Item 1 of 44 Jan 15, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Bruins former captain Zdeno Chara is introduced at a ceremony to retire his number before a game between the Boston Bruins and the Seattle Kraken at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
[1\/44]Jan 15, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Bruins former captain Zdeno Chara is introduced at a ceremony to retire his number before a game between the Boston Bruins and the Seattle Kraken at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n January 16 – The Boston Bruins scored twice in the first four minutes of the first period and never trailed, completing the sweep of a five-game homestand with a 4-2 win over the visiting Seattle Kraken on Thursday night.<\/p>\n Mark Kastelic’s short-handed goal at 4:40 of the second period was the eventual game-winner.<\/p>\n Marat Khusnutdinov, Viktor Arvidsson and David Pastrnak also scored for Boston, while Charlie McAvoy had two assists. Jeremy Swayman made 26 saves en route to his third straight win.<\/p>\n Chandler Stephenson and Eeli Tolvanen lit the lamp for Seattle, which is 1-2-1 since an 8-0-2 run. Massachusetts native Joey Daccord made 20 stops.<\/p>\n Seattle had a 28-24 advantage in shots on goal and went 2-for-4 on the power play. Eleven of Boston’s shots came in the final frame.<\/p>\n The Bruins rolled the energy of Hall of Fame defenseman Zdeno Chara’s pregame jersey retirement into the opening shifts and scored just 54 seconds into the game. Khusnutdinov beat a man wide on the left wing and drove to the net to backhand the first goal past Daccord.<\/p>\n Arvidsson doubled Boston’s lead at 3:45, taking a cross-ice pass from Pavel Zacha and letting a shot go from the left circle that bounced off the stick of a Seattle defender and into the net.<\/p>\n After the hosts scored on two of their first three shots, Seattle made it a 2-1 game on Stephenson’s tip-in goal just five seconds into a power play at the 7:29 mark. Jared McCann took the shot that was deflected in after a Stephenson faceoff win started the play.<\/p>\n Kastelic lifted the Bruins back into a two-goal early in the second, stealing the puck from Seattle’s Matty Beniers at the blue line and breaking in to sneak a short-handed goal through Daccord.<\/p>\n The Kraken’s power play converted again at 12:27. After Brandon Montour’s slapper bounced off the end wall, Tolvanen snuck a high shot between the crossbar and Swayman’s shoulder from the bottom of the right circle.<\/p>\n Swayman helped Boston withstand a late push after Daccord was pulled with 2:38 remaining.<\/p>\n Seattle’s advantage was broken by a Beniers holding call at 1:04 to go. Pastrnak then iced the game with an empty-net goal from center ice with 14.1 seconds left.<\/p>\n Bruins defenseman Andrew Peeke left the game in the first period due to a lower-body injury and did not return.<\/p>\n –Field Level Media<\/p>\n Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n