The Bruins rallied to beat the Sharks 6-4 on Saturday, with consecutive goals from David Pastrnak and James Hagens giving Boston a late lead during a third period that produced six goals between the teams.
The decisive Boston scoring sequence came in a game whose final period accounted for most of the offense. Boston.com reported that Pastrnak and Hagens scored in succession to move the Bruins ahead late, while MassLive reported the final score and the six-goal third period.
For Boston, the result was a comeback victory secured through a productive closing period rather than an early advantage carried to the finish. The Bruins’ late push turned a game in which they had trailed into a two-goal win over San Jose.
Pastrnak and Hagens provide the late turn
Pastrnak’s goal followed by Hagens’ gave the Bruins the late lead highlighted in Boston.com’s account. Their consecutive scores were the central sequence identified in the outlet’s report on Boston’s rally.
The order matters to the shape of the comeback: Boston did not simply trade those two goals with San Jose. Pastrnak and Hagens scored back-to-back, producing a swing in the Bruins’ favor during an already busy final period.
That late lead became a 6-4 victory. The supplied reports do not detail every goal, but they establish both the scoring sequence that pushed Boston ahead and the final outcome of the rally.
The two accounts emphasize different parts of the same finish. Boston.com focuses on Pastrnak and Hagens putting the Bruins in front; MassLive describes a game that featured six goals in the third period alone.
Most of the scoring came in the third
Of the game’s 10 total goals, six came in the closing period, leaving four across the first two periods combined. The third therefore produced more scoring than the opening 40 minutes together.
That distribution helps explain the scale of the late action without assigning every third-period goal to Boston. The six-goal figure reported by MassLive covers both teams, while Boston.com credits the Bruins’ strong final period with helping deliver the comeback.
The final margin also tells only part of the story. Boston finished two goals ahead, but its route to that result included a late change in the lead, with Pastrnak and Hagens providing the consecutive scores that put the Bruins in front.
Saturday’s result brought together an offensive finish by both teams and a successful Boston rally. Within that high-scoring third period, the Bruins generated the late sequence needed to take control of the score.
The outcome was a 6-4 Boston win, with Pastrnak and Hagens at the center of the reported late turnaround and the third period accounting for the majority of the game’s goals.
