzky s NHL record late last season Ovechkin entered - with career goals He had three shots on goal Wednesday but couldn t beat Swayman After dealing with a preseason injury last month Ovechkin occasionally came off the ice during power plays instead of staying on with both units Swayman stopped Nic Dowd on a semi-breakaway in the second after a poor line change by Boston Then Washington goalie Logan Thompson returned the favor with a save on Viktor Arvidsson s breakaway Pastrnak opened the scoring when his wrist shot from just inside the blue line made it through traffic and past Thompson Wilson tied it from just to the right of the slot but after a holding penalty on Washington s John Carlson Lindholm lifted a backhand over Thompson to put Boston back ahead Up next Bruins Host Chicago on Thursday night Capitals At the New York Islanders on Saturday night AP NHL https apnews com hub NHL backslash Source