Bruins denied first in Atlantic with shootout loss to Jets

WINNIPEG -- The Boston Bruins failed to move into first place in the Atlantic Division, losing 5-4 in a shootout to the Winnipeg Jets at Bell MTS Place on Tuesday.
The Bruins (47-17-11) did move within one point of the Tampa Bay Lightning for first in the Atlantic and have one game in hand.

"I don't think we should overthink that," Bruins forward David Pastrnak said. "It's another game and we just have to play our game. We've been playing pretty good lately, so just keep playing that way and we'll see what happens."
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Brandon Tanev had a hat trick and Connor Hellebuyck made 28 saves to become the first Jets goalie to win 40 games in a season.
Winnipeg (47-19-10) has won six in a row and moved 10 points ahead of the Minnesota Wild for second place in the Central Division.
"It's a special moment, an unbelievable feeling," Tanev said. "You don't expect that going into the game. but it's a testament to our team, how they play and the leadership we have here."

The Bruins trailed 3-1 and began the third period on the power play after Josh Morrissey was assessed a five-minute boarding penalty on Matt Grzelcyk at the end of the second period. Grzelcyk did not return because of an upper-body injury.
Danton Heinen made it 3-2 on the power play at 1:45, and with the Bruins on a 5-on-3, Pastrnak scored at 3:36 to tie it 3-3.
Tanev scored his third of the game shorthanded at 4:29 to give the Jets a 4-3 lead, but Torey Krug tied it 4-4 on the power play at 8:06.
"It was kind of a weird game," Jets captain Blake Wheeler said. "And then we had to kill (penalties) seemingly all night. The guys out on the kill lost their juice a little bit. You've just got to battle. Hopefully that doesn't happen again. But you never know … we might have to go through that sometime this spring, and you've got to find a way to go through it."
Tanev scored at 5:33 of the first period to make it 1-0.
Ryan Donato
scored his third NHL goal in his fifth game at 19:07 to tie it 1-1.
Tanev scored his second of the game 16 seconds into the second period to give the Jets a 2-1 lead. Joe Morrow made it 3-1 with a point shot at 6:25. Wheeler reached 600 NHL points with an assist.

"They play really tough," Pastrnak said. "It's tough to play in this building. It's a [heck] of a point for us. We had chances to get two, but at the same time we could have zero."
Anton Khudobin made 28 saves for Boston.

Goal of the game

Laine's goal in the shootout.

Save of the game

Hellebuyck's save against Brad Marchand at 4:59 of overtime.

Highlight of the game

Tanev's goal at 4:29 of the third period.

They said it

"We're a tight group. You see a guy that's played an important role for our team since guys have gone down take a heavy hit there, you want to step up for him. We don't back down from anyone, so it kind of lit a fire into our team and our group. Coming into the intermission, we knew we had a five-minute power play to take advantage of and get ourselves back into the game, and we did. Emotions like that definitely get you back into the game for sure." -- Bruins defenseman Torey Krug

"You're so happy for him. That line doesn't really have a glamorous job. They're supposed to go out there and basically just shut down the other team's best players, play heavy on them. They've done just an outstanding job of it all year, especially when they've been healthy." -- Jets captain Blake Wheeler on Brandon Tanev

Need to know

Marchand has five points (two goals, three assists) in a three-game point streak. … Pastrnak has three goals and an assist in his past three games. … Wheeler extended his point streak to seven games (two goals, eight assists).

What's next

Bruins: Host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN, NESN, FS-F, NHL.TV)
Jets: At the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday (8:30 p.m. ET; NBCSCH, TSN3, NHL.TV)