Bruins
“Nothing changes for me. There is only one thing that I’m chasing.”
David Pastrnak has accumulated plenty of individual achievements over his 11-year NHL career.
The 28-year-old winger already has five 40-goal seasons on his ledger — headlined by a 61-goal campaign during Boston’s record-setting 2022-23 season. He’s one of just 11 Bruins to record a 100-point season, and was a key cog in his team’s run to a Stanley Cup Final in 2019.
But for all of the lofty accomplishments that Pastrnak has etched on his resume, his most impressive feat to date might be the offensive wizardry he’s put on display with this current 2024-25 roster.
Because in a season where little has gone right for a cellar-dwelling Bruins team, Pastrnak has once again validated his claim as one of the most dynamic players in the NHL today — and one spark of hope amid what is otherwise looking like a daunting retool in Boston.
As has been the case for most of the season, Pastrnak once again had his fingerprints all over Boston’s 7-2 blowout win over the Devils in Newark on Tuesday night. The star winger scored his 41st goal of the season while also adding a pair of assists — including a helper on Morgan Geekie’s 30th tally of the year.
Geekie’s goal — orchestrated off an impressive turnaround feed from Pastrnak near the half wall — put Pastrnak in elite company.
That primary assist secured Pastrnak’s third-straight 100-point season — becoming just the third Bruins player in franchise history to post at least three consecutive triple-digit scoring seasons alongside Bobby Orr (six straight from 1969-75) and Phil Esposito (five straight from 1970-75).
Pastrnak is the lone Czech player in NHL history to post three-straight 100-point seasons, and just the 24th NHLer in league history to accomplish the feat.
While Boston eventually broke through as the game progressed with tallies from other players like Michael Callahan, Jakub Lauko, Fraser Minten, Casey Mittelstadt, and Cole Koepke, Pastrnak at one point had factored into 13 consecutive Bruins goals — an absurd stretch that first began on April 1 and spans five total games.
That is not just a Bruins franchise record, but the longest streak orchestrated by an NHL player since Jaromir Jagr had a hand in 15 straight goals with the Penguins in 1999.
The only players in league history to play a part in 13 or more consecutive goals for their team? Jagr (15 in 1999) Mario Lemieux (14 in 1989 and 13 in 1988), Wayne Gretzky (13 in 1991) … and Pastrnak (13, 2025).
It should come as little surprise that a player with Pastrnak’s skill set has continued to torch opposing defenses. But to post a 100-point season on a Bruins roster with a dearth of elite star players and a 29th-ranked power play (15.3) is a feat in and of itself.
When Pastrnak first hit triple digits in 2022-23, he was part of one of the most stacked rosters in NHL history. Even without both Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci, Pastrnak thrived in 2023-24 on an overachieving squad — shifting into more of a playmaker (63 assists) as the team’s top offensive threat.
But Pastrnak has largely been on an island in 2024-25 — with the franchise forward standing as Boston’s leading scorer by an absurd 47 points over the team’s second leading scorer in Geekie (53 points).
Even with the state of Boston’s roster, Pastrnak is now fourth in the NHL in scoring behind only Nathan MacKinnon (116 points), Nikita Kucherov (115 points), and Leon Draisitl (106 points). But Pastrnak leads the entire league in 5-on-5 points with 62 — a testament to his ability to dice up opposing defenses without relying on a misfiring power play.
While Geekie is in the midst of a breakout season, Pastrnak’s supporting cast this winter hasn’t been as stacked as the ones afforded to the likes of a MacKinnon (Cale Makar), Kucherov (Brayden Point, Jake Guentzel) or Draisaitl (Connor McDavid).
Given that level of production put forth by Pastrnak, it’s a shame it comes in a lost season for Boston.
But as the Bruins look to pick up the pieces this summer in hopes of making another playoff push in 2026, Pastrnak is at least cementing his status as a true superstar talent — one capable of driving his own line and elevating several segments of a flawed depth chart with his own stellar play.
But even with his impressive stat lines as of late, Pastrnak didn’t want to harp on individual achievements in the midst of such a trying season.
“Obviously, very honored — it’s not easy in this league,” Pastrnak said on NESN of his breaking 100 points again. “But at the same time, I feel like that’s my job. I wish it would be under better circumstances. It’s good, but nothing changes for me. There is only one thing that I’m chasing.”
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