April 10, 2023 - BY Admin

Bruins break NHL's single-season win record with victory over Flyers

The Boston Bruins are officially the best regular-season club in NHL history. The Boston Bruins set an NHL regular-season record with their 63rd victory of the 2022-23 season on Sunday, defeating the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 at Wells Fargo Center.


With the win, the Bruins climbed to 63-12-5 and 131 points. Boston joined the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens and the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings as the third club in league history to record 130 points in a season. They are one point away from breaking the record for most points in a season. (1976-77 Canadiens, 132 points). The Bruins also earned their 30th road victory of the season, becoming only the third club to do so.


Boston's David Pastrnak led the way with a hat trick, scoring his 60th goal of the season — and 300th of his career — to send hats pouring down on the ice. Pastrnak and Connor McDavid are the only two players in the NHL this season to have scored 60 goals; the NHL has only had multiple 60-goal scorers nine times in its history, and the accomplishment has not been accomplished since the 1995-95 season.


Charlie Coyle scored 47 seconds into the game to get the Bruins moving, and Pavel Zacha rifled one top shelf late in the third period to secure the win. Jeremy Swayman made 34 saves to earn his seventh consecutive victory and 22nd of the season.


The Flyers got goals from Wade Allison, Joel Farabee, and Owen Tippett. In the Philadelphia net, Felix Sandstrom saved 29 shots.


After defeating the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Saturday, the Bruins equaled the record set by the 1995-96 Red Wings and the 2018-19 Tampa Bay Lightning.