BOSTON BRUINS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S GAME
- The Bruins visit the Lightning tonight in the 1st of 4 games between these teams this season and the 1st of 2 Boston visits to Amalie Arena.
- They are 16-2-0 this season and are 5-2-0 on the road … They are 8-2-0 vs. Eastern Conference opponents.
- The Bruins open a 2-game road trip in Tampa Bay tonight and conclude in Florida on 11/23 … They will then return to Boston for 4 games, hosting Carolina on 11/25, Tampa Bay 11/29, Colorado on 12/3 and Vegas on 12/5.
RECENT GAMES:
- The Bruins have won their last 6 games and 12 of their last 13 games, with a 7-game win streak from 10/20-11/3, a 2-1 loss in Toronto on 11/5 and 6 straight victories over St. Louis, Calgary, Buffalo, Vancouver, Philadelphia and Chicago.
- Their start of 32 points on a 16-2-0 record ties the best record through 18 games in club history, first set with a same 16-2-0 mark in 1929-30.
- They have extended their home win streak from the start of a season to 11-0-0, which ties the longest such streak in NHL history (1963-64 Chicago and 2021-22 Florida).
- Boston 5 vs Vancouver 2 … Hampus Lindholm had 3A, Connor Clifton (GA) and David Pastrnak (2A) had 2-pt games, and Pavel Zacha (GW), Patrice Bergeron (PP), Brad Marchand (PP) and Tomas Nosek (EN) had single tallies … Linus Ullmark earned the win in goal … SOG: Bos 33, Van 31… PP: 2/6 … PK: 2/6
- Boston 4 vs Philadelphia 1 … After a rare scoreless 1st period, goals by Tomas Nosek, Jake DeBrusk (PP/GW), and 2 from David Krejci (PP) notched the win along with 2A each from Nick Foligno (300th NHL assist) and Pavel Zacha … Linus UllmarkN extended his NHL lead with his 12th of the season … SOG: Bos 32, Phi 23 … PP: 2/4 … PK: 1/4
- Boston 6 vs Chicago 1 … Charlie McAvoy had a career-high 4A, Brad Marchand had 3A, and David Pastrnak (2G) and Patrice Bergeron (PP/GWG+A including his 999th NHL pt) had multiple points … Jake DeBrusk (PP), David Krejci and Taylor Hall had single goals … Jeremy Swayman returned from an injury with the win in net … SOG: Bos 43, Chi 18 … PP: 2/3 … PK: 1/3
INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2022-23: 26)
- Derek Forbort – Broken finger (IR)
BOSTON vs TAMPA BAY, LIFETIME SERIES
- The Bruins and Lightning are meeting for the 111th time in their histories with the Bruins having a 68-30-9-3 record and 360-286 scoring advantage in those games.
- The Bruins are 29-21-3-1 lifetime in Tampa Bay with the a 158-151 scoring edge in those 54 contests … The Bruins are 3-0-1 in their last four games vs. the Lightning.
NUMBERS
1: Boston’s rank in both goals for per game (4.11) and fewest goals against per game (2.06).
3: Straight deciding goals Taylor Hall from 10/20-25/2022 – deciding shootout goal vs. Anaheim on 10/20, OT goal vs. Minnesota on 10/22 and GWG vs. Dallas on 10/25.
3: Player on the current roster new to the Bruins organization this season – A.J. Greer (free agent), Anton Stralman (free agent), Pavel Zacha (trade).
4: Defenseman points in a game this season by Hampus Lindholm (1-3=4 vs PIT on 11/1) and Charlie McAvoy (4A vs CHI on 11/19).
4: Points by David Pastrnak (1-3=4 totals) on 10/12/2022 in Washington in the 2022-23 season opener … That is the most points in a Boston opener since Brad Marchand (2-3=5) and Pastrnak (2-2=4) in 10/13/2016.
8: Straight wins by Linus Ullmark from 10/12-11/3/2022 … It was a new career-best win streak and it also tied the longest win streak by a Boston goaltender from the start of a season (Tim Thomas, also 8-0-0 in 2010-11).
9: Players on the Bruins current roster who played college hockey – Connor Clifton, Charlie Coyle, Derek Forbort, Trent Frederic, AJ Greer, Matt Grzelcyk, Charlie McAvoy, Craig Smith and Jeremy Swayman.
10: Former first round draft picks on the current roster – Charlie Coyle, Jake DeBrusk, Derek Forbert, Trent Frederic, Taylor Hall, Hampus Lindholm, Charlie McAvoy, David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha and Jakub Zboril
11: Straight home wins to open this season … That is the longest such home streak in club history and has tied the NHL such record set by Chicago in 1963-64 and matched by Florida in 2021-22 … That is Boston’s longest home win streak overall since 12 in 2018-19.
19: Consecutive wins by Boston over Arizona after their 6-3 win on 10/15/2022 … That are the most wins by one opponent in club history.
32: Points by Boston (16-2-0) through their 1st 18 games … That ties the best start in their history, first set with a matching 16-2-0 record in 1929-30.
+37: Boston’s league-leading goal differential, including an NHL-best 3rd period goal differential at 29-9 and +20.
89.6%: Boston’s penalty-kill, 2nd in the league, with 7 goals allowed on 67 times short.
387-25-20: Boston’s record since 2011-12 in games in which they have had a 2-goal lead in a game … That extends to 253-2-6 over that span when they have led by 3 goals
548: Consecutive Bruins games (regular season & playoffs) currently sold out at TD Garden … Their last non-sellout game was on 12/2/2009 when a Wednesday game vs. TB drew 16,553
FUN FACTS
- The Bruins currently have 23 players on their roster, including 1 on injured reserve … 10 were drafted by the team, 4 were acquired in trade and 9 were signed as free agents.
- The Bruins play 16 matinees this season (local start time 4:00 pm or earlier) … They have a 1-0-0 record in afternoon games so far.
- The Bruins play 14 sets of back-to-back games this season … They are currently 3-0-0 in the 1st game of those sets and are 2-1-0 in the 2nd games so far.
- The Bruins are playing game 10 of a 13-game November schedule tonight (7 hm/6 rd, 8-1-0) … They will play 14 games in December (8 hm/6 rd), 14 in January (5 hm/9 rd), 10 in February (3 hm/7 rd), 15 in March (9 hm/6 rd) and 7 in April (3 hm/4 rd) … They went 8-1-0 in October.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Nov. 9: Mike Reilly placed on waivers for assignment to Providence/AHL (assigned Nov. 10).
Nov. 16: Keith Kinkaid returned to Providence/AHL.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING NOTES:
LAST GAME
Lightning 3 at Nashville 2 (OT)
The Tampa Bay Lightning earned a season-best, fourth-straight win with a 3-2 overtime victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena…The win marked TBL’s third consecutive win over a Western Conference opponent…TBL improved to 11-6-1 on the season, including a road record of 5-4-0…TBL defeated NSH for the third-straight time and have won nine of the last 11 meetings…Filip Forsberg opened the scoring with the lone goal of the first period, a power-play goal for NSH just 1:50 into the game…Despite being shorthanded three times, TBL outshot NSH 18-12 in the first 20 minutes and set a new season-high for shots on goal in a single period…Nikita Kucherov got TBL on the board with a power-play goal 4:25 into the second period and tied the game at one when he danced through the neutral zone and ripped a shot over the blocker of Juuse Saros for his 10th goal of the season…Nino Niederreiter answered 5:04 into the third period and gave NSH a 2-1 lead…Alex Killorn scored the game-tying goal for TBL with 3:21 left in regulation, deflecting a shot from Ian Cole past Saros for his sixth goal of the season…After taking a high stick to the head in overtime and earning a 4-on-3 power play for TBL, Steven Stamkos blasted a one-timer over the blocker of Saros for his 10th goal of the year and secured the 3-2 win…Andrei Vasilevskiy got the start in goal for TBL and made 30 saves on 32 shots against… Rudolfs Balcers and Zach Bogosian both made their season debuts for TBL…Haydn Fleury left the game in the second period and did not return for TBL…TBL tied their season-high for shots on goal in a single game with 39.
PP: TBL – 2-5 NSH 1-5
SOG: TBL – 39 NSH – 32
Attendance: 17,444
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Lightning and the Bruins are playing the first of four matchups this season and the first of two meetings at AMALIE Arena…BOS (16-2-0) leads the NHL in wins and points this season…TBL (11-6-1) is tied for the fourth-most wins and seventh-most points in the NHL this season…TBL is 4-4-2 in their last 10 home games vs. BOS and 6-3-1 in their last 10 matchups overall…TBL posted a 1-2-1 record vs. BOS last season and went 0-1-1 on home ice…Mikhail Sergachev (0-4—4) led TBL in points and assists vs. BOS last season, while Ondrej Palat (2-1—3) and Steven Stamkos (2-0—2) were tied for the team lead in goals…Stamkos has picked up points in six of his last eight games vs. BOS (7-3—10)…Sergachev has recorded three multi-point games over his last five games vs. BOS (1-5— 6)…Brayden Point has collected points in five of his last seven games vs. BOS (3-3—6)…Brandon Hagel has scored four goals in four career games vs. BOS (4-0—4)…Andrei Vasilevskiy is 6-3-1 with a .925 save percentage and one shutout in his last 10 starts vs. BOS…TBL is 33-58-10 with nine ties all-time vs. BOS, including a home record of 22-23-6 with three ties…The .386 all-time points percentage vs. BOS is TBL’s worst points percentage vs. a single franchise…Vincent Lecavalier (20-29—49) holds the TBL franchise records for career points and assists vs. BOS.
TBL ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS VS. BOS
- Vincent Lecavalier – 49 pts. (20-29—49, 50 GP)
- Steven Stamkos – 36 pts. (25-11—36, 45 GP)
- Martin St. Louis – 34 pts. (15-19—34, 49 GP)
T4. Brad Richards – 25 pts. (6-19—25, 27 GP)
T4. Victor Hedman – 25 pts. (7-18—25, 45 GP)
TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
Tampa Bay is playing the first game of a two-game homestand and will play nine of their 13 games in November at AMALIE Arena…TBL is 3-0-0 against Atlantic Division opponents this season…TBL is 6-2-1 at home this season…TBL can extend their win streak to a season-long five games with a win vs. BOS.
INJURIES
2022-23 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 47
Current Injuries:
Anthony Cirelli (Shoulder surgery; Out) 18 Games
Cal Foote (Lower-body injury; Day-to-day) 4 Games
Cole Koepke (Upper-body injury; Day-to-day) 1 Game
Nick Perbix (Lower-body injury; Day-to-day) 1 Game
TRANSACTIONS
Nov. 12 – Claimed F Rudolfs Balcers off waivers from FLA
Oct. 21 – Assigned F Gabriel Fortier to AHL Syracuse
Oct. 17 – Recalled D Nick Perbix from AHL Syracuse
STAMMER TIME
Tampa Bay captain Steven Stamkos scored his franchise-leading 12th career overtime goal Nov. 19 at NSH…Stamkos has picked up points in 11 consecutive games vs. NSH (10-9—19), scoring goals in four straight and nine of the 11 games…Stamkos is riding a four-game point streak (3-4—7) with goals in three consecutive games and three multipoint performances during the four-game span…Stamkos (10-10—20) is tied with Nikita Kucherov (10-18—28) for the team lead in goals, ranks second behind Kucherov in points and ranks fifth in assists among all TBL skaters…Stamkos has recorded points in seven of his last nine games (3-8—11)…Stamkos leads all TBL skaters and ranks tied for third among NHL skaters with six power-play goals (more: McDavid, EDM, 7; Zibanejad, NYR, 7)…Stamkos’s 491 career goals are tied with Jean Ratelle for the 48th-most in NHL history…Stamkos became the second player in TBL history to record 500 assists with the franchise Nov. 15 vs. DAL (also: Martin St. Louis, 588 assists)…Stamkos (491-501—992) has recorded more career goals and points than any player in TBL history.
TBL ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS
- Steven Stamkos – 992 pts. (491-501—992, 940 GP)
- Martin St. Louis – 953 pts. (365-588—953, 972 GP)
- Vincent Lecavalier – 874 pts. (383-491—874, 1,037 GP)
- Nikita Kucherov – 644 pts. (256-388—644, 580 GP)
- Victor Hedman – 612 pts. (135-477—612, 914 GP)
KLUTCHEROV
Bolts forward Nikita Kucherov scored a goal and added two assists Nov. 19 at NSH for his third game of the season with three or more points…Kucherov has recorded points in six straight games vs. NSH (5-7—12), including four straight multi-point games with a goal in all of them (4-6—10)…Kucherov’s nine multi-point games this season are tied for the second-most among NHL skaters (more: McDavid, EDM, 10)…Kucherov has scored a goal in nine of his last 12 games and recorded a point in 15 of TBL’s 18 games this season (10-18—28)…Kucherov has recorded points in eight of TBL’s nine home games this season (6-10—16)…Kucherov is tied for the third-most points and fourth-most assists among NHL skaters…Kucherov’s 77 shots are tied for the 11th-most among NHL skaters…Kucherov is the only TBL skater and one of seven NHL players to record a 10- game point streak this season…Kucherov also recorded an NHL-best (tied) six-game goal streak Oct. 25 – Nov. 5 (7- 5—12)…Kucherov leads all TBL skaters in points, assists, game-winning goals (3) and power-play points (13) while sharing the team lead in goals with Steven Stamkos (10- 10—20)…Kucherov’s 13 power-play points are the third-most among NHL skaters (more: McDavid, EDM, 16; Draisaitl, EDM, 14)…Since the start of the 2016-17 season, only Connor McDavid (1.48 P/GP) has recorded a higher point-per-game average than Kucherov’s 1.34.
NHL P/GP LEADERS SINCE 2016-17 (MIN. 100 GP)
- Connor McDavid – 1.48 P/GP (239-444-683, 460 GP)
- Nikita Kucherov – 1.34 P/GP (188-307—495, 369 GP)
- Leon Draisaitl – 1.25 P/GP (243-343—586, 467 GP)
- Brad Marchand – 1.21 P/GP (203-317—520, 430 GP)
GAME POINT
Lightning forward Brayden Point picked up two assists Nov. 19 at NSH for his seventh multi-point game of the season…Point extended his point streak vs. NSH to five games (2-4—6) and has recorded points in 10 of the last 11 meetings (4-10—14)…Point (6-12—18) has the third-most assists and is tied with Mikhail Sergachev (4-14—18) for the third-most points among TBL skaters…Point is also tied with Alex Killorn (6-8—14) and Nick Paul (6-5—11) for the third-most goals among TBL skaters…Point’s 36 career game-winning goals are the fifth-most in TBL history.
TBL ALL-TIME GAME-WINNING GOAL LEADERS
- Steven Stamkos – 74 GWG (940 GP)
- Martin St. Louis – 64 GWG (972 GP)
- Vincent Lecavalier – 60 GWG (1,037 GP)
- Nikita Kucherov – 41 GWG (580 GP)
- Brayden Point – 36 GWG (435 GP)
STORM SERG
Bolts defenseman Mikhail Sergachev recorded one assist Nov. 19 at NSH and extended his point streak to four games (2-6—8)…Sergachev (4-14—18) is tied for the fifth-most points, eighth-most assists and third-most power play goals and power-play points (2-6—8) among NHL defensemen…Sergachev ranks second in assists and is tied for third in points among TBL skaters…Sergachev leads all TBL defensemen in goals, assists, points, power-play points and power-play goals…Sergachev’s 18 points are the most he’s had through the first 18 games of a season in his career…Sergachev, who was drafted ninth overall by MTL in the 2016 NHL Draft, leads all defensemen selected in 2016 in games played (380) and points (40-152—192)…Sergachev is the only player in NHL history to have played more than 75 playoff games (91) and won two Stanley Cups by the age of 24…Sergachev (0.51 P/GP) ranks fourth all-time among Russian defensemen in points per game (min. 100 GP), trailing only Sergei Zubov (0.72), Sergei Gonchar (0.62) and Andrei Markov (0.58).
COLE WORLD
Tampa Bay defenseman Ian Cole recorded one assist Nov. 19 at NSH and extended his point streak to three games (1-3—4)…Cole has picked up points in four of his last five games (1-4—5)…Cole ranks fourth among all TBL skaters in blocked shots with 32…Cole’s 24 hits and seven takeaways rank fourth, while his 45:13 shorthanded time on ice ranks third among TBL defensemen.
TBL SHORTHANDED TIME ON ICE LEADERS, DEFENSEMEN
- Mikhail Sergachev – 57:12 SH TOI (18 GP)
- Erik Cernak – 43:50 SH TOI (14 GP)
- Ian Cole – 45:13 SH TOI (15 GP)
- Victor Hedman – 37:19 SH TOI (16 GP)
KILLER INSTINCT
Lightning forward Alex Killorn scored the game-tying goal late in the third period Nov. 19 at NSH…Killorn has picked up points in seven of his last 10 games (5-6—11)…Killorn (6-8—14) ranks tied for third in goals, tied for fifth in assists and fifth overall in points among TBL skaters…Killorn’s four goals in November (4-5—9) are tied with Nick Paul (4-2—6) for the second-most among TBL skaters (most: Kucherov, 7-9—16).
