BRUINS vs.

POST GAME NOTES

OVERTIME RECORDS: • The Bruins played their 11th game to tonight and they are now 3-3 in the five-minute session and 3-2 in shootouts. • The Devils played their eighth game to overtime tonight and they are now 3-1 in the five-minute session and 0-4 in shootouts. • It was the third overtime game of this season’s series, with the Bruins winning a 3-2 shootout decision on January 14 and the Devils taking a 2-1 overtime win on January 16 prior to tonight’s 5-4 Bruins shootout win.

WHO’S HOT: • David Krejci had three assists tonight, giving him eight assists in four of his last five games. • Craig Smith had three assists tonight, giving him 2-3=5 totals in three of his last five games. • Brad Marchand had a and an assist tonight, giving him 1-4=5 totals in four of his last five games with 4-12=16 totals in ten of his last 13 contests. • Nick Ritchie had a goal tonight, giving him 2-1=3 totals in two of his last three games ... The goal snapped a scoreless stretch vs. New Jersey at 127:01 dating to their previous goal, a David Pastrnak score at 18:54 of the third period on February 18. • Charlie McAvoy had a goal tonight, giving him 1-3=4 totals in three of his last four games. • had a goal tonight, giving him single goals each in two of his last three games with 3-5=8 totals in eight of his last 12 games. • Patrice Bergeron had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in two of his last three games. • New Jersey’s Ryan Murray had two assists tonight, snapping a seven-game scoreless stretch since an assist on March 16 vs. Buffalo. • New Jersey’s had a goal tonight, giving him single goals each in two of his last four games. • New Jersey’s Michael McLeod had a goal tonight, giving him single goals each in two of his last five games. • New Jersey’s Travis Zajac had a goal tonight, giving him 3-3=6 totals in five of his last nine games. • New Jersey’s had a goal tonight, giving him single goals each in three of his last five games with 4-3=7 totals in seven of his last 11 contests. • New Jersey’s P. K. Subban had an assist tonight, snapping a six-game scoreless stretch since a three-game streak (1- 2=3) from March 14-18. • New Jersey’s Jesper Boqvist had an assist tonight for his first point of the season and his first NHL assist. • New Jersey’s Jesper Bratt had an assist tonight, giving him 2-6=8 totals in eight of his last nine games.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins were 1 for 2 (50.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 23 for 99 on the power play this season (23.2%) and they allowed four shorthanded goals. • The Devils were 0 for 3 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 13 for 99 on the power play this season (13.1%) and they have allowed one shorthanded goal. • The Bruins were 3 for 3 (100.0%) on the kill tonight ... They are now 94 for 105 overall on the penalty kill this season (89.5%) and they have scored five shorthanded goals. • The Devils were 1 for 2 (50.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 72 for 99 on the penalty kill this season (72.7%) and they scored one shorthanded goal.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 2,191. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 478 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.

THREE GAMES IN FOUR NIGHTS: • The Bruins concluded tonight their sixth of 16 sets of three games in four nights tonight ... They now have a 2-3-1 record in game ones, 3-3-0 mark in game twos and 4-2-0 record in game threes.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 ... TD Garden; Boston MA