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BRUINS vs. LIGHTNING

POST GAME NOTES

STREAKS EXTENDED / SNAPPED: • extended his streak to 16 games at 13-0-3 (1.92 GAA; .931 Sv%)) • The Bruins extended their point streak to 15 games at 11-0-4 with tonight’s 4-1 win ... The Bruins finished the month of Febru- ary with an 11-0-2 mark, which is their first full month without a regulation loss since they went 12-0-1 in November, 2011. • Tampa Bay’s had his win streak snapped at 11 games, which is a Lightning club record. • The Lightning had their point streak snapped at 14 games at 12-0-2 with the loss ... That was their third-longest point streak in club history.

WHO’S HOT: • had a and an assist tonight, giving him 2-2=4 totals in three of his last seven games ... It is his first career multiple-point game. • had two assists tonight, giving him 1-10=11 totals in nine of his last 11 contests. • had two assists tonight, giving him single assists each in four of his last five games with 3-8=11 totals in seven of his last 11 contests. • Jake DeBrusk had a goal tonight, giving him 7-5=12 totals in seven of his last eight games. • had a goal tonight, giving him 6-8=14 totals in nine of his last 12 games. • had a goal tonight, giving him 7-11=18 totals in nine of his last 12 games. • had an assist tonight, giving him 3-1=4 totals in four of his last seven games. • Tampa Bay’s had a goal tonight, giving him 2-1=3 totals in three of his last five games. • Tampa Bay’s Ondrej Palat had an assist tonight, giving him six assists in four of his last eight games.

THIS AND THAT: • The Bruins’ 4-1 decision tonight is the 32nd time this season that they have held a two-or-more-goal lead in a game and they now have a 28-3-1 record in those games ... They are 284-18-16 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 181-1-4 when they have led by three-or-more goals in a game. • The Lightning concluded tonight their ninth of 11 sets of back-to-back games this season ... They now have an 8-0-1 record in games ones and a 6-3-0 mark in game twos of those series. • Per NHL Stats, tonight’s game marked the first time in NHL history that two teams with active 14-game point streaks faced each other in a game ... Boston entered tonight’s game at 10-0-4 in their previous 14 games while the Lightning came in at 12- 0-2 in their previous 14 contests.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 1 for 3 (33.3%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 54 for 204 on the power play this season (26.5%) and they have allowed 11 shorthanded goals. • The Lightning went 0 for 3 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 63 for 215 on the power play this season (29.3%) and they have allowed two shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 3 for 3 (100.0%) on the kill tonight ... They are now 154 for 190 overall on the penalty kill this season (81.1%) and they have scored three shorthanded goals. • The Lightning went 2 for 3 (66.7%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 182 for 212 on the penalty kill this season (85.8%) ... They have scored six shorthanded goals.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 418 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.

MILESTONES REACHED: • Charlie McAvoy played his 100th NHL game tonight. • Tampa Bay’s played his 500th NHL game tonight. • Tampa Bay’s Cedric Paquette played his 300th NHL game tonight.

Thursday, February 28, 2019 ... TD Garden; Boston MA