Bruins 6, Sharks 3

Sharks 1 2 0 — 3 Boston 1 1 4 — 6

First Period: 1, Boston, Lettieri 2 (Oesterle, Wahlstrom), 9:21. 2, Sharks, Goodrow 4 (Sturm, Dellandrea), 13:16. Penalties: None.

Second Period: 3, Boston, Pastrnak 22 (Zacha, Lindholm), 7:02 (pp). 4, Sharks, Smith 7 (Granlund), 8:52. 5, Sharks, Zetterlund 13 (Smith), 15:18. Penalties: Thrun, SJ (Tripping), 6:32. Ceci, SJ (Tripping), 12:35.

Third Period: 6, Boston, Coyle 11 (Poitras, Marchand), 8:22. 7, Boston, Coyle 12 (Lohrei, Poitras), 14:11. 8, Boston, Marchand 17 (Pastrnak, Carlo), 18:45 (en). 9, Boston, Lindholm 8 (Coyle), 19:35 (en). Penalties: Marchand, BOS (Tripping), 11:02.

Shots on goal: Sharks 6-14-8: 28. Boston 11-10-12: 33.

Power-play opportunities: Sharks 0 of 1. Boston 1 of 2.

Goalies: Sharks, Askarov 3-4-2 (31 shots-27 saves). Boston, Korpisalo 8-4-2 (28-25).

A: 17,850 (17,565). T: 2:30.

Referees: Gord Dwyer, Michael Markovic; Linesmen: Shandor Alphonso, Dan Kelly.