BOSTON BRUINS vs. ST. LOUIS BLUES POST-GAME NOTES MILESTONES REACHED: • David Backes’ goal at 7:44 of the first period was the 20,000th goal in the history of the Bruins franchise ... Boston became the second team in NHL history to reach that milestone, joining the Montreal Canadiens. • Torey Krug assisted on Backes’ goal for the 100th assist of his NHL/Bruins career. WHO’S HOT: • David Backes had a goal tonight, giving him 2-2=4 totals in three his last six games ... It was his first game vs. the team he spent his first ten seasons with, and captained for five, and he has now scored a goal vs. every NHL team. • Dominic Moore had a shorthanded goal tonight, giving him 2-2=4 totals in four his last six games ... It was his fifth goal of the season, one shy of his season total from 2015-16 ... It was his second shorthanded goal of the season, matching his previous career season-high of two scored in 2014-15 with the NY Rangers. • David Krejci had an assist tonight, giving him 1-6=7 totals in five his last six games. • Torey Krug had an assist tonight, giving him 1-3=4 totals in four his last six games. • Riley Nash had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in two of his last six games. • St. Louis’ Jori Lehtera had two goals tonight, giving him 2-1=3 totals in two of his last five games. • St. Louis’ Patrik Berglund had two assists tonight, snapping an 11-game scoreless stretch. • St. Louis’ Robert Bortuzzo had a goal tonight for his first point of the season. • St. Louis’ Paul Stastny had a goal tonight, giving him 1-1=2 totals in two of his last three games. • St. Louis’ Colton Parayko had an assist tonight, giving him four assists in three of his last six games. • St. Louis’ Vladimir Tarasenko had an assist tonight, giving him 3-8=11 totals in eight of his last nine games. • St. Louis’ Colton Parayko had an assist tonight, giving him five assists in four of his last eight games. • St. Louis’ Jaden Schwartz had an assist tonight, extending his point streak to four games with 3-2=5 totals in that stretch and giving him 5-3=8 totals in seven of his last eight games. • St. Louis’ Nail Yakupov had an assist tonight, snapping an eight-game scoreless stretch. • St. Louis’ David Perron had an assist tonight, extending his point streak to five games with 2-5=7 totals in that span. SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 1 for 3 (33.3%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 9 for 61 on the power play this season (14.8%) and they have allowed three shorthanded goals. • The Blues went 0 for 2 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 14 for 68 on the power play this season (20.6%) and they have allowed two shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 2 for 2 (100.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 60 for 70 overall on the penalty kill this season (85.7%) and they have scored two shorthanded goals. • The Blues went 2 for 3 (66.7%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 73 for 80 on the penalty kill this season (91.3%) and they have not yet scored a shorthanded goal. 3-IN-4 NIGHT GAMES: • The Bruins opened tonight their fourth of three games in four nights, as they will play in Ottawa on Thursday and host Calgary on Friday ... They now have a 2-2-0 record in game ones of those series and a 2-1-0 record in games two and three of those sets this season. ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 302 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. Tuesday, November 22, 2016 ... TD Garden; Boston MA.