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power-play goals with 14, and power-play points with 30.

His 44 goals ranks second in the NHL, behind league-leader Connor McDavid, who’s lit the lamp 54 times this season. It marks Pastrnak’s third career 40-goal season. His career high in goals was in 2019-20, when he scored 48 goals and earned the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy for leading the NHL in goal scoring.

This season, Pastrnak’s 84 points ranks fourth in the NHL. McDavid also leads the league in that category, with 124 points.

Pastrnak was drafted by the Bruins with the 25th overall pick in the 2014 NHL Draft. Now in his ninth season, Pastrnak has 284 goals, 304 assists, and 588 points in 572 career games. He already ranks in the top 20 in franchise history in all three categories.

Needless to say, the Bruins’ organization is thrilled to have Pastrnak staying in Boston for the next eight years.

“Well, first and foremost, congratulations to David and Rebecca for the contract,” general manager Don Sweeney told the media.

“Our goal all along was to make him a lifelong Bruin. Every deal has its own timeline and we’re very happy and fortunate to have David be a part of our team now and going forward for obviously the foreseeable future.”

“It’s great to hear,” coach Jim Montgomery told the media. “I think it reenforces the great culture about how important it is to be here.”

—The Bruins have the most wins and points in the NHL, with a 49-8-5 record through 62 games this season. Their 103 points makes them the fastest team in NHL history to reach the 100-point total.

“For me, personally, it doesn’t mean that much,” coach Montgomery told the media. “We’ve been saying, we try and stay in the moment, and we’ve been doing that. We started off 11-1 and I was like, ‘Man, that is unreal,’ and then you catch yourself, you go back into the moment, and we’ve probably gone 11-1 every 12 games to have the record we have.

“It’s been really amazing to watch them want to be great. With the schedule and everything, it’s really impressive, but you can’t do it unless you have two great goalies, you have a Dcorps that can shut people down and can help you score, and you’ve got four lines that help you every night.

“I don’t think [Bruins GM] Don Sweeney gets enough credit.”

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—Newly acquired defenseman Dmitry Orlov was named the NHL’s First Star of the Week last week.

Orlov was traded to the Bruins two weeks ago, in a deal with the Washington Capitals. In a 4-0 week for the B’s last week, Orlov had nine points on three goals and six assists.

Prior to being traded to Boston, Orlov had three goals and 16 assists in 43 games with the Capitals this season.

Orlov is the third player in Bruins history to have eight or more points in their first four games with the franchise.

“Obviously, the offense has been great,” Montgomery told the media. “I think he has three goals, which matches the three goals he had in Washington before getting here, but he ends plays in the D-zone. He’s heavy, he’s hard, and he has elite vision and hands. It was just a great pickup.”