Bruins Capture 2-1 Win Over Sharks

By ESPN

As injuries continue to mount for the Boston Bruins, Danton Heinen arrived just in time.

Heinen scored both goals and Anton Khudobin made 36 saves to lift the Bruins to a 2-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.

"It was pretty cool," Heinen said. "It's something you dream of your whole life and you just kind of go into shock for a bit."

Heinen scored for the first time in his career after being recalled from Providence earlier in the day when David Krejci could not suit up for the second straight game. Heinen broke a second-period tie when he tucked a shot inside the left post after Marc -Edouard Vlasic misplayed the puck in the corner at 13:27.

Joe Thornton scored for San Jose, which went 1 for 6 on the power play. The Sharks had one in the final two minutes after Brandon Carlo went off for slashing and got three shots while creating havoc in front of Khudobin but couldn't capitalize.

"We were pushing and pushing," Thornton said. "Just couldn't get another one past him."

Thornton tied the score at 1 when he scored on the power play and slipped the puck past a screened Khudobin to tie Jari Kurri for 20th all-time on the NHL scoring list with 1,398 points.

Khudobin made his third consecutive start for Tuukka Rask, who is recovering from a concussion and is expected to return Saturday.

"Give the goalie credit," Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. "He made some big saves but we have to find a way to score more than one goal."

Heinen scored short-handed when he knocked in the rebound of David Backes' shot and beat Martin Jones at 9:41 of the first period.

"The Sharks are a very good team," Khudobin said. "You have to have a little bit of luck in this league, but the defense did a hell of a job in front of me tonight."

Jones made 31 saves and had won four straight and only allowed five goals in the last four games.

Thursday, October 26 Scoreboard

Boston 2, San Jose 1

Carolina 6, Toronto 3

New York Rangers 5, Arizona 2

Pittsburgh 2, Winnipeg 1 (OT)

Los Angeles 4, Montreal 0

Ottawa 5, Philadelphia 4

Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 2

Florida 8, Anaheim 3

Minnesota 6, New York Islanders 4

Edmonton 5, Dallas 4

Vancouver 6, Washington 2

Friday, October 27 Schedule (All Times Central)

Colorado at Vegas, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Winnipeg at Columbus, 6 p.m.

St. Louis at Carolina, 6:30 p.m.

Nashville at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Saturday, October 28 Schedule (All Times Central)

San Jose at Buffalo, noon

Los Angeles at Boston, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 6 p.m.

New York Rangers at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Anaheim at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Florida, 6 p.m.

Arizona at New Jersrey, 6 p.m.

Columbus at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

New York Islanders at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Washington at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Sunday, October 29 Schedule (All Times Central)

Anaheim at Carolina, 4 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Washington at Calgary, 8 p.m.