BOSTON -- David Krejci had his fourth career hat trick, David Pastrnak had two goals and an assist, and the Boston Bruins had their highest-scoring game since 2012 on Thursday night, beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 8-4.
One night after the Boston Celtics posted a season-high 134 points in the same building, the Bruins had their biggest offensive output of the year.
Pittsburgh's Ollie Matta scored just 35 into the game, but from there on it was mostly Bruins. Boston led 2-1 before the three-minute mark, 3-1 after six minutes and 5-2 with just under four minutes to play in the first before Riley Sheahan scored with 4 seconds to play in the period.
The Bruins added three in the second -- two on the power play from Krejci, giving him a hat trick with 25:27 still to play -- and one from Pastrnak. It was Krejci's first three-goal game since 2014; he also has had two in the playoffs.
The Bruins have won back-to-back games since the trade deadline, when they acquired Rick Nash and Tommy Wingels and signed Team USA Olympic captain Brian Gionta. Nash had a goal and an assist, and Gionta had two assists.
Tuukka Rask made 22 saves for the Bruins (see full recap).
Conacher proves clutch as Lightning win in OT
DALLAS -- Cory Conacher scored with 41 seconds left in overtime, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 5-4 on Thursday night.
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Conacher broke away from Dallas' Jamie Benn and slid the puck between goalie Ben Bishop's legs.
It was the Lightning's fourth game in six nights that went past 60 minutes.
Tampa Bay's Anthony Cirelli had a goal and an assist in the three-goal second period of his NHL debut. The Lightning recalled the 20-year-old Cirelli from Syracuse of the AHL earlier Thursday as an emergency replacement for NHL scoring leader Nikita Kucherov.
Tyler Seguin had two goals and an assist for Dallas, which rallied with two third-period goals.
Mattias Janmark had tied the game with four seconds left in regulation, when he lifted a shot from a scramble over fallen Tampa Bay goalie Louis Domingue.
Brayden Point and Steven Stamkos also scored for the Lightning (see full recap).
Barkov, Panthers edge Devils for 4th straight win
SUNRISE, Fla. -- Aleksander Barkov scored two goals to lift the Florida Panthers to a 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night.
Maxim Mamin scored his second NHL goal and Robert Luongo made 29 saves as the Panthers recorded their fourth straight win.
Jesper Bratt and Taylor Hall scored for the Devils. Cory Schneider stopped 26 shots in his first start since missing 16 games with a lower-body injury.
Barkov's second goal stretched the Panthers lead to 3-1 with 3:34 left in the third. Barkov lifted the puck over Schneider and into the net.
Bratt's goal closed the score to 3-2 with 2:07 left in the third (see full recap).
