Eastern Conference · Northeast Division

Boston Bruins

2012–13·28–14–6·62 points·2nd in the Northeast, 4th in the Eastern·Clinched playoff spot

Seasons

Points: 62#5
Goal differential: +21#4
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 53.9%#6
Power play: 14.8%#26
Penalty kill: 87.1%#4
GSAx: +15.5#4

Splits

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


Home	24	16–5–3	35	0.73	68	48	55.6%
Away	24	12–9–3	27	0.56	59	58	51.6%
January	7	5–1–1	11	0.79	21	19	52.5%
February	10	8–1–1	17	0.85	28	16	50.1%
March	17	9–6–2	20	0.59	44	38	55.3%
April	14	6–6–2	14	0.50	34	33	54.5%
Division rivals	18	10–6–2	22	0.61	44	43	58.3%
Rest of conference	30	18–8–4	40	0.67	83	63	50.9%
Other conference	0	0–0–0	0	–	0	0	–


OTT	5	4–1–0	8	0.80	11	10	53.7%
NJD	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	7	5	40.4%
TOR	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	9	7	65.6%
TBL	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	9	4	55.7%
FLA	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	11	2	57.4%
BUF	5	2–2–1	5	0.50	13	14	63.1%
NYR	3	1–0–2	4	0.67	9	8	42.2%
WPG	3	2–1–0	4	0.67	5	6	44.5%
NYI	3	2–1–0	4	0.67	9	5	50.5%
CAR	3	2–1–0	4	0.67	13	9	47.6%

On the road

27,632 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

8 GP · 3–5–0 · 3 vs fresher opponent

37.5%

49.8%

1 day

30 GP · 19–6–5 · 8 vs fresher opponent

71.7%

52.3%

2 days

5 GP · 2–3–0 · 0 vs fresher opponent

40.0%

60.5%

3+ days

4 GP · 3–0–1 · 0 vs fresher opponent

87.5%

62.8%

Pulling the goalie

Model-based

19 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

52.8%

53.1%

Goals share

54.5%

49.1%

Shooting %

8.2%

7.5%

Save %

.926

.919