PASTRNAK RALLIES BRUINS WITH FOUR POINTS, NINTH CAREER HAT TRICK
After David Pastrnak (3-1—4) opened the scoring 12 seconds into the first period, the Flyers rallied with three straight goals, but the 2019-20 Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy winner tallied twice more to tie the game before factoring on the game-winning goal in overtime.

* Pastrnak (393 GP), who shared the NHL lead with four hat tricks in 2019-20, tallied his first such performance of the season and ninth of his regular season career. He now trails only Phil Esposito (26 in 625 GP), Cam Neely (14 in 525 GP) and Johnny Bucyk (12 in 1,436 GP) on the Bruins' all-time list.

* Less than 400 games into his regular season career, Pastrnak already shares sixth among active NHL players in career hat tricks – playing between 418 and 857 fewer games than every other active player with at least nine to their credit.



* Pastrnak, who has at least one point in each of his three games played in 2020-21 (5-2—7), has scored multiple goals in consecutive Bruins games for the fourth time in his career.

BRUINS MARK FRANCHISE-FIRST WITH THIRD STRAIGHT MULTI-GOAL COMEBACK
The Bruins have recorded at least a point in three straight games after trailing by multiple goals in each contest for the first time in franchise history. Boston trailed 3-1 on Wednesday against Philadelphia (4-3 W) after salvaging at least one point in consecutive games against Washington on Feb. 1 (trailed 3-0 in 5-3 W) and Jan. 30 (trailed 3-0 in 4-3 OTL).

* This marks the 11th time in franchise history that the Bruins have posted consecutive wins after trailing by multiple goals in each contest; the only other instances in the last 25 seasons came in 2018-19 (March 5 & 7, 2019) and 2003-04 (Oct. 18 & 19, 2003). Boston has never posted a streak of three straight multi-goal comeback victories; the feat has been accomplished only eight times in NHL history.

LIGHTNING, VASILEVSKIY EXTEND STREAKS VS. DETROIT
Victor Hedman (1-1—2) scored 94 seconds after the opening face-off and the Lightning tallied three times in the first 4:54 of the game en route to extending their season-opening home win streak to five contests. Tampa Bay, who is set to play Detroit again Friday, extended its point streak against the Red Wings to 18 games dating to Feb. 3, 2016 (17-0-1).

* Andrei Vasilevskiy (15 saves) remained perfect in his career against Detroit, improving to 9-0-0 against the Red Wings to mark the longest win streak against one opponent in his NHL career. He is one of four goalies with an active run of nine or more consecutive wins in regular-season appearances versus one opponent.



EXCITING ROOKIES ON DISPLAY THURSDAY
Many of the NHL’s top rookie performers of 2020-21 are expected to be in action as part of Thursday’s slate:



* The Blackhawks feature three rookies who have had an early impact on their team this season. A pair of Swiss forwards, Pius Suter (4-2—6 in 11 GP) and Philipp Kurashev (4-1—5 in 10 GP), are tied for most goals by a rookie this season. Chicago is the first team in NHL history to have two Swiss-born rookies appear for a team in the same season. First-year netminder Kevin Lankinen has started his career with a 3-1-3 record and ranks among the top 10 in the NHL with a .935 save percentage (5th) and 2.09 goals-against average (10th; min. 3 GP).

* Capitals goaltender Vitek Vanecek was named NHL ‘Rookie of the Month’ for January alongside frontline healthcare hero Mary ‘Dani’ Dell’Isola. Vanecek (5-1-2), who became the 11th goaltender in League history to begin his career with a point streak of at least seven games before falling to the Bruins on Feb. 1, could be staring down the rink from another rookie netminder in Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (2-2-1).

* Senators forward Tim Stützle (3-0—3 in 7 GP) enters Thursday’s contest with a goal in each of Ottawa’s last two games. He can become the first Senators rookie in nearly six years to record a goal streak of three or more games – Mark Stone (4 GP) and Mike Hoffman (3 GP, 2x) both did so in 2014-15.

* Twenty-year-old Canucks forward Nils Hoglander has collected 3-3—6 in 13 games this season. Vancouver (3) trails only Philadelphia (6), Carolina (5) and New Jersey (5) for the most goals scored by players 20 or younger in 2020-21.

QUICK CLICKS

* Wild Games Postponed at Least Through February 9
* NHL on NBC Feature: Sit-down interview with Grant Fuhr
* Rangers to host women's game Feb. 28, partner with PWHPA
* First all-Black Canada college line jumped over the boards, into history
* NHL launches new Video Rulebook

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