David Pastrnak has climbed another rung on the Bruins’ all-time ladder, and he’s now sitting alone in fourth place in franchise goals.
The Boston forward reached 423 career goals with the organization, moving past Brad Marchand. Pastrnak came into the 2026-27 season three goals short of taking over the spot outright, and he got there after scoring twice in Boston’s 6-1 win over the Utah Mammoth on Oct. 8 at TD Garden.
Afterward, Pastrnak kept the moment in perspective while also giving Marchand his due.
“It's nice,” said Pastrnak after the game on Oct. 8.
“Brad, he's a heck of a player and [to] tie him with the goals is amazing. Pretty sure I would still be chasing him a little bit if he was playing here but it's obviously, like I said, he's [a] heck of a Bruin so it's [a] pleasure for me to tie him.”
Now the next target is Patrice Bergeron. Pastrnak is four goals away from matching Bergeron’s 427, and five away from moving ahead of another Bruins legend.
Phil Esposito is second on the list with 459 goals, while Johnny Bucyk remains No. 1 at 545.
Pastrnak’s place in Bruins history keeps growing, and so does the résumé behind it. Drafted by Boston in the first round, No. 25 overall, in the 2014 NHL Draft, he has spent his entire career with the team. Through 841 games with Boston, including the current game against the Ducks, he has 423 goals and 519 assists for 942 points.
He also ranks eighth in franchise history in assists and sixth in points.
The milestone wasn’t lost on teammates either.
“It's tough to put into words [what he’s accomplished so young],” said Bruins forward Morgan Geekie after the Mammoth game. “I mean, I've only known him for four or five years now, but just to see the leader he's become, especially after we got rid of Marchand and those guys at the deadline kind of stepping up and him and Charlie [McAvoy] and things like that.
So, I think for him, just to see the way that he's kind of blossomed as a leader kind of just attributes to how good of a player he could be to have that on his plate and continue to perform and produce at the rate that he does. So, it's not surprising to anybody in here, I don't think, and he's going to continue to be a great player for a long time.”
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