BOSTON BRUINS vs.

POST GAME NOTES

WHO’S HOT: • Brad Marchand had two goals and three assists tonight, extending his assist streak to 12 games and point streak to 13 games with 10-18=28 totals in that stretch ... Both streaks are career-best stretches and the assist streak is the longest by a Bruin since Marc Savard had a 12-game streak in 2007 ... It is his second five-point game of the season (Oct. 27 at NY Rangers) and ties his career- high for points in a game. • David Pastrnak had a and an assist tonight, extending his point streak to 12 games with 14-15=29 totals in that span ... That ties his career-best point streak first set from Nov. 22-Dec. 18, 2017 (5-9=14). • David Krejci had two assists tonight, giving him 1-3=4 totals in two of his last three games. • Jake DeBrusk had a goal tonight, giving him goals in consecutive games with 3-2=5 totals in five of his last seven games. • Torey Krug had a goal tonight, giving him 1-8=9 totals in seven of his last nine games. • Patrice Bergeron had a goal tonight, giving him 5-2=7 totals in four straight games with 7-8=15 totals in 11 of his last 13 contests. • Zdeno Chara had an assist tonight, giving him 1-3=4 totals in three of his last four games. • Brandon Carlo had an assist tonight, giving him 2-3=5 totals in four of his last five games. • Pittsburgh’s Dominik Kahun had a goal tonight, giving him 3-2=5 totals in his last three games played. • Pittsburgh’s Nick Bjugstad had a goal tonight for his first point of the season. • Pittsburgh’s Bryan Rust had a goal tonight, giving him 2-2=4 totals in his last four straight games. • Pittsburgh’s John Marino had a goal tonight, giving him 1-1=2 totals in two of his last four games. • Pittsburgh’s Jared McCann had an assist tonight, giving him 1-1=2 totals in two of his last three games. • Pittsburgh’s Justin Schultz had an assist tonight, giving him 1-1=2 totals in two of his last three games. • Pittsburgh’s Kris Letang had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in two of his last three games. • Pittsburgh’s Brian Dumoulin had an assist tonight, giving him 1-4=5 totals in five of his last seven games played. • Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin had an assist tonight for his first point since a goal on opening night, Oct. 3 vs. Buffalo. • Pittsburgh’s Alex Galchenyuk had an assist tonight for his first point since a two-assist night on Oct. 5 vs. Columbus.

THIS AND THAT: • The Bruins opened a 3-0 lead in tonight’s game en route to their 6-4 win ... It is the 11th time this season that they have held a two- or-more-goal lead in a game and they now have a 10-1-0 record in those games ... They are 300-20-16 since the start of the 2010-11 season in games in which they have held a two-goal lead in a game and that extends to 194-1-4 when they have led by three-or-more goals in a game. • The Bruins opened tonight their second of 13 sets of back-to-back games this season ... They now have a 2-0-0 record in game ones and 1-0-0 mark in game twos. • The Bruins played game two tonight of their second of 11 sets of three games in four nights tonight ... They now have a 2-0-0 record in game ones, 2-0-0 mark in game twos and 1-0-0 record in game threes. • The Penguins took 21 shots in the second period tonight, the most by a Boston opponent since Carolina had 24 in the second period of a 3-2 Bruins win on Oct. 30, 2018. • Pittsburgh’s Matt Murray played 24:22 of tonight’s game with three goals against on 11 shots faced before giving way to Tristan Jarry in the Penguins net ... It was the second time this season the Bruins have faced two goaltenders in a game and they are now 2-0-0 in those contests (7-4 win at NY Rangers on Oct. 27).

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 0 for 3 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 15 for 49 on the power play this season (30.6%) and they have not allowed a shorthanded goal. • The Penguins went 0 for 1 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 6 for 43 on the power play this season (14.0%) and they have allowed one shorthanded goal. • The Bruins went 1 for 1 (100.0%) on the kill tonight ... They are now 37 for 43 overall on the penalty kill this season (86.0%) and they have not yet scored a shorthanded goal. • The Penguins went 3 for 3 (100.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 32 for 37 on the penalty kill this season (86.5%) ... They have scored three shorthanded goals.

‘ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,193. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 447 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.

MILESTONES REACHED: • Cameron Hughes played his first NHL game tonight. • Pittsburgh’s John Marino scored his first NHL goal tonight.

Monday, November 4, 2019 ... TD Garden; Boston MA