Vegas ends Boston’s home win streak
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Cassidy returns to TD Garden as Vegas ends Boston’s home winning streak originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
BOSTON — Bruce Cassidy’s return to TD Garden was hyped up as a potential Stanley Cup Final preview and it didn’t disappoint.
The Vegas Golden Knights took a commanding 3-0 lead early in the second period, but the Bruins stormed back with two goals in the second period and a power-play tally in the third period to force overtime. After a scoreless OT period in which Boston couldn’t score with the man advantage, former Bruin Reilly Smith won the game for Vegas in the shootout.
The 4-3 defeat ends Boston’s record-setting home win streak to begin the season at 14.
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Golden Knights rookie goalie Logan Thompson made 40 saves for his eighth road victory of the season, while Bruins netminder Jeremy Swayman made 21 stops.
The B’s begin a three-game road trip Wednesday against the Colorado Avalanche. But before we look ahead to that matchup, here are four takeaways from Bruins-Golden Knights.
1) Awful start puts B’s in early hole
The Golden Knights came out with a ton of energy, which was not surprising given the importance of this game to their head coach. Vegas was faster, sharper and more opportunistic than Boston over the first 20 minutes and its effort was rewarded just 96 seconds into the game when Paul Cotter put his team on top.
The Bruins couldn’t win possession of the puck behind the net and Cotter was left all alone in the slot for a great scoring chance that he buried.
The Golden Knights doubled their advantage less than four minutes later when David Pastrnak coughed up the puck with an absolutely brutal turnover that Jonathan Marchessault capitalized on. Swayman made a good save on the initial shot but couldn’t thwart the rebound.
The Bruins have been a good first-period team all season, giving up a league-low 13 goals in the opening 20 minutes through their first 23 games. They were unable…
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