After the Bruins’ 4-3 overtime loss to the Coyotes on Tuesday, David Pastrnak was taking the defeat particularly hard.
Pastrnak scored the first goal of the game and his 25th of the season. He cracked the Bruins’ top 10 career points list (tied with Ken Hodge at 674) in the process. It was a sniper’s goal that slipped through an almost impossible hole over Connor Ingram’s shoulder and under the crossbar.
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But what he accomplished was outweighed by what he didn’t in his mind on Tuesday at Mullett Arena.
In the 3-on-3 overtime, Pastrnak had a breakaway 12 seconds into overtime but couldn’t get his wrist shot high enough to beat Ingram.
After Linus Ullmark was injured during the overtime, Pastrnak had another chance to end a tough night on a high note with another breakaway, but Ingram robbed him with 1:34 left.
Nick Schmaltz scored 38 seconds later against Jeremy Swayman, who came in after sitting for three periods and most of overtime to send Boston out disappointed.
“I’m definitely feeling a little guilty. I had two breakaways to end the game for our team,” Pastrnak said. “That will haunt me tonight. I won’t sleep.”
He would like to have prevented Swayman from having to face a shot in those circumstances.
“That’s hard for a goaltender to sit on the bench for three hours and come in with an unfortunate injury,” he said.
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