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POST-GAME NOTES

MILESTONES REACHED: • Brad Marchand played his 500th NHL/Bruins game today. • David Krejci’s power play today was his 500th NHL/Bruins . • Philadelphia’s Pierre-Edouard Bellemare played his 200th NHL/Flyers game today.

WHO’S HOT: • Brad Marchand had two goals and three assists today, giving him 7-5=12 totals in five of his last six games ... His first of the day was his second shorthanded goal of the season, tying him with several players for the NHL lead in that category, including teammate Dominic Moore, and was the 21st of his career which is the most by any player since Marchand entered the league in 2009-10 ... It is his second five-point night of the season (2-3=5 on Oct. 13 vs. Columbus which was also the last time the Bruins had six goals in a game) and the third of his career which is a career-high for points in a game. • Torey Krug had a goal and an assist today, giving him goals in three straight games (3-1=4 totals) with 3-4=7 totals in five of his last six games and 3-11=14 totals in ten of his last 11 contests. • David Krejci had a goal today, giving him 2-2=4 totals in four of his last six games with 4-5=9 totals in seven of his last 11 contests. • Patrice Bergeron had a goal today, giving him 2-4=6 totals in four of his last six games. • Zdeno Chara had a goal today, giving him 1-2=3 totals in three of his last eight games with his first goal since Dec. 15 vs. Anaheim (13 games between goals). • Austin Czarnik had an assist today, giving him single assists each in three of his last eight games. • David Pastrnak had two assists today, giving him seven assists in four of his last six games. • Philadelphia’s had two assists today, giving him seven assists in six of his last seven games. • Philadelphia’s Pierre-Edouard Bellemare had a goal today, giving him single goals each in two straight games following a 14- game scoreless span. • Philadelphia’s had a goal today, extending his point streak to five games with 4-1=5 totals in that span. • Philadelphia’s had a goal today, giving him 1-1=2 totals in his last two straight games. • Philadelphia’s had an assist today, giving him single assists each in four of his last five games. • Philadelphia’s Chris VandeVelde had an assist today, snapping a 15-game scoreless stretch since an assist Dec. 8 vs. Edmon- ton. • Philadelphia’s Mark Streit had an assist today in his first game since missing 13 games • Philadelphia’s Jakub Voracek had an assist today, giving him 2-4=6 totals in four of his last six games.

THIS AND THAT: • The Bruins scored two power play goals today and now have at least one power play goal in nine of their last 12 contests ... They are 11 for 42 over that span (26.2%). • The Bruins took 3-1 and 5-2 leads in today’s game en route to their 6-3 win ... It is the 20th time this season that they have held a two-or-more-goal lead in a game and they now have a 17-2-1 record in those games ... They are 206-15-10 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 127-1-2 when they have led by three-or-more goals in a game. • The Bruins had five different goal scorers in today’s game which is the second time this season that has occurred (also Nov. 10 vs. Columbus). • The Bruins now have a 5-0-0 record this season in afternoon games.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 2 for 6 (33.3%) on the power play today ... They are now 24 for 144 on the power play this season (16.7%) and they have allowed five shorthanded goals. • The Flyers went 2 for 4 (50.0%) on the power play today ... They are now 36 for 154 on the power play this season (23.4%) and they have allowed eight shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 2 for 4 (50.0%) on the kill today ... They are now 131 for 152 overall on the penalty kill this season (86.2%) and they have scored four shorthanded goals. • The Flyers went 4 for 6 (66.7%) on the penalty kill today ... They are now 110 for 136 on the penalty kill this season (80.9%) ... They have scored two shorthanded goals.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 314 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.

Saturday, january 14, 2017 ... TD Garden; Boston MA