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01/15 21:45 CST After retiring Zdeno Chara's No. 33, Bruins get off to quick
start and beat Kraken 4-2
After retiring Zdeno Chara's No. 33, Bruins get off to quick start and beat
Kraken 4-2
By JIMMY GOLEN
AP Sports Writer
BOSTON (AP) --- Marat Khusnutdinov and Viktor Arvidsson scored in the first
3:45 of the game, and the Boston Bruins held on to beat the Seattle Kraken 4-2
on Thursday night after raising Zdeno Chara's No. 33 to the rafters.
Mark Kastelic added a short-handed goal in the second period, and Jeremy
Swayman stopped 26 shots for Boston, which swept a five-game homestand for the
first time since 2019 and won for the seventh time in eight games. David
Pastrnak scored an empty-netter with 15 seconds left after the Kraken picked up
back-to-back penalties, then pulled the goalie to play five-on-four.
Chandler Stephenson and Eeli Tolvanen scored, and Joey Daccord made 20 saves
for the Kraken, who have lost four of their last five games.
The Bruins began the night by honoring Chara, the Hall of Fame defenseman who
was the captain of their 2011 Stanley Cup championship team. Hall of Famers
Bobby Orr and current Bruins president Cam Neely were among those who took part
in the ceremony, which ended with Chara's children raising his number to the TD
Garden rafters.
Khusnutdinov took a long pass from Charlie McAvoy, skated in on Daccord and
slipped in a backhand to make it 1-0 54 seconds into the game. Less than three
minutes later, Arvidsson tried to center the puck to Casey Mittelstadt, but it
was deflected into the net by Seattle's Jordan Eberle.
The Kraken called an early timeout, leaving them without one when they might
have needed it down two players in the final minute.
After Stephenson made it a one-goal game, Kastelic poked the puck away from
Kraken forward Matty Beniers and skated in on Daccord for the short-handed goal
that made it 3-1.
Up next
The Kraken visit Utah on Saturday.
The Bruins visit Chicago on Saturday.
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