In their return to home ice, the Boston Bruins (8-2-1) bounced back from an overtime loss against the Dallas Stars to shut out the Nashville Predators (3-3-3) by a score of 6-0 in a game the Bruins controlled from start to finish.

It took just 3:49 for Boston to open the scoring after dominating play through the opening minutes. Charlie McAvoy forced a turnover and found Boston’s captain in the neutral zone to jump start a counter attack. David Pastrnak took the zone on the right side and found Casey Mittelstadt, who put home his third goal of the season.

In the closing minutes of the first period, Boston headed to the power play as Nicolas Hague committed the game's first penalty. The defenseman was whistled for a holding penalty as he grasped at David Pastrnak.

Boston’s power play has been trending up after starting the season 0-10 , converting six of their last eighteen attempts entering the night.…