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vs. STARS

POST-GAME NOTES

MILESTONES REACHED: • Jimmy Hayes played his 300th NHL game tonight. • David Krejci played his 700th NHL game tonight.

SHUTOUT FACTS: • Tuukka Rask made 27 saves for his seventh shutout of the season and the 37th of his NHL career ... It is his first blanking of the Stars. • It is the 16th lifetime shutout by Boston over the Dallas/Minnesota franchise and is their eighth on home ice ... It is their first shutout over the Stars since a 3-0 victory in Dallas on Oct. 16, 2009 and is their first in Boston since a 3-0 Gerry Cheevers shutout of Minnesota on Jan. 21, 1980.

WHO’S HOT: • Brad Marchand had a and an assist tonight, giving him 6-7=13 totals in six of his last nine games with 13-11=24 totals in 12 of his last 17 games and 21-17=38 totals in 20 of his last 27 contests ... He now has a career-high of 38 goals this season. • Torey Krug had a goal tonight, giving him 2-4=6 totals in five of his last nine games with 3-6=9 totals in his last 13 contests. • had an assist tonight, giving him 4-2=6 totals in five of his last nine games. • David Pastrnak had an assist tonight, giving him 7-11=18 totals in 14 of his last 17 games with 12-16=28 totals in 19 of his last 24 contests.

TWO-GOAL LEADS: • The Bruins scored the first two goals in tonight’s game ... It is the 33rd time this season that they have held a two-or-more-goal lead in a game and they now have a 29-2-2 record in those games ... They are 218-15-11 since the start of the 2011-12 sea- son in games in which they have held a two-goal lead in a game.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 1 for 3 (33.3%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 49 for 235 on the power play this season (20.9%) and they have allowed six shorthanded goals. • The Stars went 0 for 3 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 45 for 251 on the power play this season (17.9%) and they have allowed 11 shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 3 for 3 (100.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 211 for 251 overall on the penalty kill this season (84.1%) and they have scored ten shorthanded goals. • The Stars went 2 for 3 (66.7%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 176 for 238 on the penalty kill this season (73.9%) ... They have scored five shorthanded goals.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 331 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, March 30, 2017 ... TD Garden; Boston MA