Pastrnak’s first goal, on which he skated around Detroit’s hangdog defense at 19:09 of the first period, got the Bruins rolling to their 8-2 win Saturday, and sent the Czech star on his way to the third hat trick of his five-year career. While scraps are fun, nothing boosts this team more than bursts of blazing talent, of which David Pastrnak has tons. The Bruins, geared more toward speed and skill these days, still know the value of sandpaper. It was 4-0 in the second after No. 88 rang a one-timer off the pipe and in for his 100th career goal. He smiled and waved to the crowd as that fact was noted on the video board. Advertisement “I mean it’s, you know, very . . . make me happy, you know,” said Pastrnak, who added another with 2:05 gone in the third. “It’s been quick. I’m glad that I, you know, I get to be a part of this and enjoying every moment of playing here.” Pastrnak became the third-fastest Bruin to reach the century mark (259 games), behind Barry Pederson (187) and Dit Clapper (247). He is also the third-fastest Czech-born player to get 100, behind Petr Klima (231) and Jaromir Jagr (245). His other three-goal games came last spring (March 13 at Carolina, and April 14 against Toronto in Game 2 of the first round). With seven goals in his first five games, he’s on a hotter pace than last year (six goals in his first seven), when he scored a career-high 35 goals, and set marks in assists (45) and points (80). He continues to be a player the Bruins are overjoyed to have at a $6.7 million cap hit for four years after this. “I just go out there and play hockey, enjoy every moment on the ice,” he said. “I love the game and I’m not focusing on if I’m going to score a goal or three.” Advertisement The Bruins had 17 goals in three home games this past week. Twelve came from Pastrnak (seven) and linemates Patrice Bergeron (four) and Brad Marchand (one). Keeping it clean Noel Acciari’s heavy reverse hits on Detroit’s top center, Dylan Larkin, in the first period woke up the bench and knocked Larkin off his game. Larkin swiped at Acciari — who threw his gloves off — but skated away. “It sent a message, hey, against your skill we’re going to play hard,” coach Bruce Cassidy said. “We weren’t sharp earlier and I think that gave our team a boost.” Larkin, selected 10 spots (No. 15) ahead of Pastrnak in the 2014 draft, put the Bruins on the power play with 14 seconds left in the first. He was tagged with a double-minor for roughing, responding to the thump Acciari laid on him. Acciari earned a minor for unsportsmanlike conduct. Cassidy said Acciari (33 career penalty minutes in 113 games) is one of the cleanest checkers in the NHL. “His elbows are never up,” Cassidy said. “It’s usually contact square to the chest . . . I always look at him like a linebacker the way he hits, hits hard, and [low] center of gravity.” All-around fan Chris Wagner was happy the NHL honored the Bruins’ request to shift Saturday’s game to 3 p.m. “Made me smile,” said the Walpole native. “I think Chimmer [Bruins head of PR Matt Chmura] told me first, because he knew I’d be excited.” Advertisement Wagner’s recovery from his workload against Detroit was to include a viewing of Game 1 of the ALCS between the Red Sox and Astros. With a day off Sunday, he was planning to follow Game 2 (first pitch: 7:09 p.m.) as he made his way into Gillette Stadium for the 8:20 p.m. Patriots-Chiefs kickoff. “It’s pretty crazy,” said Wagner, who returned home on a two-year free agent contract after spending most of his first four seasons in Anaheim. “It’s what I signed up for. A lot going on, but it makes it a lot better with us winning and getting our job done, then going to watch the other teams play.” Wagner enjoyed the Garden playing “New York, New York” during a Sox hype video that showed footage of the ALDS win over the Yankees. Odd man out Danton Heinen was the 13th forward, with Ryan Donato (one shot, plus-1 in 16:08) taking his place at third-line left wing . . . Anders Bjork kept his spot as the net-front man on the first power-play unit, with Donato replacing Heinen in the shooter’s circle on the second group . . . Like the rest of the Bruins, Brandon Carlo was in good humor about his empty-net goal that wasn’t against Edmonton on Thursday. He critiqued his hang time after tripping and falling and firing the puck wide, and wondered if injured former defense partner Torey Krug messed with his skates. “Everybody got a good laugh about it, even the coaches,” said Carlo, who last scored on April 2, 2017. “I’m a big guy. I can be clumsy at times. Back in junior they used to call me Bambi my first couple of years.” Advertisement Follow Matt Porter on Twitter at @mattyports<doc-sep>For the second time this week, TD Garden littered the ice with hats. The Bruins’ first line kept it rolling Saturday afternoon, a David Pastrnak found the back of the net when he ripped a shot past Detroit Red Wings goaltender Jonathan Bernier to boost Boston’s lead to four and give the young winger his second career hat trick. Pastrnak netted his second goal of the game on a Boston power play in the second period with help from Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron. The tally also marked the 100th of the 22-year-old’s career. Pastrnak also got the Bruins on the board in the final minute of the first period. He was deep in Boston’s zone when he took the puck up ice and buried it in the far corner past Bernier with a laser shot. Filthy. Thumbnail photo via Greg M. Cooper/USA TODAY Sports Images<doc-sep>The Telegraph Two of the surprise packages of this clay-court season have been British – initially Dan Evans, who made a deep run in Monte Carlo, and more lately Cameron Norrie, who played his second final in three weeks on Sunday. Unfortunately, Norrie wasn’t able to land a maiden ATP title in Lyon. But then he was up against Stefanos Tsitsipas, who has been the dominant force of 2021 outside the slams, and now stands at No 1 in the table of most rankings points gained since January 1. Nevertheless, it had been a hugely creditable effort for Norrie to go this far, especially when you consider that he took out top seed Dominic Thiem on Thursday, and then trounced big-hitting Russian Karen Khachanov in Saturday’s semi-final, losing only two games in the process. Norrie has come to clay late in his career, but it feels like this is developing into his favourite surface. He has one of the heaviest left-handed forehands in the game, loaded with top-spin, and uses it like a miniature version of Rafael Nadal. The result has been a tally of 14 wins and only four losses since he began his European clay-court swing in Barcelona. So while the French Open, which starts next Sunday, has traditionally been a graveyard of British hopes, there are reasons to hope that this year’s event could deliver some more positive results. Norrie’s previous final in Estoril had been a nervewracking affair which he eventually lost on a deciding-set tie-break to the more experienced Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas. Sunday was more straightforward for Tsitsipas, who needed only 69 minutes to hammer home a 6-3, 6-3 victory. It was Tsitsipas’ second title of the clay-court sequence, after he won Monte Carlo in mid-April, taking out Evans in the semi-final along the way. He has become a serious contender to upset the establishment – specifically Nadal and Novak Djokovic – at Roland Garros over the next few weeks. “I felt in good shape from the beginning of the tournament,” said Tsitsipas afterwards. “I am proud of today’s match, I knew it would be a difficult one against Cameron, who has been showing great tennis this week. He has been winning against good players and showing what the left hand can do on clay. “It was not an easy match today. I had to handle the nerves and I am proud of my performance and the way I stayed focused towards my goal.” On this year’s results, meanwhile, both Evans and Norrie stand among the world’s 20 most successful men. Evans is at No 16 and Norrie No 14. The next challenge for them both is to convert that ATP Tour form into a deep run at a major.<doc-sep>
Make that four straight wins for the Boston Bruins. The Bruins got goals from three different lines, a hat trick from David Pastrnak and two tallies from Jake DeBrusk in Saturday afternoon’s 8-2 thumping of the Detroit Red Wings at TD Garden. Tuukka Rask stopped 32 of the 34 shots he faced to help Boston improve to 4-1-0, while Detroit continues to struggle and dropped to 0-3-2. Here’s how it all went down: PASTA, ANYONE? The Bruins found life late in the first after beginning the period off slow. Pastrnak netted his fifth goal of the season with 51 seconds left in the frame with a laser shot that found its way past Red Wings goalie Jonathan Bernier into the far corner of the net for the 1-0 lead. MCAVOY GETS HIS FIRST Boston upped its lead five minutes into the second when Patrice Bergeron won an offensive zone faceoff. The puck went right to Charlie McAvoy, who sent the puck through traffic and off the skate of a Red Wing before lighting the lamp for the 2-0 advantage. BRUINS TRIPLE LEAD DeBrusk decided to get in on the scoring fun seven minutes later on a Detroit turnover. He got the puck to just trickle between Bernier’s legs and over the line at the 11:26 mark of the second. PASTRNAK GETS 100 Boston went on the power play and Pastrnak continued to show us his scoring skill. He took a no-look pass from Bergeron and sent a one-timer into the net to give the B’s a commanding four-goal lead with 3:40 left in the second. The goal also marked the 100th of the 22-year-old’s career. DETROIT GETS ONE BACK The Red Wings got on the board just 21 seconds into the third when they were on the man-advantage. Filip Hronek ended Rask’s shutout with the first goal of his NHL career. HAT TRICK Pastrnak did it again. The winger finished off a pass from Brad Marchand for the hat trick and a comfortable 5-1 Bruins lead just 2:05 into the third.