The Boston Bruins made history on Tuesday night as they broke the NHL points record with a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals in their regular-season home finale. With chants of “We want the Cup!” ringing out, the Bruins won their seventh straight game to push their points total to 133, one more than the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens. It’s worth noting that those Canadiens played in an era without overtime and shootouts.
The Bruins broke the record just one game after setting the NHL victory record with 63 on Sunday at Philadelphia, breaking a tie with the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings and 2018-19 Tampa Bay Lightning. Tomas Nosek, Garnet Hathaway, and Jake DeBrusk also scored for Boston on Tuesday night in win No. 64.
Wilson narrowed what had been a two-goal deficit to 3-2 in the third before Nosek found Hathaway cutting toward the net for his 13th goal. The Bruins got their first power play of the game with 12:24 left in the second after Matt Irwin was called for a cross-check on Taylor Hall. Less than a minute later, Boston turned it into a 1-0 lead when David Pastrnak gathered a pass from Patrice Bergeron, immediately drew some defenders in the middle 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 after having last scored in a loss to Edmonton on March 9.
Boston was on the power play again after Tom Wilson was called for roughing Charlie McAvoy with just under seven minutes to play in the period. The Bruins made it 2-0 when Bertuzzi found himself in perfect position to rebound a shot by Pastrnak and push through his eighth goal of the season. Jensen trimmed the margin to a goal with 4:53 left in the period when his wrist shot appeared to clip McAvoy and trickle by Ullmark for Jensen’s fifth goal of the year.
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. It last happened in Oskar Osala’s last game with the team on March 27, 2009.
The Capitals will host New Jersey on Thursday night, while the Bruins will be at Montreal on Thursday night.
In conclusion, the Boston Bruins have made history by breaking the NHL points record with their 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals. With their seventh straight win, they have pushed their points total to 133, one more than the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens. The Bruins will now have home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs as they pursue their first Stanley Cup championship since 2011.
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