The Boston Bruins’ T-shirt manufacturing facility is struggling to maintain up with all of the milestones the workforce is cruising previous on its approach to the Presidents’ Trophy.
“Fifty wins, it is superb,” stated ahead A.J. Greer, who was sporting a shirt commemorating Patrice Bergeron’s 1,000th NHL level whereas discussing Boston’s fiftieth win of the season, a 3-2 residence victory over Detroit 3-2 on Saturday.
The Bruins are the quickest workforce to 50 wins in NHL historical past.
“I really like taking part in for this workforce,” Greer stated after helping on Garnet Hathaway’s game-winner with six minutes left. “I really like sporting the Bruins brand and particularly with the outcomes, it has been an incredible journey up to now. But we’re probably not targeted on something proper now apart from taking part in the correct approach for 60 minutes each night time.”
Hathaway gathered in a rebound and poked it in to interrupt a third-period tie as Boston rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat Detroit and enhance to 50-9-5 on the season. The 50 wins in 64 video games broke the document of 66 set by the 1995-96 Red Wings and matched by the 2018-19 Lightning.
“Congrats to us then, I suppose,” stated goalie Linus Ullmark, who stopped 30 pictures. “But we deal with the method, and our course of is what’s essential.”
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The Bruins, who already have been the quickest ever to 100 factors, may develop into the primary workforce this season to clinch a playoff berth if the Islanders beat the Capitals or the Canucks beat the Senators in regulation later Saturday.
“Fifty wins is nice. And it is type of a testomony to how onerous this workforce has continued to work all year long,” Hathaway stated earlier than the workforce headed to Detroit for a rematch with the Red Wings on Sunday. “But I believe guys need 51, you realize? Guys are excited to play this workforce tomorrow already.”
After blowing a two-goal lead and shedding 3-2 to Edmonton on Thursday night time, snapping a 10-game successful streak, the Bruins fell behind 2-0 on Saturday earlier than the sport was 5 minutes previous. But Hampus Lindholm and Bergeron scored 88 seconds aside within the second interval, when Boston had the primary 12 pictures on objective and an 18-2 edge in pictures in all.
Hathaway broke the tie within the third scored to avert what would have been the Bruins’ first back-to-back losses at residence this season.
“We by no means need to lose two in a row. We confirmed that at the moment,” Ullmark stated. “We got here out just a little gradual. They got here out scorching as nicely. Give them credit score, they actually got here right here to play in that first interval and we have been simply weren’t prepared for it.
“But we took a breather in between the primary and second, and we instructed one another we have to ramp it up just a little bit. And then we completely dominated them within the second.”
Magnus Hellberg made 35 saves for Detroit, which snapped a six-game shedding streak by beating Chicago on Thursday. Andrew Copp scored a short-handed objective within the second minute of the primary interval, and Alex Chiasson additionally scored to present the Red Wings a 2-0 lead simply 4:32 in.
Lindholm scored with seven minutes gone within the second, and the Red Wings appeared to reply rapidly. But Dylan Larkin’s objective was taken off the board as a result of he had smacked the stick out of David Krejci’s palms seconds earlier.
Instead, Bergeron tied it on the ability play, deflecting a cross from Jake DeBrusk by way of Hellberg’s legs. It stayed that approach till Hathaway tallied his tenth of the season and his first since arriving in Boston earlier than the commerce deadline from the Washington Capitals.
