2016–17 Boston Bruins season

The 2016–17 Boston Bruins season was the 93rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924. The Bruins finished 3rd in the Northeast Division and lost in the Conference Quarter-finals to the Ottawa Senators 4 games to 2.
==Regular Season==
===Divisional Standings===
===Conference Standings===
===Game Log===
====Pre-season====
2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 3–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 3–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 3–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 3–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 3–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 3–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 3–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 3–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 3–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 3–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 3–1–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap 	
1 	September 26 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	3–2 	Boston Bruins 	OT 	McIntyre 	16,285 	0–0–1 	Recap 	
2 	September 28 	Detroit Red Wings 	5–1 	Boston Bruins 	 	Subban 	16,631 	0–1–1 	Recap 	
3 	September 30 	Boston Bruins 	2–1 	Detroit Red Wings 	 	Khudobin 	— 	1–1–1 	Recap 	
4 	October 1 	Boston Bruins 	4–3 	Philadelphia Flyers 	SO 	Subban 	17,920 	2–1–1 	Recap 	
5 	October 4 	Boston Bruins 	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens 	 	— 	— 	2–2–1 	Recap 	
6 	October 6 	Boston Bruins 	2–1 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	— 	Khudobin 	8,851 	3–2–1 	Recap 	
7 	October 8 	Philadelphia Flyers 	0–1 	Boston Bruins 	OT 	Rask 	17,202 	3–2–2 	Recap 	
====Regular Season====
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October: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap 	
1 	October 13 	Boston Bruins 	6–3 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	 	Rask 	18,144 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap 	
2 	October 15 	Boston Bruins 	1–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	 	Khudobin 	19,466 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap 	
3 	October 17 	Boston Bruins 	4–1 	Winnipeg Jets 	 	Rask 	15,296 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap 	
4 	October 20 	New Jersey Devils 	1–2 	Boston Bruins 	 	Rask 	17,565 	3–1–0 	6 	Recap 	
5 	October 22 	Montreal Canadiens 	4–2 	Boston Bruins 	 	Khudobin 	17,565 	3–2–0 	6 	Recap 	
6 	October 25 	Minnesota Wild 	5–0 	Boston Bruins 	 	Subban 	17,565 	3–3–0 	6 	Recap 	
7 	October 26 	Boston Bruins 	2–5 	New York Rangers 	 	McIntyre 	18,006 	3–4–0 	6 	Recap 	
8 	October 29 	Boston Bruins 	1–0 	Detroit Red Wings 	 	Rask 	20,027 	4–4–0 	8 	Recap 	
==Playoffs==
The Bruins clinched the playoffs for the first time since the 2013–14 season. They met the Ottawa Senators in the first round, where they were ultimately defeated in six games.
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Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators: Ottawa wins series 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators: Ottawa wins series 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators: Ottawa wins series 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators: Ottawa wins series 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators: Ottawa wins series 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators: Ottawa wins series 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators: Ottawa wins series 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators: Ottawa wins series 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators: Ottawa wins series 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators: Ottawa wins series 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators: Ottawa wins series 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators: Ottawa wins series 4–2
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap 	 	
1 	April 12 	Boston Bruins 	2–1 	Ottawa Senators 	 	Rask 	18,702 	1–0 	Recap 	 	
2 	April 15 	Boston Bruins 	3–4 	Ottawa Senators 	OT 	Rask 	18,629 	1–1 	Recap 	 	
3 	April 17 	Ottawa Senators 	4–3 	Boston Bruins 	OT 	Rask 	17,565 	1–2 	Recap 	 	
4 	April 19 	Ottawa Senators 	1–0 	Boston Bruins 	 	Rask 	17,565 	1–3 	Recap 	 	
5 	April 21 	Boston Bruins 	3–2 	Ottawa Senators 	2OT 	Rask 	19,209 	2–3 	Recap 	 	
6 	April 23 	Ottawa Senators 	3–2 	Boston Bruins 	OT 	Rask 	17,565 	2–4 	Recap 	 	
==Player stats==
Final Stats
===Skaters===
 Regular season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	80	39	46	85	18 	81
 	75	34	36	70	11 	34
 	82	23	31	54	−12	26
 	79	21	32	53	12 	24
 	81	8 	43	51	−10	37
 	78	11	28	39	−8 	14
 	74	17	21	38	2 	69
 	75	10	19	29	18 	59
 	82	11	14	25	2 	44
 	44	10	8 	18	–3 	14
 	81	7 	10	17	−1 	14
 	82	6 	10	16	9 	59
 	59	7 	7 	14	−6 	23
 	61	6 	7 	13	0 	55
 	49	5 	8 	13	–10	12
 	58	3 	10	13	1 	50
 	77	2 	8 	10	4 	71
 	18	4 	4 	8 	8 	12
 	49	3 	5 	8 	−10	47
 	29	2 	3 	5 	3 	16
 	58	2 	3 	5 	−3 	29
 	36	0 	5 	5 	1 	4
 	19	1 	1 	2 	–2 	7
 	11	0 	2 	2 	0 	0
 	8 	0 	1 	1 	−1 	2
 	17	0 	1 	1 	−4 	8
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	8 	0 	0 	0 	−3 	2
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	2	2	4	2 	2
 	6	2	2	4	1 	6
 	6	1	3	4	1 	6
 	6	0	3	3	–2	2
 	4	2	0	2	0 	4
 	6	0	2	2	–2	2
 	6	0	2	2	1 	0
 	6	0	2	2	0 	2
 	4	0	2	2	–2	0
 	4	1	0	1	0 	2
 	6	1	0	1	2 	2
 	6	1	0	1	–1	4
 	6	0	1	1	–3	2
 	1	0	1	1	1 	0
 	2	0	1	1	0 	0
 	4	0	1	1	1 	2
 	6	0	1	1	0 	4
 	5	0	1	1	1 	2
 	3	0	0	0	–2	4
 	3	0	0	0	–1	0
 	6	0	0	0	0 	4
===Goaltenders===
 Regular season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	65	64	3679:30	37	20	5	137	2.23	1,610	.915	8	0	2	0
 	16	14	884:47 	7 	6 	1	39 	2.64	405 	.904	0	0	1	2
 	8 	3 	332:37 	0 	4 	1	22 	3.97	155 	.858	0	0	0	0
 	1 	1 	30:36 	0 	1 	0	3 	5.88	16 	.813	0	0	0	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	6	402:21	2	4	15	2.24	187	.920	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.
==Awards and Records==
*Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy: Patrice Bergeron
*Brad Marchand, Left Wing, NHL First All-Star Team
===Milestones===
*On November 22, 2016, the Bruins as a team reached the milestone of 20,000 goals all-time in NHL play, dating back to their 1924-25 debut season with Smokey Harris' goal for the Bruins, as the first NHL goal in team history on December 1, 1924. New forward David Backes' power play goal achieved the 20,000 goal milestone for the Bruins on November 22, in a 4—2 home rink loss to the St. Louis Blues, Backes' former team as the visitors to TD Garden - the 20,000th goal plateau has only been attained by one other NHL team, the Bruins' top rival, the Montreal Canadiens.
==Transactions==
The Bruins were involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season:
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Florida Panthers 7th-round pick in 2016 	To Boston Bruins 7th-round pick in 2017	
 	To Winnipeg Jets conditional 6th-round pick in 2018	To Boston Bruins Drew Stafford 	
===Free agents acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	David Backes 	St. Louis Blues 	5 years, $30 million 	
 	Anton Khudobin	Anaheim Ducks 	2 years, $2.4 million 	
 	Riley Nash 	Carolina Hurricanes	2 years, $1.8 million 	
 	Tim Schaller 	Buffalo Sabres 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Dominic Moore 	New York Rangers 	1 year, $900,000 	
 	Alex Grant 	Arizona Coyotes 	1 year, $600,000 	
===Free agents lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Jonas Gustavsson 	Edmonton Oilers 	1 year, $800,000 	
 	Zach Trotman 	Los Angeles Kings 	1 year, $650,000 	
 	Loui Eriksson 	Vancouver Canucks 	6 years, $36 million 	
 	Matt Irwin 	Nashville Predators	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Lee Stempniak 	Carolina Hurricanes	2 years, $5 million 	
 	Brett Connolly 	Washington Capitals	1 year, $850,000 	
 	Chris Kelly 	Ottawa Senators 	1-year, $900,000 	
 	Landon Ferraro 	St. Louis Blues 	1 year, $700,000 	
 	Dennis Seidenberg	New York Islanders 	1 year, $1 million 	
===Claimed via waivers===
Player	Previous team	Date
===Lost via waivers===
Player 	New team 	Date	Ref
Seth Griffith	Toronto Maple Leafs	 	
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Torey Krug 	4 years, $21 million 	
 	Tommy Cross 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	John-Michael Liles 	1 year, $2 million 	
 	Tyler Randell 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Colin Miller 	2 years, $2 million 	
 	Joe Morrow 	1 year, $800,000 	
 	Chris Casto 	1 year, $650,000 	
 	Brian Ferlin 	1 year, $725,000 	
 	Brad Marchand 	8 years, $49 million contract extension 	
 	Jesse Gabrielle 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Ryan Fitzgerald 	2 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Emil Johansson 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Charlie McAvoy 	3 years, $3.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Joona Koppanen 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Anders Bjork 	3 years, $3.2 million entry-level contract 	
 	Tommy Cross 	1 year, $650,000 contract extension 	
==Draft Picks==
Below are the Boston Bruins' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	14 	Charles McAvoy	D 	United States	Boston University Terriers (Hockey East)
1 	29 	Trent Frederic	C 	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
2 	49 	Ryan Lindgren 	D 	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
5 	135	Joona Koppanen	LW 	Finland 	Ilves-jr. (FIN-Jr.)
5 	136	Cameron Clarke	D 	Canada 	Lone Star Brahmas (NAHL)
6 	165	Oskar Steen 	C 	Sweden 	Farjestad-jr. (Swe-Jr)
;Notes
* The San Jose Sharks' first-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on June 30, 2015 that sent Martin Jones to San Jose in exchange for Sean Kuraly and this pick.
* The Boston Bruins' second-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Brett Connolly to Boston in exchange for a second-round pick in 2015 and this pick.
* The New York Islanders' second-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on October 4, 2014 that sent Johnny Boychuk to New York in exchange for Philadelphia's second-round pick in 2015, a conditional third-round pick in 2015 and this pick.
* The Boston Bruins' third-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016 that sent John-Michael Liles to Boston in exchange for Anthony Camara, a fifth-round pick in 2017 and this pick.
* The Boston Bruins' fourth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016 that sent Lee Stempniak to Boston in exchange for a second-round pick in 2017 and this pick.
* The Minnesota Wild's fifth-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent a fifth-round pick in 2015 to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.
* The Boston Bruins' sixth-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 25, 2015 that sent Carl Soderberg to Colorado in exchange for this pick.
:Colorado previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Max Talbot and Paul Carey to Boston in exchange for Jordan Caron and this pick.
* The Boston Bruins' seventh-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2017 to Boston in exchange for this pick.
==References==
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