Bruins Drop Road Trip Opener in Winnipeg

Pastrnak cut it to 3-1 with a power-play goal at 9:13, beating Hellebuyck glove side with a one-timer from the left circle.

“It’s 3-1 after two periods. We’ve been in that position before,” Sacco said. “We thought we could definitely work our way back into the game, but we didn’t, and so you don’t take too much stock and at the end of the game when it’s 7 (or) 8-1. But there are things we need to address and fix, and we will.”

Connor scored to make it 4-1 at 1:15 of the third. Scheifele kept the puck inside at the blue line, drove through the right circle and sent a pass to Connor for a one-timer in the slot.

“Usually when (the line of Scheifele, Connor and Vilardi) plays like that, it leads to a win,” Arniel said. “They came up a lot for us throughout the game. Dominating shifts, some big goals at critical times to get us the lead and stuff like that. Their line, they’ve had a great year so far and it kind of starts with Mark runs it down the middle. For us to be successful … that’s the line we look to, and that was a big performance.”

Vilardi extended it to 5-1 at 5:33, then Alex Iafallo scored with a redirection on the power play to make it 6-1 at 7:19.

“Tonight we didn’t use the momentum we built (winning four in a row),” Swayman said. “We have four more games on this road trip. We’re taking it one game at a time, and I’m excited for that.”

Mason Appleton’s wrist shot from a tight angle below the right circle pushed it to 7-1 at 16:16.

“Some of the goals I let in, I just know I can stop,” Swayman said. “I hold myself to a standard and when you let them in it’s not a good feeling so I want to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”