* Aside from Pastrnak and Neely, only three other players in franchise history have reached the 25-goal mark in 27 games or fewer: Phil Esposito in 1973-74 (25-28—53 in 23 GP), Herb Cain in 1943-44 (26-18—44 in 24 GP) and Cooney Weiland in 1929-30 (25-15—40 in 27 GP).

* Pastrnak became the 11th different player in NHL history to score 25 or more goals in a season through games played Dec. 1 and first since Mario Lemieux 27 years ago.

* The Bruins extended their win and point streaks to seven and 11 games (8-0-3), respectively, and improved to 19-3-5 (43 points) this season to pass the idle Capitals (19-4-5, 43 points) for first place in the NHL standings. Boston moved to 11-0-4 (26 points) at TD Garden in 2019-20, its second-longest season-opening home point streak in franchise history behind a 21-game run in 1973-74 (19-0-2, 40 points).

INSIDE THE NUMBERS: PASTRNAK HALFWAY TO 50 GOALS
David Pastrnak is halfway to becoming the eighth active NHL player to record at least one 50-goal season, in which he would join Alex Ovechkin (7x), Ilya Kovalchuk (2x), Steven Stamkos (2x), Sidney Crosby (1x), Leon Draisaitl (1x), Evgeni Malkin (1x) and Corey Perry (1x).

* The most markers any member of the above cohort had through 27 games of a 50-goal season was 23, which was Kovalchuk in 2007-08 (23-15—38).

* Of the 196 total 50-goal seasons in League history, only two dozen featured a player with 25 or more tallies through their first 27 games including just six over the last 30 years.

McDAVID, DRAISAITL REACH 50-POINT MARK
Oilers teammates Connor McDavid (19-32—51 in 29 GP) and Leon Draisaitl (18-32—50 in 29 GP) each found the score sheet twice to become the first players to reach the 50-point mark this season. They became the sixth and seventh different players in the last 25 years to reach the 50-point mark in 29 games or less.

* McDavid and Draisaitl became the third and fourth different players in the last 30 years with 50 or more points in a season through games played Dec. 1.

* Aside from McDavid and Draisaitl, only two other players in franchise history were at least halfway to 100 points in a season through the first day of December: Wayne Gretzky (7x) and Jari Kurri (1x).

* The pair became the fourth set of teammates in NHL history with 50 or more through games played Dec. 1, joining Gretzky and Kurri in 1983-84 (w/ EDM), Mario Lemieux and Rob Brown in 1988-89 (w/ PIT) as well as Bernie Nicholls and Gretzky in 1988-89 (w/ LAK).

KOIVU REACHES 1,000-GAME MILESTONE

Wild captain Mikko Koivu (0-1—1) skated in the 1,000th regular-season game of his NHL career and became the first player in franchise history to reach the milestone.

* Koivu, who made his League debut five years after the franchise’s inaugural season in 2000-01, has appeared in 68.1% of the all-time regular-season games contested by the Wild (1,000 of 1,469). That represents the second-highest such percentage by a player with an NHL franchise (min. 1,000 GP contested by club), behind only Patrick Marleau with San Jose (69.7%; 1,517 of 2,176).

* Koivu and his brother, Saku (1,124 GP), became the sixth set of siblings in NHL history to each skate 1,000 or more regular-season games.

* Aside from the Koivu brothers, only five other Finnish-born players in NHL history have reached the 1,000-game milestone: Teemu Selanne (1,451 GP), Teppo Numminen (1,372 GP), Jari Kurri (1,251 GP), Olli Jokinen (1,231 GP) and Kimmo Timonen (1,108 GP).

QUICK CLICKS

* Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon and Patrick Kane named “Three Stars” for November
* Cale Makar name “Rookie of the Month” for November
* Zach Parise scores highlight-reel, midair goal late in win against Stars
* Artemi Panarin returning to Columbus with Rangers highlights week in NHL
* Rookie Watch: Jack Hughes, Adam Fox among best in Metropolitan Division

PREVIEW OF TODAY’S ACTION

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