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POST GAME NOTES

OVERTIME RECORDS: • The Bruins played their tenth overtime game of the season tonight and they are now 2-3 in the five-minute session and 0-5 in shootouts. • The Islanders played their 11th overtime game of the season tonight and they are now 6-2 in the five-minute session and 3-0 in shootouts. • The Bruins are now 4-7-15 all-time vs. the Islanders in overtime, including a 3-2 mark in shootouts ... It was the Islanders’ first overtime win vs. the Bruins since Dec. 12, 2009, when Frans Nielsen scored at 0:24 for a 3-2 win.

WHO’S HOT: • Anders Bjork had a tonight, giving him 1-2=3 totals in three of his last seven games. • Torey Krug had a goal tonight, giving him 2-4=6 totals in five of his last eight games. • Charlie Coyle had an assist tonight, snapping a seven-game scoreless stretch since the game-winning goal on Dec. 3 vs. Carolina. • David Krejci had an assist tonight, giving him 1-2=3 totals in two of his last three games. • David Pastrnak had an assist tonight, giving him 3-4=7 totals in five of his last six games with 12-7=19 totals in 12 of his last 17 contests. • New York’s Johnny Boychuk had a goal and an assist tonight for his first multiple-point game of the season, snapping a 20- game scoreless stretch since an assist on Nov. 1 vs. Tampa Bay. • New York’s Mathew Barzal had a goal tonight, giving him 5-3=8 totals in seven of his last ten games. • New York’s Jordan Eberle had an assist tonight, giving him 1-4=5 totals in four of his last five games. • New York’s Anders Lee had an assist tonight, giving him 4-5=9 totals in six of his last ten games.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 1 for 5 (20.0%) on the power play following the first period tonight ... They are now 29 for 111 on the power play this season (26.2%) and they have allowed three shorthanded goals. • The Islanders went 0 for 2 (0.0%) on the power play following the first period tonight ... They are now 16 for 79 on the power play this season (20.3%) and they have allowed one shorthanded goal. • The Bruins went 2 for 2 (100.0%) on the kill following the first period tonight ... They are now 87 for 105 overall on the penalty kill this season (82.9%) and they have scored one shorthanded goal. • The Islanders went 4 for 5 (80.0%) on the penalty kill following the first period tonight ... They are now 76 for 95 on the penalty kill this season (80.0%) and they have scored five shorthanded goals.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,850. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 459 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 drew 16,553.

Thursday, December 19, 2019 ... TD Garden; Boston MA