Bruins captain Brad Marchand glad to finally reach milestone, and to put it behind him.
Marchand scored his 400th career goal on Thursday night in Boston’s 4-1 victory over Carolina.
Boston’s Brad Marchand (63) has his shot deflected wide of the net with Hurricanes’ Sebastian Aho, left, defending during the third period of Boston’s 4-1 win Thursday in Raleigh, N.C. Marchand scored his 400th career goal in the game. Karl B DeBlaker/Associated Press.
Brad Marchand was glad to score his first goal in 10 games. He was glad to put a milestone behind him and especially happy that it contributed to a strong team effort in the Bruins’ 4-1 win over Carolina.
But Boston’s captain, who’d been hesitant to put his 1,000th career game into perspective earlier in the season, avoided doing it with his 400th career goal that he scored Thursday.
“It’s good. Trying not to think about it. It was an elephant in the room. It’s nice to get it,” Marchand said. “Don’t have to worry about it anymore. It’s nice that we had a really good game to follow it up. It was big road trip. It was a good night.”
Jim Montgomery was impressed.
“It’s an amazing accomplishment to get 400 goals in this league. It’s speaks about longevity. It’s speaks about your ability to make a tremendous amount of plays,” Montgomery said. “That’s a guy who has been doubted his whole career and continues to put off any doubts in anyone’s mind about what a great hockey player and great Bruin he is.”
But even at 35, Marchand isn’t thinking about the end of the line any time soon.
