When it was announced that the Boston Bruins were having David Pastrnak and Jeremy Swayman travel with them on their three-game road trip, it got fans' hopes up that a return to the lineup was coming sooner than some expected.
On Tuesday morning, head coach Marco Sturm said that Pastrnak was going to be a game-time decision against the St. Louis Blues that night. He ended up slotting into the lineup on the third line with Marat Khusnutdinov and Fraser Minten. That turned out to be a big decision after Pastrnak recorded three assists in the Black and Gold's 5-2 win over former coach Jim Montgomery for the second time in five days.