Kailer Yamamoto scored the decisive goal in a shootout, leading the Seattle Kraken to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Monday night despite David Pastrnak’s hat trick.
Jordan Eberle, Vince Dunn, and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored in regulation for Seattle, which came from behind twice to tie the game. Philipp Grubauer stopped all three Bruins’ shootout attempts, including the final one by Pastrnak.
“He came in way slower than in the game,” Grubauer said. “So (he had) a little bit more time to make a move in the shootout. But this guy has so many tricks in the bag. You don’t expect them to do the same thing twice.”
Boston’s game extended beyond regulation for the sixth consecutive time. With the point earned, the Bruins (34-12-14) tied with idle Vancouver for the most points in the NHL at 82.
After dropping the final three games of a 1-0-3 road trip, Boston is now 2-2-5 in its last nine games overall.
“If you look at the points, it’s a good trip. But it doesn’t feel like it,” said Pastrnak, who tied the score late in the third period. “You get five out of eight points, and every game was overtime. It’s a tough way to end it. We could have won, but unfortunately we didn’t. We played a great game, and then, in the third period, we let them push. You must expect good teams to make a push and refocus. It took us until almost too late in the third period to make the pushback.”
Grubauer made 29 saves for the Kraken, starting after replacing Joey Daccord early in the second period of Saturday’s 5-2 home loss to Minnesota.
Linus Ullmark stopped 23 shots for Boston.
The first shooter in the shootout, Yamamoto beat Ullmark with a forehand shot. Grubauer then made saves on Charlie Coyle, Charlie McAvoy, and Pastrnak.
Pastrnak opened the scoring at 5:53 of the first period. Kevin Shattenkirk gained the puck deep in his own end and sent it ahead to Pastrnak, who broke down the middle ahead of Seattle defenders Will Borgen and Jamie Oleksiak. Pastrnak went 1-on-1 against Grubauer and launched the puck over his glove into the net.
Pastrnak’s 37th goal of the season marked his 700th career point, making him the 10th Bruins player to reach that milestone.
“You get a few, and you want to score more and more,” Pastrnak said. “I’ll definitely have to research how to score more.”
Eberle tied it on a power play at 4:45 of the second with his 14th goal of the season. Pastrnak put Boston back on top at 17:08, but Dunn’s 10th goal tied it again at 5:29 of the third.
Seattle had 14 shots on goal in the third — two more than in the first two periods combined.
“The push at the start of the third period was really important,” Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said. “And you can see the determination in our guys right away from the drop of the puck, and that paid off for us.”
Bjorkstrand gave Seattle a 3-2 lead with 5:30 left in the third, redirecting a shot by Alex Wennberg past Ullmark for his 14th goal. The Bruins thought they had taken a 3-2 lead on an apparent goal by Morgan Geekie with 9:14 to go, but the Kraken won a replay challenge for goaltender interference.
Pastrnak tied it at 3 on a power play with 2:52 left in regulation.
Upcoming Games
- Bruins: Return home to play Vegas on Thursday night.
- Kraken: Host Pittsburgh on Thursday night.
