2016–17 Boston Bruins season

The 2016–17 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 93rd season in the National Hockey League (NHL).[1]

2016–17 Boston Bruins
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	7th Eastern
2016–17 record	44–31–7
Home record	23–17–1
Road record	21–14–6
Goals for	234
Goals against	212
Team information
General manager	Don Sweeney
Coach	Claude Julien (Oct. 13 – Feb. 7) Bruce Cassidy (Feb. 7 – Present)
Captain	Zdeno Chára
Alternate captains	Patrice Bergeron David Krejčí
Arena	TD Garden
Minor league affiliate(s)	Providence Bruins (AHL) Atlanta Gladiators (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Brad Marchand (39)
Assists	Brad Marchand (46)
Points	Brad Marchand (85)
Penalty minutes	Brad Marchand (81)
Plus/minus	Zdeno Chára and Brad Marchand (+18)
Wins	Tuukka Rask (37)
Goals against average	Tuukka Rask (2.23)

Standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Montreal Canadiens	82	47	26	9	44	226	200	+26	103
2	x – Ottawa Senators	82	44	28	10	38	212	214	−2	98
3	x – Boston Bruins	82	44	31	7	42	234	212	+22	95
4	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	40	27	15	39	251	242	+9	95
5	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	42	30	10	38	234	227	+7	94
6	Florida Panthers	82	35	36	11	30	210	237	−27	81
7	Detroit Red Wings	82	33	36	13	24	207	244	−37	79
8	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	37	12	31	201	237	−36	78

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 3–1–1)[2]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 26	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–2	Boston Bruins	OT	McIntyre	16,285	0–0–1	Recap
2	September 28	Detroit Red Wings	5–1	Boston Bruins		Subban	16,631	0–1–1	Recap
3	September 30	Boston Bruins	2–1	Detroit Red Wings		Khudobin	—	1–1–1	Recap
4	October 1	Boston Bruins	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers	SO	Subban	17,920	2–1–1	Recap
5	October 4	Boston Bruins	3–4	Montreal Canadiens		—	—	2–2–1	Recap
6	October 6	Boston Bruins	2–1	Columbus Blue Jackets	—	Khudobin	8,851	3–2–1	Recap
7	October 8	Philadelphia Flyers	0–1	Boston Bruins	OT	Rask	17,202	3–2–2	Recap

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log[3]
October: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 13 Boston Bruins 6–3 Columbus Blue Jackets Rask 18,144 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 15 Boston Bruins 1–4 Toronto Maple Leafs Khudobin 19,466 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 17 Boston Bruins 4–1 Winnipeg Jets Rask 15,296 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 20 New Jersey Devils 1–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 22 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 Boston Bruins Khudobin 17,565 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 25 Minnesota Wild 5–0 Boston Bruins Subban 17,565 3–3–0 6 Recap 7 October 26 Boston Bruins 2–5 New York Rangers McIntyre 18,006 3–4–0 6 Recap 8 October 29 Boston Bruins 1–0 Detroit Red Wings Rask 20,027 4–4–0 8 Recap
November: 8–6–1 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 4–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 1 Boston Bruins 2–1 Florida Panthers Rask 13,808 5–4–0 10 Recap 10 November 3 Boston Bruins 4–3 Tampa Bay Lightning SO Rask 19,092 6–4–0 12 Recap 11 November 5 New York Rangers 5–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 6–5–0 12 Recap 12 November 7 Buffalo Sabres 0–4 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 7–5–0 14 Recap 13 November 8 Boston Bruins 2–3 Montreal Canadiens McIntyre 21,288 7–6–0 14 Recap 14 November 10 Columbus Blue Jackets 2–5 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 8–6–0 16 Recap 15 November 12 Boston Bruins 2–1 Arizona Coyotes Rask 16,531 9–6–0 18 Recap 16 November 13 Boston Bruins 2–0 Colorado Avalanche Rask 15,808 10–6–0 20 Recap 17 November 17 Boston Bruins 0–1 Minnesota Wild Rask 18,774 10–7–0 20 Recap 18 November 19 Winnipeg Jets 1–4 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 11–7–0 22 Recap 19 November 22 St. Louis Blues 4–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 11–8–0 22 Recap 20 November 24 Boston Bruins 1–3 Ottawa Senators Rask 17,191 11–9–0 22 Recap 21 November 25 Calgary Flames 2–1 Boston Bruins Khudobin 17,565 11–10–0 22 Recap 22 November 27 Tampa Bay Lightning 1–4 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 12–10–0 24 Recap 23 November 29 Boston Bruins 2–3 Philadelphia Flyers SO Rask 19,558 12–10–1 25 Recap
December: 8–5–3 (Home: 4–4–0 ; Road: 4–1–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 1 Carolina Hurricanes 1–2 Boston Bruins SO Khudobin 17,565 13–10–1 27 Recap 25 December 3 Boston Bruins 2–1 Buffalo Sabres Rask 19,070 14–10–1 29 Recap 26 December 5 Florida Panthers 3–4 Boston Bruins OT Rask 17,565 15–10–1 31 Recap 27 December 7 Boston Bruins 3–4 Washington Capitals OT Rask 18,506 15–10–2 32 Recap 28 December 8 Colorado Avalanche 4–2 Boston Bruins Khudobin 17,565 15–11–2 32 Recap 29 December 10 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 15–12–2 32 Recap 30 December 12 Boston Bruins 2–1 Montreal Canadiens OT Rask 21,288 16–12–2 34 Recap 31 December 14 Boston Bruins 3–4 Pittsburgh Penguins OT Rask 18,415 16–12–3 35 Recap 32 December 15 Anaheim Ducks 4–3 Boston Bruins Khudobin 17,565 16–13–3 35 Recap 33 December 18 Los Angeles Kings 0–1 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 17–13–3 37 Recap 34 December 20 New York Islanders 4–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 17–14–3 37 Recap 35 December 22 Boston Bruins 3–1 Florida Panthers Rask 14,462 18–14–3 39 Recap 36 December 23 Boston Bruins 2–3 Carolina Hurricanes OT Khudobin 12,924 18–14–4 40 Recap 37 December 27 Boston Bruins 3–4 Columbus Blue Jackets Rask 19,005 18–15–4 40 Recap 38 December 29 Boston Bruins 4–2 Buffalo Sabres Rask 19,070 19–15–4 42 Recap 39 December 31 Buffalo Sabres 1–3 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 20–15–4 44 Recap
January: 6–6–2 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 2 Boston Bruins 0–3 New Jersey Devils Rask 15,141 20–16–4 44 Recap 41 January 5 Edmonton Oilers 4–3 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 20–17–4 44 Recap 42 January 7 Boston Bruins 4–0 Florida Panthers Rask 16,630 21–17–4 46 Recap 43 January 8 Boston Bruins 3–4 Carolina Hurricanes OT McIntyre 11,820 21–17–5 47 Recap 44 January 10 Boston Bruins 5–3 St. Louis Blues Rask 19,342 22–17–5 49 Recap 45 January 12 Boston Bruins 1–2 Nashville Predators McIntyre 17,113 22–18–5 49 Recap 46 January 14 Philadelphia Flyers 3–6 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 23–18–5 51 Recap 47 January 16 New York Islanders 4–0 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 23–19–5 51 Recap 48 January 18 Boston Bruins 5–6 Detroit Red Wings SO Rask 20,027 23–19–6 52 Recap 49 January 20 Chicago Blackhawks 1–0 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 23–20–6 52 Recap 50 January 22 Boston Bruins 1–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Rask 18,506 23–21–6 52 Recap 51 January 24 Detroit Red Wings 3–4 Boston Bruins OT Rask 17,565 24–21–6 54 Recap 52 January 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 25–21–6 56 Recap January 27–29 All-Star Break in Los Angeles 53 January 31 Boston Bruins 4–3 Tampa Bay Lightning Rask 19,092 26–21–6 58 Recap
February: 7–3–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 February 1 Boston Bruins 3–5 Washington Capitals Rask 18,506 26–22–6 58 Recap 55 February 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–5 Boston Bruins McIntyre 17,565 26–23–6 58 Recap 56 February 9 San Jose Sharks 3–6 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 27–23–6 60 Recap 57 February 11 Vancouver Canucks 3–4 Boston Bruins Khudobin 17,565 28–23–6 62 Recap 58 February 12 Montreal Canadiens 0–4 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 29–23–6 64 Recap 59 February 19 Boston Bruins 2–1 San Jose Sharks OT Rask 17,562 30–23–6 66 Recap 60 February 22 Boston Bruins 3–5 Anaheim Ducks Rask 15,135 30–24–6 66 Recap 61 February 23 Boston Bruins 4–1 Los Angeles Kings Khudobin 18,230 31–24–6 68 Recap 62 February 26 Boston Bruins 6–3 Dallas Stars Rask 18,006 32–24–6 70 Recap 63 February 28 Arizona Coyotes 1–4 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 33–24–6 72 Recap
March: 8–6–0 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 2 New York Rangers 2–1 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 33–25–6 72 Recap 65 March 4 New Jersey Devils 2–3 Boston Bruins Khudobin 17,565 34–25–6 74 Recap 66 March 6 Boston Bruins 2–4 Ottawa Senators Rask 17,046 34–26–6 74 Recap 67 March 8 Detroit Red Wings 1–6 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 35–26–6 76 Recap 68 March 11 Philadelphia Flyers 1–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 36–26–6 78 Recap 69 March 13 Boston Bruins 6–3 Vancouver Canucks Rask 18,865 37–26–6 80 Recap 70 March 15 Boston Bruins 5–2 Calgary Flames Khudobin 18,892 38–26–6 82 Recap 71 March 16 Boston Bruins 4–7 Edmonton Oilers Rask 18,347 38–27–6 82 Recap 72 March 20 Boston Bruins 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs Rask 19,347 38–28–6 82 Recap 73 March 21 Ottawa Senators 3–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 38–29–6 82 Recap 74 March 23 Tampa Bay Lightning 6–3 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 38–30–6 82 Recap 75 March 25 Boston Bruins 2–1 New York Islanders Khudobin 15,795 39–30–6 84 Recap 76 March 28 Nashville Predators 1–4 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 40–30–6 86 Recap 77 March 30 Dallas Stars 0–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 41–30–6 88 Recap
April: 3–1–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 1 Florida Panthers 2–5 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 42–30–6 90 Recap 79 April 2 Boston Bruins 3–2 Chicago Blackhawks Khudobin 22,131 43–30–6 92 Recap 80 April 4 Tampa Bay Lightning 0–4 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 44–30–6 94 Recap 81 April 6 Ottawa Senators 2–1 Boston Bruins SO Rask 17,565 44–30–7 95 Recap 82 April 8 Washington Capitals 3–1 Boston Bruins Khudobin 17,565 44–31–7 95 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Bruins clinched the playoffs for the first time since the 2013–14 season. They met the Ottawa Senators in the first round, where they were ultimately defeated in six games.

2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators: Ottawa wins series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 12 Boston Bruins 2–1 Ottawa Senators Rask 18,702 1–0 Recap 2 April 15 Boston Bruins 3–4 Ottawa Senators OT Rask 18,629 1–1 Recap 3 April 17 Ottawa Senators 4–3 Boston Bruins OT Rask 17,565 1–2 Recap 4 April 19 Ottawa Senators 1–0 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 1–3 Recap 5 April 21 Boston Bruins 3–2 Ottawa Senators 2OT Rask 19,209 2–3 Recap 6 April 23 Ottawa Senators 3–2 Boston Bruins OT Rask 17,565 2–4 Recap Legend:   Win   Loss

Player stats

Final Stats

Skaters

Regular season[4] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Brad Marchand 80 39 46 85 18 81 David Pastrňák 75 34 36 70 11 34 David Krejčí 82 23 31 54 −12 26 Patrice Bergeron 79 21 32 53 12 24 Torey Krug 81 8 43 51 −10 37 Ryan Spooner 78 11 28 39 −8 14 David Backes 74 17 21 38 2 69 Zdeno Chára 75 10 19 29 18 59 Dominic Moore 82 11 14 25 2 44 Frank Vatrano 44 10 8 18 −3 14 Riley Nash 81 7 10 17 −1 14 Brandon Carlo 82 6 10 16 9 59 Tim Schaller 59 7 7 14 −6 23 Colin Miller 61 6 7 13 0 55 Austin Czarnik 49 5 8 13 −10 12 Kevan Miller 58 3 10 13 1 50 Adam McQuaid 77 2 8 10 4 71 Drew Stafford 18 4 4 8 8 12 Matt Beleskey 49 3 5 8 −10 47 Noel Acciari 29 2 3 5 3 16 Jimmy Hayes 58 2 3 5 −3 29 John-Michael Liles 36 0 5 5 1 4 Anton Blidh 19 1 1 2 −2 7 Peter Cehlárik 11 0 2 2 0 0 Sean Kuraly 8 0 1 1 −1 2 Joe Morrow 17 0 1 1 −4 8 Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson 1 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Grzelcyk 2 0 0 0 0 2 Danton Heinen 8 0 0 0 −3 2 Rob O'Gara 3 0 0 0 1 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Patrice Bergeron 6 2 2 4 2 2 David Pastrňák 6 2 2 4 1 6 David Backes 6 1 3 4 1 6 Charlie McAvoy 6 0 3 3 −2 2 Sean Kuraly 4 2 0 2 0 4 Drew Stafford 6 0 2 2 −2 2 John-Michael Liles 6 0 2 2 1 0 Riley Nash 6 0 2 2 0 2 Ryan Spooner 4 0 2 2 −2 0 Noel Acciari 4 1 0 1 0 2 Tim Schaller 6 1 0 1 2 2 Frank Vatrano 6 1 0 1 −1 4 Zdeno Chára 6 0 1 1 −3 2 Tommy Cross 1 0 1 1 1 0 Adam McQuaid 2 0 1 1 0 0 Colin Miller 4 0 1 1 1 2 Dominic Moore 6 0 1 1 0 4 Joe Morrow 5 0 1 1 1 2 Matt Beleskey 3 0 0 0 −2 4 David Krejčí 3 0 0 0 −1 0 Kevan Miller 6 0 0 0 0 4

Goaltenders

Regular season[5]

Player	GP	GS	MIN	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Tuukka Rask	65	64	3679:30	37	20	5	137	2.23	1,610	.915	8	0	2	0
Anton Khudobin	16	14	884:47	7	6	1	39	2.64	405	.904	0	0	1	2
Zane McIntyre	8	3	332:37	0	4	1	22	3.97	155	.858	0	0	0	0
Malcolm Subban	1	1	30:36	0	1	0	3	5.88	16	.813	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MIN	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Tuukka Rask	6	6	402:21	2	4	15	2.24	187	.920	0	0	0	0

• ^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Bruins. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
• ^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.

Awards and honours

Milestones

• On November 22, 2016, the Bruins as a team reached the milestone of 20,000 goals all-time in NHL play, dating back to their 1924-25 debut season with Smokey Harris' goal for the Bruins, as the first NHL goal in team history on December 1, 1924.[6] New forward David Backes' power play goal achieved the 20,000 goal milestone for the Bruins on November 22, in a 4—2 home rink loss to the St. Louis Blues, Backes' former team as the visitors to TD Garden - the 20,000th goal plateau has only been attained by one other NHL team, the Bruins' top rival, the Montreal Canadiens.[7]

Transactions

The Bruins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season:

Trades Date Details Ref June 25, 2016 To Florida Panthers 7th-round pick in 2016 To Boston Bruins 7th-round pick in 2017 [8] March 1, 2017 To Winnipeg Jets conditional 6th-round pick in 2018 To Boston Bruins Drew Stafford [9] Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 David Backes St. Louis Blues 5 years, $30 million [10] July 1, 2016 Anton Khudobin Anaheim Ducks 2 years, $2.4 million [11] July 1, 2016 Riley Nash Carolina Hurricanes 2 years, $1.8 million [11] July 1, 2016 Tim Schaller Buffalo Sabres 1 year, $600,000 [11] August 30, 2016 Dominic Moore New York Rangers 1 year, $900,000 [12] August 30, 2016 Alex Grant Arizona Coyotes 1 year, $600,000 [12] Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 Jonas Gustavsson Edmonton Oilers 1 year, $800,000 [13] July 1, 2016 Zach Trotman Los Angeles Kings 1 year, $650,000 [14] July 1, 2016 Loui Eriksson Vancouver Canucks 6 years, $36 million [15] July 1, 2016 Matt Irwin Nashville Predators 1 year, $575,000 [16] July 1, 2016 Lee Stempniak Carolina Hurricanes 2 years, $5 million [17] July 1, 2016 Brett Connolly Washington Capitals 1 year, $850,000 [18] July 7, 2016 Chris Kelly Ottawa Senators 1-year, $900,000 [19] July 9, 2016 Landon Ferraro St. Louis Blues 1 year, $700,000 [20] September 28, 2016 Dennis Seidenberg New York Islanders 1 year, $1 million [21] Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Lost via waivers Player New team Date Ref Seth Griffith Toronto Maple Leafs October 11, 2016 [22] Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref June 30, 2016 Torey Krug 4 years, $21 million [23] July 1, 2016 Tommy Cross 1 year, $600,000 [11] July 1, 2016 John-Michael Liles 1 year, $2 million [11] July 1, 2016 Tyler Randell 1 year, $600,000 [11] July 14, 2016 Colin Miller 2 years, $2 million [24] July 14, 2016 Joe Morrow 1 year, $800,000 [24] August 30, 2016 Chris Casto 1 year, $650,000 [12] August 30, 2016 Brian Ferlin 1 year, $725,000 [12] September 26, 2016 Brad Marchand 8 years, $49 million contract extension [25] December 11, 2016 Jesse Gabrielle 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract [26] March 24, 2017 Ryan Fitzgerald 2 years, entry-level contract [27] March 24, 2017 Emil Johansson 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract [27] April 2, 2017 Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract [28] April 10, 2017 Charlie McAvoy 3 years, $3.775 million entry-level contract [29] April 13, 2017 Joona Koppanen 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract [30] May 30, 2017 Anders Bjork 3 years, $3.2 million entry-level contract [31] June 14, 2017 Tommy Cross 1 year, $650,000 contract extension [32] Draft picks Below are the Boston Bruins' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 14 Charlie McAvoy D United States Boston University Terriers (Hockey East) 1 29^[a] Trent Frederic C United States U.S. NTDP (USHL) 2 49^[b] Ryan Lindgren D United States U.S. NTDP (USHL) 5 135 Joona Koppanen LW Finland Ilves-jr. (FIN-Jr.) 5 136^[c] Cameron Clarke D Canada Lone Star Brahmas (NAHL) 6 165^[d] Oskar Steen C Sweden Farjestad-jr. (Swe-Jr) Notes ^[a] The San Jose Sharks' first-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on June 30, 2015 that sent Martin Jones to San Jose in exchange for Sean Kuraly and this pick.[33] The Boston Bruins' second-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Brett Connolly to Boston in exchange for a second-round pick in 2015 and this pick.[34] ^[b] The New York Islanders' second-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on October 4, 2014 that sent Johnny Boychuk to New York in exchange for Philadelphia's second-round pick in 2015, a conditional third-round pick in 2015 and this pick.[35] The Boston Bruins' third-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016 that sent John-Michael Liles to Boston in exchange for Anthony Camara, a fifth-round pick in 2017 and this pick.[36] The Boston Bruins' fourth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016 that sent Lee Stempniak to Boston in exchange for a second-round pick in 2017 and this pick.[37] ^[c] The Minnesota Wild's fifth-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent a fifth-round pick in 2015 to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.[38] ^[d] The Boston Bruins' sixth-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 25, 2015 that sent Carl Soderberg to Colorado in exchange for this pick.[39] Colorado previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Max Talbot and Paul Carey to Boston in exchange for Jordan Caron and this pick.[40] The Boston Bruins' seventh-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2017 to Boston in exchange for this pick.[41] References National Hockey League (2013). 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