2017–18 Boston Bruins season

2017–18 Boston Bruins
Division	2nd Atlantic
Conference	2nd Eastern
2017–18 record	50–20–12
Home record	28–8–5
Road record	22–12–7
Goals for	270
Goals against	214
Team information
General Manager	Don Sweeney
Coach	Bruce Cassidy
Captain	Zdeno Chara
Alternate captains	Patrice Bergeron David Krejci
Arena	TD Garden
Minor league affiliations	Providence Bruins (AHL) Atlanta Gladiators (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	David Pastrnak (35)
Assists	Brad Marchand (51)
Points	Brad Marchand (85)
Penalties in minutes	Kevan Miller (70)
Plus/minus	Brad Marchand (+25)
Wins	Tuukka Rask (34)
Goals against average	Tuukka Rask (2.36)
<2016–17	2018–19>

The 2017–18 Boston Bruins season was the 94th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924.

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Bruins announced their preseason schedule on June 1, 2017.

2017 preseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 18	Montreal	2–3	Boston		—	—	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 19	Detroit	2–4	Boston		Khudobin	16,309	2–0–0	Recap
3	September 21	Philadelphia	1–2	Boston	OT	Rask	16,781	3–0–0	Recap
4	September 23	Boston	1–5	Detroit		McIntyre	17,314	3–1–0	Recap
5	September 25	Chicago	2–4	Boston		Subban	16,374	4–1–0	Recap
6	September 28	Boston	1–5	Philadelphia		Rask	18,572	4–2–0	Recap
7	September 30	Boston	0–1	Chicago		Khudobin	20,703	4–3–0	Recap
Notes: a Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.

Regular season

The Bruins' regular season schedule was made public on June 22, 2017.

2017–18 game log
October: 4–3–3 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 5 Nashville 3–4 Boston Rask 17,565 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 9 Colorado 4–0 Boston Rask 17,565 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 11 Boston 3–6 Colorado Rask 18,011 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 14 Boston 6–2 Arizona Khudobin 14,810 2–2–0 4 recap 5 October 15 Boston 1–3 Vegas Rask 17,562 2–3–0 4 Recap 6 October 19 Vancouver 3–6 Boston Khudobin 17,565 3–3–0 6 Recap 7 October 21 Buffalo 5–4 Boston OT Khudobin 17,565 3–3–1 7 Recap 8 October 26 San Jose 1–2 Boston Khudobin 17,565 4–3–1 9 Recap 9 October 28 Los Angeles 2–1 Boston OT Rask 17,565 4–3–2 10 Recap 10 October 30 Boston 3–4 Columbus SO Rask 13,396 4–3–3 11 Recap
November: 7–5–1 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 2 Vegas 1–2 Boston Rask 17,565 5–3–3 13 Recap 12 November 4 Washington 3–2 Boston Rask 17,565 5–4–3 13 Recap 13 November 6 Minnesota 3–5 Boston Rask 17,565 6–4–3 15 Recap 14 November 8 Boston 2–4 NY Rangers Rask 18,006 6–5–3 15 Recap 15 November 10 Boston 2–3 Toronto OT Khudobin 19,381 6–5–4 16 Recap 16 November 11 Toronto 4–1 Boston Rask 17,565 6–6–4 16 Recap 17 November 15 Boston 2–4 Anaheim Rask 15,089 6–7–4 16 Recap 18 November 16 Boston 2–1 Los Angeles Khudobin 18,230 7–7–4 18 Recap 19 November 18 Boston 3–1 San Jose Khudobin 17,442 8–7–4 20 Recap 20 November 22 Boston 3–2 New Jersey SO Khudobin 16,514 9–7–4 22 Recap 21 November 24 Pittsburgh 3–4 Boston Khudobin 17,565 10–7–4 24 Recap 22 November 26 Edmonton 4–2 Boston Rask 17,565 10–8–4 24 Recap 23 November 29 Tampa Bay 2–3 Boston Rask 17,565 11–8–4 26 Recap
December: 10–2–2 (Home: 6–1–1 ; Road: 4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 2 Boston 3–0 Philadelphia Rask 19,274 12–8–4 28 Recap 25 December 4 Boston 3–5 Nashville Khudobin 17,113 12–9–4 28 Recap 26 December 7 Arizona 1–6 Boston Rask 17,565 13–9–4 30 Recap 27 December 9 NY Islanders 1–3 Boston Rask 17,565 14–9–4 32 Recap 28 December 13 Boston 3–2 Detroit OT Rask 19,515 15–9–4 34 Recap 29 December 14 Washington 5–3 Boston Khudobin 17,565 15–10–4 34 Recap 30 December 16 NY Rangers 3–2 Boston OT Rask 17,565 15–10–5 35 Recap 31 December 18 Columbus 2–7 Boston Rask 17,565 16–10–5 37 Recap 32 December 19 Boston 3–0 Buffalo Khudobin 17,811 17–10–5 39 Recap 33 December 21 Winnipeg 1–2 Boston SO Rask 17,565 18–10–5 41 Recap 34 December 23 Detroit 1–3 Boston Rask 17,565 19–10–5 43 Recap 35 December 27 Ottawa 1–5 Boston Rask 17,565 20–10–5 45 Recap 36 December 28 Boston 3–4 Washington SO Khudobin 18,506 20–10–6 46 Recap 37 December 30 Boston 5–0 Ottawa Rask 17,579 21–10–6 48 Recap
January: 8–1–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 5–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 2 Boston 5–1 NY Islanders Rask 11,878 22–10–6 50 Recap — January 4 Florida — Boston Postponed due to the effects of the January 2018 nor'easter, rescheduled to April 8 39 January 6 Carolina 1–7 Boston Khudobin 17,565 23–10–6 52 Recap 40 January 7 Boston 5–6 Pittsburgh OT Rask 18,553 23–10–7 53 Recap 41 January 13 Boston 4–3 Montreal SO Rask 21,302 24–10–7 55 Recap 42 January 15 Dallas 3–2 Boston OT Khudobin 17,565 24–10–8 56 Recap 43 January 17 Montreal 1–4 Boston Rask 17,565 25–10–8 58 Recap 44 January 18 Boston 5–2 NY Islanders Khudobin 11,803 26–10–8 60 Recap 45 January 20 Boston 4–1 Montreal Rask 21,302 27–10–8 62 Recap 46 January 23 New Jersey 2–3 Boston Rask 17,565 28–10–8 64 Recap 47 January 25 Boston 3–2 Ottawa Rask 15,232 29–10–8 66 Recap 48 January 30 Anaheim 3–1 Boston Khudobin 17,565 29–11–8 66 Recap
February: 9–4–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 5–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 February 1 St. Louis 1–3 Boston Rask 17,565 30–11–8 68 Recap 50 February 3 Toronto 1–4 Boston Rask 17,565 31–11–8 70 Recap 51 February 6 Boston 3–2 Detroit Rask 19,515 32–11–8 72 Recap 52 February 7 Boston 6–1 NY Rangers Khudobin 18,006 33–11–8 74 Recap 53 February 10 Buffalo 4–2 Boston Rask 17,565 33–12–8 74 Recap 54 February 11 Boston 5–3 New Jersey Khudobin 16,514 34–12–8 76 Recap 55 February 13 Calgary 2–5 Boston Rask 17,565 35–12–8 78 Recap 56 February 17 Boston 1–6 Vancouver Rask 18,865 35–13–8 78 Recap 57 February 19 Boston 2–1 Calgary OT Rask 19,289 36–13–8 80 Recap 58 February 20 Boston 3–2 Edmonton Khudobin 18,347 37–13–8 82 Recap 59 February 24 Boston 3–4 Toronto Rask 19,370 37–14–8 82 Recap 60 February 25 Boston 1–4 Buffalo Khudobin 18,522 37–15–8 82 Recap 61 February 27 Carolina 3–4 Boston OT Rask 17,565 38–15–8 84 Recap
March: 11–2–3 (Home: 7–0–1 ; Road: 4–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 1 Pittsburgh 4–8 Boston Rask 17,565 39–15–8 86 Recap 63 March 3 Montreal 1–2 Boston OT Khudobin 17,565 40–15–8 88 Recap 64 March 6 Detroit 5–6 Boston OT Khudobin 17,565 41–15–8 90 Recap 65 March 8 Philadelphia 2–3 Boston Rask 17,565 42–15–8 92 Recap 66 March 10 Chicago 4–7 Boston Rask 17,565 43–15–8 94 Recap 67 March 11 Boston 1–3 Chicago Khudobin 21,819 43–16–8 94 Recap 68 March 13 Boston 6–4 Carolina Rask 13,081 44–16–8 96 Recap 69 March 15 Boston 0–3 Florida Khudobin 16,067 44–17–8 96 Recap 70 March 17 Boston 3–0 Tampa Bay Rask 19,092 45–17–8 98 Recap 71 March 19 Columbus 5–4 Boston OT Rask 17,565 45–17–9 99 Recap 72 March 21 Boston 1–2 St. Louis OT Khudobin 18,423 45–17–10 100 Recap 73 March 23 Boston 3–2 Dallas Rask 18,532 46–17–10 102 Recap 74 March 25 Boston 2–1 Minnesota OT Rask 19,183 47–17–10 104 Recap 75 March 27 Boston 4–5 Winnipeg SO Khudobin 15,321 47–17–11 105 Recap 76 March 29 Tampa Bay 2–4 Boston Rask 17,565 48–17–11 107 Recap 77 March 31 Florida 1–5 Boston Rask 17,565 49–17–11 109 Recap
April: 1–3–1 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 0–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 1 Boston 3–4 Philadelphia OT Khudobin 19,904 49–17–12 110 Recap 79 April 3 Boston 0–4 Tampa Bay Rask 19,092 49–18–12 110 Recap 80 April 5 Boston 2–3 Florida Rask 14,860 49–19–12 110 Recap 81 April 7 Ottawa 2–5 Boston Khudobin 17,565 50–19–12 112 Recap 82 April 8 Florida 4–2 Boston Rask 17,565 50–20–12 112 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs

Player statistics

Final Stats

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Brad Marchand	68	34	51	85	25	63
David Pastrnak	82	35	45	80	10	37
Patrice Bergeron	64	30	33	63	21	26
Torey Krug	76	14	45	59	0	36
Danton Heinen	77	16	31	47	10	16
Jake DeBrusk	70	16	27	43	13	19
Riley Nash	76	15	26	41	16	18
David Krejci	64	17	27	44	10	18
Charlie McAvoy	63	7	25	32	20	53
David Backes	57	14	19	33	2	53
Ryan Spooner‡	39	9	16	25	10	2
Zdeno Chara	73	7	17	24	22	60
Tim Schaller	82	12	10	22	−5	42
Sean Kuraly	75	6	8	14	−5	40
Matt Grzelcyk	61	3	12	15	21	22
Anders Bjork	30	4	8	12	2	6
Kevan Miller	68	1	15	16	16	70
Noel Acciari	60	10	1	11	–6	9
Ryan Donato	12	5	4	9	2	2
Rick Nash†	11	3	3	6	–4	4
Brian Gionta	20	2	5	7	–1	2
Brandon Carlo	76	0	6	6	10	45
Nick Holden†	18	1	4	5	–2	0
Austin Czarnik	10	0	4	4	−1	0
Adam McQuaid	38	1	3	4	−1	62
Tommy Wingels†	18	2	3	5	–1	2
Jordan Szwarz	12	0	3	3	−4	2
Frank Vatrano‡	25	2	0	2	−3	22
Peter Cehlarik	6	1	1	2	2	2
Kenny Agostino	5	0	1	1	−1	4
Paul Postma	14	0	1	1	−2	2
Rob O'Gara‡	8	0	0	0	−5	0
Matt Beleskey‡	14	0	0	0	−8	17
Colby Cave	3	0	0	0	0	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Brian Gionta	1	0	0	0	-1	0
Riley Nash	9	0	1	1	-3	4
Ryan Donato	3	0	0	0	-3	0
Patrice Bergeron	11	6	10	16	5	2
David Backes	12	2	1	3	-6	12
Danton Heinen	9	1	0	1	-1	2
David Krejci	12	3	7	10	-4	6
Sean Kuraly	12	2	2	4	5	2
Noel Acciari	11	1	1	2	0	2
Tommy Wingels	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Schaller	11	0	2	2	3	2
Rick Nash	12	3	2	5	-7	10
Brad Marchand	12	4	13	16	4	16
Jake DeBrusk	12	6	2	8	-1	8
David Pastrnak	12	6	14	20	-1	6
Zdeno Chara	12	1	2	3	7	4
Nick Holden	2	0	1	1	1	0
Torey Krug	11	3	9	12	-5	8
Matt Grzelcyk	11	0	1	1	-2	4
Adam McQuaid	12	1	1	2	0	0
Charlie McAvoy	12	1	4	5	2	6
Kevan Miller	12	1	3	4	2	4

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Tuukka Rask	46	45	2,692:30	30	11	4	103	2.30	1265	.918	3	0	2	0
Anton Khudobin	27	25	1,533:53	15	6	4	64	2.50	772	.917	1	0	2	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MIN	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Tuukka Rask	12	12	687:05	5	7	33	2.76	339	.902	0	0	0	0
Anton Khudobin	1	0	26:37	0	0	0	0.00	8	1.000	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Bruins. Statistics reflect time with the Bruins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Bruins only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Awards and honors

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached
Jake DeBrusk	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	October 5, 2017
Charlie McAvoy	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point
Anders Bjork	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point
Danton Heinen	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	October 10, 2017
Anders Bjork	1st career NHL goal	October 14, 2017
Danton Heinen	1st career NHL goal	October 26, 2017
Matt Grzelcyk	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	November 22, 2017
Matt Grzelcyk	1st career NHL goal	November 24, 2017
Zdeno Chara	1,400th career NHL game	February 3, 2018
Ryan Spooner	100th career NHL assist	February 11, 2018
Ryan Donato	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	March 19, 2018

Records

Regular season

Player	Record	Reached

Transactions

The Bruins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
February 20, 2018 (2018-02-20)	To New York Rangers Rob O'Gara 3rd-round pick in 2018	To Boston Bruins Nick Holden
February 22, 2018 (2018-02-22)	To Florida Panthers Frank Vatrano	To Boston Bruins 3rd-round pick in 2018
February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25)	To New York Rangers Matt Beleskey Ryan Lindgren Ryan Spooner 1st-round pick in 2018 7th-round pick in 2019	To Boston Bruins Rick Nash
February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26)	To Chicago Blackhawks Conditional 5th-round pick in 2019	To Boston Bruins Tommy Wingels

Notes:

1. ^{Note 1} Boston to retain 50% of salary as part of trade.
2. ^{Note 2} New York to retain 50% of salary as part of trade.

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Kenny Agostino	St. Louis Blues	1-year, $875,000
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Paul Postma	Winnipeg Jets	1-year, $725,000
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Jordan Szwarz	Providence Bruins	1-year, $650,000
October 3, 2017 (2017-10-03)	Kyle Keyser	Oshawa Generals	3-year, $2.15 million entry-level
February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25)	Brian Gionta	Rochester Americans	1-year, $700,000
February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25)	Chris Breen	Providence Bruins	1-year, $650,000
April 10, 2018 (2018-04-10)	Karson Kuhlman	Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs	2-year, $1.525 million entry-level contract
May 3, 2018 (2018-05-03)	Connor Clifton	Providence Bruins	2-year, $1.47 million entry-level contract
June 14, 2018 (2018-06-14)	Martin Bakos	Mora IK	1-year, $700,000

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Chris Casto	Vegas Golden Knights	1-year, $650,000
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Brian Ferlin	Edmonton Oilers	1-year
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Alex Grant	Minnesota Wild	1-year, $700,000
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Dominic Moore	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year, $1 million
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Joe Morrow	Montreal Canadiens	1-year, $650,000
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Zac Rinaldo	Arizona Coyotes	1-year, $700,000
August 25, 2017 (2017-08-25)	Drew Stafford	New Jersey Devils	1-year, $800,000
October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01)	Jimmy Hayes	New Jersey Devils	1-year, $700,000

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date	Ref

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref
Malcolm Subban	Vegas Golden Knights	October 3, 2017 (2017-10-03)

Players released

Date	Player	Via	Ref

Lost via retirement

Date	Player	Ref

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 28, 2017 (2017-06-28)	Noel Acciari	2-year, $725,000
July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05)	Tim Schaller	1-year, $775,000
July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14)	Malcolm Subban	2-year, $1.3 million
July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14)	Zane McIntyre	2-year, $1.3 million
July 17, 2017 (2017-07-17)	Austin Czarnik	1-year, $675,000
July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26)	Ryan Spooner	1-year, $2.825 million
September 14, 2017 (2017-09-14)	David Pastrnak	6-year, $40 million
September 26, 2017 (2017-09-26)	Jack Studnicka	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract
March 10, 2018 (2018-03-10)	Cameron Hughes	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract
March 13, 2018 (2018-03-13)	Trent Frederic	3-year, $3.4125 million entry-level contract
March 18, 2018 (2018-03-18)	Ryan Donato	2-year, $2.7 million entry-level contract
March 21, 2018 (2018-03-21)	Wiley Sherman	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract
March 28, 2018 (2018-03-28)	Zdeno Chara	1-year, $6.75 million contract extension
March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)	Jordan Szwarz	1-year, $650,000 contract extension
June 13, 2018 (2018-06-13)	Urho Vaakanainen	3-year, $4 million entry-level contract
June 15, 2018 (2018-06-15)	Matt Grzelcyk	2-year, $2.8 million contract extension

Draft picks

See also: List of Boston Bruins draft picks

Below are the Boston Bruins' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	18	Urho Vaakanainen	D	Finland	JYP (Liiga)
2	531	Jack Studnicka	C	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
4	111	Jeremy Swayman	G	United States	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
6	173	Cedric Pare	C	Canada	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
7	1952	Victor Berglund	D	Sweden	Modo Hockey (J20 SuperElit)
7	204	Daniel Bukac	D	Czech Republic	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)

Notes:

1. The Edmonton Oilers’ second-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as compensation for Edmonton hiring Peter Chiarelli as their president and general manager on April 25, 2015.
2. The Florida Panthers' seventh-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2016 to Florida in exchange for this pick.

References