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David Pastrnak finished off his 14th career hat trick with a blast by Tristan Jarry with 2:26 remaining to lift the Boston Bruins to a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. The victory gave Boston 59 wins on the season, three short of the NHL's single-season mark of 62 set by Detroit in 1996 and tied by Tampa Bay in 2019. Pastrnak’s three goals gave him 56 on the season and pushed him across the 100-point plateau for the first time in his nine-year career. Bryan Rust scored twice for the Penguins.

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Milwaukee Bucks forward Thanasis Antetokounmpo has been suspended one game without pay for head-butting Boston Celtics forward Blake Griffin. Antetokounmpo was ejected from Thursday's game after the incident, which occurred with 1:25 remaining in the Bucks’ 140-99 blowout loss. Antetokounmpo will serve his suspension Sunday when the Bucks host the Philadelphia 76ers. The 6-foot-7 Antetokounmpo was going up for a shot from under the basket when he took a hard foul from Griffin. It resulted in a flagrant-1 foul on the Celtics forward. Antetokounmpo responded by head-butting him.

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Jayson Tatum had 39 points and 11 assists and the Boston Celtics pushed past the Utah Jazz 122-114. Malcolm Brogdon added 19 points and Derrick White finished with 17 as Boston continued to gain ground on the Milwaukee Bucks in the race for the Eastern Conference’s top playoff seed. Boston had 17 3-pointers, including five by Tatum. The Celtics are 1 1/2 games behind Milwaukee and were coming off a 41-point win over the Bucks on Thursday. Milwaukee is off until Sunday, when it hosts the 76ers. The Celtics have four games remaining. Talen Horton-Tucker led Utah with 28 points and eight assists. Walker Kessler added 20 points and 10 rebounds.

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