You well know about that Thanksgiving fact and playoff teams: Those not in the top-8 into Thanksgiving are not playing after the 82nd regular-season game some 70 percent of the time. Into Saturday night’s contest with the Winnipeg Jets, the Boston Bruins were tied for that final wild card spot with Columbus.
Of more important fact into this year’s Thanksgiving week, however, is that nagging home record that sat at 3-3-0 so far in the 2016-17 season. Last year, the 17-18-6 final tally on TD Garden ice is THE reason why the Black and Gold sat on the postseason sidelines.