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It's been five years since a Boston Bruins team made that move.
The B's earned their seventh straight win in a 3-2 shootout win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night. The team is 4-0 in the road trip to the Western Conference with a chance to sweep the roadie Saturday against the St. Louis Blues, winners of their last 11 games.
The last series of this magnitude was a series of 12 wins in 2013-14.
Boston has scored points in each of its last 12 games. The last time the Bruins lost in regulation was Jan. 19 against the New York Rangers.
And it took a hell of a marathon for the Bruins to continue to accumulate points.
Boston has twice taken advantage over the Knights, but has failed to maintain their lead.
Jaroslav Halak continued his recent tear, making 31 saves. He made a huge game in overtime when the Bruins took too many penalties on the ice with a time of 2:46 to play in the extra frame. He faced six shots in the shootout and stopped five. The 33-year-old is now 3-0 with a .970 save percentage in his last three starts.
Here are other notes from Wednesday's Bruins and Golden Knights game:
– Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy made an interesting decision in the sixth round of the shootout by turning to veteran David Backes. The 34-year-old tried his luck in the shootout, but managed to sneak past Marc-André Fluery's glove to seal the win.
And Cassidy had a pretty simple answer as to why he had turned to Backes, via Marissa Ingemi of the Boston Herald.
With forward Charlie Coyle of the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday, the status of Backes among the last six players will be a bit of a question mark for the future.
– Jake DeBrusk continued to burn the world. After being kept out of the goal column for a month, the 22-year-old winger has found the string in each of his last five games. And DeBrusk scored one of his best goals on Wednesday by receiving a pass behind his body, turning and shooting a goal ahead of Fluery for his 19th goal of the season. He also placed the B on the board during the shootout with a soft touch.
– Karson Kuhlman was impressive on the second row in the absence of Peter Cehlarik. The rookie got some help on DeBrusk's goal and, more than that, his physique kept the game alive.
He was rewarded with his first help from the NHL.
– David Krejci scored his 39th assist on DeBrusk's goal and is an assistant in his first season of 40 assists since 2014-15, when the center finished with 46.
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