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POST GAME NOTES

MILESTONES REACHED: • Pittsburgh’s Jack Johnson had an assist tonight for his 300th NHL .

WHO’S HOT: • had two assists tonight, his first points of the season in his first Boston game since suffering a fractured tibia on Oct. 19 at ... It is his second career multiple-point game and his first with two assists. • David Pastrnak had two assists tonight, giving him 10-12=22 totals in 14 of his last 16 games. • had a tonight, giving him 1-1=2 totals in two of his last five games. • Par Lindholm had a goal tonight, giving him 1-1=2 totals in his last two games played. • had a goal tonight, giving him 3-1=4 totals in four of his last six games with 9-3=12 totals in nine of his last 13 contests ... It is his 11th season with 20-or-more goals. • had a goal tonight, giving him 1-5=6 totals in five of his last seven games with 3-10=13 totals in nine of his last 12 contests. • Charlie McAvoy had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in four of his last six games. • Pittsburgh’s had a goal tonight, giving him 2-3=5 totals in his two games since returning to the lineup after missing 28 games with a lower body injury. • Pittsburgh’s Dominik Simon had an assist tonight, giving him 1-2=3 totals in his last two straight games. • Pittsburgh’s Jack Johnson had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in four of his last nine games.

TWO-GOAL LEADS: • The Bruins held a multiple-goal lead tonight for the 26th time this season and they now have a 22-1-3 record in those games ... They are 311-20-19 since the start of the 2010-11 season in games in which they have held a two-goal lead in a game and that extends to 200-1-6 when they have led by three-or-more goals in a game.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 0 for 4 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 42 for 158 on the power play this season (26.6%) and they have allowed three shorthanded goals. • The Penguins went 0 for 3 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 26 for 134 on the power play this season (19.4%) and they have allowed three shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 3 for 3 (100.0%) on the kill tonight ... They are now 120 for 144 overall on the penalty kill this season (83.3%) and they have scored two shorthanded goals. • The Penguins went 4 for 4 (100.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 102 for 125 on the penalty kill this season (81.6%) and they have scored five shorthanded goals.

THREE GAMES IN FOUR NIGHTS: • The Bruins concluded their seventh of 11 sets of three games in four nights tonight ... They now have a 4-2-1 record in game ones, 3-3-1 mark in game twos and 4-3-0 record in game threes.

THIRD JERSEY: • The Bruins wore their third jerseys tonight for the seventh of 11 scheduled dates this season ... They now have a 4-1-2 record this season while wearing their third sweater.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,850. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 466 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.

Thursday, January 16, 2020 ... TD Garden; Boston MA