Bruins break long-standing NHL document in rout of Sabres

After a 7-1 rout of the Buffalo Sabres Thursday night time, the Boston Bruins broke a long-standing Montreal Canadiens document that was set throughout the 1976-77 season. 

The Bruins moved to 48-8-5 on the season, recording 101 factors for the yr in simply 61 video games. That is the quickest any NHL crew has been in a position to attain 100 factors in a single season. 

The Canadiens additionally set the document with 132 factors, which continues to be essentially the most any crew has totaled in a single season. With 21 video games left, the Bruins can break that document as properly. 

Jeremy Swayman, #1, and Linus Ullmark, #35 of the Boston Bruins, have fun the win in opposition to the Buffalo Sabres on the TD Garden on March 2, 2023 in Boston. (Steve Babineau/NHLI through Getty Images)

Prior to the sport, the Bruins had themselves a strong morning, signing their star winger David Pastrnak to a $90 million extension over the subsequent eight seasons whereas buying and selling for Tyler Bertuzzi to shore up their forwards. 

Pastrnak was in a position to rating one of many seven Bruins targets, an empty netter within the five-goal third interval for Boston. He additionally had two assists, one within the second interval and the opposite within the third. 

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Dmitry Orlov, who came to visit within the Bruins’ first commerce with the Washington Capitals that additionally introduced Garnet Hathaway into the fold, scored his third aim with the Bruins two nights after he noticed two hit the twine in Calgary. 

Orlov has benefited from head coach David Montgomery’s initiative to have his defensemen leap in on offense, tallying eight factors in his first 4 video games with the Bruins. 

Connor Clifton, #75 of the Boston Bruins, celebrates his third interval aim in opposition to the Buffalo Sabres on the TD Garden on March 2, 2023 in Boston. (Steve Babineau/NHLI through Getty Images)

The Sabres had been solely down 2-0 after the second interval, however the Bruins exploded towards the top of the third interval. They scored two short-handed targets, as Buffalo pulled the goalie for a 6-on-4 energy play to attempt to get again within the sport. 

Instead, captain Patrice Bergeron despatched the puck 200 ft down the ice for the empty-net aim, making it a 5-1 sport. Casey Mittlestadt spoiled Jeremy Swayman’s shutout with a excessive wrister that stayed beneath the bar. 

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Then, simply seconds later, Charlie Coyle helped Hathaway and Connor Clifton spring ahead for a 2-on-1. Hathaway discovered Clifton, who chipped it over the glove of Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen so as to add one other on the scoreboard. 

Jakob Lauko, who was referred to as up after Nick Foligno and Taylor Hall had been positioned on the injured reserve checklist, scored two targets on this one, together with the seventh and last one. 

Boston has a agency spot on the high of the Eastern Conference, looking forward to a Stanley Cup Playoff run.

Dmitry Orlov, #81 of the Boston Bruins, celebrates with Hampus Lindholm, #27, after scoring a aim in opposition to the Buffalo Sabres throughout the second interval on the TD Garden on March 2, 2023 in Boston. (Brian Fluharty/Getty Images)

With that, extra historical past might come their manner.