BOSTON BRUINS vs. CAROLINA HURRICANES POST GAME NOTES WHO’S HOT: • Patrice Bergeron had four goals and an assist tonight, giving him 11-2=13 totals in six of his last 11 games ... It is his second career hat trick (also Jan. 11, 2011 vs. Ottawa) and ties a club mark for goals in a game ... It also ties his career-high for points in a game (0-5=5 at Ottawa on Dec. 19, 2005). • Brad Marchand had a career-high four assists tonight, giving him 8-15=23 totals in 12 of his last 17 games. • David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists tonight, giving him 6-15=21 totals in 16 of his last 20 games ... It was his first goal since Dec. 13 at Detroit, a span of ten games between scores. • Riley Nash had a goal tonight, giving him 3-4=7 totals in five of his last seven games. • Jake DeBrusk had a goal tonight, giving him 1-1=2 totals in two of his last four games. • David Backes had an assist tonight, giving him 3-6=9 totals in five of his last six games with 5-7=12 totals in seven of his last nine games. • Danton Heinen had an assist tonight, giving him 2-5=7 totals in four of his last five games and giving him 6-11=17 totals in 11 of his last 15 contests. • David Krejci had an assist tonight, giving him 5-6=11 totals in eight of his last 12 games. • Ryan Spooner had an assist tonight, giving him 2-6=8 totals in six of his last nine games played. • Kevan Miller had an assist tonight, giving him 1-2=3 totals in three of his last five games. • Carolina’s Jordan Staal had a goal tonight, giving him 1-1=2 totals in two straight games. • Carolina’s Teuvo Teravainen had an assist tonight, giving him 3-5=8 totals in five of his last seven games. • Carolina’s Noah Hanifin had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in two of his last four games. THIS AND THAT: • Patrice Bergeron’s four-goal game was the first by a Bruin since Dave Andreychuk vs. Tampa Bay on Oct. 28, 1999 ... It tied a club record for goals in a game by a player and he is the 16th Bruin to accomplish the feat. Phil Esposito did it on four occa- sions; Herb Cain, Bill Cowley & John Bucyk all did it twice; and 11 others had one each. • Boston’s win tonight extended their point streak to ten straight games at 8-0-2 which is their longest such streak since a 15-0-1 stretch from Mar. 2-30, 2014 ... They are now 11-1-2 in their last 14 games and are 17-3-2 in their last 22 contests. • The Bruins scored five goals in a period for the first time since a five-goal third period vs. Philadelphia on Jan. 13, 2011 in a 7-5 win. • Tonight’s game was the 20th time this season that they have held a two-or-more-goal lead in a game and they now have an 18-0-2 record in those games ... They are 239-15-13 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 151-1-4 when they have led by three-or-more goals in a game. • The Bruins opened their seventh of 14 sets of back-to-back games this season ... They now have a 5-1-1 record in game ones and a 2-3-1 mark in game twos of those series. SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 1 for 2 (50.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 27 for 128 on the power play this season (21.1%) and they have allowed five shorthanded goals. • The Hurricanes went 1 for 3 (33.3%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 21 for 131 on the power play this season (16.0%) and they have allowed four shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 2 for 3 (66.7%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 100 for 119 overall on the penalty kill this season (84.0%) and they have scored two shorthanded goals. • The Hurricanes went 1 for 2 (50.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 79 for 100 on the penalty kill this season (79.0%) ... They have scored one shorthanded goal. MILESTONES REACHED: • Patrice Bergeron’s second goal tonight was his third point of the game and the 700th point of his NHL/Bruins career. • Carolina’s Josh Jooris played his 200th NHL game tonight. ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 360 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, January 6, 2018 ... TD Garden; Boston MA.