BOSTON BRUINS vs. SAN JOSE SHARKS

POST-GAME NOTES

MILESTONES REACHED: • Danton Heinen scored his first two NHL goals tonight.

WHO’S HOT: • Danton Heinen had his first two NHL goals tonight giving him 2-3=5 totals in three of his four Boston games this season ... He became the fourth Bruin to score his first NHL goal this season, joining Jake DeBrusk, Charlie McAvoy and Anders Bjork. • Tim Schaller had an assist tonight, giving him 2-2=4 totals in four of his last six games. • David Backes and Kevan Miller each recorded their first points of the season with assists on Heinen’s shorthanded score. • Brandon Carlo had an assist tonight for his third point of the season. • San Jose’s Joe Thornton had a goal tonight, extending his point streak to five games with 2-4=6 totals in that span. • San Jose’s Tim Heed had an assist tonight, giving him 1-3=4 totals in four of his last five games. • San Jose’s Brent Burns had an assist tonight, giving him five assists in four of his last five games.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 0 for 2 (00%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 9 for 32 on the power play this season (28.1%) and they have allowed one shorthanded goal. • The Sharks went 1 for 6 (16.7%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 8 for 37 on the power play this season (21.6%) and they have allowed one shorthanded goal. • The Bruins went 5 for 6 (83,3%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 28 for 34 overall on the penalty kill this season (82.4%) and they have scored two shorthanded goals. • The Sharks went 2 for 2 (100.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 34 for 38 on the penalty kill this season (89.5%) ... They have not yet scored a shorthanded goal.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak t TD Garden to 343 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.

Thursday, October 26, 2017 ... TD Garden; Boston MA