David Pastrnak and the Boston Bruins had a third period to remember Tuesday night.
Pastrnak scored a third-period hat trick, the first of his career, as the Bruins came back from a 4-1 deficit in the final 10 minutes of regulation to stun the Hurricanes 6-4 in Carolina.
The Bruins scored their 5 unanswered goals to beat Carolina 6-4 on 11 shots in a span of 8:22, all in the final 10 minutes of the game. Any way you slice it, that's just nuts.
— Dan Rosen (@drosennhl) March 14, 2018
Less than a minute after Matt Grzelcyk cut the Canes' lead to 4-2, Pastrnak scored his first goal of the night to bring Boston within one. The 21-year-old registered his 25th tally of the season, beating Cam Ward high to his glove side.
Bruins winger Danton Heinen tied the game at four just 21 seconds later for Boston's third goal in a 77-second span.
Pastrnak helped the Bruins make the most of their momentum, blasting a one-timer past Ward on the power play with less than four minutes remaining to give Boston a 5-4 lead.
Two minutes later, Pastrnak sealed the two points for the Bruins by finding the center of an empty net from the red line.
Boston (44-16-8) earned its seventh win in its last eight games and now trails Tampa Bay by only four points (48-18-4) in the Atlantic Division with two games in hand.
Pastrnak and the Bruins will continue their road trip on Thursday against the Panthers.