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POST GAME NOTES

POINT STREAK EXTENDED: • The Bruins extended their streak to 17 games with tonight’s 3-2 win ... They are now 13-0-4 in that span since their last regulation loss, a 5-3 setback to Washington on Dec. 14 ... The 17-game streak is tied for the third-longest such stretch in team history (16-0-1-0 in 1929-30; 15-0-2-0 in 1977-78; and 15-0-2-0 in 1982-83) and is their longest since a 15-0-2-0 span from Jan. 5-Feb. 13, 1983 ... They had an 18-game streak at 13-0-5-0 in 1968-69 with the team record a 23-game stretch at 15-0- 8-0 in 1940-41.

WHO’S HOT: • extended his point streak to 17 games at 15-0-2 with tonight’s 3-2 win ... He has played in 18 of the last 23 games with a 1.63 goals against average and .939 save percentage in that span. • Brad Marchand had a and an assist tonight, giving him 3-6=9 totals in four straight games with 6-12=18 totals in eight of his last nine games. • Riley Nash had a goal tonight, giving him 5-5=10 totals in eight of his last 12 games. • had a goal tonight, giving him 4-3=7 totals in four straight games with 10-6=16 totals in nine of his last ten games. • Danton Heinen had an assist tonight, giving him 1-5=6 totals in five of his last nine games. • Torey Krug had an assist tonight, extending his assist & point streaks to four games with 1-5=6 totals in that stretch. • David Pastrnak had an assist tonight, giving him 3-3=6 totals in four straight games with 5-7=12 totals in eight of his last ten games. • New Jersey’s Miles Wood had a goal tonight, giving him 3-1=4 totals in three of his last seven games. • New Jersey’s Damon Severson had a goal tonight, giving him 3-1=4 totals in three of his last six games. • New Jersey’s Will Butcher had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in five of his last nine games. • New Jersey’s Nico Hischier had an assist tonight, giving him 1-4=5 totals in five of his last nine games. • New Jersey’s Marcus Johansson had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in four of his last seven games. • New Jersey’s Pavel Zacha had an assist tonight, snapping a nine-game scoreless stretch since an assist Dec. 29 vs. Buffalo.

THIS AND THAT: • The Devils outshot the Bruins by a 20-9 margin in the first period ... That is the most shots the Bruins have allowed in a period this season and the most since they allowed 21 in the second period vs. Los Angeles on February 9, 2016. • Patrice Bergeron became the third member of his line to hit the 20-goal mark this season, joining Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak who each entered tonight’s game at 20 goals (Marchand scored his 21st in the second period) ... It is the ninth 20- goal season of Bergeron’s NHL career. • The Bruins became the first team in the NHL this season with three 20-goal scorers. • The Bruins have now allowed the first goal in six straight games for the first time since a seven-game stretch from Mar. 4-15, 2012 ... They became the first team in eight-plus seasons to record a point in six straight games while allowing the first goal in each (Minnesota from Nov. 25-Dec. 5, 2009). • Ken Appleby replaced Cory Schneider in the New Jersey goal for the third period ... It was Appleby’s second career NHL ap- pearance, as he played his first NHL game in relief on Jan. 20 in Philadelphia ... Schneider allowed three goals on 20 shots in 40 minutes of play ... The Bruins are now 4-0-1 this season when an opponent has used two in a game.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 1 for 4 (25.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 31 for 146 on the power play this season (21.2%) and they have allowed five shorthanded goals. • The Devils went 0 for 4 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 31 for 153 on the power play this season (20.3%) and they have allowed three shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 4 for 4 (100.0%) on the kill tonight ... They are now 115 for 137 overall on the penalty kill this season (83.9%) and they have scored three shorthanded goals. • The Devils went 3 for 4 (75.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 136 for 163 on the penalty kill this season (83.4%) ... They have scored seven shorthanded goals.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 363 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.

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TWO-GOAL LEADS: • The Bruins have held a 0-0 lead in tonight’s game ... It is the 22nd time this season that they have held a two-or-more-goal lead in a game and they entered tonight’s game with a 18-0-3 record in those games ... They are 239-15-14 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 151-1-4 when they have led by three-or-more goals in a game.

BACK-TO-BACK GAMES: • The Bruins are opening their eighth of 14 sets of back-to-back games this season ... They entered today’s game with a 6-1-1 record in game ones and a 3-3-2 mark in game twos of those series.

THREE GAMES IN FOUR NIGHTS: • The Bruins are playing their ninth of 16 sets of three games in four nights tonight ... They have a 4-2-2 record in game ones, 5-1-2 in game twos and 6-1-1 in game threes of those sets this season.

MATINEES: • The Bruins are playing today their seventhth of ten afternoon game on this season’s schedule and they entered today’s game with a 3-2-1 record in matinees this season.

ATTENDANCE: ** NOT UPDATED ** • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 362 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.

• Zdeno Chara has tonight, giving him 1-2=3 totals in four of his last seven games. • David Backes has tonight, giving him 4-8=12 totals in nine of his last 13 games. • David Krejci has tonight, extending his point streak to six games with 2-5=7 totals in that span and giving him 3-7=10 totals in eight of his last ten games. • Ryan Spooner has tonight, giving him 6-2=8 totals in seven of his last ten games. • Jake DeBrusk has tonight, giving him 2-3=5 totals in five of his last eight games. • New Jersey’s Jimmy Hayes has tonight, giving him single assists each in four of his last seven games played. • New Jersey’s Travis Zajac has tonight, giving him 3-2=5 totals in four of his last ten games. • New Jersey’s Kyle Palmieri has tonight, giving him 3-1=4 totals in five of his last nine games. • New Jersey’s Sami Vatanen has tonight, giving him 1-8=9 totals in eight of his last 12 games. • New Jersey’s Jesper Bratt has tonight, giving him 2-4=6 totals in six of his last nine games.