BOSTON BRUINS vs. BUFFALO SABRES POST-GAME NOTES MILESTONES REACHED: • Riley Nash recorded his ≈ 100th NHL point tonight with an assist in the second period. WHO’S HOT • Brad Marchand has two goals tonight, extending his point streak to five games with 5-5=10 totals in that span and giving him points in six of his seven games played. • David Pastrnak has two goals tonight, extending his goal and point streaks to four games with 5-2=7 totals in that stretch. • Charlie McAvoy has two assists tonight, giving him five assists in four straight games. • Tim Schaller has an assist tonight, giving him 2-1=3 totals in three of his last five games. • Anders Bjork has an assist tonight, giving him 3-2=5 totals in three of his last four games. • Riley Nash recorded his second assist of the season tonight. • Torey Krug recorded his second point of the season with an assist tonight. • Buffalo’s Jason Pominville has a goal and an assist tonight, giving him 3-6=9 totals in five of his last seven games. • Buffalo’s Jack Eichel has a goal tonight, extending his point streak to three games with 2-2=3 total in that span and giving him 3-5=8 totals in five of his last six contests. • Buffalo’s Benoit Pouliot has a goal tonight, giving him 1-1=2 totals in two of his last four games. • Buffalo’s Evander Kane has a goal tonight, giving him 2-3=5 totals in three of his last five games. • Buffalo’s Ryan O’Reilly has a goal and an assist tonight, extending his point streak to four games with 3-3=4 total in that stretch. • Buffalo’s Marco Scandella has an assist tonight, giving him single assists in two straight games. • Buffalo’s Justin Bailey has an assist tonight, giving him points in three of his four games played this season with 2-1=3 totals in that span. • Buffalo’s Sam Reinhart has an assist tonight, giving him 2-1=3 totals in three of his last four games. • Buffalo’s Jake McCabe recorded his first two points of the season with two assists tonight. THIS AND THAT: • The Bruins have now scored a power play goal in five of their seven games this season. SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 1 for 3 (33.3%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 9 for 30 on the power play this season (30.0%) and they have allowed one shorthanded goal. • The Sabres went 0 for 2 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 5 for 32 on the power play this season (15.6%) and they have allowed two shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 2 for 2 (100%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 23 for 28 overall on the penalty kill this season (82.1%) and they have scored one shorthanded goal. • The Sabres went 2 for 3 (64.3%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 27 for 33 on the penalty kill this season (81.8%) ... They have not yet scored a shorthanded goal ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 342 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 Tampa Bay Lightning drew 16,553. Saturday, October 21, 2017 ... TD Garden; Boston MA THIS AND THAT: • x TWO-GOAL LEADS: • The Bruins have held a 0-0 lead in today’s game ... It is the second time this season that they have held a two-or-more-goal lead in a game and they entered today’s game with a 1-0-0 record in those games ... They are 223-15-11 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 140-1-3 when they have led by three-or-more goals in a game. BACK-TO-BACK GAMES: • The Bruins are opening today their first of 14 sets of back-to-back games this season ... They entered today’s game with a 7-4- 2 record in game ones and a 3-8-2 mark in game twos of those series. NIGHT GAMES: • The Bruins are playing their first of 16 sets of three games in four nights tonight ... They have a 9-6-1 record in game ones, 8-5- 3 in game twos and 6-7-2 in game threes of those sets this season. MATINEES: • The Bruins are playing today their first of ten afternoon game on this season’s schedule and they entered today’s game with a 10-2-0 record in matinees this season. ATTENDANCE: ** NOT UPDATED ** • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak t TD Garden to 340 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 Tampa Bay Lightning drew 16, 553..