All good things must come to an end.
The Seattle Kraken blanked the Boston Bruins 3-0 on Thursday night, marking Beantown's first regulation loss at TD Garden this season and ending the team's 22-game home point streak.
In honor of the Bruins' dominance, we're taking a look at some of the key numbers behind their 19-0-3 record at home to start the 2022-23 campaign prior to Thursday's defeat.
19: Let's start with the obvious and look at the number of home wins themselves. Heading into Thursday's slate, 10 NHL teams had yet to win 19 games on the season. Meanwhile, the Bruins have 19 victories on home ice alone.
5: The Bruins' 22-game home point streak tied for the fifth-longest run in NHL history to start a season (including neutral site games played as the home team), alongside the 2013-14 Anaheim Ducks and the 2008-09 San Jose Sharks.
Despite the Bruins' dominance, they were still four games away from matching the 1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers' all-time record. Boston did end up setting a new franchise mark in the process by eclipsing the 21-game record set by the 1973-74 team.
4: One of Boston's home games this season was hosted at Fenway Park for the Winter Classic, where the squad prevailed in a 2-1 decision over the Pittsburgh Penguins. The victory gave the Bruins an all-time record of 4-1-0 in outdoor games, and those four wins match the New York Rangers for the most in NHL history.
Winger Jake DeBrusk played hero this time, scoring both goals for the Bruins 10 minutes apart in the third period.
12-0-0: The Bruins set a new NHL record by winning 12 consecutive home games to kick off their 2022-23 campaign with a 3-2 overtime victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Nov. 25. David Pastrnak had the honor of setting the benchmark with a power-play tally during the extra frame. Beantown surpassed the 1963-64 Chicago Blackhawks and the 2021-22 Florida Panthers in the record books.
Boston went on to extend its record-setting streak to 14 games before having it snapped by a 4-3 shootout loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Dec. 5.
.932: The Bruins' supremacy at home looks even more impressive when you look at their point percentage. For comparison, the Tampa Bay Lightning owned the second-best point percentage on home ice heading into Thursday's games with a .786 clip.
Plus-41: Boston's goal differential on home ice prior to Thursday's defeat was a whopping plus-41. The Bruins' 83 goals for tied with the Buffalo Sabres for the second most in the league - trailing only the Lightning with 85 - while their 42 goals against matched the New York Islanders for the fewest.
15: Pastrnak led the way for the Bruins with 15 goals and 30 points in just 22 home games heading into Thursday's loss. That isn't overly surprising, given that he regularly regaled those in attendance at TD Garden with plays like these:
Plus-21: Defenseman Hampus Lindholm was a league-leading plus-21 at home during the Bruins' remarkable run, six clear of second-placed Victor Hedman and Joe Pavelski. What makes that achievement even more impressive is that Lindholm averaged a team-high 23:48 of ice time during that span.
.940: Linus Ullmark has been fantastic no matter where he plays this season, but we still think it's worth spotlighting that his save percentage during the Bruins' 19-0-3 streak was .940. Just wonderful stuff from the Vezina Trophy front-runner.
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