The Bruins defeated Nashville 6-0 in their return home, pairing Michael DiPietro’s first career shutout with a two-goal performance from David Pastrnak. Charlie McAvoy added four assists, establishing a career best as Boston followed a successful road trip with a decisive victory.
The result brought together individual milestones and scoring from across Boston’s lineup. Beyond Pastrnak’s pair, Mark Kastelic and JJ Peterka each scored, as did Elias Lindholm and Casey Mittelstadt. Five Bruins finished with goals against the Predators.
Boston.com reported DiPietro’s milestone and McAvoy’s personal-best assist total, while both Boston.com and MassLive reported Pastrnak’s two goals and the shutout victory. MassLive described the home win as following a road stretch in which Boston had come close to a perfect record.
DiPietro reaches a milestone
For DiPietro, keeping Nashville off the scoreboard produced the first shutout of his career. His milestone came in a game in which Boston supplied six goals of support, leaving the Predators without an answer on the scoreboard.
DiPietro’s achievement was one of two career benchmarks for Boston in the victory. While the goaltender recorded his first shutout, McAvoy reached a new high in assists for a single game. The two accomplishments gave the win significance beyond its six-goal margin.
McAvoy’s contribution came as a playmaker rather than as one of Boston’s goal scorers. His four assists accompanied an attack that featured Pastrnak as its only multiple-goal scorer, with four teammates providing the remaining goals.
Five Bruins contribute goals
Pastrnak accounted for one-third of Boston’s scoring. His two goals led the Bruins individually, but the final total also reflected contributions from Mittelstadt, Kastelic, Lindholm and Peterka, who each added one.
That distribution distinguished the offensive effort from a game carried by a single scorer. Pastrnak provided the largest share, while the other four goal scorers collectively supplied twice his total. Alongside those finishes, McAvoy’s assists stood out as another substantial contribution to Boston’s production.
The final score also paired two different measures of the Bruins’ performance: six goals at one end and none allowed at the other. Pastrnak led the finishing, McAvoy set his career mark in assists, and DiPietro completed the result with the shutout.
For Boston, the homecoming continued the positive results of its road swing rather than interrupting them. MassLive’s account placed the victory in that broader stretch, while the individual accomplishments supplied the central details of the win over Nashville.
The Bruins finished the matchup with a six-goal advantage, five different goal scorers and two notable personal achievements. Pastrnak’s scoring led the offense, but DiPietro’s first shutout and McAvoy’s four-assist performance shared the distinction in Boston’s return home.
