2015–16 Boston Bruins season

The 2015–16 Boston Bruins season was the 92nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924. The Bruins finished 4th in the Atlantic Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
The season began its regular games on October 8, 2015 against the Winnipeg Jets with a 6–2 loss. One all-time franchise achievement the Bruins attained this season is shared by only their greatest rival, the Canadiens - a total of 3,000 wins in the team's existence, achieved by the Bruins on January 8, 2016 in a 4–1 road victory against the New Jersey Devils. However, the Bruins missed the playoffs for the second straight season, and missed the playoffs in back-to-back years for the first time in a decade.
===Divisional Standings===
===Conference Standings===
===Game Log===
====Pre-season====
2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 20 	New Jersey Devils 	0–2 	Boston Bruins 	 	Gustavsson 	–– 	1–0–0 	Recap
2 	September 22 	Washington Capitals 	1–2 	Boston Bruins 	OT 	McIntyre 	16,460 	2–0–0 	Recap
3 	September 24 	New York Rangers 	3–4 	Boston Bruins 	SO 	Smith 	16,803 	3–0–0 	Recap
4 	September 26 	Boston Bruins 	4–3 	Detroit Red Wings 	OT 	Subban 	–– 	4–0–0 	Recap
5 	September 28 	Detroit Red Wings 	3–1 	Boston Bruins 	 	Rask 	16,681 	4–1–0 	Recap
6 	September 30 	Boston Bruins 	2–3 	New York Rangers 	 	Gustavsson 	18,006 	4–2–0 	Recap
7 	October 2 	Boston Bruins 	1–2 	Washington Capitals 	SO 	Smith 	16,243 	4–2–1 	Recap
====Regular Season====
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October: 6–3–1 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 6–3–1 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 6–3–1 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 6–3–1 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 6–3–1 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 6–3–1 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 6–3–1 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 6–3–1 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 6–3–1 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 6–3–1 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 5–0–0)	October: 6–3–1 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 5–0–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 8 	Winnipeg Jets 	6–2 	Boston Bruins 	 	Rask 	17,565 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	October 10 	Montreal Canadiens 	4–2 	Boston Bruins 	 	Rask 	17,565 	0–2–0 	0 	Recap
3 	October 12 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	6–3 	Boston Bruins 	 	Rask 	17,565 	0–3–0 	0 	Recap
4 	October 14 	Boston Bruins 	6–2 	Colorado Avalanche 	 	Gustavsson 	15,082 	1–3–0 	2 	Recap
5 	October 17 	Boston Bruins 	5–3 	Arizona Coyotes 	 	Rask 	13,411 	2–3–0 	4 	Recap
6 	October 21 	Philadelphia Flyers 	5–4 	Boston Bruins 	OT 	Rask 	17,565 	2–3–1 	5 	Recap
7 	October 23 	Boston Bruins 	5–3 	New York Islanders 	 	Gustavsson 	13,113 	3–3–1 	7 	Recap
8 	October 27 	Arizona Coyotes 	0–6 	Boston Bruins 	 	Rask 	17,565 	4–3–1 	9 	Recap
9 	October 30 	Boston Bruins 	3–1 	Florida Panthers 	 	Rask 	14,112 	5–3–1 	11 	Recap
10 	October 31 	Boston Bruins 	3–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	 	Gustavsson 	19,092 	6–3–1 	13 	Recap
==Playoffs==
*The Bruins did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Skaters===
 Regular Season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	80	32	36	68	12 	49
 	82	30	33	63	13 	12
 	72	17	46	63	4 	32
 	77	37	24	61	21 	90
 	80	13	36	49	−9 	35
 	81	4 	40	44	9 	33
 	80	9 	28	37	12 	71
 	80	15	22	37	6 	65
 	75	13	16	29	−12	60
 	51	15	11	26	3 	20
 	71	9 	16	25	−1 	20
 	71	5 	13	18	15 	53
 	42	3 	13	16	0 	39
 	61	1 	11	12	–1 	24
 	39	8 	3 	11	−3 	14
 	19	3 	7 	10	1 	4
 	58	5 	5 	10	−8 	20
 	64	1 	8 	9 	6 	89
 	38	2 	5 	7 	−11	15
 	38	2 	5 	7 	3 	22
 	33	1 	6 	7 	−7 	4
 	27	6 	0 	6 	–2 	47
 	17	0 	6 	6 	–7 	2
 	44	2 	3 	5 	−6 	4
 	52	1 	2 	3 	−5 	83
 	11	2 	0 	2 	3 	0
 	3 	0 	1 	1 	−1 	0
 	4 	0 	1 	1 	−4 	4
 	19	0 	1 	1 	–4 	8
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−5 	0
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	0
===Goaltenders===
 Regular Season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	64	62	3678	31	22	8	157	2.56	1854	.915	4	0	1	0
 	24	20	1258	11	9 	1	57 	2.72	622 	.908	1	0	0	0
==Suspensions/Fines==
Player 	Explanation 	Length 	Salary 	Date issued
Brad Marchand	Roughing Colorado Avalanche forward Gabriel Landeskog during NHL Game No. 230 in Boston on Thursday, November 12, 2015, at 5:46 of the second period. 	— 	$5,000 	November 13, 2015
Maxime Talbot	Interference against New Jersey Devils forward Jiri Tlusty during NHL Game No. 494 in Boston on Sunday, December 20, 2015, at 14:30 of the second period.	2 games	$19,354.84 	December 21, 2015
Brad Marchand	Clipping Ottawa Senators defenseman Mark Borowiecki during NHL Game No. 541 in Boston on Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at 8:41 of the first period. 	3 games	$164,634.15	December 30, 2015
==Awards and Records==
===Awards===
*Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy: Patrice Bergeron, Runner-up
 Regular Season
Player	Award 	Awarded
 	NHL First Star of the Week 	November 2, 2015
 	NHL Third Star of the Month	November 2, 2015
 	NHL All-Star game selection	January 6, 2016
 	NHL Third Star of the Week 	February 15, 2016
===Milestones===
 Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st Career NHL Game 	October 8, 2015
 	1st Career NHL Game 	October 10, 2015
 	1st Career NHL Game1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point 	October 14, 2015
 	1st Career NHL Game 	October 14, 2015
C. Miller 	1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point 	October 14, 2015
T. Cross 	1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point 	October 17, 2015
 	1,200th Career NHL Game 	October 23, 2015
J. Kemppainen	1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point 	October 23, 2015
 	300th Career NHL Assist 	October 30, 2015
C. Miller 	1st Career NHL Goal 	November 3, 2015
 	100th Career NHL Game 	November 5, 2015
 	1st Career NHL Game1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point 	November 7, 2015
 	700th Career NHL Game 	November 16, 2015
 	300th Career NHL Game 	November 16, 2015
 	First-ever Bruins game-winningpenalty shot in overtime 	February 6, 2016
 	Total wins as Bruins coachreaches 387 games, matching Art Ross	March 3, 2016
==Transactions==
The Bruins were involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:
===Trades===
Date 	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Calgary Flames Dougie Hamilton (rights) 	To Boston Bruins 1st-round pick in 2015 Two 2nd-round picks in 2015	
June 26, 2015	To Los Angeles Kings Milan Lucic 	To Boston Bruins Martin JonesColin Miller1st-round pick in 2015 	
 	To Minnesota Wild 5th-round pick in 2015 	To Boston Bruins 5th-round pick in 2016 	
 	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2017 	To Boston Bruins Zac Rinaldo 	
 	To San Jose Sharks Martin Jones 	To Boston Bruins Sean Kuraly1st-round pick in 2016 	
 	To Florida Panthers Reilly SmithMarc Savard (rights) 	To Boston Bruins Jimmy Hayes (rights) 	
 	To New Jersey Devils 4th-round pick in 20162nd-round pick in 2017 	To Boston Bruins Lee Stempniak 	
 	To Carolina Hurricanes Anthony Camara3rd-round pick in 20165th-round pick in 2017	To Boston Bruins John-Michael Liles 	
 	To St. Louis Blues Zack Phillips 	To Boston Bruins Future considerations 	
===Free Agents Acquired ===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Matt Beleskey 	Anaheim Ducks 	5 years, $19 million 	
 	Brandon DeFazio 	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Matt Irwin 	San Jose Sharks 	1 year, $800,000 	
 	Jonas Gustavsson	Detroit Red Wings	1 year, $750,000 	
===Free Agents Lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Matt Bartkowski 	Vancouver Canucks 	1 year, $1.75 million 	
 	David Warsofsky 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Matt Lindblad 	New York Rangers 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Gregory Campbell	Columbus Blue Jackets	2 years, $3 million 	
 	Paul Carey 	Washington Capitals 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Daniel Paille 	New York Rangers 	1 year, $575,000 	
===Claimed via Waivers===
Player 	Previous team 	Date
Landon FerraroBruins Claim Forward Landon Ferraro Off Waivers From The Detroit Red Wings; Place Defenseman Kevan Miller On Injured Reserve	Detroit Red Wings	November 22, 2015
===Lost via Waivers===
Player	New team	Date
===Player Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Adam McQuaid 	4 years, $11 million 	
 	Ryan Spooner 	2 years, $1.9 million 	
 	Jeremy Smith 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Chris Breen 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Jimmy Hayes 	3 years, $6.9 million 	
 	Brett Connolly 	1 year, $1.025 million 	
 	Jakub Zboril 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Brandon Carlo 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Jake DeBrusk 	entry-level contract 	
 	Jeremy Lauzon 	entry-level contract 	
 	Zachary Senyshyn	entry-level contract 	
 	Rob O'Gara 	2 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Sean Kuraly 	entry-level contract 	
 	Matt Grzelcyk 	2 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Danton Heinen 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Daniel Vladar 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Kevan Miller 	4 years, $10 million contract extension	
 	Seth Griffith 	1 year, $625,000 	
 	Peter Cehlarik 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
==Draft Picks==
Below are the Boston Bruins' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos 	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	13 	Jakub Zboril 	(D) 	Czech Republic	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
1 	14 	Jake DeBrusk 	(LW)	Canada 	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
1 	15 	Zachary Senyshyn 	(RW)	Canada 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
2 	37 	Brandon Carlo 	(D) 	United States 	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
2 	45 	Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson	(C) 	Sweden 	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
2 	52 	Jeremy Lauzon 	(D) 	Canada 	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
3 	75 	Daniel Vladar 	(G) 	Czech Republic	HC Kladno (Czech 1. Liga)
4 	105	Jesse Gabrielle 	(LW)	Canada 	Regina Pats (WHL)
6 	165	Cameron Hughes 	(C) 	Canada 	Wisconsin Badgers (B1G)
7 	195	Jack Becker 	(C) 	United States 	Mahtomedi (High-MN)
;Draft notes
* The Los Angeles Kings' first round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015, that sent Milan Lucic to Los Angeles in exchange for Martin Jones, Colin Miller and this pick.
* The Calgary Flames' first and second-round picks went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015, that sent Dougie Hamilton to Calgary in exchange for Calgary and Washington's second-round picks in 2015 (45th and 52nd overall) and this pick.
* The Philadelphia Flyers' 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 a second-round pick in 2016, a conditional third-round pick in 2015 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 2016 and this pick.
* The Washington Capitals' second-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent Dougie Hamilton to Calgary in exchange for a first and second-round pick in 2015 (15th and 45th overall) and this pick.
*:Calgary previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent Curtis Glencross to Washington in exchange for a third-round pick in 2015 and this pick.
* The Boston Bruins' fifth-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015, that exchanged Minnesota's fifth-round pick in 2016 for this pick.
==References==
Category:Boston Bruins seasons
Boston Bruins season, 2015-16