Boston “Bruins” ice hockey players reach the NHL record of victories

The Boston “Bruins” beat the Philadelphia “Flyers” 5:3 (1:1, 2:1, 2:1), celebrating their 63rd victory in the season.

Thus, the achievement of the 1995/1996 Detroit “Red Wings” and the 2018/2019 Tampa Bay “Lightning” was corrected.

The Czech forward scored his team’s second, third and fourth goals in 18 minutes and 35 seconds.

It was the 60th goal of the season for Pastrniak, who also had an assist on the last goal in this game. The last person to score 6 goals for the Bruins in a season was Phil Esposito in the 1974/1975 season.

Only Connor McDavid from the Edmonton “Oilers” has beaten the opposing goalkeepers more this year, who upset the goalkeepers 64 times. The last time two players reached the limit of 60 goals in a season was in the 1995/1996 season, when teammates from the Pittsburgh “Penguins” – Jaromir Jagr (62 goals) and Mario Lemieux (69) – Pastrňāk’s compatriot.

The 131 points accumulated by the “Bruins” in the season together with the “Red Wings” in the 1995/1996 season is the second best score in the history of the NHL. In 1976/1977, only Montreal “Canadiens” managed to score more points.

Tods Bertuzzi collected three assists in the match for the winners, while Pavel Zaha, the author of the last goal, scored two (1+1) points, while Jeremy Swaymen saved 34 shots in the goal.

Joel Fereby and Owen Tippett scored two (1+1) points for the home team.

In the second game, Anaheim “Ducks” lost to Colorado “Avalanche” in overtime with 4:5 (0:1, 2:1, 2:2, 0:1).

It helped Colorado lead the Central Division with 104 points in 79 games.

Miko Rantanen (2+2) scored four points in the victory, Nathan McKinnon (2+1) and defenseman Devon Täves scored three each, while Valery Nichushkin had two assists.

Frank Vatrano scored two goals for the home team, while Lukas Dostal saved 41 of 46 shots.