Bruins forward David Pastrnak beats Blue Jackets goalie Daniil Tarasov for a goal in the second period Saturday in Boston. Jim Davis/Associated Press
BOSTON — Jeremy Swayman stopped 18 shots for his second shutout of the season, David Pastrnak scored on a clean breakaway and the Boston Bruins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-0 on Saturday to split consecutive-night, home-and-home games between the teams.
Morgan Geekie, Justin Brazeau and Cole Koepke also scored for the Bruins, who won for the fifth time in seven games. Swayman is 7-1-1 in his last nine starts.
Boston defenseman Charlie McAvoy took a hard check from Mathieu Olivier that banged his head into the glass. After being on the ice for a while, he went to the locker room before returning a few minutes later.
Pastrnak collected a pass from Geekie near center ice, broke in alone and shifted the puck before beating goalie Daniil Tarasov (24 saves) with a wrister inside the right post to make it 3-0 at 8:18 of the second period.
Columbus had won three of four games.
Takeaways
Blue Jackets: Had outscored the Bruins 11-3 in the first two meetings this season, but had trouble generating scoring chances.
Bruins: Following an embarrassing loss on Friday, they responded with the type of tight-checking defensive play that’s helped them go 12-5-1 since interim coach Joe Sacco took over for the fired Jim Montgomery.
Key moment
Geekie’s unassisted goal gave the Bruins control with a 2-0 lead 6:29 into the second. He collected defenseman Damon Severson’s blind, backhand pass in the slot before firing a rising wrister inside the right post.
Key stat
Columbus had just one shot during a four-minute power play when Bruins center Mark Kastelic was given a double-minor for high-sticking midway through the second. The Blue Jackets went 3 for 3 on the power play for the first time in franchise history in a lopsided win on Friday.
Up next
The Blue Jackets host Carolina on Tuesday night, and the Bruins are at Washington the same day.
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