The 12-1-2 Bruins are no stranger to accruing points.
But Tuesday’s 5-2 win over the Sabres did stand as an outlier for Jim Montgomery’s squad.
Despite their perch atop the NHL standings, the Bruins haven’t necessarily made things easy on themselves when it comes to manufacturing some breathing room on the scoreboard.
Of their 15 games this season, seven have been decided by one goal.
Tuesday’s lopsided victory marked just the second time this year that Boston lit the lamp at least five times. Last season’s record-setting roster scored 5+ goals in 25 of their 82 games.