NHL Review January 17 2018

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
BOSTON 4, Montreal 1
ANAHEIM 5, Pittsburgh 3

BRUINS WIN TO PUSH NHL-BEST POINT STREAK TO 14 GAMES
Brad Marchand (1-1—2) and Patrice Bergeron (0-2—2) each collected two points as the Bruins (25-10-8, 58 points) scored four unanswered goals to defeat the Canadiens (18-21-6, 42 points) for the second time this week and extend their point streak to 14 contests (10-0-4), the longest such run in the NHL this season. Prior to the streak, the Bruins ranked 20th in the League but have since leapfrogged 14 teams into sixth in the overall standings.

The Bruins, who are on their best run since a 16-game point streak from Mar. 2-30, 2014 (15-0-1), are responsible for two of six point streaks of 14+ games since the start of 2013-14. The others: Columbus (17-0-1), Anaheim (11-0-3), Washington (12-0-2) all in 2016-17; and Nashville (10-0-4) in 2015-16.

In fact, this marks the 10th time in the 94-year history of the franchise that the Bruins have recorded a point streak of at least 14 games. Eight of those instances have occurred in the NHL’s modern era (since 1943-44).

Tuukka Rask (21 saves) improved to 13-0-2 in his last 15 decisions dating to Nov. 29, besting Andrei Vasilevskiy (13-0-1 from Oct. 9 – Nov. 16) for the longest such run by a goaltender this season.

Rask’s run is the 10th instance in Bruins history of a goaltender recording at least a point in 15+ consecutive decisions and the first since 1982-83 when Pete Peeters went 26-0-5 across 31 decisions (32 GP). The only such run in NHL history longer than Peeters’ was also achieved by a Bruins goaltender – Gerry Cheeverswent 24-0-8 in 32 consecutive decisions in 1971-72 (33 GP).

DUCKS SCORE FIVE, SNAP PENGUINS’ WIN STREAK
Ondrej Kase (1-1—2) was one of five Ducks to score as Anaheim won the opener of its five-game homestand and snapped Pittsburgh’s win streak at five games. The Ducks (21-16-9, 51 points) improved to 5-1-1 in their past seven contests at Honda Center dating to Dec. 6.

Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf registered one assist to become the first player in franchise history to record 600 career assists. He ranks second on the team with 4-22—26 this season, despite playing in only 22 games.

Evgeni Malkin opened the scoring with his 20th goal of the season to become the fourth player in Penguinsfranchise history to record at least 10 seasons of 20+ goals.

Phil Kessel (1-1—2) and Sidney Crosby (0-2—2) recorded multiple points for the fourth and fifth consecutive game, respectively. Overall, Kessel (4-6—10) and Crosby (3-10—13) each have five-game point streaks.

Crosby (399-677—1,076), who has played each of his 829 regular-season games with the Penguins, moved within three points of tying Jaromir Jagr (439-640—1,079 in 806 GP) for second place on the franchise’s all-time points list. Mario Lemieux (690-1,033—1,723 in 915 GP) is the club’s all-time points leader.

NHL Schedule for Thursday January 18 2018

Matchup	Time
Washington@ New Jersey	7:00 PM ET
Boston@ NY Islanders	7:00 PM ET
Toronto@ Philadelphia	7:00 PM ET
Dallas@ Columbus	7:00 PM ET
Buffalo@ NY Rangers	7:30 PM ET
St. Louis@ Ottawa	7:30 PM ET
Vegas@ Tampa Bay	7:30 PM ET
Arizona@ Nashville	8:00 PM ET
San Jose@ Colorado	9:00 PM ET
Pittsburgh@ Los Angeles	10:00 PM ET