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BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins kept their season's latest record-breaking performance for their home audience.
The Bruins shattered the NHL points record with a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night in their regular-season home finale. Brad Marchand and Tyler Bertuzzi scored on the power play.
The Bruins won their seventh straight game under cries of "We want the Cup!" from supporters inside TD Garden, increasing their point total to 133, one more than the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens. Those Canadiens played in a period when there was no overtime or shootouts. The Bruins had 11 extra points - five for shootout victories and six for overtime victories - that the Canadiens did not have when they set the record.
"Don't get me wrong: we're overjoyed. "However, it's a regular-season record," Marchand explained. "The playoffs begin, and everything begins again." There will be 16 teams working toward the same goal, and what we've done thus far has no influence on that."
The Bruins surpassed the NHL victory record with 63 on Sunday in Philadelphia, breaking a tie with the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings and the 2018-19 Tampa Bay Lightning.
"I think (Montreal's) wins in 80 games is a little more significant," said Bruins coach Jim Montgomery. However, he emphasized that it is still significant "because those were dominant hockey teams."
Boston also got goals from Tomas Nosek, Garnet Hathaway, and Jake DeBrusk on Tuesday night.
With 12:24 remaining in the second period, Matt Irwin was penalised for a cross-check on Taylor Hall, giving the Bruins their first power play of the game.
Less than a minute later, Pastrnak collected a feed from Patrice Bergeron, drew some defenders in the center of the ice, and flipped it to the bottom of the right faceoff circle to Marchand, who finished off his 21st goal of the season. It was his first goal in 17 games, having previously scored in a March 9 loss to Edmonton.
"You almost have to laugh about it," Marchand commented. "It's one of those things that gets frustrating at first, but then it just becomes laughable." You can't take it too seriously, and I believe that's where it ended up. It's not the norm, and I'm aware of it."
Boston went back on offense after Tom Wilson was penalized for roughing Charlie McAvoy with little under seven minutes remaining in the period.
Bertuzzi found himself in an ideal position to rebound Pastrnak's attempt and score his eighth goal of the season, putting the Bruins up 2-0.
BOWMAN WEIGHS IN
On Tuesday, Tampa Bay hosted Toronto, and Hall of Fame coach Scotty Bowman was in attendance.
Montgomery's buddy and coach during the previous record-setting seasons by Montreal and Detroit, the 89-year-old stated he doesn't mind if those records are broken.
"We still have part of the record, we got 132 points in 80 games, I keep telling him," Bowman smiled. "I'm not bothered. I'm happy for him since he made an excellent return. He is self-assured. They have an excellent team. I'm old enough to understand that I don't need all of my documents, and if he can get them, I'm delighted for him."
NOTES: It was just Boston’s second time with two power play goals in a game this season. It also had two in a 7-3 win over Florida on Dec. 19. … Washington’s Jensen has now scored in a career-high five games. … Henrik Borgstrom was recalled from the AHL Hershey Bears Tuesday and became the first Finnish player to dress for the Capitals in 14 years.
UP NEXT
Capitals: Host New Jersey on Thursday night.
Bruins: At Montreal on Thursday night.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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