BOSTON (AP) — David Pastrnak had a hat trick and two assists, Jeremy Swayman stopped 39 shots for his 100th career win and the Boston Bruins snapped a 10-game winless streak with a 5-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night.
Morgan Geekie had a goal and four assists for the Bruins and Elias Lindholm added a goal and an assist.
Justin Robidas scored Carolina's only goal, breaking up Swayman's shutout bid with just 55 seconds remaining. Frederik Andersen had 21 saves for the Hurricanes.
The Bruins won for the first time in nearly a month, taking command with a pair of goals 58 seconds apart by Geekie and Lindholm in the final 1:11 of the first period.
Pastrnak assisted on the first two goals of the game, then delivered three consecutive goals over the final two periods. It was his 19th career hat trick.
The Bruins ended the team’s longest skid in the past 15 years. Boston, which hadn’t lost 10 straight since 2010, were 0-9-1 since beating Florida 3-1 on March 11.
Hurricanes: Carolina lost back-to-back games for the first time since late February.
Bruins: Pastrnak's second hat trick of the season was only the second for the Bruins, too.
Midway through the second period, Pastrnak nudged the puck across the slot with his left skate, spun around at the opposite post and got off a forehand from behind the goal line, beating Andersen and putting Boston up 3-0.
Although Boston was outshot 40-26, the Bruins outhit the Hurricanes 39-12 and blocked 25 shots to Carolina's seven.
The Hurricanes continue four straight on the road with a game Tuesday night at Buffalo. The Bruins visit the Sabres on Sunday.
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Boston Bruins right wing David Pastrnak (88) is congratulated at the bench after scoring a goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Anaheim Ducks, Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jayne-Kamin-Oncea)
A U.S.-Russian dual national imprisoned in Russia on treason charges was freed Thursday in a prisoner exchange with Washington, the woman's lawyer and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
Ksenia Karelina, also identified in the media as Ksenia Khavana, is “on a plane back home to the United States,” Rubio said in a post on X. She was arrested in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg in February 2024 and convicted of treason later that year on charges stemming from a donation of about $52 to a charity aiding Ukraine.
The U.S. authorities have called the case against her “absolutely ludicrous.” Karelina was among a growing number of Americans arrested in Russia in recent years as tensions between Moscow and Washington spiked over the war in Ukraine. Her release is the latest in a series of high-profile prisoner exchanges Russia and the United States carried out in the last three years.
Karelina, a former ballet dancer, reportedly obtained U.S. citizenship after marrying an American and moving to Los Angeles. She was arrested when she returned to Russia to visit her family last year.
Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, accused her of “proactively" collecting money for a Ukrainian organization that was supplying gear to Kyiv's forces. The First Department, a Russian rights group, said the charges stemmed from a $51.80 donation to a U.S. charity aiding Ukraine.
Karelina’s lawyer Mikhail Mushailov said on Instagram that she was flying to the U.S. from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where the exchange took place. It was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, citing a statement from CIA director John Ratcliffe, who it said was on hand for the exchange at an airport in Abu Dhabi.
“Today, President Trump brought home another wrongfully detained American from Russia,” Ratcliffe said. “I’m proud of the CIA officers who worked tirelessly to support this effort, and we appreciate the Government of U.A.E. for enabling the exchange.”
The CIA could not be immediately reached for comment in the early hours of Thursday.
The WSJ said that the U.S. in exchange freed Arthur Petrov, a dual German-Russian citizen, who was arrested in 2023 in Cyprus at the request of the U.S. for allegedly exporting sensitive microelectronics to Russia. There was no immediate confirmation from the Russian or U.S. authorities.
Petrov was extradited to the U.S. in August 2024 where he faced charges of export control violations, smuggling, wire fraud and money laundering. He was accused of involvement in a scheme to procure U.S.-sourced microelectronics subject to U.S. export controls on behalf of a Russia-based supplier of critical electronics components for manufacturers supplying weaponry and other equipment to the Russian military.
Abu Dhabi was earlier the scene of another high-profile prisoner swap between Russia and the United States. In December 2022, American basketball star Brittney Griner was traded for the notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
The UAE has been a mediator in prisoner swaps between Russia and Ukraine, while the skyscraper-studded city of Dubai has become home to many Russians and Ukrainian who fled there after the start of Moscow’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
FILE - Ksenia Karelina, also known as Khavana sits in a glass cage in a court room in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024.(AP Photo/File)
