The Bruins scored on the power play.
The Boston Bruins set an NHL record for most home victories to start a season with their 12th straight, beating the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in overtime Friday.
The Bruins equaled the record of 11 set by the Chicago Hawks in the 1960's.
Jim Montgomery said that it felt great. After the second period ended, we talked about it. A lot of great teams have been in this league, and you can break a record. It isn't possible if those guys don't believe in themselves.
Boston, which trailed 2-0 late in the second period, tied it with 9:33 left in the game on a goal by David Krejci.
You are sitting in the locker room trying to figure it out when you are down. Something special on the line is what you want to accomplish. This league is difficult to win in. It's pretty cool to have 12 in a row at home.
In overtime, Carolina was playing short-handed after being called for too many men on the ice when Pastrnak one- timed a pass from Brad Marchand inside the far post from above the left circle
It was a big win for us.
Pyotr Kochetkov made 38 saves and Carolina scored two power play goals. The Hurricanes haven't won in a long time.
Boston's tying goal was initially ruled out because of goalie interference on Nick Foligno, but that was overturned on a coach's challenge after it was determined that he was bumped into the crease.
Ullmark left the game with an injury in the third period, making 28 saves. He was trying to block a shot when his teammate leaped on him. In relief, Jeremy Swayman stopped six times.
Carolina shut out the NHL's highest- scoring team for nearly two periods and jumped ahead of them with two power-play goals in the first period.
The goal was scored at 6:34 in the game.
The Boston player scored with 31 seconds remaining in the second.
Boston came in with a league-high 82 goals in 20 games, but it was held to relatively few chances despite getting a 5-on-3 power-play advantage early in the game.
The Bruins honored their captain, who recorded his 1,000th career point, with a message on the giant video screen. He was given a standing applause.
The four Bruins who have reached the mark are Ray Bourque, Johnny Bucyk, and Phil Esposito.
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