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BRUINS vs. POST GAME NOTES

MILESTONES REACHED: • ’s assist tonight was his 400th NHL/Bruins . • Washington’s played his 300th NHL game tonight.

WHO’S HOT: • had two goals tonight, giving him 2-5=7 totals in five of his last six games. • had two assists tonight, giving him 2-3=5 totals in three of his last five games. • David Krejci had a tonight, giving him 4-3=7 totals in five of his last eight games. • Charlie McAvoy had an assist tonight, giving him 2-3=5 totals in four of his last seven games. • Jake DeBrusk had an assist tonight, giving him 3-5=8 totals in six of his last ten games. • Brad Marchand had an assist tonight, extending his point streak to seven games with 4-7=11 totals in that stretch ... That matches his previous career-best point streak set from Feb. 2-14, 2016. • David Pastrnak had an assist tonight, extending his point streak to ten games with 5-7=12 totals in that stretch. • Washington’s had two goals tonight, snapping a five-game scoreless stretch with his first points since a goal Dec. 2 vs. Columbus. • Washington’s Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist tonight, giving him 9-6=15 totals in eight of his last 11 games. • Washington’s had two assists tonight, giving him 2-6=8 totals in seven of his last ten games. • Washington’s Nicklas Backstrom had a goal tonight, giving him 3-8=11 totals in seven of his last 11 games. • Washington’s Jakub Vrana had a goal tonight, giving him goals in consecutive games and in four of his last nine contests. • Washington’s Evgeny Kuznetksov had an assist tonight, giving him 4-5=9 totals in six of his last eight games. • Washington’s Christian Djoos had an assist tonight for his second point in his last 17 games. • Washington’s John Carlson had an assist tonight, giving him 1-5=6 totals in five of his last seven games.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 2 for 5 (40.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 19 for 93 on the power play this season (20.4%) and they have allowed four shorthanded goals. • The Capitals went 1 for 4 (25.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 22 for 106 on the power play this season (20.8%) and they have allowed five shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 3 for 4 (75.0%) on the kill tonight ... They are now 76 for 90 overall on the penalty kill this season (84.4%) and they have scored two shorthanded goals. • The Capitals went 3 for 5 (75.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 95 for 119 on the penalty kill this season (79.8%) ... They have scored three shorthanded goals.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 354 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 14, 2017 ... TD Garden; Boston MA