Tomas Hertl scores late PP goal, Golden Knights rally past Bruins 4-3

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Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Ilya Samsonov (35) defends the net against Boston Bruins right wing David Pastrnak (88) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)

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Vegas Golden Knights right wing Mark Stone (61) scores as Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman (1) falls on top of the puck inside the net during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)

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Boston Bruins left wing Brad Marchand (63) and Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb (3) battle for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)

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Boston Bruins center Morgan Geekie (39) skates past cheering fans after scoring during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Vegas Golden Knights, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)

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Boston Bruins defenseman Michael Callahan (79) and goaltender Jeremy Swayman (1) defend the net against a shot by Vegas Golden Knights left wing Pavel Dorofeyev (16) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)

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Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Shea Theodore (27) and Boston Bruins left wing Brad Marchand (63) battle for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)

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Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman (1) defends the net against Vegas Golden Knights center Jack Eichel (9) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)

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Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Ilya Samsonov (35) blocks a goal attempt by Boston Bruins center Elias Lindholm (28) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)

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Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman (1) narrowly blocks the puck from the net during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Vegas Golden Knights, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)

By KEN POWTAK

BOSTON (AP) — Tomas Hertl scored with 70 seconds left — less than a minute after Vegas had a goal waived off for goaltender interference — and the Golden Knights rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday.

Mark Stone had a power-play goal for the Golden Knights, and Pavel Dorofeyev and Zach Whitecloud also scored. It was their second straight victory after a four-game skid.

Boston captain Brad Marchand reached the 20-goal mark for his 12th straight season. Nikita Zadorov and Morgan Geekie also scored for the Bruins, and Jeremy Swayman made 34 saves.

Bruins star David Pastrnak extended his point streak to 13 games with an assist.

Boston opened a 3-1 lead on Geekie’s 17th goal with 4:53 left in the second period. But Whitecloud scored in the closing seconds of the second, and Dorofeyev beat Swayman with a wrist shot from the right circle 4:45 into the third.

Marchand scored 3:17 into the opening period, banging in a shot from the edge of the crease off a nice feed from Zadorov.

Takeaways

Golden Knights: Closed out a 2-2 road trip. They were coming off a 3-1 victory over New Jersey on Thursday.

Bruins: Pastrnak has been terrific, but he has some work to do to match the team-record point streak of 20 games, set by Bronco Horvath from December 1959 to February 1960.

Key moment

With Vegas on a power play, Hertl turned in the slot and beat Swayman with a wrist shot for his 21st goal.

Key stat

The Golden Knights entered converting on 27.3% of their power-play chances this season. They went 2 for 4.

Up next

With the NHL’s two-week break for the 4 Nations Face-off, the Golden Knights will be off until Feb. 22 when they host Vancouver, and the Bruins host Anaheim that same day.

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