Pastrnak scores twice, hits 400-goal milestone as Bruins beat Maple Leafs

Boston Bruins right wing David Pastrnak (88) celebrates after scoring on Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Dennis Hildeby (35), for his 400th career goal, during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

BOSTON (AP) — David Pastrnak scored twice to move past 400 goals for his career, and added an assist, as the Boston Bruins won their seventh consecutive game, 5-3 over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night.

Pavel Zacha, Hampus Lindholm and Alex Steeves also scored for the Bruins while Jeremy Swayman made 30 saves. Charlie McAvoy had a pair of assists.

Steven Lorentz had a short-handed goal for the Maple Leafs, who have lost three in a row. Bobby McMann and Oliver Ekman-Larsson also scored for Toronto.

Pastrnak’s goal 49 seconds into the second period was the 400th of his career and gave the Bruins a 4-1 lead. He added a power-play goal at 9:48 of the third. He is the sixth player to score 400 or more goals in a Bruins jersey, and is now one goal behind fifth-place Rick Middleton.

Steeves’ goal was his first as a Bruin after four years in the Toronto organization.

High-scoring Toronto forward Auston Matthews did not return for the third period with a lower-body injury.

Anthony Stolarz started in goal for Toronto and gave up three first-period goals on 11 shots and was replaced for the second period by Dennis Hildeby, who had 19 stops. The team said Stolarz has an upper-body injury.

With an assist on McMann’s power-play goal with 1:02 to play in the second period, Morgan Rielly passed Tomas Kaberle for sixth on Toronto’s career assist list with 438, second among defensemen.

Up next

Maple Leafs: Return home to play the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.

Bruins: Visit the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.

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