2013–14 Boston Bruins season

The 2013–14 Boston Bruins season was the 90th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924. The Bruins finished 1st in the Atlantic Division and the NHL and lost in the Division Finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 3.
==Regular Season==
===Divisional Standings===
===Conference Standings===
===Game Log===
====Pre-season====
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 16 	Boston Bruins 	6–3 	Montreal Canadiens 	 	Malcolm Subban 	21,273 	1–0–0 	
2 	September 17 	Boston Bruins 	3–2 	Washington Capitals	SO 	Niklas Svedberg	11,286 	2–0–0 	
3 	September 19 	Detroit Red Wings 	8–2 	Boston Bruins 	 	Malcolm Subban 	16,839 	2–1–0 	
4 	September 21 	Boston Bruins 	2–0 	Detroit Red Wings 	 	Chad Johnson 	15,516 	3–1–0 	
5 	September 23 	Washington Capitals	2–3 	Boston Bruins 	OT 	Tuukka Rask 	17,006 	4–1–0 	
6 	September 26 	Boston Bruins 	3–2 	Winnipeg Jets 	OT 	Niklas Svedberg	15,004 	5–1–0 	
7 	September 27 	Winnipeg Jets 	0–5 	Boston Bruins 	 	Tuukka Rask 	12,500 	6–1–0 	
*Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.
*Game was played at Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.	
*Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.
*Game was played at Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.	
*Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.
*Game was played at Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.	
*Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.
*Game was played at Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.	
*Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.
*Game was played at Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.	
*Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.
*Game was played at Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.	
*Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.
*Game was played at Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.	
*Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.
*Game was played at Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.	
*Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.
*Game was played at Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.	
*Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.
*Game was played at Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
====Regular Season====
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October: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 4–1–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap 	 	
1 	October 3 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	1–3 	Boston Bruins 	 	Tuukka Rask 	17,565 	1–0–0 	2 	 	 	
2 	October 5 	Detroit Red Wings 	1–4 	Boston Bruins 	 	Tuukka Rask 	17,565 	2–0–0 	4 	 	 	
3 	October 10 	Colorado Avalanche 	2–0 	Boston Bruins 	 	Tuukka Rask 	17,565 	2–1–0 	4 	 	 	
4 	October 12 	Boston Bruins 	3–1 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	 	Tuukka Rask 	14,092 	3–1–0 	6 	 	 	
5 	October 14 	Detroit Red Wings 	3–2 	Boston Bruins 	 	Tuukka Rask 	17,565 	3–2–0 	6 	 	 	
6 	October 17 	Boston Bruins 	3–2 	Florida Panthers 	 	Tuukka Rask 	14,440 	4–2–0 	8 	 	 	
7 	October 19 	Boston Bruins 	5–0 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	 	Tuukka Rask 	18,512 	5–2–0 	10 	 	 	
8 	October 23 	Boston Bruins 	5–2 	Buffalo Sabres 	 	Chad Johnson 	17,645 	6–2–0 	12 	 	 	
9 	October 24 	San Jose Sharks 	1–2 	Boston Bruins 	 	Tuukka Rask 	17,565 	7–2–0 	14 	 	 	
10 	October 26 	New Jersey Devils 	4–3 	Boston Bruins 	 	Tuukka Rask 	17,565 	7–3–0 	14 	 	 	
11 	October 30 	Boston Bruins 	2–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	 	Tuukka Rask 	18,627 	7–4–0 	14 	 	 	
12 	October 31 	Anaheim Ducks 	2–3 	Boston Bruins 	SO 	Tuukka Rask 	17,565 	8–4–0 	16 	 	 	
==Playoffs==
===Boston Bruins 4, Detroit Red Wings 1===
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Boston Bruins 3===
The Boston Bruins earned the President's 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.
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Eastern Conference Quarter-finals vs EWC2 Detroit Red Wings: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)	Eastern Conference Quarter-finals vs EWC2 Detroit Red Wings: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)	Eastern Conference Quarter-finals vs EWC2 Detroit Red Wings: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)	Eastern Conference Quarter-finals vs EWC2 Detroit Red Wings: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)	Eastern Conference Quarter-finals vs EWC2 Detroit Red Wings: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)	Eastern Conference Quarter-finals vs EWC2 Detroit Red Wings: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)	Eastern Conference Quarter-finals vs EWC2 Detroit Red Wings: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)	Eastern Conference Quarter-finals vs EWC2 Detroit Red Wings: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)	Eastern Conference Quarter-finals vs EWC2 Detroit Red Wings: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)	Eastern Conference Quarter-finals vs EWC2 Detroit Red Wings: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)	Eastern Conference Quarter-finals vs EWC2 Detroit Red Wings: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)	Eastern Conference Quarter-finals vs EWC2 Detroit Red Wings: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Boston goals 	Detroit goals 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	April 18 	Detroit Red Wings 	1–0 	Boston Bruins 	 	 	Datsyuk 	Rask 	17,565 	0–1 	
2 	April 20 	Detroit Red Wings 	1–4 	Boston Bruins 	 	Florek, Smith, Lucic, Chara 	Glendening 	Rask 	17,565 	1–1 	
3 	April 22 	Boston Bruins 	3–0 	Detroit Red Wings 	 	Hamilton, Caron, Bergeron 	 	Rask 	20,066 	2–1 	
4 	April 24 	Boston Bruins 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings 	13:32 	Krug, Lucic, Iginla 	Kronwall, Datsyuk 	Rask 	20,066 	3–1 	
5 	April 26 	Detroit Red Wings 	2–4 	Boston Bruins 	 	Eriksson, Chara, Lucic, Iginla 	Datsyuk, Zetterberg 	Rask 	17,565 	4–1 	
* Scorer of game-winning goal in italics
==Player Stats==
;Skaters
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	80	19	50	69	39	28
 	80	30	32	62	38	43
 	78	30	31	61	34	47
 	80	24	35	59	30	91
 	82	25	28	53	36	64
 	82	20	31	51	28	14
 	73	16	32	48	4 	36
 	77	17	23	40	25	66
 	79	14	26	40	18	28
 	61	10	27	37	14	6
 	64	7 	18	25	22	40
 	75	5 	18	23	31	45
 	82	8 	13	21	1 	47
 	57	9 	9 	18	2 	32
 	72	9 	9 	18	9 	6
 	64	0 	18	18	22	30
 	23	0 	11	11	0 	6
 	34	1 	9 	10	11	10
 	64	5 	3 	8 	3 	74
 	30	1 	5 	6 	12	69
 	47	1 	5 	6 	20	38
 	14	2 	3 	5 	4 	6
 	35	1 	2 	3 	 	36
 	14	2 	0 	2 	0 	10
 	4 	1 	1 	2 	1 	0
 	6 	1 	1 	2 	1 	0
 	58	0 	2 	2 	— 	2
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	 	0
 	9 	0 	0 	0 	 	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	12	2	8	10	 	6
 	12	3	6	9 	1	4
 	12	5	2	7 	0	12
 	12	4	3	7 	3	4
 	12	2	5	7 	1	14
 	12	1	5	6 	4	2
 	12	4	1	5 	5	0
 	12	2	3	5 	1	4
 	12	0	5	5 	4	18
 	12	2	2	4 	4	14
 	12	0	4	4 	 	4
 	12	1	1	2 	3	2
 	4 	1	1	2 	2	0
 	4 	0	2	2 	1	2
 	11	0	2	2 	2	8
 	7 	1	0	1 	 	2
 	7 	1	0	1 	0	4
 	6 	1	0	1 	0	4
 	8 	0	1	1 	2	10
 	12	0	1	1 	 	4
 	12	0	1	1 	—	2
 	1 	0	0	0 	0	0
 	12	0	0	0 	0	4
;Goaltenders
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	58	58	3386	36	15	6	115	2.04	1641	0.930	7
 	27	23	1511	17	4 	3	53 	2.10	708 	0.925	2
 	1 	1 	61 	1 	0 	0	2 	1.97	35 	0.943	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	12	12	753	7	5	25	1.99	348	.928	2
==Awards and Records==
*Presidents' Trophy: Boston Bruins (2nd win)
*Frank J. Selke Trophy: Patrice Bergeron (2nd win)
*Vezina Trophy: Tuukka Rask
*NHL Foundation Award: Patrice Bergeron
*Torey Krug, Defense, NHL All-Rookie Team
==Transactions==
The Bruins were involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season:
===Trades===
July 4, 2013B's Make Trade with Dallas Involving Seven Players 	To Dallas Stars: Rich PeverleyTyler SeguinRyan Button 	To Boston: Loui ErikssonMatt FraserReilly SmithJoe Morrow
February 7, 2014Blue Jackets acquire forward Carter Camper from Bruins in exchange for defenseman Blake Parlett	To Columbus Blue Jackets: Carter Camper 	To Boston: Blake Parlett
March 5, 2014Bruins trade for Meszaros, claim Potter off waivers 	To Philadelphia Flyers: conditional 3rd-round pick in 2014	To Boston: Andrej Meszaros
===Free Agents Acquired===
Player 	Former team 	Contract terms
Jarome IginlaThe Signing of Iginla Highlights B's Transactions on 7/5	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year, $1.8 million
Chad Johnson 	Phoenix Coyotes 	1 year, $600,000
Bobby Robins 	Providence Bruins 	1 year, $600,000
Nick Johnson 	Phoenix Coyotes 	1 year, $600,000
Mike Moore 	Milwaukee Admirals 	1 year, $550,000
===Free Agents Lost===
Player 	New team 	Contract terms
Andrew FerenceOILERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH ANDREW FERENCE 	Edmonton Oilers 	4 years, $13 million
Nathan HortonBlue Jackets agree to terms forward Nathan Horton on a Seven-year Contract	Columbus Blue Jackets	7 years, $37.1 million
Anton KhudobinCanes Agree to Terms with Anton Khudobin 	Carolina Hurricanes 	1 year, $800,000
Aaron Johnson 	New York Rangers 	1 year, $600,000
Jaromir Jagr 	New Jersey Devils 	1 year, $4 million
===Claimed via Waivers===
Player 	Previous team 	Date
Corey PotterBruins Claim Corey Potter Off Waivers to Add Blueline Insurance	Edmonton Oilers	March 5, 2014
===Lost Via Retirement===
Player
Wade ReddenREDDEN ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT AFTER 14 NHL SEASONS
===Player Signings===
Player 	Date 	Contract terms
Carter CamperB's Sign Camper to a One-Year, Two-Way Contract 	July 8, 2013 	1 year, $550,000
Tuukka RaskBruins Sign Rask to Eight-Year Contract Through 2020–21 Season 	July 10, 2013 	8 years, $56 million
Patrice BergeronBruins Sign Bergeron to Eight-Year Contract Extension Through 2021–22 Season	July 12, 2013 	8 years, $52 million contract extension
Kevan MillerB's Sign Kevan Miller to a Two-Year, One-Way Contract 	January 21, 2014	2 years, $1.6 million contract extension
Ben SextonBruins Sign Ben Sexton to an Entry-Level Contract 	March 20, 2014 	2 years, $1.38 million entry-level contract
Brian FerlinBruins Sign Brian Ferlin to an Entry-Level Contract 	April 11, 2014 	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract
Linus ArnessonB's Sign Linus Arnesson to an Entry-Level Contract 	June 1, 2014 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Niklas SvedbergBruins Sign Niklas Svedberg to a One-Year, One-Way Contract 	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 	 	Djurgården (HockeyAllsvenskan)
3 	90 	Peter Cehlarik 	Left Wing	 	Luleå (SHL)
4 	120	Ryan Fitzgerald 	Center 	 	Valley Jr. Warriors (EJHL)
5 	150	Wiley Sherman 	Defence 	 	Hotchkiss School (USHS)
6 	180	Anton Blidh 	Left Wing	 	Frölunda J20 (J20 SuperElit)
7 	210	Mitchell Dempsey	Left Wing	 	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.
==Roster==
==References==
Category:Boston Bruins seasons
Category:Presidents' Trophy seasons
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