# 2013–14 Boston Bruins season

The 2013–14 Boston Bruins season was their 90th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924. The team finished with the most points in the league, securing the Presidents' Trophy. In the playoffs, they defeated the Detroit Red Wings in five games, but in the second round lost to their bitter rivals, the Montreal Canadiens, in seven games.

## Standings

Atlantic Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | p – Boston Bruins | 82 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 51 | 261 | 177 | +84 | 117 |
| 2 | x – Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 46 | 27 | 9 | 38 | 240 | 215 | +25 | 101 |
| 3 | x – Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 46 | 28 | 8 | 40 | 215 | 204 | +11 | 100 |
| 4 | x – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 39 | 28 | 15 | 34 | 222 | 230 | −8 | 93 |
| 5 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 30 | 236 | 265 | −29 | 88 |
| 6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 29 | 231 | 256 | −25 | 84 |
| 7 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 29 | 45 | 8 | 21 | 196 | 268 | −72 | 66 |
| 8 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 21 | 51 | 10 | 14 | 157 | 248 | −91 | 52 |

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2013–14 Game Log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Playoffs

The Boston Bruins earned the Presidents' Trophy by finishing the regular season with the league's best record. They faced the Detroit Red Wings in the first round and won the series 4–1. They advanced to the second round where they were defeated 3–4 by the Montreal Canadiens, and eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs :
* Scorer of game-winning goal in italics

## Player stats

Final Stats

### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| David Krejci | 80 | 19 | 50 | 69 | 39 | 28 |
| Patrice Bergeron | 80 | 30 | 32 | 62 | 38 | 43 |
| Jarome Iginla | 78 | 30 | 31 | 61 | 34 | 47 |
| Milan Lucic | 80 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 30 | 91 |
| Brad Marchand | 82 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 36 | 64 |
| Reilly Smith | 82 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 28 | 14 |
| Carl Soderberg | 73 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 4 | 36 |
| Zdeno Chara | 77 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 25 | 66 |
| Torey Krug | 79 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 18 | 28 |
| Loui Eriksson | 61 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 14 | 6 |
| Dougie Hamilton | 64 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 22 | 40 |
| Johnny Boychuk | 75 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 31 | 45 |
| Gregory Campbell | 82 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 47 |
| Chris Kelly | 57 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 32 |
| Daniel Paille | 72 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 6 |
| Matt Bartkowski | 64 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 30 |
| Ryan Spooner | 23 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| Dennis Seidenberg | 34 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| Shawn Thornton | 64 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 74 |
| Adam McQuaid | 30 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 69 |
| Kevan Miller | 47 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 38 |
| Andrej Meszaros$^†$ | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Jordan Caron | 35 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −8 | 36 |
| Matt Fraser | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| David Warsofsky | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Florek | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Corey Potter$^†$ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Nick Johnson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |
| Craig Cunningham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Trotman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Khokhlachev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Lindblad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Torey Krug | 12 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 |
| Patrice Bergeron | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
| Jarome Iginla | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| Milan Lucic | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Dougie Hamilton | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| Carl Soderberg | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Reilly Smith | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Loui Eriksson | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Brad Marchand | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| Zdeno Chara | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| David Krejci | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −3 | 4 |
| Johnny Boychuk | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Matt Fraser | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Andrej Meszaros | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Kevan Miller | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Daniel Paille | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| Jordan Caron | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Justin Florek | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Shawn Thornton | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
| Matt Bartkowski | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Gregory Campbell | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Corey Potter | 1 | 0 | 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.
* $^{(G)}$Denotes goaltender.

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO |
| Tuukka Rask | 58 | 58 | 3386 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 115 | 2.04 | 1641 | 0.930 | 7 |
| Chad Johnson | 27 | 23 | 1511 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 2.10 | 708 | 0.925 | 2 |
| Niklas Svedberg | 1 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.97 | 35 | 0.943 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO |
| Tuukka Rask | 12 | 12 | 753 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 1.99 | 348 | .928 | 2 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Player | Award | Date |
| Patrice Bergeron | Frank J. Selke Trophy | June 24, 2014 |
| Patrice Bergeron | 2014 NHL Foundation Award | June 24, 2014 |
| Tuukka Rask | Vezina Trophy | June 24, 2014 |
| Torey Krug | 2013–14 NHL All-Rookie Team | June 24, 2014 |

## Transactions

The Bruins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season:

### Trades

| July 4, 2013 | To Dallas Stars: Rich Peverley Tyler Seguin Ryan Button | To Boston: Loui Eriksson Matt Fraser Reilly Smith Joe Morrow |
| February 7, 2014 | To Columbus Blue Jackets: Carter Camper | To Boston: Blake Parlett |
| March 5, 2014 | To Philadelphia Flyers: conditional 3rd-round pick in 2014 | To Boston: Andrej Meszaros |

### Lost via retirement

* Player
* Wade Redden

### Player signings

| Player | Date | Contract terms |
| Carter Camper | July 8, 2013 | 1 year, $550,000 |
| Tuukka Rask | July 10, 2013 | 8 years, $56 million |
| Patrice Bergeron | July 12, 2013 | 8 years, $52 million contract extension |
| Kevan Miller | January 21, 2014 | 2 years, $1.6 million contract extension |
| Ben Sexton | March 20, 2014 | 2 years, $1.38 million entry-level contract |
| Brian Ferlin | April 11, 2014 | 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract |
| Linus Arnesson | June 1, 2014 | 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| Niklas Svedberg | June 23, 2014 | 1 year, $600,000 |

## Draft picks

The Bruins drafted the following players at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, in Newark, New Jersey, on June 30, 2013.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 2 | 60 | Linus Arnesson | Defence | Sweden | Djurgardens IF (HockeyAllsvenskan) |
| 3 | 90 | Peter Cehlarik | Left Wing | Slovakia | Lulea HF (SHL) |
| 4 | 120 | Ryan Fitzgerald | Center | United States | Valley Jr. Warriors (EJHL) |
| 5 | 150 | Wiley Sherman | Defence | United States | Hotchkiss School (USHS) |
| 6 | 180 | Anton Blidh | Left Wing | Sweden | Frolunda J20 (J20 SuperElit) |
| 7 | 210 | Mitchell Dempsey | Left Wing | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |

### Draft notes

* Boston's first-round pick went to the Dallas Stars, as the result of a trade on April 2, 2013 that sent Jaromir Jagr to Boston, in exchange for Lane MacDermid, Cody Payne, and this pick.