WINNIPEG - The Boston Bruins overpowered the Jets in their own barn.

The Bruins scored two power-play goals in the first period to eventually take a 3-2 lead, then held their opponents to one goal for the rest of the match to secure a 6-3 victory before 13,158 fans at Canada Life Centre — Winnipeg’s smallest of the season — on Thursday night.

“It’s been all year, they’ve been great,” said Bruins coach Marco Sturm. “I would say, the first half of the game, we took too many penalties. They took advantage. But when they were up 1-0 and we bounced back on the power play and (scored) again, that was a big boost for our team.”

After Winnipeg’s Morgan Barron opened the scoring, David Pastrnak scored his first of two goals with Gustav Nyquist off for tripping to tie the score 1-1. Then, with Ba

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