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POST-GAME NOTES

MILESTONES REACHED: • and Kevan Miller both played their 200th NHL games tonight. • played his first game as a Bruin tonight and recorded his first point as a Bruin with an assist. • New Jersey’s Dalton Prout played his first game as a Devil tonight.

WHO’S HOT: • Patrice Bergeron had two assists tonight, giving him 2-7=9 totals in five of his last seven games with 6-15=21 totals in 11 of his last 15 contests. • had a tonight, giving him 2-9=11 totals in eight of his last 11 games. • Ryan Spooner had a goal tonight, giving him 3-7=10 totals in eight of his last 12 games. • Brandon Carlo had a goal tonight, giving him single goals each in two of his last six games. • David Pastrnak had an assist tonight, extending his point streak to five games with 1-5=6 totals in that span and giving him 6-10=16 totals in ten of his last 12 contests • David Backes had an assist tonight, giving him 2-7=9 totals in six of his last ten games. • Drew Stafford had his first assist & point as a Bruin tonight ... It was his first point since an assist Feb. 26 vs. in his last game played as a Jet prior to his Mar. 1 to Boston. • Frank Vatrano had ana sssist tonight, giving him 4-4=8 totals in five of his last nine games. • New Jersey’s Kyle Palmieri had a goal and an assist tonight, giving him 5-4=9 totals in five of his last six games. • New Jersey’s Devante Smith-Pelly had a goal tonight, giving him single goals each in two of his last seven games. • New Jersey’s Steven Santini had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in two of his last six games. • New Jersey’s Taylor Hall had an assist tonight, giving him 1-4=5 totals in three of his last eight games.

THIS AND THAT: • Boston’s opening goal at 7:06 of the second period snapped New Jersey’s streak vs. Boston at 88:21 dating back to the first game of this season’s series on Oct. 20 ... Cory Schneider and the Devils had earned a 3-0 win in the second game this year on Jan. 2. • Brandon Carlo’s goal tonight was his first goal scored at TD Garden ... His first five goals this season were tallied on the road • The Bruins outshot the Devils by a 40-17 margin tonight ... It is the 12th game this season in which the Bruins have taken 40-or-more shots.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 1 for 5 (20.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 40 for 202 on the power play this season (19.8%) and they have allowed six shorthanded goals. • The Devils went 0 for 1 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 36 for 200 on the power play this season (18.0%) and they have allowed eight shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 1 for 1 (100.0%) on the kill tonight ... They are now 179 for 208 overall on the penalty kill this season (86.1%) and they have scored eight shorthanded goals. • The Devils went 4 for 5 (80.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 162 for 201 on the penalty kill this season (80.6%) ... They have scored six shorthanded goals.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 325 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, March 4, 2017 ... TD Garden; Boston MA