#Boston Bruins

#Boston Bruins

David Pastrnak is having a career year when it comes to creating scoring chances for his linemates. The superstar forward is routinely landing on Bruins highlight reels - which isn't unusual for him. But Pastrnak is doing it with his passing even more than his scoring, which is a bit uncharacteristic. Pastrnak has averaged at least 1.00 points per game for the last eight seasons.

The Bruins placed left-shot defenseman Vladislav Kolyachonok on waivers on Tuesday for the purpose of sending him to Providence. The B's had claimed the 24-year-old Kolyachonok off waivers from Dallas on December 16 at a time that their blue line was hit by injuries but he got into only two games for the B's since then. Showing an eagerness to jump into the play, he nonetheless posted no points and was minus-1.

If Mason Lohrei's days as a Bruin are numbered, he's making them count. Lohrei has been the subject of rampant speculation the last couple of days as part of a possible package for Calgary Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson. If it was bothering him, he didn't show it. The defenseman scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season in the Bruins' 5-2 victory over the Blackhawks in Chicago on Saturday night.

A man was arrested Saturday after a fight during a Bruins game at TD Garden that led to another man being hospitalized with a head injury, police said. The man arrested, identified by police as Aaron Tucker, 49, is set to be arraigned at Boston Municipal Court Monday on charges of assault and battery resulting in serious bodily injury, and assault and battery against a 60+ or disabled victim, according to a Boston police report.

The Bruins' cornucopia of goals from Saturday turned into a barren wasteland of squandered opportunities on Sunday. But while most of the skaters had no more than their C-games, Joonas Korpisalo earned an A-plus, stopping all 27 shots he faced from the Pittsburgh Penguins, nailing down two important points for the B's with the 1-0 victory at the Garden. The B's are now 3-0 on their homestand and, with Sunday's win, they jumped a point ahead of the Pens in the Eastern Conference standings.

None of the six Bruins players have ever played in the Winter Olympics. Many of them, however, do have international experience. Jeremy Swayman was the starting goalie for Team USA when it won gold at the 2025 IIHF World Championships last May. It was the Americans' first gold medal at the tournament in 92 years. Charlie McAvoy played in the 4 Nations Face-off for Team USA last February but was able to play in the final vs. Canada due to injury.

After the Bruins drafted James Hagens seventh overall, speculation began to swirl that he could play alongside Zellers at this year's IIHF World Junior Championships. Given Zellers' strong start at the University of North Dakota, where he has tallied 15 points in 18 games, and Hagens' equally-as-strong showing at Boston College, this theory has come to fruition in the last week or so at the World Juniors.