Khusnutdinov breaks tie as Bruins beat Kings 4-1
Marat Khusnutdinov scored late in the third period as Boston won its fifth straight game.
Boston pulled away from Los Angeles in the third period for a 4-1 win at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday, Oct. 17, extending the Bruins’ winning streak to five games.
Marat Khusnutdinov broke a 1-1 tie with 6:24 left. After Anton Forsberg stopped Morgan Geekie’s attempt, Matthew Poitras kept the play alive and Khusnutdinov finished with a backhand near the crease.
Elias Lindholm and JJ Peterka added empty-net goals. David Pastrnak had scored Boston’s first goal at 2:43 of the second period to erase an early Los Angeles lead.
Alex Laferriere had opened the scoring just 31 seconds into the game, converting a pass from Adrian Kempe. Jeremy Swayman finished with 25 saves for Boston, and Forsberg stopped 24 shots for Los Angeles.
The Kings have yet to win through six games and have scored once in each of their past four outings.
