BOSTON — Troy Terry snapped a tie with less than five minutes remainig, and the Anaheim Ducks held off the Boston Bruins for a 7-5 victory Thursday night.
Mikael Granlund had two goals and three assists for Anaheim in its second straight win. Terry and Jacob Trouba each had a goal and an assist, and Nikita Nesterenko had four assists.
Boston dropped its sixth straight game after opening Marco Sturm’s coaching tenure with three wins in a row.
Morgan Geekie scored twice for the Bruins, and David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist. Charlie McAvoy had two assists.
The Ducks opened a 5-3 lead on Sam Colangelo’s first goal of the season 7:49 into the third. But Pastrnak and Geekie scored 25 seconds apart, tying it at 5.
Terry then put Anaheim in front again at 15:27. It was his second of the season.
Granlund tacked on an empty-netter with 2:08 remaining. The forward also had a power-play goal that snapped a 3-3 tie early in the third.
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