There’s always a first for everything.

For Matt Beleskey and Torey Krug, those firsts happened to be goals in 2016-17. They got those in a four-goal first period outburst of the Bruins’ 5-2 win over the Blue Jackets Thursday night at TD Garden.

With head coach Claude Julien looking for improvement from his secondary scoring options, the goals couldn’t have been more timely. Trailing 1-0 and the team looking a little sluggish, Krug’s goal at 8:47 of the first tied things up at 1-1 to give the Bruins a little pick me up. Just 1:08 later Matt Beleskey notched his first and the floodgates opened from there.

“Yeah, it was, you know, a good feeling. Obviously individually you want to get out of that little cold streak you have and it’s nice to get on the board. But I think it was an important goal for the game,” Krug said about his first of the season. “We knew that they started fast – they always outscore their opponents in the first couple periods so it’s important to get us back into the game and like I said, it’s a good feeling for sure.”

“Yeah, I was hoping so. I think it’s, you know, a matter of time when you keep doing the right things, getting good shots, getting to the net,” Beleskey said about getting the proverbial monkey off of his back. “You know, eventually you’re going to get some bounces, so tonight we got some good plays and got some points out of it.”

All of this occurred while the top scoring line of Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak were held off the scoresheet. The trio each had a minus-one rating on the night.

“Yeah, to score five – Bergy’s line which has done the lion’s share of our scoring this year isn’t part of that, that’s a good sign,” said David Backes, who notched his third goal of the season – all coming in two meetings with the Blue Jackets – at 11:51 of the second period.

“Those guys have carried us for probably the first 12 games and have done the majority of it and to have everyone else chipping in – it’s a great sign. You know, and they’re even strength goals which means we’re working for them and finding those tough areas and burying pucks. We needed a night like tonight and I think we’ve been doing a lot of the work to give ourselves the advantage and tonight I think we finally pushed through that wall and got rewarded for it and we were able to put up a good number.”

Here is what else we learned as the Bruins earn their second straight win at TD Garden for the first time since March 1st and 3rd of 2016.

Blue-line also chipping in…even against Tuukka

Colin Miller gives Tuukka Rask a postgame hug after his third period blunder. (Photo by Angela Spagna, Bruins Daily)

Like their first two-game win streak on Causeway Street, the Bruins also have a first with their blue-line. Krug’s goal marked the first time this season that the Bruins have gotten goals from their defensemen in back-to-back games. On Tuesday against the Canadiens, Colin Miller notched his first of the year on a puck that pinballed past the back of Carey Price’s pad.

Miller wasn’t as fortunate two nights later as he notched an own goal after flubbing the puck in his own end beating Tuukka Rask at the five-hole. But at least Miller and the rest of the Black and Gold can have a good laugh about it.

“Well, yeah. I don’t think you’re ever ready for that. I think he just tried to go quick forehand backhand and missed the backhand. But, it’s just an unlucky bounce,” Rask said about the play. “Yeah, it happens. Good thing it didn’t cost us the game because that would have sucked.”

“Yeah I know Colin Miller has got a goal and he got a second one tonight,” Julien said to a round of laughs from reporters at his postgame press conference.

“I think Brandon Carlo has got some, our D’s have goals, maybe not a ton of them but they have participated in the offense and I think they are pretty proactive too down in the offensive zone so I have no problem with that,” the 10th year Bruins bench boss added about the offensive contributions from the blueline. “I think it’s just a matter of time before that starts to increase as well.”

Sellout streak hits another milestone

Staff Sargent Ryan Pitts, a New Hampshire native and Medal of Honor recipient, salutes the crowd before he drops the puck for the ceremonial faceoff on Military Appreciation Night. (Photo by Angela Spagna, Bruins Daily)

Thursday night marked another announced sellout of 17,565 at TD Garden. With the full capacity crowd, the Bruins have now sold out 300 straight regular season and playoff games. Their last non-sellout came on December 2nd, 2009 in a win over the Lightning. Attendance announced that night was 16,553.

Of course given that there’s been a few empty seats here and there for certain matchups makes the statistic debatable in the tickets sold vs. fans in seats category. But the milestone is at least worth a small mention anyway.

Back on the road

Beginning Saturday night in Arizona, the Bruins hit the road again for three straight games (Photo by Angela Spagna, Bruins Daily).

The early portion of the Bruins 2016-17 campaign has been a case of on the road to home and back on the road again. These next few games in Arizona, Colorado and Minnesota marks the third instance of the Bruins hitting the road for at least three straight games.

“That’s the theme of our team this year, on the road again. So since the beginning of the year we have had those week-long road trips which so far has been good,” Julien said.

“You know it’s as I mentioned earlier in the year, when you get those road trips you get a chance to bond better and get to know each other. Like I said there are some new faces and it can only get better but we look forward to being at home for a while at some point, those home cooked meals and also having your fans behind you. We’ll take this three-game road trip, make the most out of it and come back here hopefully with smiles on our faces.”