Eastern Conference · Northeast Division

Boston Bruins

2009–10·39–30–13·91 points·3rd in the Northeast, 6th in the Eastern·Clinched playoff spot

Seasons

Points: 91#14
Goal differential: +5#13
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 52.5%#7
Power play: 16.6%#22
Penalty kill: 87.1%#1
GSAx: +10.7#10

Splits

Home and away, month by month, and against each part of the league.


Home	41	18–17–6	42	0.51	99	97	54.8%
Away	41	21–13–7	49	0.60	97	94	50.1%
October	12	6–5–1	13	0.54	31	33	50.4%
November	14	7–3–4	18	0.64	28	27	54.8%
December	13	7–4–2	16	0.62	39	29	52.4%
January	14	3–9–2	8	0.29	26	40	49.4%
February	7	4–1–2	10	0.71	17	16	55.7%
March	16	8–7–1	17	0.53	41	35	51.1%
April	6	4–1–1	9	0.75	14	11	56.5%
Division rivals	24	13–8–3	29	0.60	57	53	52.2%
Rest of conference	40	19–15–6	44	0.55	97	93	53.7%
Other conference	18	7–7–4	18	0.50	42	45	49.5%


TOR	6	4–1–1	9	0.75	19	13	53.2%
OTT	6	4–2–0	8	0.67	14	14	50.7%
BUF	6	4–2–0	8	0.67	14	11	55.2%
ATL	4	4–0–0	8	1.00	17	7	62.8%
CAR	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	17	11	60.6%
NYI	4	2–1–1	5	0.63	9	12	50.3%
PHI	4	2–1–1	5	0.63	11	8	48.2%
FLA	4	2–1–1	5	0.63	4	4	59.3%
MTL	6	1–3–2	4	0.33	10	15	49.4%
TBL	4	2–2–0	4	0.50	13	12	55.4%

On the road

56,184 km of travel between arenas over the season, drawn leg by leg.

Leg ending in a win Overtime or shootout loss Regulation loss Home arena

Rest

Does a day off help? Back-to-backs are the second game on consecutive nights.

Rest days

Points percentage and 5-on-5 expected-goals share by days since the previous game. The count in grey is how many of those games came against a better-rested opponent.

Points %xGF% (5v5)

Back-to-back

17 GP · 9–6–2 · 13 vs fresher opponent

58.8%

49.9%

1 day

45 GP · 20–15–10 · 5 vs fresher opponent

55.6%

53.2%

2 days

8 GP · 5–3–0 · 1 vs fresher opponent

62.5%

59.9%

3+ days

11 GP · 5–5–1 · 0 vs fresher opponent

50.0%

47.5%

Pulling the goalie

Model-based

0 times this season the Bruins were trailing late and sent out an extra attacker. Earlier pulls are bolder. The dark tick is the league median for each deficit.

Scored with the extra attacker Conceded an empty-net goal Neither League median

Close and late

Model-based

Does the team raise its game when it counts?

When it matters

The Bruins in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late

Expected goals share

51.2%

51.5%

Goals share

50.3%

48.5%

Shooting %

7.5%

6.0%

Save %

.923

.932