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. The Bruins finished 2nd in the Northeast Division and lost in the Conference Semi-finals to the Tampa Bay Lightning 4 games to 1.
==Regular Season==
===Divisional Standings===
===Conference Standings===
===Game Log===
====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)	2017 preseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2017 preseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2017 preseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2017 preseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2017 preseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2017 preseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2017 preseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2017 preseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	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:
Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.	
Notes:
Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.	
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Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.	
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Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.	
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Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.	
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Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.	
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Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.	
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Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.	
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Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.	
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Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.
====Regular Season====
The Bruins' regular season schedule was made public on June 22, 2017.
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October: 4–3–3 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 1–2–1)	October: 4–3–3 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 1–2–1)	October: 4–3–3 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 1–2–1)	October: 4–3–3 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 1–2–1)	October: 4–3–3 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 1–2–1)	October: 4–3–3 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 1–2–1)	October: 4–3–3 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 1–2–1)	October: 4–3–3 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 1–2–1)	October: 4–3–3 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 1–2–1)	October: 4–3–3 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 1–2–1)	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
==Playoffs==
===Boston Bruins 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3===
===Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Boston Bruins 1===
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Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A3) Toronto Maple Leafs: Boston won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A3) Toronto Maple Leafs: Boston won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A3) Toronto Maple Leafs: Boston won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A3) Toronto Maple Leafs: Boston won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A3) Toronto Maple Leafs: Boston won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A3) Toronto Maple Leafs: Boston won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A3) Toronto Maple Leafs: Boston won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A3) Toronto Maple Leafs: Boston won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A3) Toronto Maple Leafs: Boston won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A3) Toronto Maple Leafs: Boston won 4–3
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	April 12 	Toronto 	1–5 	Boston 	 	Rask 	17,565 	1–0 	Recap
2 	April 14 	Toronto 	3–7 	Boston 	 	Rask 	17,565 	2–0 	Recap
3 	April 16 	Boston 	2–4 	Toronto 	 	Rask 	19,663 	2–1 	Recap
4 	April 19 	Boston 	3–1 	Toronto 	 	Rask 	19,689 	3–1 	Recap
5 	April 21 	Toronto 	4–3 	Boston 	 	Rask 	17,565 	3–2 	Recap
6 	April 23 	Boston 	1–3 	Toronto 	 	Rask 	19,604 	3–3 	Recap
7 	April 25 	Toronto 	4–7 	Boston 	 	Rask 	17,565 	4–3 	Recap
==Player Stats==
;Skaters
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	68	34	51	85	25	63
 	82	35	45	80	10	37
 	64	30	33	63	21	26
 	76	14	45	59	0 	36
 	77	16	31	47	10	16
 	64	17	27	44	10	18
 	70	16	27	43	13	19
 	76	15	26	41	16	18
 	57	14	19	33	2 	53
 	63	7 	25	32	20	53
 	39	9 	16	25	10	2
 	73	7 	17	24	22	60
 	82	12	10	22	−5	42
 	68	1 	15	16	16	70
 	61	3 	12	15	21	22
 	75	6 	8 	14	−5	40
 	30	4 	8 	12	2 	6
 	60	10	1 	11	–6	9
 	12	5 	4 	9 	2 	2
 	20	2 	5 	7 	–1	2
 	11	3 	3 	6 	–4	4
 	76	0 	6 	6 	10	45
 	18	2 	3 	5 	–1	2
 	18	1 	4 	5 	–2	0
 	38	1 	3 	4 	−1	62
 	10	0 	4 	4 	−1	0
 	12	0 	3 	3 	−4	2
 	25	2 	0 	2 	−3	22
 	6 	1 	1 	2 	2 	2
 	5 	0 	1 	1 	−1	4
 	14	0 	1 	1 	−2	2
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	8 	0 	0 	0 	−5	0
 	14	0 	0 	0 	−8	17
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	12	6	14	20	2 	8
 	12	4	13	17	4 	16
 	11	6	10	16	6 	2
 	11	3	9 	12	–5	8
 	12	3	7 	10	–4	6
 	12	6	2 	8 	–1	8
 	12	3	2 	5 	–7	10
 	12	1	4 	5 	2 	6
 	12	2	2 	4 	5 	2
 	12	1	3 	4 	2 	4
 	12	2	1 	3 	–6	19
 	12	1	2 	3 	7 	4
 	12	1	1 	2 	0 	2
 	12	1	1 	2 	0 	0
 	11	0	2 	2 	3 	2
 	9 	1	0 	1 	–1	2
 	2 	0	1 	1 	1 	0
 	9 	0	1 	1 	–3	4
 	11	0	1 	1 	–2	4
 	1 	0	0 	0 	–1	0
 	3 	0	0 	0 	–3	0
 	4 	0	0 	0 	0 	0
===Goaltenders===
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	54	53	3,173:05	34	14	5	125	2.36	1,513	.917	3	0	2	4
 	31	29	1,780:43	16	6 	7	76 	2.56	876 	.913	1	0	2	2
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	12	12	686:50	5	7	33	2.88	339	.903 	0	0	0	0
 	1 	0 	26:37 	0	0	0 	0.00	8 	1.000	0	0	0	0
 
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
==Awards and Records==
*Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy: Patrice Bergeron, Runner-up
===Milestones===
 Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point 	October 5, 2017
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL goal1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	October 5, 2017
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	October 5, 2017
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	October 10, 2017
Anders Bjork 	1st career NHL goal 	October 14, 2017
Danton Heinen	1st career NHL goal 	October 26, 2017
 	1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	November 22, 2017
Matt Grzelcyk	1st career NHL goal 	November 24, 2017
 	1,400th career NHL game 	February 3, 2018
Ryan Spooner 	100th career NHL assist 	February 11, 2018
 	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point	March 19, 2018
==Transactions==
The Bruins were involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To New York RangersRob O'Gara3rd-round pick in 2018 	To Boston BruinsNick Holden 	
 	To Florida PanthersFrank Vatrano 	To Boston Bruins3rd-round pick in 2018	
 	To New York RangersMatt BeleskeyRyan LindgrenRyan Spooner1st-round pick in 20187th-round pick in 2019	To Boston BruinsRick Nash 	
 	To Chicago BlackhawksConditional 5th-round pick in 2019 	To Boston BruinsTommy Wingels 	
Notes:
# Boston to retain 50% of salary as part of trade.
# 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
 	Kenny Agostino	St. Louis Blues 	1-year, $875,000 	
 	Paul Postma 	Winnipeg Jets 	1-year, $725,000 	
 	Jordan Szwarz 	Providence Bruins 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Kyle Keyser 	Oshawa Generals 	3-year, $2.15 million entry-level 	
 	Brian Gionta 	Rochester Americans 	1-year, $700,000 	
 	Chris Breen 	Providence Bruins 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Karson Kuhlman	Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs	2-year, $1.525 million entry-level contract	
 	Connor Clifton	Providence Bruins 	2-year, $1.47 million entry-level contract 	
 	Martin Bakos 	Mora IK 	1-year, $700,000 	
===Free Agents Lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Chris Casto 	Vegas Golden Knights	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Brian Ferlin 	Edmonton Oilers 	1-year 	
 	Alex Grant 	Minnesota Wild 	1-year, $700,000 	
 	Dominic Moore 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	1-year, $1 million 	
 	Joe Morrow 	Montreal Canadiens 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Zac Rinaldo 	Arizona Coyotes 	1-year, $700,000 	
 	Drew Stafford 	New Jersey Devils 	1-year, $800,000 	
 	Jimmy Hayes 	New Jersey Devils 	1-year, $700,000 	
 	Justin Hickman	Lillehammer 	Unknown 	
===Lost via Waivers===
Player 	New team 	Date	Ref
Malcolm Subban	Vegas Golden Knights	 	
===Player Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Noel Acciari 	2-year, $725,000 	
 	Tim Schaller 	1-year, $775,000 	
 	Malcolm Subban 	2-year, $1.3 million 	
 	Zane McIntyre 	2-year, $1.3 million 	
 	Austin Czarnik 	1-year, $675,000 	
 	Ryan Spooner 	1-year, $2.825 million 	
 	David Pastrnak 	6-year, $40 million 	
 	Jack Studnicka 	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract 	
 	Cameron Hughes 	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract 	
 	Trent Frederic 	3-year, $3.4125 million entry-level contract	
 	Ryan Donato 	2-year, $2.7 million entry-level contract 	
 	Wiley Sherman 	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract 	
 	Zdeno Chara 	1-year, $6.75 million contract extension 	
 	Jordan Szwarz 	1-year, $650,000 contract extension 	
 	Urho Vaakanainen	3-year, $4 million entry-level contract 	
 	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 	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:
# 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.
==References==
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