Bruins right wing Justin Brazeau is congratulated after scoring his first NHL goal during the second period against the Dallas Stars at TD Garden on Monday.
Bruins right wing Justin Brazeau is congratulated after scoring his first NHL goal during the second period against the Dallas Stars at TD Garden on Monday.
Charlie McAvoy scored in the ninth shootout round and Jeremy Swayman made a career-high 43 saves as the Bruins broke a four-game skid with a 4-3 win over the visiting Dallas Stars on Monday at TD Garden in Boston.
McAvoy went to the backhand to beat Stars goalie Jake Oettinger for the deciding shootout goal. He also had two assists in regulation.
Jesper Boqvist had a goal and an assist, while Justin Brazeau and David Pastrnak also scored for the Bruins. Brazeau, called up from Providence of the AHL earlier in the day, became the first Bruins player to score in his NHL debut since Marc McLaughlin on March 31, 2022.
Swayman made 21 stops in the second period alone and seven in the shootout.
Wyatt Johnston, Ryan Suter and Esa Lindell each scored, and Oettinger stopped 25 shots as Dallas ran its unbeaten streak to five games (3-0-2).
Dallas’ Jason Robertson and Boston’s Brad Marchand scored during the first three rounds of the shootout.
Dallas had a 46-30 advantage in shots on goal.
The Stars took a 3-2 lead with 9:16 remaining in the third. Lindell rushed all the way up ice after a Marchand turnover and slipped a wrist shot from the right circle past Swayman.
Just after Swayman was pulled in favor of an extra attacker, Pastrnak forced overtime with 1:45 left in regulation with a one-timer off a McAvoy feed.
The Bruins’ fourth line opened the scoring 4:01 into the first when Anthony Richard sent a pass to a streaking Boqvist, who charged down the right side and into the slot to deflect the puck home into an open side of Oettinger’s net.
Dallas tied the game as Johnston got net-front position for a deflection at 11:14.
Suter gave Dallas its first lead at 1:04 of the middle period, beating Swayman clean with a shot from the top of the left circle directly off a Roope Hintz faceoff win.
It took only 28 seconds for the Bruins to find a game-tying response in the form of Brazeau’s milestone goal. Boqvist found space behind the goal line and fed the puck through the crease to Brazeau to finish with a quick touch from the front.
After the game, the Bruins headed west to begin a four-game road trip on Wednesday night at Edmonton. The trip continues with stops in Calgary, Vancouver and Seattle.
