{"id":10062,"date":"2025-10-09T04:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=10062"},"modified":"2025-10-09T06:34:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T10:34:35","slug":"boston-bruins-coach-marco-sturm-tastes-first-victory-in-season-opener-against-the-washington-capitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/boston-bruins-coach-marco-sturm-tastes-first-victory-in-season-opener-against-the-washington-capitals","title":{"rendered":"Bruins Coach Sturm Tastes First Victory In Season Opener Against Capitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/marco-sturm-gets-his-first-win-as-boston-bruins-head-coach.jpg\" alt=\"Marco Sturm gets his first win as Boston Bruins head coach\" class=\"wp-image-10063\" style=\"width:300px\" title=\"Boston Bruins Coach Marco Sturm Tastes First Victory In Season Opener Against The Washington Capitals\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Boston Bruins defeated the Washington Capitals 3-1 on Wednesday, courtesy of David Pastrnak\u2019s goal and two assists.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elias Lindholm brought the 2-1 lead following Tom Wilson\u2019s tier; Morgan Geekie sealed the victory.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Bruins coach Marco Sturm scooped up his first win as the team killed off all five Capitals power plays.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists<\/strong>, and <strong>Jeremy Swayman turned away 35 shots<\/strong> to lead the Boston Bruins to a 3\u20131 win over Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/hockey\/nhl\">NHL<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"excellent-debut-for-marco-sturm\">Excellent Debut for Marco Sturm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pastrnak broke the ice in the second period, and after Tom Wilson tied it for Washington early in the third, Elias Lindholm answered just 38 seconds later to put Boston back in front. <strong>Morgan Geekie<\/strong> sealed the win with an empty-netter in the final minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The finishing touch \ud83d\udc4c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9zMrMKfEB1\">pic.twitter.com\/9zMrMKfEB1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLBruins\/status\/1976110920045822435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The game marked a strong debut for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/bruins\/news\/marco-sturm-named-30th-head-coach-in-boston-bruins-history\">new Bruins coach Marco Sturm<\/a>, whose team shut down all five of Washington\u2019s power plays, including a nearly one-minute 5-on-3 advantage in the second period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For <strong>Ovechkin, now 40 and entering the final year of his contract<\/strong>, it was a quiet night in what might be his last season opener. He took three shots but couldn\u2019t find the net, leaving him <strong>stuck at 897 career goals<\/strong> after surpassing Wayne Gretzky\u2019s all-time record late last season. Ovechkin still sits one shy of tying Michel Goulet and Dino Ciccarelli\u2019s mark of 14 goals in season openers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swayman stood tall all night, stopping Nic Dowd on a semi-breakaway after a bad Boston line change. Washington goalie Logan Thompson returned the favor with a big save on Viktor Arvidsson, but Pastrnak\u2019s wrist shot through traffic later slipped past him for the first goal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilson\u2019s equalizer briefly lifted the Capitals, but Lindholm\u2019s backhand on the ensuing power play restored the Bruins\u2019 lead for good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"maple-leafs-5-canadiens-2\">Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Toronto, <strong>Morgan Rielly<\/strong> broke a 2\u20132 tie midway through the third period, leading the Maple Leafs to a 5\u20132 win over Montreal in their season opener. Rielly fired a wrist shot past Sam Montembeault after a feed from Matthew Knies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He Rielly roofed that thang \ud83e\udd22<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Oreo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OREO<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LeafsForever?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LeafsForever<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5gUXdZusqD\">pic.twitter.com\/5gUXdZusqD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MapleLeafs\/status\/1976098228044169525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Auston Matthews and William Nylander<\/strong> added empty-net goals, with Nylander finishing with three points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bobby McMann<\/strong> and <strong>Calle Jarnkrok<\/strong> also scored for Toronto, while Anthony Stolarz made 29 saves. Montreal got goals from Oliver Kapanen, his first in the NHL, and Zac Bolduc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"kings-6-golden-knights-5-so\">Kings 6, Golden Knights 5 (SO)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Los Angeles, the Kings outlasted Vegas in a wild 6\u20135 shootout win. Adrian Kempe and Trevor Moore scored in the tiebreaker after the Kings erased a two-goal deficit in the third period. Pavel Dorofeyev had a hat trick for the Golden Knights, while Mitch Marner made his Vegas debut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"flames-4-oilers-3-so\">Flames 4, Oilers 3 (SO)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Edmonton, <strong>Nazem Kadri<\/strong> ended an eight-round shootout to give Calgary a 4\u20133 comeback win over the Oilers, spoiling Leon Draisaitl\u2019s 400th career goal. 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