vs. CAROLINA HURRICANES GAME 2 - CONFERENCE FINAL POST-GAME NOTES

RECORDS FOLLOWING GAME TWO: • The Bruins now have an all-time record of 33-19 in game twos of best-of-seven series in which they led 1-0 ... The Hurricanes are now 5-7 in game twos of best-of-seven series in which they trailed 0-1. • The Bruins have a 20-11 record in game threes when leading in a series 2-0 ... The Hurricanes have a 3-4 record in game threes when trailing in a series 0-2. • The Bruins have a 24-7 all-time record in best-of-seven series when they lead in a series 2-0 ... The Hurricanes have a 2-5 all-time record in best-of-seven series when they trail a series 0-2.

MILESTONES REACHED: • Connor Clifton scored his first NHL career tonight (regular season and playoffs).

WHO’S HOT: • Matt Grzelcyk had two goals tonight, giving him three goals in two of his last seven games ... That is his first career two-goal game (regular season and playoffs) and is his first career multiple-point playoff game. • Danton Heinen had a goal and an assist tonight, giving him 1-2=3 totals in two of his last three games ... It is his first career multiple- point playoff game. • Marcus Johansson had two assists tonight, giving him 2-3=5 totals in three straight games ... It is his ninth career multiple-point playoff game. • had three assists tonight, giving him 1-4=5 totals in three straight games ... It is his second career multiple-point playoff game and is a career playoff-high for assists and points in a game. • Torey Krug had three assists tonight, giving him six assists in three of his last five games ... It is his ninth career multiple-point playoff game and tied his career playoff-high for assists and points in a game. • Jake DeBrusk had a goal tonight, giving him 1-3=4 totals in four straight games with 2-3=5 totals in five of his last six games. • Connor Clifton had a goal tonight, giving him 1-2=3 totals in three of his last four games. • David Backes had a goal tonight, giving him 2-2=4 totals in four of his last five games. • David Pastrnak had an assist tonight, giving him 4-2=6 totals in four of his last seven games. • David Krejci had an assist tonight, giving him 2-3=5 totals in four straight games with 4-8=12 totals in 11 of his last 13 games. • Patrice Bergeron had an assist tonight, giving him 3-2=5 totals in four of his last five games. • Carolina’s Justin Williams had a goal tonight, giving him single goals each in three of his last four games. • Carolina’s Justin Faulk had an assist tonight, giving him 1-3=4 totals in three of his last four games. • Carolina’s Sebastian Aho had an assist tonight, giving him 3-3=6 totals in four straight games with 4-4=8 totals in six of his last eight games. • Carolina’s Teuvo Teravainen had a goal tonight, giving him 3-3=6 totals in four of his last five games with 6-4=10 totals in eight of his last 11 contests.

THIS AND THAT: • The Bruins won their fifth straight playoff game tonight, which is their first five-game post-season win streak since May 25-June 7, 2013 (last game of CSF vs. NY Rangers and four-game sweep of Pittsburgh in CF). • Connor Clifton became the 19th Bruin to score a goal in this post-season ... That is the most by any NHL team in these playoffs and ties a club mark for most in one post-season (1988). • The Bruins have gone 6 for 16 (37.5%) on the power play over their last five games this post-season (including 4 for 7, 57.1% in this series), while killing 16 of their 17 times short over that span (94.1%).

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 2 for 2 (100.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 14 for 42 (33.3%) on the power play this post-season and have allowed one shorthanded goal ... They were 65 for 251 (25.9%) on the power play during the regular season and they al- lowed 15 shorthanded goals. • The Hurricanes went 0 for 4 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 5 for 45 (11.1%) on the power play this post-season and have not yet allowed a goal ... They were 44 for 247 (17.8%) on the power play during the regular season and they allowed eight shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 4 for 4 (100.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 37 for 44 (84.1%) on the penalty kill this post-season and have scored one shorthanded goal ... They went 195 for 244 (79.9%) on the penalty kill during the regular season and they scored seven shorthanded goals. • The Hurricanes went 0 for 2 (0.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 30 for 43 (69.8%) on the penalty kill this post-season and have scored one shorthanded goal ... They went 195 for 239 (81.6%) on the penalty kill during the regular season and they scored eight shorthanded goals.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 435 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.

Sunday, May 12, 2018 ... TD Garden; Boston MA