BOSTON BRUINS vs. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS POST GAME NOTES MILESTONES REACHED: • Patrice Bergeron’s assist on Boston’s fifth goal today was his 899th career point, passing Rick Middleton into fourth place on the Bruins’ all-time points list. • David Krejci’s assist on Boston’s second goal was his 500th NHL assist. • Pittsburgh’s Brandon Tanev played his 100th game as a Penguin today. • Pittsburgh’s Mike Matheson’s first period assist today was his 100th NHL point. WHO’S HOT: • Brad Marchand had three goals and an assist today, giving him 5-2=7 totals in his last three straight games with 5-9=14 totals in eight of his last ten games played ... It was his tenth multiple-point game of the season, his fourth three-or-more point effort and his fourth career hat trick. • David Pastrnak had two goals and an assist today, giving him 6-4=10 totals in seven of his last 12 games ... It was his eighth multiple-point game of the season and his third with three-or-more points. • Charlie McAvoy had three assists today, giving him 1-6=7 totals in four of his last six games ... It was his sixth multiple-point game of the season. • David Krejci had a goal and an assist today, giving him 1-9=10 totals in five of his last seven games ... It was his fifth multiple- point game of the season. • Patrice Bergeron had a goal and an assist today, giving him 1-3=4 totals in his last three straight games with 1-4=5 totals in four of his last five contests ... It was his eighth multiple-point game of the season. • Nick Ritchie had two assists today, giving him 2-3=5 totals in three of his last five games ... It was his fifth multiple-point game of the season. • Matt Grzelcyk had an assist today, giving him 1-2=3 totals in three of his last five games. • Charlie Coyle had an assist today, giving him single assists each in two of his last six games. • Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists today, giving him 4-9=13 totals in seven of his last eight games. • Pittsburgh’s Jake Guentzel had a goal and two assists today, giving him 5-6=11 totals in eight of his last nine games with 9-7=16 totals in 12 of his last 14 contests. • Pittsburgh’s Mark Jankowski had a goal and an assist today, giving him 2-1=3 totals in two of his last five games. • Pittsburgh’s Cody Ceci had a goal today, giving him 1-2=3 totals in three of his last four games. • Pittsburgh’s Mike Matheson had an assist today, giving him 1-3=4 totals in his last three straight games. • Pittsburgh’s Jared McCann had a goal today, giving him 4-3=7 totals in five of his last six games. • Pittsburgh’s Brian Dumoulin had an assist today, snapping a nine-game scoreless stretch since an assist on March 15 vs. Boston. • Pittsburgh’s Sam Lafferty had an assist today, giving him single assists each in four of his last eight games. THIS AND THAT: • Boston scored five goals in the second period today ... It was their first five-goal period since the second of a 7-3 win in Florida on March 23, 2019. • Tonight’s seven goals by Boston match their season-high, first scored on February 21 vs. Philadelphia in Lake Tahoe. SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins were 1 for 3 (33.3%) on the power play today ... They are now 24 for 104 on the power play this season (23.1%) and they allowed five shorthanded goals. • The Penguins were 1 for 3 (33.3%) on the power play today ... They are now 23 for 110 on the power play this season (20.9%) and they have allowed two shorthanded goals.th • The Bruins were 2 for 3 (66.7%) on the penalty kill today ... They are now 97 for 109 overall on the penalty kill this season (89.0%) and they have scored five shorthanded goals. • The Penguins were 2 for 3 (66.7%) on the penalty kill today ... They are now 90 for 115 on the penalty kill this season (78.3%) and they scored five shorthanded goals. Saturday, April 3, 2021 ... TD Garden; Boston MA ATTENDANCE: • Today’s attendance was a sellout figure of 2,191. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 480 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..