David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists to lead the visiting Boston Bruins to a 3-1 win over the Washington Capitals in Marco Sturm's head coaching debut on Wednesday night.

Pastrnak, who is bidding for his fourth straight 100-point season, opened the scoring in the second period before dishing a beautiful pass into the slot to Elias Lindholm for a game-winner on the power play at 7:41 of the third.

Morgan Geekie added an empty-net insurance marker with 57.1 seconds left in regulation and Jeremy Swayman made 35 saves in goal for Boston, which was 5-for-5 on the penalty kill.

Geekie and Lindholm each had multiple points while skating on the top line with Pastrnak.

Washington's Tom Wilson scored and Logan Thompson stopped 18 shots.

The Capitals had a 36-21 advantage in shots on goal,

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