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Matthew Poitras (19 years, 215 days) became the
ninth-youngest player in Bruins history to record a point in his
NHL debut, assisting on Frederic's game-tying goal.
Bedard had a game-high six shots on goal in 21:44 of time on
ice, though Boston finished with a 33-21 edge in that
department.
With his goal, Bedard became the fourth-ever No. 1 overall pick,
and first since Nathan MacKinnon in 2013-14, to record points in
each of his first two career games as an 18-year-old. Bedard had
an assist in a road loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.
Arvid Soderblom made 30 saves for Chicago.
After coming up short on two power plays and killing off a
penalty in the second, the Bruins grabbed a 2-1 lead at 13:09 of
the period when Pastrnak took Milan Lucic's cross-ice feed and
whipped home a shot from high on the left circle.
Lucic's assist was his first point with the Bruins since March
31, 2015.
Pastrnak iced the game with an empty-netter in the final minute
of the third.
Bedard lifted Chicago to a 1-0 advantage 5:37 into the game.
After taking a shot from the right circle off a give-and-go with
Ryan Donato, Bedard picked up the puck from Taylor Hall, circled
the net and stuffed the puck inside the left post.
Boston leveled the score 11:22 into the first as Frederic tipped
in Brandon Carlo's shot from above the left circle. Poitras
logged the secondary assist, threading a pass to Carlo for the
initial shot that created the tip.
Hall did not return for the final frame after taking a hit from
former teammate Carlo in the second, with his only shift
thereafter coming on a power play.
--Field Level Media
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