vs. ST. LOUIS BLUES

POST GAME NOTES

MILESTONES REACHED: • Tuukka Rask’s win tonight was the 252nd of his NHL career, tying Tiny Thompson atop the Bruins all-time goaltender wins list ... The win also extends his point streak to seven games at 6-0-1.

WHO’S HOT: • David Krejci had three assists tonight, extending his point streak to five games with 3-4=7 totals in that span and giving him 3-7=10 totals in seven of his last nine games. • Chris Wagner had a and an assist tonight, giving him 2-2=4 totals in three of his last seven games. • Torey Krug had a goal tonight, giving him 1-9=10 totals in seven of his last ten games. • David Backes had a goal tonight, giving him 1-2=3 totals in three of his last six games. • Brad Marchand had a goal tonight, giving him 6-5=11 totals in six of his last nine games with 10-14=24 totals in 12 of his last 17 contests. • Sean Kuraly had a goal tonight, giving him 2-2=4 totals in two of his last four games. • Peter Cehlarik had an assist tonight, giving him 2-1=3 totals in his two games played since his Jan. 15 recall from Providence/ AHL. • Zdeno Chara had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in two of his last four games. • Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in three of his last eight games. • Charlie McAvoy had an assist tonight, giving him five assists in three of his last eight games played. • Patrice Bergeron had an assist tonight, giving him 5-9=14 totals in seven of his last 13 games since returning to the lineup from missing 16 games with a rib injury ... He has 7-16=23 totals in 12 of his last 19 contests. • St. Louis’ Ryan O’Reilly had a goal tonight, giving him 1-5=6 totals in four of his last five games with 4-10=14 totals in ten of his last 12 contests. • St. Louis’ Carl Gunnarsson had a goal tonight, giving him 1-3=4 totals in his last four straight games played. • St. Louis’ Jordan Kyrou had an assist tonight for his first point in three games since his Jan. 13 recall from San Antonio/AHL. • St. Louis’ had an assist tonight, extending his career-best point streak to 13 games with 6-10=16 totals in that span. • St. Louis’ Jaden Schwartz had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in six of his last nine games. • St. Louis’ Brayden Schenn had an assist tonight, giving him 2-1=3 totals in three of his last eight games.

THIS AND THAT: • The Bruins held a two-plus goal lead tonight for the 23rd time this season and they now have a 20-3-0 record in games in which they have held a two-or-more-goal lead in a game ... They are 276-18-15 since the start of the 2011-12 season in games in which they have held a two-goal lead in a game and that extends to 176-1-4 when they have led by three-or-more goals in a game. • The Bruins concluded their ninth of 14 sets of back-to-back games this season ... They now have a 4-4-1 record in game ones and a 7-1-1 mark in game twos of those series. • The Bruins played game two of their tenth of 17 sets of three games in four nights tonight ... They now have a 3-6-1 record in game ones, 7-1-2 in game twos and 6-2-1 in game threes of those sets this season.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 1 for 2 (50.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 43 for 153 on the power play this season (28.1%) and they have allowed ten shorthanded goals. • The Blues went 0 for 3 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 27 for 141 on the power play this season (19.1%) and they have allowed four shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 3 for 3 (100.0%) on the kill tonight ... They are now 111 for 137 overall on the penalty kill this season (81.0%) and they have scored one shorthanded goal. • The Blues went 1 for 2 (50.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 119 for 150 on the penalty kill this season (79.3%) ... They have scored three shorthanded goals.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 409 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 17, 2019 ... TD Garden; Boston MA