McAvoy scores in season debut as Bruins beat Sharks 6-3
Fraser Minten scored twice and Jeremy Swayman made 35 saves; Ivar Stenberg scored his first NHL goal for San Jose.
Charlie McAvoy scored in his first game of the season as the Boston Bruins beat the San Jose Sharks 6-3 at SAP Center on Tuesday, Oct. 13. McAvoy had completed a six-game suspension imposed during last season's playoffs.
Fraser Minten scored twice for Boston, which improved to 5-2-0 with its third consecutive win. Jeremy Swayman stopped 35 of 38 shots. San Jose fell to 3-3-0, and Yaroslav Askarov made 20 saves on 25 shots.
Minten opened the scoring at 12:55 of the first period. Jacob Trouba answered at 15:29 before McAvoy converted a pass from JJ Peterka at 18:43 to give Boston a 2-1 lead.
Ivar Stenberg scored his first NHL goal on a power play at 5:48 of the second period, tying the game. Matthew Poitras restored Boston's lead at 8:42, and Pavel Zacha made it 4-2 with three seconds remaining in the period.
Macklin Celebrini brought San Jose within a goal on another power play at 5:04 of the third. Minten scored again at 11:47, and Will Borgen finished the scoring with an empty-net goal at 18:18. Stenberg and Celebrini each had a goal and an assist, while Morgan Geekie had two assists for Boston.
