By Canadian Press

NHL roundup: Coyle scores twice in third period as Bruins sink Sharks 6-3

Jan 20, 2025 | 10:21 PM

BOSTON (AP) — Charlie Coyle scored a pair of third-period goals, stealing the spotlight from fellow Boston University product Macklin Celebrini in his first game back at the TD Garden as an NHLer and leading the Bruins to a 6-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks.

It was Boston’s 14th straight victory over the Sharks.

Coyle converted a backhanded pass from Matt Poitras to make it 3-3 with about 12 minutes left in the game for his first goal since Dec. 27. He made it 4-3 four minutes later on a shot that bounced off goalie Yaroslav Askarov’s pads and into the net.

It was the second own-goal for San Jose on the day: David Pastrnak’s second-period score ricocheted off Sharks’ defenceman Jake Walman, who was standing at the top of the crease when the Bruins forward banked the puck into the net off his skates.

Vinni Lettieri scored Boston’s first goal, and Brad Marchand and Elias Lindholm added empty netters. Jonas Korpisalo stopped 25 shots for Boston.

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Lexington, Massachusetts, native and Boston College product Will Smith had a goal and an assist for the Sharks, who have not beaten the Bruins since 2016. Askarov made 27 saves as San Jose lost for the sixth time in seven games.

Elsewhere in the NHL on Monday:

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WILD 3 AVALANCHE 1

DENVER (AP) — Yakov Trenin scored against his former team early in the third period, and Minnesota beat Colorado 3-1.

Jake Middleton had a goal and an assist, Brock Faber also scored and Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves for Minnesota.

The game was tied entering the third period but Trenin gave the Wild a 2-1 lead with a wrister in the slot that beat Mackenzie Blackwood at 2:08. Faber scored 1:35 later to make it a two-goal game.

Nathan MacKinnon, the NHL leader in points, had tied the game with 1:08 left in the second with his 18th goal of the season.

Blackwood came off for an extra skater for the last 3:27 but the Avs couldn’t score.

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KRAKEN 6 SABRES 4

SEATTLE (AP) — Jamie Oleksiak scored the go-ahead goal in the second period, and Adam Larsson and Jared McCann added goals in the third as Seattle beat Buffalo 6-4.

Oleksiak’s goal at the 16:34 mark snapped a 3-all tie and came less than a minute after Buffalo’s Tage Thompson scored to erase a two-goal deficit.

Jack Quinn’s goal just over five minutes into the game gave Buffalo an early lead. Seattle assumed the lead after goals by John Hayden, Chandler Stephenson in the first, and Matty Beniers made it 3-1 midway through the second.

The Sabres countered with goals by Jason Zucker and Thompson, who made it 3-3 at 15:38 with his 20th goal of the season.

Oleksiak put Seattle back in front, and goals by Larsson and McCann put the game out of reach in the third.

Seattle’s Joey Daccord finished with 25 saves. Buffalo’s Devon Levi stopped 28 shots.

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BLUES 5 GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4 (SO)

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jake Neighbours and Brayden Schenn scored during a shootout to lift St. Louis past Vegas.

St. Louis, which has a 12-8-8 record against the Golden Knights, improved to 4-1-1 in its last six games played in Las Vegas.

Schenn, Neighbours, Nathan Walker and Cam Fowler scored for the Blues in regulation. Jordan Binnington made 28 saves.

St. Louis inched closer in the Western Conference playoff race and is now tied with Vancouver, both with 50 points and one point shy of Calgary for the second wild-card spot.

Tomas Hertl and Brett Howden each added a goal while Shea Theodore had four assists for the Golden Knights. Adin Hill stopped 24 shots.

The Associated Press