The 2025 Boston Bruins had a template for success before the puck dropped on a new campaign in October.

A lot of it involved two of their franchise fixtures in Charlie McAvoy and David Pastrnak doing plenty of the heavy lifting, night in and night out.

Such was the case for most of the first six weeks of the season. Through 25 games, Pastrnak posted 11 goals and 29 points — with his playmaking capabilities spurring a power play that has largely held court as a top-10 unit in the league this season.

McAvoy recorded 14 assists in his first 19 games this fall, with Marco Sturm’s decision to pair the BU blueliner up with Nikita Zadorov helping to shore up Boston’s porous D-zone play.

On Nov. 15 — the last time both McAvoy and Pastrnak were in the Bruins lineup — Boston sat atop the Atlan

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