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The Boston Bruins’ historic season has reached its biggest top but on Sunday night time. Boston defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, 5-3, bettering their win whole to an NHL-record 63 to place a cherry on prime of their Presidents’ Trophy-winning marketing campaign.
Boston’s 63rd win surpasses the earlier file of 62 set by the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings and matched by the 2018-19 Tampa Bay Lightning. With two video games remaining and 131 factors for the season, the Bruins even have an opportunity to surpass the NHL factors file of 132, which the Montreal Canadiens set in 1976-77.
Bruins star David Pastrnak led the way in which towards the Flyers by recording a hat trick, giving him 60 objectives for the season and 300 for his profession. The 26-year-old star is barely the second participant in franchise historical past to hit 60 objectives for a season, becoming a member of Phil Esposito, a Hall of Famer who did so 4 instances for the Bruins.
Pastrnak’s extraordinary effort got here at an opportune time for the Bruins as they sat six regulars towards Philadelphia.
This season has been one Boston followers will bear in mind for fairly a while. The Bruins got here into the yr lacking key contributors Brad Marchand and Charlie McAvoy, however their temporary absences did not cease Boston from turning into the quickest group in NHL historical past to achieve 100 factors and 50 wins. The Bruins additionally received their fourth Presidents’ Trophy in franchise historical past — passing the New York Rangers for second-most all-time — on March 30, a full two weeks earlier than the conclusion of the NHL common season.
The Bruins will finish their common season with a house sport towards the Washington Capitals on Tuesday and a street matchup with the Canadiens on Thursday. Then comes the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the place the Bruins will hope to win their seventh Stanley Cup to present them sole place of the fourth-most titles in NHL historical past.
