Jake DeBrusk scored the game-winner for the Canucks in the second period. The game was the first for DeBrusk against the Bruins, the team he left in free agency.

Interim head coach Joe Sacco isn't too concerned about David Pastrnak's offensive output. Read more on Boston.com.

Sacco's adjustment to the Bruins' league-worst power play in the second period versus Utah helped earn him his first win.

BOSTON -- Joe Sacco is undefeated as head coach of the Boston Bruins. In his first game as the man in charge on the Boston bench, Sacco and the Bruins picked up a 1-0 victory over the Utah Hockey Club at TD Garden on Thursday night.

Entering Thursday night’s game against Utah, the Bruins ranked at the bottom of the league’s power-play standings, clicking at just 11.7 percent.

Who could GM Don Sweeney be keeping an eye on while monitoring the team's progress under Sacco? Here's an early look at six candidates.

Elias Lindholm, whose offensive woes have been a much-discussed part of the Bruins’ early woes, broke his 17-game goal drought in the second period. On the power play and jammed home the rebound a Brad Marchand shot to put Boston up 1-0 with 7:19 left in the second.

Joe Sacco led the Boston Bruins for the first time as interim coach as they beat the Utah Hockey Club 1-0. It was his first game as an NHL head coach since 2013.

The Bruins beat the Utah Hockey Club 1-0 on Thursday night in Joe Sacco's debut as interim coach after Jim Montgomery was fired earlier this week.

BOSTON -- Joe Sacco's first game as the Boston Bruins interim head coach was a successful one. The B's ended their three-game losing streak with a 1-0 win over the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday night at TD Garden.

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