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POST GAME NOTES

STREAK VS. ANAHEIM SNAPPED: • Boston snapped a nine-game losing streak (0-8-1) vs. Anaheim with tonight’s 3-1 win ... It was their first victory over the Ducks since a 3-2 home shootout win on Oct. 21, 2013.

MILESTONES REACHED: • Torey Krug’s assist on the first Boston was his 200th NHL assist, which also passed Mike O’Connell for the most assists by a U.S-born Bruin. • David Backes’ assist on the first Boston goal was his 300th NHL assist. • David Krejci’s goal was his 600th NHL point. • Anaheim’s Josh Mahura scored his first NHL goal tonight.

WHO’S HOT: • David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists tonight, giving him 3-11=14 totals in seven of his last eight games with 5-13=18 totals in ten of his last 12 contests. • Torey Krug had a goal and an assist tonight, giving him 4-5=9 totals in five of his last seven games. • Brad Marchand had two assists tonight, giving him 4-8=12 totals in six of his last seven games with 5-10=15 totals in eight of his last 12 contests. • David Krejci had a goal tonight, extending his point streak to eight games with 5-6=11 totals in that span. • David Backes has an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in three straight games. • Anaheim’s Josh Mahura had a goal tonight for his first NHL goal in his 11th NHL game. • Anaheim’s Carter Rowney had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in four of his last eight games.

TWO-GOAL LEADS: • The Bruins scored the first three goals in tonight’s game en route to their 3-1 win ... It is the 15th time this season that they have held a two-or-more-goal lead in a game and they now have a 14-1-0 record in those games ... They are 270-16-15 since the start of the 2011-12 season in games in which they have held a two-goal lead in a game and that extends to 173-1-4 when they have led by three-or-more goals in a game.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 2 for 4 (50.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 29 for 110 on the power play this season (26.4%) and they have allowed five shorthanded goals. • The Ducks went 0 for 4 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 15 for 102 on the power play this season (14.7%) and they have allowed six shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 4 for 4 (100.0%) on the kill tonight ... They are now 81 for 103 overall on the penalty kill this season (78.6%) and they have scored one shorthanded goal. • The Ducks went 2 for 4 (50.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 105 for 132 on the penalty kill this season (79.5%) ... They have scored one shorthanded goal.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 401 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 20, 2018 ... TD Garden; Boston MA