# 2017–18 Boston Bruins season

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

## Standings

Atlantic Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | z – Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 54 | 23 | 5 | 48 | 296 | 236 | +60 | 113 |
| 2 | x – Boston Bruins | 82 | 50 | 20 | 12 | 47 | 270 | 214 | +56 | 112 |
| 3 | x – Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 49 | 26 | 7 | 42 | 277 | 232 | +45 | 105 |
| 4 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 44 | 30 | 8 | 41 | 248 | 246 | +2 | 96 |
| 5 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 30 | 39 | 13 | 25 | 217 | 255 | −38 | 73 |
| 6 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 29 | 40 | 13 | 27 | 209 | 264 | −55 | 71 |
| 7 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 28 | 43 | 11 | 26 | 221 | 291 | −70 | 67 |
| 8 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 24 | 199 | 280 | −81 | 62 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

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

### Regular season

The Bruins' regular season schedule was made public on June 22, 2017.
2017–18 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2018 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## 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 |
| David Krejci | 64 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 10 | 18 |
| Jake DeBrusk | 70 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 13 | 19 |
| Riley Nash | 76 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 16 | 18 |
| David Backes | 57 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 2 | 53 |
| Charlie McAvoy | 63 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 20 | 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 |
| Kevan Miller | 68 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 70 |
| Matt Grzelcyk | 61 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 22 |
| Sean Kuraly | 75 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −5 | 40 |
| Anders Bjork | 30 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 |
| Noel Acciari | 60 | 10 | 1 | 11 | −6 | 9 |
| Ryan Donato | 12 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| Brian Gionta | 20 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −1 | 2 |
| Rick Nash$^†$ | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −4 | 4 |
| Brandon Carlo | 76 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 45 |
| Tommy Wingels$^†$ | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| Nick Holden$^†$ | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −2 | 0 |
| Adam McQuaid | 38 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 62 |
| Austin Czarnik | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −1 | 0 |
| 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 |
| Anton Blidh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colby Cave | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Beleskey$^‡$ | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | 17 |
| Rob O'Gara$^‡$ | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| David Pastrnak | 12 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 8 |
| Brad Marchand | 12 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 16 |
| Patrice Bergeron | 11 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 |
| Torey Krug | 11 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −5 | 8 |
| David Krejci | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −4 | 6 |
| Jake DeBrusk | 12 | 6 | 2 | 8 | −1 | 8 |
| Rick Nash | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −7 | 10 |
| Charlie McAvoy | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Sean Kuraly | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Kevan Miller | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| David Backes | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −6 | 19 |
| Zdeno Chara | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Noel Acciari | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Adam McQuaid | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Schaller | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Danton Heinen | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| Nick Holden | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Grzelcyk | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
| Riley Nash | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 |
| Tommy Wingels | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Gionta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Ryan Donato | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Tuukka Rask | 54 | 53 | 3,173:05 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 125 | 2.36 | 1,513 | .917 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Anton Khudobin | 31 | 29 | 1,780:43 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 76 | 2.56 | 876 | .913 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | MIN | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Tuukka Rask | 12 | 12 | 686:50 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 2.88 | 339 | .903 | 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 | October 5, 2017 |
| Anders Bjork | 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | October 5, 2017 |
| 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 | Details |
| February 20, 2018 (2018-02-20) | To New York RangersRob O'Gara 3rd-round pick in 2018 | To Boston BruinsNick Holden |
| February 22, 2018 (2018-02-22) | To Florida PanthersFrank Vatrano | To Boston Bruins3rd-round pick in 2018 |
| February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25) | To New York RangersMatt Beleskey Ryan Lindgren Ryan Spooner 1st-round pick in 2018 7th-round pick in 2019 | To Boston BruinsRick Nash |
| February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26) | To Chicago BlackhawksConditional 5th-round pick in 2019 | To Boston BruinsTommy Wingels |
Notes:
* $^{Note1}$ Boston to retain 50% of salary as part of trade.
* $^{Note2}$ New York to retain 50% of salary as part of trade.

### Player signings

| Date | Player | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) |
| 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

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 | 53$^1$ | 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 | 195$^2$ | Victor Berglund | D | Sweden | Modo Hockey (J20 SuperElit) |
| 7 | 204 | Daniel Bukac | D | Czech Republic | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
Notes:
* 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.
* 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.