Eastern Conference · Atlantic Division

Boston Bruins

2017–18·50–20–12·112 points·2nd in the Atlantic, 2nd in the Eastern·Clinched playoff spot

Seasons

Points: 112#4
Goal differential: +56#4
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 54.4%#1
Power play: 23.6%#4
Penalty kill: 83.7%#3
GSAx: +5.6#12

Splits

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


Home	41	28–8–5	61	0.74	147	104	57.1%
Away	41	22–12–7	51	0.62	120	107	51.7%
October	10	4–3–3	11	0.55	30	32	50.7%
November	13	7–5–1	15	0.58	32	35	54.4%
December	14	10–2–2	22	0.79	50	25	58.6%
January	11	8–1–2	18	0.82	42	25	51.2%
February	13	9–4–0	18	0.69	42	34	55.2%
March	16	11–2–3	25	0.78	59	43	56.1%
April	5	1–3–1	3	0.30	12	17	48.9%
Division rivals	28	18–8–2	38	0.68	85	65	54.6%
Rest of conference	24	15–3–6	36	0.75	98	67	55.1%
Other conference	30	17–9–4	38	0.63	84	79	53.6%


DET	4	4–0–0	8	1.00	15	10	56.0%
OTT	4	4–0–0	8	1.00	18	5	63.1%
MTL	4	4–0–0	8	1.00	13	6	48.9%
NJD	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	10	7	34.9%
TBL	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	10	8	56.1%
NYI	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	13	4	55.2%
CAR	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	17	8	51.6%
PIT	3	2–0–1	5	0.83	17	13	57.2%
PHI	3	2–0–1	5	0.83	9	6	60.6%
ARI	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	12	3	61.1%

On the road

61,129 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

15 GP · 6–6–3 · 9 vs fresher opponent

50.0%

55.0%

1 day

44 GP · 27–8–9 · 7 vs fresher opponent

71.6%

54.8%

2 days

10 GP · 9–1–0 · 2 vs fresher opponent

90.0%

56.5%

3+ days

12 GP · 7–5–0 · 0 vs fresher opponent

58.3%

50.0%

Pulling the goalie

Model-based

33 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

53.9%

54.6%

Goals share

55.9%

58.5%

Shooting %

9.9%

11.6%

Save %

.916

.932