intermission BOSTON — At the start of the third period, the Bruins appeared to be headed for an easy win. With 1.2 seconds left, they still had to hold on. After a dominant effort through the second intermission,

The Bruins won the first two periods and that was enough on Thursday. Barely.

First-period tallies by Charlie McAvoy, Elias Lindholm and Tanner Jeannot in a span of 54 seconds helped Bruins pull out 4-3 win.

David Pastrnak moved ahead of Bobby Orr on the Bruins’ all-time points list on Tuesday night. The star forward had an assist on Fraser Minten’s goal in Boston’s 3-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings to give him 889 career points and put him on sole-possession of seventh place in all-time points.

The Boston Bruins scored three goals in a 54-second span midway through the first period and held on for a 4-3 win over the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night.

To finish the game, Minten and Khusnutdinov added two goals to put Boston at double digit goals. On Minten's second goal, Pastrnak also made history tying Bobby Orr and Ken Hodge for the most assists in a single game by a Bruin.

Bruins winger David Pastrnak is once again getting hot at the right time for his club, and the NHL has officially taken notice of his run.

BOSTON — The Vegas Golden Knights’ miraculous third-period comeback fell short in a 4-3 to the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Thursday night to begin a four-game road trip. Jack Eichel, Tomas Hertl and Pavel Dorofeyev scored in the third to trim a 4-0 deficit to one,

While adding a top-four right-shot defenseman would certainly be great for the Bruins, it is also fair to argue that they could use another star forward in their top six. When looking at trade candidates around the NHL, St. Louis Blues center Robert Thomas would be a great player for the Bruins to add to their roster.