Bruins' power play fuels comeback against Ducks

ANAHEIM -- David Pastrnak and Elias Lindholm each had a goal and an assist for the Boston Bruins, who scored three power-play goals en route to a 4-2 come-from-behind win against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Friday.

Frederic Brunet scored his first NHL goal, and Pavel Zacha and James Hagens each had two assists for the Bruins (6-2-0), who have won four in a row. Michael DiPietro made 25 saves for his first career NHL victory.

"I've been with Mikey a couple years in Providence (of the American Hockey League) and the way it just happened, me scoring my first NHL goal and him getting the first win, it's great," Brunet said. "He's one of the hardest workers I've played with, and I think no one deserves it more than him."

Tim Washe and Beckett Sennecke scored, and Lukas Dostal made 18 saves for the Ducks (4-3-0), who also blew a lead in a 4-2 loss to the Calgary Flames on Tuesday.

"We're starting out well, which we didn't do as much last season, which is good," Anaheim defenseman Jackson LaCombe said. "But we've got to keep our compete and keep our details throughout the whole game."

Brunet cut it to 2-1 with a power-play goal at 3:15 of the second period, scoring on a snap shot from just inside the blue line that fluttered through Dostal. The goal came shortly after DiPietro turned away Nikita Nesterenko on a short-handed breakaway.

"Probably the worst shot of my career," Brunet said. "I thought, 'There's no way that went in.'"

Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov was assessed a double-minor for elbowing and roughing Frank Vatrano with a minute left in the second period. The power play continued into the third, but it ended when Ducks forward Roger McQueen was called for interference with 38 seconds left on the second penalty.

"We had some great looks," Ducks coach Joel Quenneville said. "Didn't have the finish to some excellent plays that looked like empty nets."

The Bruins then tied it 2-2 on the ensuing power play. Pastrnak's pass for Lindholm was broken up by Noah Warren, but the puck went right back to Pastrnak, who slid it into the open net with his backhand at 3:26.

Lindholm gave the Bruins a 3-2 lead with another power-play goal at 8:18 of the third. He scored from in front of the crease off a feed from Zacha.

"Since Day 1 at training camp he's had a really good jump. He just plays smart out there," Boston coach Marco Sturm said of Lindholm. "Too many people don't give him credit for that, the way he plays and also the way he helps us to win."

Boston, which entered the night 3-for-18 on the power play, was 3-for-4 with the man-advantage. Anaheim was 0-for-5.

"Mikey was our best killer," Sturm said of DiPietro. "Penalty kill did outstanding. Power play was the difference."

Matthew Poitras pushed the lead to 4-2 at 16:20, finishing a 2-on-1 rush with Hagens past the right pad of Dostal.

Washe gave the Ducks a 1-0 lead with 38 seconds remaining in the first period. He slid a wrist shot along the ice from above the left circle that went through the legs of linemate Jeff Malott and continued through the pads of a screened DiPietro.

The Ducks scored again just 21 seconds later to make it 2-0. Sennecke intercepted a clearing pass in the neutral zone, skated into the middle of the ice, and passed off to Cutter Gauthier, who made a touch pass to Nesterenko driving through the right circle. Nesterenko then quickly fed Sennecke, who was cutting toward the far post and redirected the puck into the net.

"They came out pretty hard. They had a lot of juice the first half of the game," Sturm said. "But also knowing, as a young team, it's tough to keep that tempo up for 60 minutes, and I was just hoping that they were going to slow down, and I think that's what happened."

NOTES: Lindholm went 18-for-23 on face-offs, and the Bruins as a team went 40-for-58 (69 percent). ... Pastrnak scored his 423rd goal with Boston, moving him past Brad Marchand for sole possession of fourth in team history. ... Anaheim had killed 11 straight penalties coming into the game. ... Ducks forward Mikael Granlund did not play because of an upper-body injury. He's day to day. ... Gauthier returned for the Ducks after he missed the 4-2 loss to the Flames on Tuesday with an upper-body injury. He played center for the first time in his NHL career, going 4-for-20 in the face-off circle.