Bruins set new NHL record after beating Flyers for 63rd win of season

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The 2022-23 Boston Bruins have rewritten the NHL record books following their 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday. 

With their 63rd win of the season, the Bruins now have the most single-season wins by any team in NHL history, taking the record from the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings that went 62-13-7. 

This was supposed to be a transition year for the Bruins, a team that had a new head coach in Jim Montgomery and many question marks on the roster, including whether captain Patrice Bergeron was returning after being knocked out by the Carolina Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season.

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Charlie Coyle celebrates his first-period goal against the Flyers with his Boston Bruins teammates at the Wells Fargo Center on April 9, 2023, in Philadelphia. (Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images)

But that quickly changed when the Bruins went on a tear to start the season, and never looked back. 

"I think it shows the kind of group we have," defenseman Connor Clifton told Fox News Digital about setting the new record. "We trust each other and the style we’re playing."

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It was only right that David Pastrnak, the team’s points leader this season, scored his career 298th, 299th and 300th goals for a hat trick in the win. It also totaled 60 goals for him on a season where he earned a massive eight-year extension worth $11.25 million per season. 

That style Clifton alluded to runs through Pastrnak, which showed on the first of his three goals in Philadelphia. Clifton got the puck at the blue line and was looking for No. 88