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POST GAME NOTES

MILESTONES REACHED: • Patrice Bergeron’s assist on the game’s first was his 793rd career point, tying Wayne Cashman for sixth place on the Bruins’ all-time scoring list.

SHUTOUT FACTS: • Tuukka Rask made 20 saves tonight for his third of the season and 44th of his NHL career. • It is the Bruins’ eighth shutout over the Devils and their first since Niklas Svedberg earned a 3-0 victory on Jan. 8, 2015.

PENALTY SHOT: • Brad Marchand was awarded a shot at 7:16 of the first period (no goal) ... It was his seventh career penalty shot and he is now four for seven on those attempts. • It was the second career penalty shot faced by New Jersey’s Mackenzie Blackwood, who allowed a goal by Columbus’ Cam Atkinson on Dec. 20 of this season.

WHO’S HOT: • The Bruins extended their point streak to 16 games 12-0-4 with their last regulation loss a 3-2 setback to the NY Rangers on Jan. 19 ... It is their longest point streak since they went 14-0-4 from Dec. 16-Jan. 25 of last season. • Tuukka Rask extended his point streak to 17 games at 14-0-3 with tonight’s 1-0 win ... He has a 1.87 goals against average and .933 save percentage in those games ... Per NHL Stats, he is just the second in NHL history to have multiple point streaks of at least 17 decisions (21 game point streak from Nov. 28-Feb. 6 of last season, 19-0-2) ... Pete Peeters was the first to accomplish the feat. • Brad Marchand had a goal tonight, giving him 8-11=19 totals in ten of his last 13 games. • Patrice Bergeron had an assist tonight, giving him 5-10=15 totals in ten of his last 13 games. • Jake DeBrusk had an assist tonight, giving him 7-6=13 totals in eight of his last nine games.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 1 for 1 (100.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 55 for 205 on the power play this season (26.8%) and they have allowed 11 shorthanded goals. • The Devils went 0 for 2 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 37 for 206 on the power play this season (18.0%) and they have allowed nine shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 2 for 2 (100.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are 156 for 192 overall on the penalty kill this season (81.3%) and they have scored three shorthanded goals. • The Devils went 0 for 1 (0.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 175 for 210 on the penalty kill this season (83.3%) ... They have 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 419 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.

BACK-TO-BACK GAMES: • The Devils concluded tonight their 11th of 14 sets of back-to-back games this season ... They now have a 3-6-2 record in games ones and a 3-4-3 mark in game twos of those series.

Saturday, March 2, 2019 ... TD Garden; Boston MA