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POST GAME NOTES

MILESTONES REACHED: • Buffalo’s Jacob Josefson played his 300th NHL game tonight.

RASK STREAK SNAPPED: • Tuukka Rask had his career-best streak snapped at 21 games (19-0-2) with tonight’s 4-2 loss to Buffalo ... It was his first regulation loss since a 4-2 setback to on Nov. 26 ... The loss also stopped a career-high eight-game win streak for Rask. • The 21-game stretch stands as the fourth-best point streak by a in team history, trailing only ’ NHL- record 32-game stretch in 1971-72; Pete Peeters’ 31-game streak in 1982-83; and Frank Brimsek’s 23-game span in 1940- 41.

WHO’S HOT: • Ryan Spooner had a tonight, giving him 2-4=6 totals in five of his last seven games with 8-6=14 totals in 11 of his last 17 games. • David Backes had a goal tonight, giving him 2-1=3 totals in three of his last five games. • Patrice Bergeron had an assist tonight, giving him 8-6=14 totals in nine of his last 11 games and giving him 14-9=23 totals in 14 of his last 17 games. • Brad Marchand had an assist tonight, giving him 3-8=11 totals in five straight games played with 6-14=20 totals in ten of his last 11 games. • Jake DeBrusk had an assist tonight, giving him 1-4=5 totals in five of his last seven games. • Torey Krug had an assist tonight, giving him 2-9=11 totals in eight of his last 11 games. • Buffalo’s Scott Wilson had a goal and an assist tonight, giving him 2-3=5 totals in four of his last eight games. • Buffalo’s Evander Kane had a goal tonight, snapping a ten-game scoreless stretch since an assist Jan. 11 vs. Columbus ... It was his first goal since Jan. 4 at Minnesota (14 games). • Buffalo’s Benoit Pouliot had a goal tonight, giving him 1-1=2 totals in two of his last six games. • Buffalo’s Rasmus Ristolainen had a goal tonight, giving him 2-6=8 totals in seven of his last 11 games. • Buffalo’s Sam Reinhart had an assist tonight, giving him 3-8=11 totals in six of his last eight games. • Buffalo’s Nathan Beaulieu had an assist tonight, snapping a 12-game scoreless stretch since a goal Dec. 23 at Carolina. • Buffalo’s Evan Rodrigues had an assist tonight, giving him 1-2=3 totals in two straight games.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 0 for 4 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 35 for 163 on the power play this season (21.5%) and they have allowed five shorthanded goals. • The Sabres went 0 for 1 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 28 for 166 on the power play this season (16.9%) and they have allowed eight shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 1 for 1 (100.0%) on the kill tonight ... They are now 127 for 153 overall on the penalty kill this season (83.0%) and they have scored five shorthanded goals. • The Sabres went 4 for 4 (100.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 128 for 163 on the penalty kill this season (78.5%) ... They have scored seven shorthanded goals.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 367 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.

Saturday, February 10, 2018 ... TD Garden; Boston MA