Alex Ovechkin reaches 900 goals milestone

Alex Ovechkin became the archetypal subordinate successful past to people 900 vocation goals, arsenic the Boston Bruins continued their awesome tally aft a play that fell abbreviated of the standards Bruins fans are utilized to. The NHL is coming to Europe this weekend, and immoderate of the jerseys for adjacent year's Olympics person been unveiled.

Bruins triumph seventh straight, Pastrnak scores 400th NHL goal

David Pastrnak scored his 400th and 401st NHL goals, helping the Boston Bruins to their seventh consecutive triumph with a 5-3 triumph implicit the Toronto Maple Leafs astatine TD Garden connected Tuesday.

Pastrnak besides had an assist, Hampus Lindholm had a extremity and an assist, and Charlie McAvoy had 2 assists for the Bruins (11-7-0). Jeremy Swayman made 30 saves.

"Pasta is evidently special. To people 400 goals successful this league is unthinkable and we're each truly blessed for him to scope that milestone. Knowing him, he's astir apt been reasoning astir it for a long, agelong time. He's a large feline and helium means a batch to everyone here, not conscionable the squad but the enactment and the fans. It's bully to person it hap astatine home," Boston Bruins manager Marco Sturm said of his player.

Auston Matthews near the crippled midway done the 2nd play with a lower-body wounded for the Toronto Maple Leafs (8-8-1), who suffered their 3rd consecutive loss. Anthony Stolarz allowed 3 goals connected 11 shots earlier leaving the crippled aft the archetypal play with an upper-body injury. He was replaced by Denis Hildeby, who had 19 saves.

Toronto Maple Leafs manager Craig Berube had nary accusation connected Matthews' information aft the crippled and said the squad would cognize much successful owed course. He added that helium did not judge Stolarz's wounded was serious.

Pastrnak

Pastrnak became the sixth subordinate successful Bruins past to scope 400 goals, joining Johnny Bucyk (545), Phil Esposito (459), Patrice Bergeron (427), Brad Marchand (422) and Rick Middleton (402).

"They are legends, large names, large scorers, large radical for this city. I deliberation that volition truly go wide to maine later, possibly erstwhile I retire. Right now, erstwhile I'm playing, I'm focusing and taking it 1 time astatine a time," Pastrnak said.

Ovechkin didn't cognize however to enactment that fig into discourse aft the game.

"Not really. I'm inactive playing, but erstwhile I'm done playing, of people I'll deliberation astir it. A batch of guys connected the seat said - 900. That's truly special. But I'm inactive playing, there's a batch of games left," the Washington Capitals guardant was brief.

Ovechkin scored his 900th extremity successful the 2nd period, extending the Capitals' pb and sparking a four-goal tally that efficaciously clinched the game, helping the squad (8-7-1) drawback a four-game losing streak (0-3-1).