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POST GAME NOTES

OVERTIME RECORDS: • The Bruins played their 13th overtime game of the season tonight and they are now 2-5 in the five-minute session and 0-6 in shootouts. • The Blue Jackets played their 14th overtime game of the season tonight and they are now 6-6 in the five-minute session and 0-2 in shootouts. • The Bruins are now 7-4-0 all-time vs. the Blue Jackets in overtime, including a 4-1 mark in shootouts.

WHO’S HOT: • Tuukka Rask extended his home streak to 16 games at 10-0-6 with tonight’s overtime point ... 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. • David Pastrnak had a tonight, extending his point streak to nine games with 4-10=14 totals in that span and giving him 10- 14=24 totals in 15 of his last 19 contests ... It is his 30th goal of the season and scored in his 42nd game, it is the fastest 30 goals by a Bruin since Cam Neely in 1993-94 (27th game) ... It is his fourth consecutive 30-goal season. • Torey Krug had an assist tonight, giving him 1-6=7 totals in five of his last six games played as he returns to the lineup tonight after missing the last three games with an injury. • Patrice Bergeron had an assist tonight, giving him 6-2=8 totals in five of his last six games with 15-13=28 totals in 19 of his last 23 contests. • Columbus’ Sonny Milano had a goal tonight in his first game back from missing eight games with an injury. • Columbus’ Pierre-Luc Dubois had the overtime goal tonight, giving him 4-6=10 totals in seven of his last ten games. • Columbus’ Seth Jones had an assist tonight, giving him six assists in four of his last eight games. • Columbus’ Nathan Gerbe had an assist tonight, giving him 1-2=3 totals in three of five games played since his Dec. 22 recall from Cleveland/AHL. • Columbus’ Vladislav Gavrikov had an assist tonight, giving him 2-2=4 totals in four of his last six games.

THIS AND THAT: • The Bruins have extended their power play goal streak to nine straight games ... They have gone 11 for 36 (30.6%) over that span with at least one power play score in each game. • The Bruins have extended their kill streak to 21 straight times short over the last seven games since allowing an extra man score vs. Los Angeles on Dec. 17.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 1 for 2 (50.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 37 for 136 on the power play this season (27.2%) and they have allowed three shorthanded goals. • The Blue Jackets went 0 for 2 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 22 for 129 on the power play this season (17.1%) and they have allowed five shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 2 for 2 (100.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 106 for 124 overall on the penalty kill this season (85.5%) and they have scored two shorthanded goals. • The Blue Jackets went 1 for 2 (50.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 96 for 119 on the penalty kill this season (80.7%) and they have scored three shorthanded goals.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,850. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 463 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.

MILESTONES REACHED: • Zdeno Chara joined San Jose’s Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton (both played in Pittsburgh tonight) as the 12th, 13th and 14th players in NHL history to play in four decades.

Thursday, January 2, 2020 ... TD Garden; Boston MA