GettyImages-1247488297

BOSTON -Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney announced today, March 2, that the team has signed forward David Pastrnak to an eight-year contract extension through the 2030-31 season with an annual NHL cap hit of $11.25 million.

Pastrnak, 26, has played in 60 games with the Bruins this season, recording 42 goals and 38 assists for 80 points with a plus-27 rating.
Pastrnak leads the Bruins in goals (42), assists (38), points (80), points per game (1.33), even strength goals (28), even strength points (51), power play goals (14), and power play points (29) so far this season while averaging 19:48 time on ice per game. This is Pastrnak's third career 40-goal season.
The 6-foot-1, 195-pound winger has spent all nine seasons of his career in Boston, playing in a total of 570 games for the Bruins. In that time, Pastrnak has amassed 282 goals and 302 assists for 584 points.
He ranks in the top 20 in Bruins franchise history in goals (9th, 282), hat tricks (3rd, 13) assists (18th, 302) and points (14th, 584).
Pastrnak tallied a career-high 48 goals during the 2019-20 season in which he earned the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy, awarded annually to the leading goal scorer in the National Hockey League.
The Havirov, Czech Republic native was originally drafted by the Bruins in the first round (25th overall) of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.