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vs. AVALANCHE

POST-GAME NOTES

WHO’S HOT: • David Pastrnak had two goals tonight, extending his point streak to five games with 5-2=7 totals in that span and giving him 8-2=10 totals in eight of his last nine games with 14-3=17 totals in 14 of his last 17 games played ... He is now tied with Sid- ney Crosby (one through two periods in ’s game tonight vs. Florida) for the NHL goal lead with 18. • Tim Schaller had an assist tonight, giving him 1-3=4 totals in four of his last eight games. • Torey Krug had an assist tonight, giving him six assists in four of his last six games. • Brad Marchand had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in four straight games with 2-6=8 totals in eight of his last 11 games. • Colorado’s had a goal tonight, giving him 3-2=5 totals in four of his last six games. • Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon had a goal tonight, giving him 5-5=10A totals in six of his last ten games. • Colorado’s John Mitchell had a goal tonight for his first point of the season and first goal since Mar. 24 of last season vs. Phila- delphia. • Colorado’s Carl Soderberg had a goal tonight, giving him 2-2=4 totals in four of his last nine games. • Colorado’s had an assist tonight, giving him 2-1=3 totals in three of his last six games. • Colorado’s Francois Beauchemin had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in two of his last four games.

THIS AND THAT: • The Bruins’ 4-2 loss tonight extended their home winless streak vs. the Avalanche to 11 games at 0-9-1-1 ... Their last win vs. Colorado in Boston was a 4-1 victory on Mar. 30, 1998 ... They are now 0-8-1 in their last eight games vs. Colorado in Boston, which ties the longest home losing streak to one opponent in team history (are currently 0-7-2 vs. Montreal on home ice). • The loss also snapped their six-game point streak at 4-0-2, which was their longest such stretch since they went 5-0-2 from Mar. 1-12 of last season. • The Bruins concluded tonight their fifth of 14 sets of back-to-back games this season ... They now have a 2-2-1 record in game ones and a 1-4-0 mark in game twos of those series. • The Bruins played tonight in their sixth and seventh sets of three games in four nights, as they are in a stretch of four games in six nights ... They now have a 3-3-1 record in game ones, 2-4-1 in game twos and 3-3-0 in game threes of those sets this season.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 0 for 2 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 12 for 85 on the power play this season (14.1%) and they have allowed four shorthanded goals. • The Avalanche went 0 for 2 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 13 for 78 on the power play this season (16.7%) and they have not yet allowed a shorthanded goal. • The Bruins went 2 for 2 (100.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 80 for 92 overall on the penalty kill this season (87.0%) and they have scored two shorthanded goals. • The Avalanche went 2 for 2 (100.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 78 for 98 on the penalty kill this season (79.6%) ... They have scored two shorthanded goals.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 307 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, December 8, 2016 ... TD Garden; Boston MA