BOSTON BRUINS vs. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS POST GAME NOTES MILESTONES REACHED: • Brian Gionta’s first point as a Bruin was his 300th NHL assist. WHO’S HOT: • David Krejci had three goals tonight, giving him 4-2=6 totals in four of his last five games. • Rick Nash had a goal and an assist tonight for 2-1=3 totals in his last two straight games. • Torey Krug had a goal and an assist tonight, giving him 4-8=12 totals in nine of his last 13 games. • David Pastrnak had two goals and an assist tonight, giving him 3-5=8 totals in four of his last six games. • Zdeno Chara had two assists tonight, snapping a six-game scoreless stretch since a goal Feb. 13 vs. Calgary. • Charlie McAvoy had two assists tonight, giving him 2-5=7 totals in four of his last seven games. • Brad Marchand had two assists tonight, giving him 2-3=5 totals in three of his last four games with 9-19=28 totals in 16 of his last 20 contests. • Brian Gionta had two assists tonight, recording his first points as a Bruin in his first game as a Bruin. • Riley Nash had two assists tonight, giving him 4-6=10 totals in seven of his last 11 games. • David Backes had a goal tonight, giving him 2-5=7 totals in six of his last 11 games ... It is his fourth career hat trick and first since Mar. 4, 2014 vs. Florida. • Nick Holden had an assist tonight, recording his first point as a Bruin in his first game as a Bruin. • Jake DeBrusk had an assist tonight, giving him 1-3=4 totals in three of his last four games. • Pittsburgh’s Olli Maatta had two goals tonight, giving him 4-2=6 totals in five of his last seven games. • Pittsburgh’s Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist tonight, giving him 3-3=6 totals in three of his last four games and 6-12=18 totals in his last 16 contests. • Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin had two assists tonight, giving him 6-9=15 totals in seven of his last eight games with 15-14=29 totals in 13 of his last 15 contests. • Pittsburgh’s Riley Sheahan had a goal tonight, giving him 3-1=4 totals in three of his last five games. • Pittsburgh’s Patric Hornqvist had an assist tonight, giving him 2-2=4 totals in four of his last six games played. • Derick Brassard had an assist tonight, recording his first point as a Penguin. THIS AND THAT: • Rick Nash’s power play goal in the first period snapped a six-game, 0-18 stretch for Boston on the power play. • This is the second time this season in which the Bruins have scored five goals in a period, matching their total in the first period vs. Carolina on Jan. 6. • The Bruins held three-plus goal leads in tonight’s game ... It is the 31st time this season that they have held a two-or-more-goal lead in a game and they now have a 28-0-3 record in those games ... They are 249-15-14 since the start of the 2011-12 sea- son in games in which they have held a two-goal lead in a game and that extends to 157-1-4 when they have led by three-or- more goals in a game. • Tristan Jarry replaced Casey DeSmith in the Pittsburgh goal at 5:27 of the first period ... DeSmith allowed three goals on five shots but did not take the decision in the game ... The Bruins are now 6-1-1 in games in which they have faced two goalten- ders. • The Bruins scored eight goals in a game tonight for the first time since an 8-0 win vs. Toronto on Mar. 19, 2012. SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 3 for 5 (60.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 40 for 194 on the power play this season (20.6%) and they have allowed six shorthanded goals. • The Penguins went 0 for 4 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 55 for 208 on the power play this season (26.4%) and they have allowed two shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 4 for 4 (100.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 152 for 184 overall on the penalty kill this season (82.6%) and they have scored seven shorthanded goals. • The Penguins went 2 for 5 (40.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 175 for 215 on the penalty kill this season (81.4%) ... They have scored six shorthanded goals. Thursday, March 1, 2018 ... TD Garden; Boston MA.