DeBrusk scores late, Bruins defeat Kraken for 5th straight victory

SEATTLE -- Jake DeBrusk broke a tie with 1:38 remining in the third period, and the Boston Bruins rallied for their fifth straight win, 6-5 against the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena on Thursday.

DeBrusk scored the go-ahead goal when he positioned himself in the left face-off circle to redirect Charlie McAvoy's wrist shot near the left point.
"It was obviously a crazy atmosphere," DeBrusk said. "The ups and downs and everything, the lead changes. It was a good shift by us as a line at the end there. We battled for pucks and kind of made some bang-bang plays. It went to Charlie, and I knew it was going on net. I just tried to get wide positioning."
Jaden Schwartz gave Seattle a 5-4 lead at 15:50 of the third on a redirection of Will Borgen's shot, but Brandon Carlo tied it 5-5 at 16:19.
David Krejci, Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak each had a goal and an assist for the Bruins (44-8-5), who opened a four-game road trip. Jeremy Swayman made 36 saves.
"They caused some problems for us, especially in the first period. We were lucky to [be] down one after the first," Boston coach Jim Montgomery said. "I thought we got our game going, but we started skating and started processing a lot quicker offensively and defensively. But mistakes happen. They made us pay for our mistakes. I just loved our compete level and how resilient we were all night."

Matty Beniers, Vince Dunn and Jamie Oleksiak each had a goal and an assist for the Kraken (32-20-6). Philipp Grubauer made 27 saves.
"I thought we played a good game, honestly," Beniers said. "They played a good game too. I think we can build momentum off this. I mean, even though it was a loss, we did a lot of good things, offensively and defensively. So, hopefully we can take the good out of it and keep rolling."
Beniers gave Seattle a 1-0 lead 40 seconds into the first period when he finished a 3-on-1 with a wrist shot from the left circle.
Krejci tied it 1-1 at 11:18 on a one-timer from Pavel Zacha in the left circle.
Dunn scored his 10th goal of the season at 1:17 of the second period after a face-off win by Alex Wennberg to give the Kraken a 2-1 lead, but Pastrnak tied it 2-2 at 2:23, powering his way around Adam Larsson before scoring on a wrist shot.

Grubauer kept the game tied when he lunged across the crease to make a glove save against Marchand at 6:54, but Marchand gave Boston a 3-2 lead at 8:49 when he was left alone at the right post to score on a rebound.
Oleksiak tied it 3-3 at 9:47 with a wrist shot from the right circle after a feed from Morgan Geekie.
"It was a lot of fun," Bruins defenseman Connor Clifton said. "Obviously, it kind of went off the rails a little bit. We're not as used to those high-scoring games, [but] either way it was fun, it was electric, but we prevailed. We came out with two points, and that's what you want."
Bergeron put Boston back in front 4-3 with a short-handed goal at 17:51, moments after he stole the puck from Dunn at the Bruins blue line.

Yanni Gourde tied it 4-4 on the same power play at 18:53, scoring from the right post on a shot that went off McAvoy's stick.
"The compete level was outstanding all the way through the game," Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. "There was a lot of intensity in the game, there was pace. Obviously a lot of back-and-forth, especially during the second period and then late in the hockey game."
NOTES: The Bruins acquired defenseman Dmitry Orlov and forward Garnet Hathaway from the Washington Capitals before the game
in a three-team trade
that also included the Minnesota Wild. … DeBrusk led all players with seven shots on goal. … Pastrnak has 79 points (42 goals, 37 assists) in 57 games; he had 77 points in 72 games last season. … Bergeron and Marchand were each plus-3 and moved into second on the NHL all-time list by factoring on the same short-handed goal for the 32nd time; Wayne Gretzky and Jari Kurri did it 41 times with the Edmonton Oilers. … Dunn became the 12th player Kraken to score at least 10 goals this season. … Seattle forward Jesper Froden had an assist and was plus-2 in 10:41 of ice time in his season debut after being recalled from Coachella Valley of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. … Gourde and Kraken forward Oliver Bjorkstrand were each minus-3.