Marchand, Bruins end Blackhawks winning streak at seven

BOSTON --Brad Marchand had a goal and three assists, and the Boston Bruins ended the Chicago Blackhawks' seven-game winning streak with a 6-3 victory at TD Garden on Tuesday.

David Krejci had two goals and an assist, and Danton Heinen and Jake DeBrusk each had a goal and two assists for Boston (32-17-8), which has won three in a row and has a point in eight straight (5-0-3).
The Bruins were playing their first game without David Pastrnak, who is out with a thumb injury and will be re-evaluated in two weeks.
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"Yeah, we're going to need contributions from everybody with [Pastrnak] going down there for a bit," Marchand said. "[Heinen] was unreal tonight, made a lot of big plays. [DeBrusk] was very clutch tonight as well. So great games by them. It's fun to see them play like that, adds so much depth to our group … we need that to continue."

Patrick Kane had an assist to extend his point streak to 15 games, Duncan Keith had a goal and an assist, and Collin Delia made 31 saves for Chicago (23-25-9).
"I think we didn't make many plays and after sort of the 8-minute mark they got their first chance. … I thought we had a good start and then we just kind of stopped playing," Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton said. "We couldn't break the puck out and couldn't get out of D zone. They have some good players, they made some plays, but we kind of for some reason we were more passive than we've been and we didn't handle their pressure very well."
Alex DeBrincat gave the Blackhawks a 1-0 lead at 4:22 of the first period on a shot from just inside the blue line that trickled past Rask.
Krejci tied it 1-1 with a power-play goal at 14:47.

Heinen gave Boston a 2-1 lead at 15:36, scoring into an open net following a redirection in front, and Marchand extended the lead to 3-1 at 18:59.
DeBrusk scored on a redirection in front at 18:06 of the second period to push the lead to 4-1, but Keith cut it to 4-2 on a slap shot at 19:37.
Erik Gustafsson scored from the left circle at 4:48 of the third period to make it 4-3. Kane, who had the secondary assist on the goal, has 32 points (11 goals, 21 assists) during his point streak and also extended his assist streak to 14 games, tying Stan Mikita for longest in Chicago history.
Peter Cehlarik's power-play goal gave the Bruins a 5-3 lead at 7:18, and Krejci scored his second of the game at 15:42 to make it 6-3.
Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask made 23 saves and is 10-0-2 in his past 13 starts.
"I think our team has played great," Rask said. "I think I haven't like stole games. It's (not) like I've been unbelievable, it's just I've felt good, try to be there when the team needs me, but I haven't felt anything different during these games. I think we've played great hockey as a team."

They said it

"It's always about being in the moment and executing when you have to and being prepared. Nothing's a given. Every team is good. Every two points is going to be a hard-fought two points, and we don't have any place for complacency or anything like that. I mean, look at the standings and look where we're at. We have a lot to improve on and we've got to keep working." -- Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith
"100 wins? 100 wins feels great. I'm looking forward to 101 I guess. … That's always a nice achievement. It's good I guess, I don't know. I have no strong opinion right now, but like I said, I am looking forward to 101. I hope it doesn't take that long." -- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy on getting his 100th win with Boston

Need to know

Mikita's 14-game assist streak was from Nov. 26-Dec. 25, 1967. … DeBrincat has 16 points (six goals, 10 assists) during a nine-game point streak. … Blackhawks forward Dylan Strome had an assist to extend his point streak to five games (two goals, eight assists). … Blackhawks forward John Hayden played his 100th NHL game. … Cassidy became the second-fastest coach in Bruins history to get his 100th win (166 games), behind Tom Johnson (138). … Bruins center Patrice Bergeron had two assists to extend his point streak to five games (four goals, five assists).

What's next

Blackhawks:Host the New Jersey Devils on Thursday (8:30 p.m. ET; WGN, MSG+ 2, NHL.TV)
Bruins: At the Anaheim Ducks on Friday (10 p.m. ET; ESPN+, SN, PRIME, NESN, NHL.TV)