The Boston Bruins trailed 4-1

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RALEIGH , N.C. (AP) with 10 minutes to go and were down to four healthy defensemen. It was an adverse set of circumstances, to be sure.No matter. Spurred on by Brad Marchand’s words and David Pastrnak’s play, the Bruins pulled off a stirring comeback.Pastrnak scored three of Boston’s five goals in the final 10 minutes for his first career hat trick, and the Bruins stunned the Carolina Hurricanes by rallying for a 6-4 victory Tuesday night.”We knew we didn’t play well, close enough to our standards,” Pastrnak said. ”We don’t quit, and that showed today.”Matt Grzelcyk, Pastrnak and Danton Heinen scored in a span of 77 seconds to turn a 4-1 Bruins deficit into a 4-all tie.Grzelcyk fired home a slap shot with 9:56 remaining, Pastrnak scored on a wrister 56 seconds later and Heinen followed 21 seconds after that with the tying goal, banging home a one-timer off a 2-on-1 rush with David Krejci.Pastrnak put Boston ahead on a power-play goal with 3:30 left and finished off his hat trick with an empty-net goal with 1:34 remaining.”The whole night we kind of don’t have the legs and look kind of tired, no energy,” Pastrnak said. ”And then we get a couple goals and it seemed like all of a sudden everybody is flying and everything clicks.”Marchand had a goal and two assists for the Bruins, who snapped a three-game road losing streak. Tuukka Rask made 29 saves.Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy credited Marchand , who missed the previous game with an upper-body injury and was a game-time decision, for rallying the bench when the team trailed 4-1.”Right around Grzelcyk’s goal, Marchy said, `Listen, there’s a lot of time, we’re not out of it,”’ Cassidy said. ”We knew it was a big ask to be able to come back. There’s a lot of energy there, a lot of emotion in his game. He brings it every night.”The comeback victory did come at a cost. Bruins defensemen Zdeno Chara and Torey Krug and forward Jake DeBrusk all left the game with injuries and did not return. Cassidy did not have an update on their status.”It wasn’t easy (playing four defensemen),” Grzelcyk said, ”but it was a credit to the guys for buckling down and finding a way.”Sebastian Aho, Teuvo Teravainen and Justin Williams scored in the second period for the Hurricanes. Brock McGinn added a short-handed goal 51 seconds into the third to make it 4-1, but the Hurricanes couldn’t hold it.”I’m still kind of stunned, really ,” Williams said. ”Things can go so right for 50 minutes and you can dig in and you can do all the things right. You let one goal turn into another one turn into another one. I don’t know what else to say.”Justin Faulk and Elias Lindholm each had two assists, and Cam Ward stopped 28 shots. It was a deflating loss for the Hurricanes, who missed a chance to make up ground as they chase the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. They are seven points back with 12 games remaining.”We’re in a position, trying to scratch and claw, our backs are against the wall, and we’re playing tight,” Faulk said. ”We’re not playing loose. We’re probably not playing with much confidence as a whole.”I don’t really know how to explain what just happened. It’s tough.”NOTES: Chara, Krug and DeBrusk are the latest injuries to hit the Bruins. Boston forward Patrice Bergeron (broken foot) won’t be back until next week at the earliest, Cassidy announced before the game, and defenseman Charlie McAvoy (MCL sprain) missed his fifth straight game. … Aho set a career high with his 25th goal. … Teravainen has eight goals and three assists in his last 11 games. … Bruins forward David Backes returned after serving a three-game suspension for a late hit to the head against Detroit’s Frans Nielsen last Tuesday.UP NEXTBruins: At the Florida Panthers on Thursday night.Hurricanes: Host the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.— GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan did not like his team’s effort in a loss to San Jose earlier this week. A parade to the penalty box in the first period did not lift his mood.A dominating second period and a big goal from Phil Kessel had Sullivan feeling a lot better.Kessel scored on a power play at 4:09 of overtime, Matt Murray stopped 30 shots and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Arizona Coyotes 3-2 on Friday night.“I thought the guys did a pretty good job of keeping their focus,” Sullivan said. “We had a real strong second period.”Outscored 10-4 in consecutive losses , Pittsburgh fell behind on Clayton Keller’s first-period goal following a flurry of penalties.The Penguins rallied in the second when Jusso Riikola and Jake Guentzel scored 40 seconds apart, but Derek Stepan scored with 5 1/2 minutes left in the third to tie it.Pittsburgh had a 4 on 3 in overtime when Richard Panik was called for slashing and Kessel cashed in, redirecting Sidney Crosby’s shot from the point past Darcy Kuemper.“It started off a little tough, going to the box as much as we were,” Crosby said. “But we got some good kills, got right back at it in the second period and it’s good to get two points.Arizona had won four of its previous five games and Kuemper was on a four-game winning streak, one short of his career high.The Coyotes withstood the two quick goals in the second period and rallied in the third, but gave Pittsburgh’s dangerous power play one too many chance.Kuemper stopped 32 shots, including a nifty glove save on Guentzel late in overtime.“We scratched and clawed again,” said Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet, a former Penguins assistant. “Those guys have some world-class players over there. We played a good game and had a chance to win the game”Coming off a 5-2 loss to the Sharks on Tuesday, Pittsburgh had four penalties in the opening 20 minutes against the Coyotes, including two on the same shift. The Coyotes didn’t score on the 5-on-3 , but Keller did shortly after it ended, one-timing a pass from Oliver Ekman-Larsson to beat Murray stick side on a 4 on 3.Keller became the fastest player to 100 career points with his goal, doing it in 132 games.“It’s a cool accomplishment, but I’m more focused on our team,” he said. “We’re playing good hockey right now.”The Penguins had a big push at the end of the first period and quickly took the lead on goals 40 seconds apart.Riikola had the first one on a power play, firing a shot from just inside the blue line that Kuemper couldn’t see through traffic. Guentzel put Pittsburgh ahead on a rebound of his own shot, lifting it over Kuemper from a tough angle.Arizona appeared to tie it early in the third period when Panik poked a loose puck past a prone Murray. The Penguins challenged the play and the officials called Ekman-Larsson for goalie interference after clipping Murray with his skate.Stepan converted in the third period, gathering a rebound from just outside the crease and flicking it past Murray.NOTES: Penguins RW Patric Hornqvist participated in a portion of practice on Thursday, but missed his fourth straight game with a concussion. … Max Domi had been the fastest Arizona player to reach 100 points, doing it in 154 games. … Pittsburgh F Joseph Blandisi had three shots on goal in 21 minutes after being acquired from the Anaheim Ducks for Derek Grant on Thursday.UP NEXTPittsburgh plays at Vegas Saturday night.Arizona starts a six-game road trip at Toronto on Sunday.