Through 56 games, the Bruins are on pace for 133 points, which would surpass the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens' record of 132 points set during an 80-game season. Boston is also on pace for 63 wins, which would break the single-season record of 62 victories shared by the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings and the 2018-19 Tampa Bay Lightning.
"Before we were going through this season, if you asked any of the guys on this team who owned any of those records, nobody would know, because nobody cares. Because it's not about the regular season," Marchand said. "As soon as somebody brings it up, it's in one ear and out the other."
That Lightning team was infamous for tying the record for regular-season points record before getting swept in the first round by the Columbus Blue Jackets, the lowest seed in the Eastern Conference.