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POST GAME NOTES

END OF A DECADE: • The Bruins played their final home game of the 2010s tonight and they ended the decade with a 234-113-48 record on home ice for 516 points ... That ranks them 7th overall in the NHL in home wins and 6th overall in home points. • They scored 1,191 goals at TD Garden (7th) and allowed 919 (2nd w/a 2.33 home GAPG). • Their home power play was a 21.3% proficiency while their kill was at 83.8% efficiency (both ranked 6th) ... They had the second ranked home faceoff percentage at 53.6%.

WHO’S HOT: • Tuukka Rask extended his home point streak to 15 games at 10-0-5 with tonight’s win ... That is the longest home point streak to open a season by a Boston goaltender since Gilles Gilbert went 16-0-1 in his first 17 home decisions in 1973-74. • Jake DeBrusk had two goals tonight, giving him 4-2=6 totals in four of his last seven games. • David Pastrnak had a and an assist tonight, extending his point streak to seven games and his assist streak to six games with 3-9=12 totals in that span and giving him 9-13=22 totals in 13 of his last 17 contests ... The assist streak matches his career-best, set twice previously. • Steven Kampfer had two assists tonight for his first points of the season and second career two-point game (1-1=2 on Jan. 13, 2011). • Brad Marchand had an assist tonight, giving him 1-6=7 totals in his last three straight games with 1-13=14 totals in eight of his last ten contests. • Patrice Bergeron had an assist tonight, giving him 6-1=7 totals in his last four straight games with 9-2=11 totals in eight of his last ten contests and 15-12=27 totals in 17 of his last 20 games. • David Krejci had an assist tonight, giving him 2-5=7 totals in four of his last seven games. • Buffalo’s Rasmus Ristolainen had a goal and an assist tonight, giving him 2-1=3 totals in two of his last four games. • Buffalo’s Curtis Lazar had a goal tonight for his first point since his first game played this season, a goal Nov. 14 vs. Carolina. • Buffalo’s Sam Reinhart had an assist tonight, giving him 3-8=11 totals in seven of his last 12 games. • Buffalo’s Marcus Johansson had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in three of his last seven games. • Buffalo’s Jack Eichel had an assist tonight, giving him 16-17=33 totals in 19 of his last 21 games.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 2 for 6 (33.3%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 35 for 131 on the power play this season (26.7%) and they have allowed three shorthanded goals. • The Sabres went 0 for 3 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 22 for 118 on the power play this season (18.6%) and they have allowed six shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 3 for 3 (100.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 100 for 118 overall on the penalty kill this season (84.7%) and they have scored two shorthanded goals. • The Sabres went 4 for 6 (66.7%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 90 for 121 on the penalty kill this season (74.2%) and they have scored one shorthanded goal.

CONSECUTIVE TWO-GOAL GAMES: • Jake DeBrusk scored twice tonight which was the fourth straight game in which a Bruin had a two-goal effort ... The last time Bruins scored multiple goals in four straight games came from Jan. 7-13, 2015 in which Patrice Bergeron (Jan. 7 at Pittsburgh), (Jan. 8 vs. New Jersey) & David Pastrnak (Jan. 10 at Philadelphia and Jan. 13 vs. Tampa Bay) accomplished the feat.

THIRD JERSEY: • The Bruins wore their third jerseys tonight for the fifth of 11 scheduled dates this season ... They now have a 3-0-2 record this season while wearing their third sweater.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,850. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 462 straight regular season and playoff games starting on Dec. 5, 2009 vs. Ottawa. • Their last non-sellout game at TD Garden was on Dec. 2, 2009 when a Wednesday game vs. the Tampa Bay Lightning drew 16,553.

Sunday, December 29, 2019 ... TD Garden; Boston MA