Having skated between games and practices as an added bonus of growing up the son of a Bruins player, Ryan Donato has scored dozens of “goals” on TD Garden — or rather, Fleet Center — ice. While playing college hockey locally at Harvard, Donato had the opportunity to score a few more — in a slightly more official setting.
Even so, none of those previous goals will live to be as special as his second-period tally for the Bruins on Monday night. Making his NHL debut, Donato did not look like a kid playing pickup during the after-hours at the Garden.