Despite the battles, Captain Bruins believes that the teammate deserves MVP votes

Boston – because it happened in Bruins“The fifth right game without victory, David Pastnrak The continuation of a torid offense did not attract the attention he will have in a victory.

But despite lossPastrnak:

• And it expanded the string of points to 16 games, the longest in the NHL this season. It has 14 goals and 18 assistants in this stretch.
• He scored the 31st goal, which put him in fourth place in the NHL. He is two behind Mark Scheifele and William Nylander, who have each 33 and 12 behind Leon Draisaitl, who runs with the race at 43. Pastrnak’s 73 points are also tied to fourth.
• Marked the 800 -more career point, making it the Bruin eighth who did this.
• He scored the 18th goal in 20 games from January 1. He had only 13 goals in 39 games before the New Year.

Pastrnak didn’t feel a holiday.

“I would give up the string of points for victories,” he said. “I just want to get w and return to a winning series. I’m not focused on anything else. I try to do my best to help the team. “

Brad Marchand He said, even though Bruins are not close to the top of the standings, Pastrnak should be in the MVP race.

“I mean, it should be very big in the race of MVP candidates right now,” Marchand said. “It is at another level and it is impressive to follow it every night and the things it does.

“He creates so much for this group and leads the accusation right now,” Marchand continued. “We understand the talent that is. But now he rises to another level where he is one of the best in the league and is fun to follow. “

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