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Why this game matters
Peterka does it again
JJ Peterka has played two games for the Boston Bruins and decided both of them. Three nights after scoring the winner in Boston's opener against the Rangers, the newcomer took a David Pastrnak feed in transition and slid it five-hole on Stuart Skinner at 3:21 of overtime to beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 at Canada Life Centre. It was Peterka's second goal in as many games since arriving from Utah, and it stole a game the Bruins had no business winning — they trailed 3-2 with 98 seconds left in regulation. Pastrnak set up both late goals, and the kid finished both jobs. The Bruins are 2-0-0, and their new weapon already has a highlight reel.
The 19-year-old's first
The moment of the night belonged to James Hagens. The 19-year-old fought his way to the crease, shoved Jets defenseman Mario Ferraro aside, and buried a Nikita Zadorov feed at 15:20 of the first period for his first NHL goal — giving Boston a 2-1 lead and announcing himself to the league. The Bruins noted he's the second teenager in eight years to score his first goal in a Boston sweater, after Matthew Poitras. There is a particular joy in a first goal, the kind that makes a whole building remember where they were. Hagens made it look like the first of many.
98 seconds from defeat
This game was over. Winnipeg led 3-2, the clock was bleeding out, and Boston had pulled Jeremy Swayman for the extra attacker in desperation. Then Elias Lindholm — parked perfectly between the circles — tipped a Pastrnak shot past Skinner with 1:38 left in regulation to force overtime. It was a gorgeous redirect, the kind of playoff-caliber goal that wins series in May. In the extra session, Winnipeg nearly stole it back when Kyle Connor slid through two defenders and rang one off the left post just 1:12 in. Eleven seconds of hockey separated the Jets from two points and zero. That's the game.
The Jets' side of the heartbreaker
Winnipeg's home opener had everything — and then it had nothing to show for it. Dylan DeMelo blasted home the season's first goal at 4:52, Kyle Connor scored on the power play to extend an NHL-record run of scoring in nine straight season openers, and Mario Ferraro roofed a wrister with eight seconds left in the second period for his first goal as a Jet, a dagger that should have been the story. Adam Lowry dished out two assists. Stuart Skinner, starting in the crease with Connor Hellebuyck suspended for not reporting to camp, made 26 saves in his Jets debut — including several huge stops and help from his right post on a Marat Khusnutdinov tip late. "Tough way to lose it, but for our first game, there was a lot of good stuff," coach Scott Arniel said.
Bauer's first shift, Kastelic's bad night
Tyrel Bauer waited his whole life for his first NHL shift, and he spent it dropping the gloves. The Jets rookie fought Bruins tough guy Mark Kastelic on his very first career shift — and got the better of it, sending the home crowd into a frenzy. It's the kind of debut that endears a player to a fanbase instantly. Bauer's fight set the tone for a chaotic, physical home opener that had two NHL debuts, a rookie's first goal, a record-setting veteran's marker, and sudden-death overtime. Win or lose, Winnipeg got a show.
Swayman stands up
Jeremy Swayman made 30 saves, and he needed every one of them. Winnipeg's start was dominant — DeMelo's opener came after Morgan Barron banked a pass off the boards, and the Jets controlled long stretches of the first two periods. Swayman kept Boston within striking distance through the second-period surge that gave Winnipeg its 3-2 lead, and he was perfect in overtime until his teammates could finish it. A goalie's job in October is to steal the ones you're supposed to lose. Swayman stole one.
What it means
Boston is 2-0-0 with two comeback wins, and the early returns on the Peterka acquisition look like a heist — two game-winners in two games. The Bruins head to Minnesota on Saturday night, and they look like a team that has decided the regular season is just a warm-up act. Winnipeg takes a point from its opener (0-0-1) but will stew over this one — they were 98 seconds from a statement win in front of a raucous home crowd, with former Jet Jonathan Toews watching from the stands and "STUU" chants raining down for Skinner. The Jets head to Detroit on Sunday. The consolation: if this is what opening night looks like, the season is going to be fun.
By the numbers
Period by period: 2-1 Boston after one, 2-2 after two (Winnipeg's two second-period goals), scoreless third, 1-0 Boston in OT — 4-3 final. Swayman 30 saves, Skinner 26. Pastrnak assisted on Boston's final two goals. Connor's opener goal was his ninth straight season-opening tally, an NHL record. And the Jets' blue line — DeMelo and Ferraro — outscored the forwards on a night the defense announced itself anyway.
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