Eastern Conference · Atlantic Division

Boston Bruins

2015–16·42–31–9·93 points·4th in the Atlantic, 9th in the Eastern

Seasons

Points: 93#15
Goal differential: +8#15
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 48.8%#19
Power play: 20.9%#7
Penalty kill: 82.2%#11
GSAx: −15.9#25

Splits

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


Home	41	17–18–6	40	0.49	109	128	48.3%
Away	41	25–13–3	53	0.65	127	100	49.0%
October	10	6–3–1	13	0.65	39	31	54.8%
November	12	7–5–0	14	0.58	33	33	45.6%
December	14	7–4–3	17	0.61	41	32	52.0%
January	13	6–6–1	13	0.50	31	34	46.9%
February	14	8–5–1	17	0.61	47	44	44.3%
March	14	6–6–2	14	0.50	28	34	46.8%
April	5	2–2–1	5	0.50	17	20	56.7%
Division rivals	30	18–10–2	38	0.63	83	81	48.8%
Rest of conference	24	13–7–4	30	0.63	65	55	48.9%
Other conference	28	11–14–3	25	0.45	88	92	48.3%


TOR	5	4–0–1	9	0.90	14	10	54.1%
NYI	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	10	5	51.8%
FLA	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	12	10	53.8%
DET	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	16	11	44.2%
PIT	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	14	3	42.9%
BUF	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	11	10	54.0%
MTL	5	2–3–0	4	0.40	12	15	35.3%
TBL	4	2–2–0	4	0.50	8	11	48.6%
ARI	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	11	3	59.0%
MIN	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	8	4	44.9%

On the road

61,511 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

11 GP · 5–5–1 · 9 vs fresher opponent

50.0%

49.0%

1 day

49 GP · 30–14–5 · 16 vs fresher opponent

66.3%

47.9%

2 days

13 GP · 6–7–0 · 1 vs fresher opponent

46.2%

49.0%

3+ days

8 GP · 1–4–3 · 1 vs fresher opponent

31.3%

53.0%

Pulling the goalie

Model-based

31 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

49.0%

48.0%

Goals share

50.9%

52.7%

Shooting %

9.0%

9.3%

Save %

.914

.916