BOSTON — Patrice Bergeron had four goals and an assist Saturday night, surpassing 700 points for his career while leading the Boston Bruins to a 7-1 rout of the Carolina Hurricanes.

Brad Marchand assisted on all of Bergeron’s goals, and David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists for the Bruins, who scored on their first two shots and led 5-1 after the first period. Boston also got goals from Riley Nash and Jake DeBrusk while improving to 8-0-2 in its last 10 games.

Anton Khudobin had 27 saves for the Bruins.

Jordan Staal scored a power-play goal for Carolina in the first period and Scott Darling stopped 23 of 28 shots in relief of Cam Ward, who was pulled after allowing two goals on two shots.

Bergeron tied a club record for goals in a game and became the first Bruin with four goals since Dave Andreychuk on Oct. 28, 1999 against Tampa Bay. He needed three points to reach 700 entering the game. He put Boston up 1-0 with a short-handed goal 3:14 into the game, then set up Pastrnak for a power-play goal that made it 3-1 at 9:04.

After DeBrusk gave the Bruins a 4-1 lead on a tip-in 10:22 into the game, Marchand set up Bergeron for a one-timer from the right circle for point No. 700.

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Bergeron scored again 5:36 into the second off a pass from Marchand, and Bruins fans celebrated with a wave of hats onto the ice. It was just the second career hat trick for Bergeron.

STARS 5, OILERS 1: Linemates Alexander Radulov, Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin scored first-period goals within a span of 6 1/2 minutes, leading Dallas at home.

FLYERS 6, BLUES 3: Sean Couturier scored two goals, Claude Giroux had a goal and two assists, and Philadelphia won at home.

SEANTORS 6, LIGHTNING 3: Ryan Dzingel scored twice and Mark Stone had a goal and two assists for Ottawa at home.

MAPLE LEAFS 3, CANUCKS 2: Auston Matthews and Tyler Bozak scored in the third period and again in the shootout, and Toronto won at home.


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