BOSTON BRUINS vs. NEW JERSEY DEVILS
POST GAME NOTES
WHO’S HOT: • Jake DeBrusk scored his first goal of the season tonight and now has 1-1=2 totals in two of his last four games. • Charlie McAvoy scored a goal tonight and now has 2-10=12 totals in nine of his last eleven games. • David Pastrnak had an assist tonight and now has 5-6=11 totals in six of his eight games played this season. • Nick Ritchie had an assist tonight and now has 1-1=2 totals in two of his last three games. • New Jersey’s Kyle Palmieri had his first two goals of the season tonight and now has 2-1=3 totals in his last two games. • New Jersey’s Pavel Zacha had a goal tonight, giving him 2-2=4 totals in his last four straight games. • New Jersey’s Will Butcher had an assist tonight and now has 1-1=2 totals in his two games played this season. • New Jersey’s Andreas Johnsson had an assist tonight and now has 2-2=4 totals in four of his last six games. • New Jersey’s Damon Severson had an assist tonight, extending his point streak to five games with 1-4=5 totals in that span, including assists in his last four straight. • New Jersey’s Jesper Bratt had an assist tonight, giving him single assists in each of his last three games. • New Jersey’s Jack Hughes had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in two of his last four games.
SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 2 for 3 (66.7%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 14 for 47 on the power play this season (29.8%) and they have allowed two shorthanded goals. • The Devils went 0 for 4 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 4 for 32 on the power play this season (12.5%) and they have allowed one shorthanded goal. • The Bruins went 4 for 4 (100.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 48 for 54 overall on the penalty kill this season (88.9%) and they have scored three shorthanded goals. • The Devils went 1 for 3 (33.3%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 24 for 37 on the penalty kill this season (64.9%) and they have not yet scored a shorthanded goal.
Thursday, January 21, 2020 ... TD Garden; Boston MA