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Vegas Golden Knights at Boston Bruins

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Tomas Hertl scores late PP goal, Golden Knights rally past Bruins 4-3

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Boston Bruins: Game Highlights

Mark Stone had a power-play goal for the Golden Knights, and Pavel Dorofeyev and Zach Whitecloud also scored. It was their second straight victory after a four-game skid.

Boston captain Brad Marchand reached the 20-goal mark for his 12th straight season. Nikita Zadorov and Morgan Geekie also scored for the Bruins, and Jeremy Swayman made 34 saves.

Bruins star David Pastrnak extended his point streak to 13 games with an assist.

Boston opened a 3-1 lead on Geekie's 17th goal with 4:53 left in the second period. But Whitecloud scored in the closing seconds of the second, and Dorofeyev beat Swayman with a wrist shot from the right circle 4:45 into the third.

Marchand scored 3:17 into the opening period, banging in a shot from the edge of the crease off a nice feed from Zadorov.

Takeaways Golden Knights: Closed out a 2-2 road trip. They were coming off a 3-1 victory over New Jersey on Thursday.

Bruins: Pastrnak has been terrific, but he has some work to do to match the team-record point streak of 20 games, set by Bronco Horvath from December 1959 to February 1960.

Key moment With Vegas on a power play, Hertl turned in the slot and beat Swayman with a wrist shot for his 21st goal.

Key stat The Golden Knights entered converting on 27.3% of their power-play chances this season. They went 2 for 4.

Up next With the NHL’s two-week break for the 4 Nations Face-off, the Golden Knights will be off until Feb. 22 when they host Vancouver, and the Bruins host Anaheim that same day.

Regular Season Series

VGK leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 3:17 Brad Marchand Goal (20) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikita Zadorov (11)
Goal 1st Period 13:49 Nikita Zadorov Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: none
Goal 1st Period 15:09 Mark Stone Goal (14) Tip-In, assists: Shea Theodore (40), Brandon Saad (10)
Goal 2nd Period 15:07 Morgan Geekie Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: David Pastrnak (40)
Goal 2nd Period 19:26 Zach Whitecloud Goal (4) Slap Shot, assists: Noah Hanifin (17), Brett Howden (7)
Goal 3rd Period 4:54 Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (23) Wrist Shot, assists: Shea Theodore (41), Jack Eichel (49)
Goal 3rd Period 18:50 Tomas Hertl Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Eichel (50), Mark Stone (35)

Statistics

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13 Blocked Shots 17
6 Hits 21
3 Takeaways 8
38 Shots 24
2 Power Play Goals 0
4 Power Play Opportunities 1
50.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
27 Faceoffs Won 34
44.3 Faceoff Win Percent 55.7
20 Giveaways 15
3 Total Penalties 6
9 Penalty Minutes 15

Game Information

TD Garden

Location: Boston, MA
Attendance: 17,850 | Capacity:

2024-25 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Edmonton 34 17 72 4
Vegas 33 17 72 6
Los Angeles 29 17 65 7
Vancouver 26 18 63 11
Calgary 26 21 60 8
Anaheim 24 24 54 6
Seattle 24 29 52 4
San Jose 15 35 37 7

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Florida 34 20 71 3
Toronto 33 20 68 2
Tampa Bay 31 20 66 4
Ottawa 29 23 62 4
Detroit 28 22 61 5
Boston 27 24 60 6
Montreal 25 26 55 5
Buffalo 22 27 49 5
Full Standings