Smallest home crowd of the season watches slumping Winnipeg Jets fall 6-3 to Boston Bruins
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David Pastrnak had two goals and two assists to lead the visiting Boston Bruins to a 6-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night.
Elias Lindholm, Hampus Lindholm, Sean Kuraly and Casey Mittelstadt also scored for Boston (19-13-0). Joonas Korpisalo stopped 26 shots between the pipes for the Bruins.
Gabe Vilardi, Alex Iafallo and Morgan Barron replied for Winnipeg (14-15-1), which dropped its third straight game. Eric Comrie made 18 saves before 13,158 fans at Canada Life Centre — Winnipeg’s smallest crowd of the season.
It was the second of a four-game homestand for the Jets, which are mired in slump that’s yielded just two victories in the team’s last 11 contests.
Winnipeg Jets defenceman Neal Pionk gets bowled over by Boston Bruins forward Fraser Minten in the first period. (John Woods/The Canadian Press)
Pastrnak set up Elias Lindholm for the insurance goal at the 14:43 mark of the third period, which upped the score to 5-3. Pastrnak then scored into an empty net with 2:04 left.
In his 300th NHL game, Vilardi pulled the Jets to within 4-3 with a power-play goal with 2:14 left in the second period. It was Winnipeg’s first power-play goal in eight games.
Lindholm pounced on a Pastrnak rebound and slapped a shot past Comrie to up Boston’s lead to 4-2 with 5:04 left in the middle frame.
Boston scored three goals within a span of 2:44 to help take a 3-2 lead into the second period.
Boston Bruins defenceman Andrew Peeke hits Winnipeg Jets forward Jonathan Toews in front of goaltender Joonas Korpisalo during Thursday’s game. (John Woods/The Canadian Press)
After Barron opened the scoring for Winnipeg 5:59 into the contest, Pastrnak and Mittelstadt each netted power-play markers before Kuraly scored his third of the season at 11:08.
Iafallo pulled the Jets to within 3-2 with a brilliant individual effort at 13:27 after Dylan DeMelo had sent him a pass up the boards.
It doesn’t get any easier for the Jets as they aim to climb out of their funk. Winnipeg hosts the Eastern Conference co-leading Washington Capitals (18-9-4) on Saturday.
Takeaways
Jets: They gamely tried to pull even with Boston throughout the game but just fell short, despite outshooting the Bruins 29-24.
Bruins: They jumped on the Jets to score three goals just 2:44 apart in the opening frame and never trailed after that.
Key moment
Hampus Lindholm’s goal with 5:24 left in the second gave Boston a 4-2 lead that it would not relinquish.
Key stat
Winnipeg has allowed at least one power-play goal in its last seven games, including two against the Bruins on Thursday.
