ANAHEIM, Calif. - Some shots from the first stop of the Bruins' West Coast swing in the latest edition of Going Places, presented by JetBlue:

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Karson Kuhlman's first full professional season did not get off to the strongest of starts. The 23-year-old, fresh off leading Minnesota Duluth to the National Championship last spring, went without a goal for his first 14 games with the Providence Bruins.

But Kuhlman, who suited up for three games with the P-Bruins at the end of last season after signing a two-year contract with Boston, was not deterred. And in the 19 games since the Christmas break, he notched nine goals and seven assists.

That run of success - which included a two-goal output on Saturday night against Syracuse - coincided with the Bruins' need for a forward following the injury to David Pastrnak over the weekend, opening up an opportunity for last year's NCAA Tournament MVP.

BOSTON - Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney announced today, February 13, that the team has recalled forward Karson Kuhlman from the Providence Bruins.  

Kuhlman is in his first professional season with the Bruins organization since being signed by the team to a two-year contract on April 10, 2018. He has 12 goals and 13 assists for 25 points with a plus-22 rating in 50 games with Providence this year.

BOSTON - For a team already struggling to generate a surplus of offense, the loss of its leading scorer is far from ideal.

Through 56 games this season, David Pastrnak was pacing the Bruins with 66 points and 31 goals as he charged through a career campaign. Thus, the news on Tuesday morning that the 22-year-old would miss at least the next two weeks following a thumb procedure - the result of a fall after a team function on Sunday night - was a devastating blow.

And with the Chicago Blackhawks coming to town riding seven straight victories, the expectation was that goals could be at a premium.

Not so much.

BOSTON - On Tuesday, February 12, the Boston Bruins will host Chinese Cultural Night presented by O.R.G. Packaging at their game against the Chicago Blackhawks at 7:00 p.m. at TD Garden. Mr. Zhou Yunjie, chairman of O.R.G. Packaging will be on hand to participate in the ceremonial puck drop. The Bruins have hosted over 20 Chinese youth hockey players in Boston for the past week. This marks the fourth year that a group of Chinese youth players have traveled to Boston as part of the partnership with O.R.G. Packaging which began in 2015.

BOSTON - Bruins general manager Don Sweeney announced on Tuesday morning that David Pastrnak will miss at least the next two weeks as he recovers from a successful tendon procedure on his left thumb performed by Dr. Matt Leibman.

Pastrnak injured the thumb on Sunday night after attending a team sponsorship dinner with several of his teammates. At approximately 11:30 p.m., Pastrnak informed Sweeney that he fell as he walked to his transportation.

"They were meeting at a location to be picked up," Sweeney said during a press conference at Warrior Ice Arena. "Again…the same questions you guys are about to ask - I've asked the same questions. The internal specifics, we'll keep that way, in terms of locations and things that they were doing.

"I'm not trying to be vague in that regard. Just wanted to be out in front of reporting the facts as they are."

BOSTON - The Boston Bruins announced today that Brenda Lau will perform the national anthem at the Boston Bruins home game against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday, February 12

BOSTON - The National Hockey League announced today, ‪February 11, that Boston Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron has been named the NHL's second star of the week for the week ending February 10.

Bergeron scored two goals in his 1,000th career NHL game on Tuesday, February 5, against the New York Islanders, becoming the 334th NHL player to achieve that milestone, the 12th to do so this season, and the 31st to play all of his career games with one team. He is the 5th Bruin to play 1,000 games in a Boston uniform, joining Ray Bourque (1,518), John Bucyk (1,436), Don Sweeney (1,052) and Wayne Cashman (1,027). On Wednesday, February 6, Bergeron tallied one goal and six shots on goal in 19:29 time on ice in the Bruins' 4-3 shootout loss at N.Y. Rangers. The 6-foot-1, 195-pound center notched the game-winning goal in overtime, in addition to two assists, in the team's 5-4 win over Los Angeles on Saturday, February 9. The overtime winner capped off a night at TD Garden in which Bergeron was honored during a pregame ceremony with his family for reaching the 1,000-game milestone. To finish off the week, Bergeron recorded the primary assist on Brad Marchand's overtime game winner in the Bruins' 2-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche Sunday afternoon. In four games this week, he totaled four goals and three assists for seven points with a plus-six rating.

BOSTON - Charlie McAvoy is looking to build some momentum.

The former first-round pick has not had the smoothest of sophomore campaigns, with a concussion and foot infection limiting him to just 29 games.

But since returning from the foot ailment on Jan. 12 - a span of 12 games - the blue liner has slowly begun to put the pieces back together. And it was McAvoy's performance over the weekend that signaled his elite top-pairing abilities might be rounding back into form just in time for the stretch run.

A day after notching two points (goal, assist) in the Bruins' win over Los Angeles, McAvoy continued his strong play on Sunday afternoon, collecting an assist and three hits - while logging a team-high 25:34 of ice time - in Boston's 2-1 overtime victory against the Colorado Avalanche at TD Garden.

BOSTON - Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney announced today, February 10, that defenseman Steven Kampfer will join the Providence Bruins on a conditioning loan.

Kampfer has skated in 25 games with Boston this season, tallying two goals and one assist for three points. He has played in 191 career NHL games, totaling 12 goals and 17 assists for 29 points.