BOSTON BRUINS vs. MONTREAL CANADIENS

POST-GAME NOTES

MILESTONES REACHED: • Adam McQuaid played his 400th NHL game tonight. • Riley Nash played his 300th NHL game tonight. • Montreal’s Brendan Gallagher played his 300th NHL game tonight. • Peter Cehlarik recorded his first career NHL points with two assists tonight.

SHUTOUT FACTS: • Tuukka Rask made 25 saves tonight for his sixth shutout of the season, the 36th of his NHL career, which moves him past Frank Brimsek into sole possession of second place on the club’s all-time shutout list ... It is his second vs. the Canadiens (Feb. 7, 2010, 3-0). • It is the 59th shutout by the Bruins over the Canadiens and their 35th on home ice ... It is their first shutout over Montreal since a 1-0 Tim Thomas victory in Montreal on Nov. 21, 2011 and is their first in Boston since a 7-0 Thomas win on Mar. 24, 2011.

WHO’S HOT: • David Krejci had a power play goal and an assist tonight, giving him 3-5=8 totals in five of his last six games. • Peter Cehlarik recorded his first NHL points with two assists tonight. • Adam McQuaid had a goal tonight, giving him 1-1=2 totals in two straight games and 1-2=3 totals in three of his last six con- tests. • Zdeno Chara had a shorthanded goal tonight, giving him 2-3=5 totals in three of his last five games. • Frank Vatrano had a goal tonight, giving him 2-2=4 totals in two straight games with 3-2=5 totals in three of his last six games. • Torey Krug had an assist tonight, giving him 1-6=7 totals in six of his last eight games. • Ryan Spooner had an assist tonight, giving him 1-6=7 totals in six of his last nine games. • Brad Marchand had an assist tonight, giving him 7-6=13 totals in seven of his last eight games and giving him 14-13=27 totals in 13 of his last 18 games. • David Backes had an assist tonight, giving him 1-3=4 totals in two of his last three games. • David Pastrnak had an assist tonight, extending his point streak to five games with 5-5=10 totals in that stretch, and giving him 6-9=15 totals in eight of his last nine games.

THIS AND THAT: • The Bruins went 1 for 7 on the power play tonight and they have now scored power play goals in each of their last eight games (11 for 30, 36.7%) and are 20 for 63 over their last 18 games (31.7%). • Tonight’s game is the 25th time this season that they have held a two-or-more-goal lead in a game and they now have a 21-2-2 record in those games ... They are 210-15-11 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 129-1-3 when they have led by three-or-more goals in a game. • The Bruins concluded tonight their tenth of 14 sets of back-to-back games this season ... They now have a 6-2-2 record in game ones and a 2-6-2 mark in game twos of those series. • The Canadiens concluded tonight their 12th of 15 sets of back-to-back games this season ... They now have a 5-6-1 record in game ones and a 6-4-2 mark in game twos of those series. • The Bruins concluded tonight their 12th of 16 sets of three games in four nights ... They now have a 6-5-1 record in game ones, 5-4-3 in game twos and 5-5-2 in game threes of those sets this season.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 1 for 7 (14.3%) on the power play following the first period tonight ... They are now 37 for 184 on the power play this season (20.1%) and they have allowed six shorthanded goals. • The Canadiens went 0 for 6 (0.0%) on the power play following the first period tonight ... They are now 37 for 173 on the power play this season (21.4%) and they have allowed five shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 6 for 6 (100.0%) on the penalty kill following the first period tonight ... They are now 164 for 190 overall on the penalty kill this season (86.3%) and they have scored seven shorthanded goals. • The Canadiens went 6 for 7 (85.7%) on the penalty kill following the first period tonight ... They are now 162 for 204 on the penalty kill this season (79.4%) ... They have scored four shorthanded goals.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 322 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, February 12, 2017 ... TD Garden; Boston MA