BOSTON — The Bruins victory on Thursday at TD Garden was not their most dazzling of the year, but it might have been their most hard-fought win.
Playing a Calgary Flames team that needed a win, the Bruins survived a stifling checking game and six Calgary power plays to come away with their eighth home victory in as many tries. Charlie McAvoy, in his first game of the season, gave the Bruins the lead late in the second and they held on for the 3-1 win. David Pastrnak finished it off with an empty-netter.
Linus Ullmark (10-1) continued his Vezina-level play, stopping 31 of 32 shots to nail down the victory.
