David Pastrňák becomes second Czech in NHL history to score more than 100 points in single season

Boston Bruins forward David Pastrňák scored a hattrick in his team's 4:3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. The three goals brought his point tally up to a total of 102 points (goals and assists) in 76 games and he thus became only the second Czech in history after Jaromír Jágr to score more than a 100 points in a single season, the Czech News Agency reports.

Jágr had managed to score three digits in a regular season five times during his career. The 26-year-old Pastrňák came close to the 100 point limit once before in his career, during the 2019-2020 season. He is also only the third Boston Bruins player to reach this milestone over the past 20 years. Pastrňák said after the game the he was very happy to score more than 50 goals in a season and breach the 100 point mark. He also thanked his teammates.