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BRUINS vs. RED WINGS

POST GAME NOTES

OVERTIME: • The Bruins went to tonight for the 16th time this season and they are now 5-6 in the five-minute session and 3-2 in shootouts. • The Red Wings went to overtime tonight for the 18th time this season and they are now 3-10 in the five-minute session and 4-1 in shootouts. • This is the second game of this season’s series to go to OT, as Boston won the first game of this season’s series by a 3-2 OT decision in Detroit ... The Bruins now have a 13-11-19 lifetime record vs. Detroit in overtime, including a 1-2 mark in shootouts.

WHO’S HOT: • had three goals and two assists tonight, giving him 6-5=11 totals in five of his last six games with 12-21=33 totals in 18 of his last 22 contests ... It is his third career hat trick and ties his career-high for points in a game with his fourth NHL five- game. • had two goals and two assists tonight, giving him 6-12=18 totals in 11 of his last 15 games ... That sets a new career-high for points in a game. • David Pastrnak had three assists tonight, giving him 2-8=10 totals in five of his last eight games ... That ties his career-high for assists in a game, reached three times previously, including Oct. 30 at Columbus earlier this season. • Jake DeBrusk had a tonight, giving him 3-3=6 totals in five of his last six games. • had two assists tonight, giving him 2-4=6 totals in three of his last four games. • had an assist tonight, giving him single assists in each of his three games as a Bruin. • Detroit’s had two goals and two assists tonight, giving him 3-2=5 totals in two of his last three games ... That sets a new career-high for points in a game. • Detroit’s Mike Green had a goal and an assist tonight for his first points in three games since returning from missing seven games with an injury ... He now has 2-3=5 totals in three of his last seven games played. • Detroit’s had a goal tonight, giving him 1-2=3 totals in three of his last seven games. • Detroit’s had a goal tonight, snapping a seven-game scoreless stretch since a goal Feb. 9 at NY Islanders. • Detroit’s had an assist tonight, giving him 2-3=5 totals in five of his last nine games. • Detroit’s Anthony Athanasiou had an assist tonight, giving him 3-3=6 totals in five of his last eight games. • Detroit’s had an assist tonight, giving him 2-4=6 totals in five of his last ten games. • Detroit’s had an assist tonight, giving him six assists totals in five of his last eight games. • Detroit’s had two assists tonight, giving him four assists in three of his last four games.

THIS AND THAT: • replaced in the Detroit net at 3:27 of the second period ... Coreau played 23:27 and allowed four goals on 16 shots ... The Bruins now have a 7-1-1 record in games in which they faced two . • The Bruins held a two-goal lead on three occasions in tonight’s game ... It is the 32nd time this season that they have held a two-or-more-goal lead in a game and they now have a 29-0-3 record in those games ... They are 249-15-14 since the start of the 2011-12 season in games in which they have held a two-goal lead in a game. • The Bruins swept Detroit in the season series for the first time since 2008-09.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 2 for 4 (50.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 43 for 204 on the power play this season (21.1%) and they have allowed six shorthanded goals. • The Red Wings went 1 for 5 (20.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 36 for 192 on the power play this season (18.8%) and they have allowed three shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 4 for 5 (80.0%) on the kill tonight ... They are now 160 for 193 overall on the penalty kill this season (82.9%) and they have scored seven shorthanded goals. • The Red Wings went 2 for 4 (50.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 160 for 206 on the penalty kill this season (77.7%) ... They have scored seven shorthanded goals.

MILESTONES REACHED: • David Pastrnak recorded his 100th NHL assist on Torey Krug’s power play goal.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 372 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.

Tuesday, March 6, 2018 ... TD Garden; Boston MA