2013–14 Boston Bruins season

The 2013–14 Boston Bruins season was their 90th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924.^[1] The team finished with the most points in the league, securing the Presidents' Trophy. In the playoffs, they defeated the Detroit Red Wings in five games, but in the second round lost to their bitter rivals, the Montreal Canadiens, in seven games.

2013–14 Boston Bruins
Presidents' Trophy winners
Atlantic Division champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	1st Eastern
2013–14 record	54–19–9
Home record	31–7–3
Road record	23–12–6
Goals for	261
Goals against	177
Team information
General manager	Peter Chiarelli
Coach	Claude Julien
Captain	Zdeno Chara
Alternate captains	Patrice Bergeron Chris Kelly David Krejci
Arena	TD Garden
Minor league affiliate(s)	Providence Bruins (AHL) South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Patrice Bergeron Jarome Iginla (30)
Assists	David Krejci (50)
Points	David Krejci (69)
Penalty minutes	Milan Lucic (91)
Plus/minus	David Krejci (39)
Wins	Tuukka Rask (36)
Goals against average	Niklas Svedberg (1.97)
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Standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Boston Bruins	82	54	19	9	51	261	177	+84	117
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	46	27	9	38	240	215	+25	101
3	x – Montreal Canadiens	82	46	28	8	40	215	204	+11	100
4	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	39	28	15	34	222	230	−8	93
5	Ottawa Senators	82	37	31	14	30	236	265	−29	88
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	38	36	8	29	231	256	−25	84
7	Florida Panthers	82	29	45	8	21	196	268	−72	66
8	Buffalo Sabres	82	21	51	10	14	157	248	−91	52

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

2013 Pre-season
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 16	Boston Bruins	6–3	Montreal Canadiens		Malcolm Subban	21,273	1–0–0
2	September 17	Boston Bruins	3–2	Washington Capitals1	SO	Niklas Svedberg	11,286	2–0–0
3	September 19	Detroit Red Wings	8–2	Boston Bruins		Malcolm Subban	16,839	2–1–0
4	September 21	Boston Bruins	2–0	Detroit Red Wings		Chad Johnson	15,516	3–1–0
5	September 23	Washington Capitals	2–3	Boston Bruins	OT	Tuukka Rask	17,006	4–1–0
6	September 26	Boston Bruins	3–2	Winnipeg Jets	OT	Niklas Svedberg	15,004	5–1–0
7	September 27	Winnipeg Jets	0–5	Boston Bruins2		Tuukka Rask	12,500	6–1–0
^ Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. ^ Game was played at Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Regular season

2013–14 Game Log
October: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Tampa Bay Lightning 1–3 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 1–0–0 2 2 October 5 Detroit Red Wings 1–4 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 2–0–0 4 3 October 10 Colorado Avalanche 2–0 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 2–1–0 4 4 October 12 Boston Bruins 3–1 Columbus Blue Jackets Tuukka Rask 14,092 3–1–0 6 5 October 14 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 3–2–0 6 6 October 17 Boston Bruins 3–2 Florida Panthers Tuukka Rask 14,440 4–2–0 8 7 October 19 Boston Bruins 5–0 Tampa Bay Lightning Tuukka Rask 18,512 5–2–0 10 8 October 23 Boston Bruins 5–2 Buffalo Sabres Chad Johnson 17,645 6–2–0 12 9 October 24 San Jose Sharks 1–2 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 7–2–0 14 10 October 26 New Jersey Devils 4–3 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 7–3–0 14 11 October 30 Boston Bruins 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Tuukka Rask 18,627 7–4–0 14 12 October 31 Anaheim Ducks 2–3 Boston Bruins SO Tuukka Rask 17,565 8–4–0 16
November: 10–3–2 (Home: 8–0–2; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 2 Boston Bruins 1–3 New York Islanders Chad Johnson 14,018 8–5–0 16 14 November 5 Dallas Stars 3–2 Boston Bruins SO Tuukka Rask 17,565 8–5–1 17 15 November 7 Florida Panthers 1–4 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 9–5–1 19 16 November 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–3 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 10–5–1 21 17 November 11 Tampa Bay Lightning 0–3 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 11–5–1 23 18 November 14 Columbus Blue Jackets 2–3 Boston Bruins OT Chad Johnson 17,565 12–5–1 25 19 November 15 Boston Bruins 2–4 Ottawa Senators Tuukka Rask 19,538 12–6–1 25 20 November 18 Boston Bruins 4–1 Carolina Hurricanes Tuukka Rask 13,919 13–6–1 27 21 November 19 Boston Bruins 2–1 New York Rangers Tuukka Rask 18,006 14–6–1 29 22 November 21 St. Louis Blues 3–2 Boston Bruins SO Tuukka Rask 17,565 14–6–2 30 23 November 23 Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 Boston Bruins OT Chad Johnson 17,565 15–6–2 32 24 November 25 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4 Boston Bruins OT Tuukka Rask 17,565 16–6–2 34 25 November 27 Boston Bruins 1–6 Detroit Red Wings Tuukka Rask 20,066 16–7–2 34 26 November 29 New York Rangers 2–3 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 17–7–2 36 27 November 30 Columbus Blue Jackets 1–3 Boston Bruins Chad Johnson 17,565 18–7–2 38
December: 8–5–0 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 5 Boston Bruins 1–2 Montreal Canadiens Tuukka Rask 21,273 18–8–2 38 29 December 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 19–8–2 40 30 December 8 Boston Bruins 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs Chad Johnson 19,165 20–8–2 42 31 December 10 Boston Bruins 2–1 Calgary Flames Tuukka Rask 19,289 21–8–2 44 32 December 12 Boston Bruins 4–2 Edmonton Oilers Chad Johnson 16,839 22–8–2 46 33 December 14 Boston Bruins 2–6 Vancouver Canucks Tuukka Rask 18,910 22–9–2 46 34 December 17 Calgary Flames 0–2 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 23–9–2 48 35 December 19 Boston Bruins 2–4 Buffalo Sabres Chad Johnson 18,217 23–10–2 48 36 December 21 Buffalo Sabres 1–4 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 24–10–2 50 37 December 23 Boston Bruins 6–2 Nashville Predators Tuukka Rask 17,207 25–10–2 52 38 December 27 Ottawa Senators 0–5 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 26–10–2 54 39 December 28 Boston Bruins 3–4 Ottawa Senators Chad Johnson 20,500 26–11–2 54 40 December 31 New York Islanders 5–3 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 26–12–2 54
January: 8–4–1 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 Nashville Predators 2–3 Boston Bruins OT Niklas Svedberg 17,565 27–12–2 56 42 January 4 Winnipeg Jets 1–4 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 28–12–2 58 43 January 7 Boston Bruins 2–5 Anaheim Ducks Tuukka Rask 17,238 28–13–2 58 44 January 9 Boston Bruins 2–4 Los Angeles Kings Tuukka Rask 18,118 28–14–2 58 45 January 11 Boston Bruins 1–0 San Jose Sharks Tuukka Rask 17,562 29–14–2 60 46 January 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 29–15–2 60 47 January 16 Boston Bruins 4–2 Dallas Stars Chad Johnson 16,890 30–15–2 62 48 January 19 Boston Bruins 2–3 Chicago Blackhawks SO Tuukka Rask 22,197 30–15–3 63 49 January 20 Los Angeles Kings 2–3 Boston Bruins Chad Johnson 17,565 31–15–3 65 50 January 25 Boston Bruins 6–1 Philadelphia Flyers Tuukka Rask 19,938 32–15–3 67 51 January 27 Boston Bruins 6–3 New York Islanders Chad Johnson 13,819 33–15–3 69 52 January 28 Florida Panthers 2–6 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 34–15–3 71 53 January 30 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 34–16–3 71
February: 3–0–2 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 0–0–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 February 1 Edmonton Oilers 0–4 Boston Bruins Chad Johnson 17,565 35–16–3 73 55 February 4 Vancouver Canucks 1–3 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 36–16–3 75 56 February 6 Boston Bruins 2–3 St. Louis Blues OT Tuukka Rask 19,671 36–16–4 76 57 February 8 Ottawa Senators 2–7 Boston Bruins Chad Johnson 17,565 37–16–4 78 58 February 26 Boston Bruins 4–5 Buffalo Sabres OT Chad Johnson 19,070 37–16–5 79
March: 15–1–1 (Home: 6–1–1; Road: 9–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 59 March 1 Washington Capitals 4–2 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 37–17–5 79 60 March 2 Boston Bruins 6–3 New York Rangers Tuukka Rask 18,006 38–17–5 81 61 March 4 Florida Panthers 1–4 Boston Bruins Chad Johnson 17,565 39–17–5 83 62 March 6 Washington Capitals 0–3 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 40–17–5 85 63 March 8 Boston Bruins 4–3 Tampa Bay Lightning SO Tuukka Rask 19,204 41–17–5 87 64 March 9 Boston Bruins 5–2 Florida Panthers Chad Johnson 18,858 42–17–5 89 65 March 12 Boston Bruins 4–1 Montreal Canadiens Tuukka Rask 21,273 43–17–5 91 66 March 13 Phoenix Coyotes 1–2 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 44–17–5 93 67 March 15 Carolina Hurricanes 1–5 Boston Bruins Chad Johnson 17,565 45–17–5 95 68 March 17 Minnesota Wild 1–4 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 46–17–5 97 69 March 18 Boston Bruins 4–2 New Jersey Devils Chad Johnson 16,138 47–17–5 99 70 March 21 Boston Bruins 2–0 Colorado Avalanche Chad Johnson 18,007 48–17–5 101 71 March 22 Boston Bruins 4–2 Phoenix Coyotes Tuukka Rask 17,468 49–17–5 103 72 March 24 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 Boston Bruins SO Tuukka Rask 17,565 49–17–6 104 73 March 27 Chicago Blackhawks 0–3 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 50–17–6 106 74 March 29 Boston Bruins 4–2 Washington Capitals Chad Johnson 18,506 51–17–6 108 75 March 30 Boston Bruins 4–3 Philadelphia Flyers SO Tuukka Rask 19,958 52–17–6 110
April: 2–2–3 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 0–2–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 2 Boston Bruins 2–3 Detroit Red Wings Tuukka Rask 20,066 52–18–6 110 77 April 3 Boston Bruins 3–4 Toronto Maple Leafs OT Chad Johnson 19,609 52–18–7 111 78 April 5 Philadelphia Flyers 2–5 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 53–18–7 113 79 April 8 Boston Bruins 3–4 Minnesota Wild SO Tuukka Rask 18,893 53–18–8 114 80 April 10 Boston Bruins 1–2 Winnipeg Jets SO Chad Johnson 15,004 53–18–9 115 81 April 12 Buffalo Sabres 1–4 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 54–18–9 117 82 April 13 Boston Bruins 2–3 New Jersey Devils Chad Johnson 16,592 54–19–9 117
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs

The Boston Bruins earned the Presidents' Trophy by finishing the regular season with the league's best record. They faced the Detroit Red Wings in the first round and won the series 4–1. They advanced to the second round where they were defeated 3–4 by the Montreal Canadiens, and eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference First Round vs WC2 Detroit Red Wings: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Boston goals Detroit goals Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 18 Detroit Red Wings 1–0 Boston Bruins Datsyuk Rask 17,565 0–1 2 April 20 Detroit Red Wings 1–4 Boston Bruins Florek, Smith, Lucic, Chara Glendening Rask 17,565 1–1 3 April 22 Boston Bruins 3–0 Detroit Red Wings Hamilton, Caron, Bergeron Rask 20,066 2–1 4 April 24 Boston Bruins 3–2 Detroit Red Wings 13:32 Krug, Lucic, Iginla Kronwall, Datsyuk Rask 20,066 3–1 5 April 26 Detroit Red Wings 2–4 Boston Bruins Eriksson, Chara, Lucic, Iginla Datsyuk, Zetterberg Rask 17,565 4–1 Eastern Conference Second Round vs A3 Montreal Canadiens: 3–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Boston goals Montreal goals Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 1 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 Boston Bruins 24:17 Smith, Krug, Boychuk Subban (2), Bourque, Bouillon Rask 17,565 0–1 2 May 3 Montreal Canadiens 3–5 Boston Bruins Paille, Hamilton, Bergeron, Smith, Lucic Weaver, Vanek (2) Rask 17,565 1–1 3 May 6 Boston Bruins 2–4 Montreal Canadiens Bergeron, Iginla Plekanec, Subban, Weise, Eller Rask 21,273 1–2 4 May 8 Boston Bruins 1–0 Montreal Canadiens 1:19 Fraser Rask 21,273 2–2 5 May 10 Montreal Canadiens 2–4 Boston Bruins Soderberg, Smith, Iginla, Eriksson Gallagher, Subban Rask 17,565 3–2 6 May 12 Boston Bruins 0–4 Montreal Canadiens Eller, Pacioretty, Vanek (2) Rask 21,273 3–3 7 May 14 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 Boston Bruins Iginla Weise, Pacioretty, Briere Rask 17,565 3–4

• Scorer of game-winning goal in italics

Player stats

Final Stats

Skaters

Regular Season[2] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM David Krejci 80 19 50 69 39 28 Patrice Bergeron 80 30 32 62 38 43 Jarome Iginla 78 30 31 61 34 47 Milan Lucic 80 24 35 59 30 91 Brad Marchand 82 25 28 53 36 64 Reilly Smith 82 20 31 51 28 14 Carl Soderberg 73 16 32 48 4 36 Zdeno Chara 77 17 23 40 25 66 Torey Krug 79 14 26 40 18 28 Loui Eriksson 61 10 27 37 14 6 Dougie Hamilton 64 7 18 25 22 40 Johnny Boychuk 75 5 18 23 31 45 Gregory Campbell 82 8 13 21 1 47 Chris Kelly 57 9 9 18 2 32 Daniel Paille 72 9 9 18 9 6 Matt Bartkowski 64 0 18 18 22 30 Ryan Spooner 23 0 11 11 0 6 Dennis Seidenberg 34 1 9 10 11 10 Shawn Thornton 64 5 3 8 3 74 Adam McQuaid 30 1 5 6 12 69 Kevan Miller 47 1 5 6 20 38 Andrej Meszaros† 14 2 3 5 4 6 Jordan Caron 35 1 2 3 −8 36 Matt Fraser 14 2 0 2 0 10 David Warsofsky 6 1 1 2 1 0 Justin Florek 4 1 1 2 1 0 Corey Potter† 3 0 0 0 −1 0 Nick Johnson 9 0 0 0 −4 0 Craig Cunningham 2 0 0 0 0 0 Zach Trotman 2 0 0 0 0 0 Alexander Khokhlachev 1 0 0 0 0 2 Matt Lindblad 2 0 0 0 0 0

Playoffs[2] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Torey Krug 12 2 8 10 −2 6 Patrice Bergeron 12 3 6 9 1 4 Jarome Iginla 12 5 2 7 0 12 Milan Lucic 12 4 3 7 3 4 Dougie Hamilton 12 2 5 7 1 14 Carl Soderberg 12 1 5 6 4 2 Reilly Smith 12 4 1 5 5 0 Loui Eriksson 12 2 3 5 1 4 Brad Marchand 12 0 5 5 4 18 Zdeno Chara 12 2 2 4 4 14 David Krejci 12 0 4 4 −3 4 Johnny Boychuk 12 1 1 2 3 2 Matt Fraser 4 1 1 2 2 0 Andrej Meszaros 4 0 2 2 1 2 Kevan Miller 11 0 2 2 2 8 Daniel Paille 7 1 0 1 −1 2 Jordan Caron 7 1 0 1 0 4 Justin Florek 6 1 0 1 0 4 Shawn Thornton 12 0 1 1 −2 4 Matt Bartkowski 8 0 1 1 2 10 Gregory Campbell 12 0 0 0 0 4 Corey Potter 1 0 0 0 0 0

• ^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Bruins. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
• ^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
• ^(G)Denotes goaltender.

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[2]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Tuukka Rask	58	58	3386	36	15	6	115	2.04	1641	0.930	7
Chad Johnson	27	23	1511	17	4	3	53	2.10	708	0.925	2
Niklas Svedberg	1	1	61	1	0	0	2	1.97	35	0.943	0

Playoffs^[2]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Tuukka Rask	12	12	753	7	5	25	1.99	348	.928	2

Awards and records

Awards

Player	Award	Date
Patrice Bergeron[3]	Frank J. Selke Trophy	June 24, 2014
Patrice Bergeron[3]	2014 NHL Foundation Award	June 24, 2014
Tuukka Rask[3]	Vezina Trophy	June 24, 2014
Torey Krug[3]	2013–14 NHL All-Rookie Team	June 24, 2014

Transactions

The Bruins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season:

Trades

July 4, 2013[4]	To Dallas Stars: Rich Peverley Tyler Seguin Ryan Button	To Boston: Loui Eriksson Matt Fraser Reilly Smith Joe Morrow
February 7, 2014[5]	To Columbus Blue Jackets: Carter Camper	To Boston: Blake Parlett
March 5, 2014[6]	To Philadelphia Flyers: conditional 3rd-round pick in 2014	To Boston: Andrej Meszaros

Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Jarome Iginla[7] Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $1.8 million Chad Johnson[7] Phoenix Coyotes 1 year, $600,000 Bobby Robins[7] Providence Bruins 1 year, $600,000 Nick Johnson[7] Phoenix Coyotes 1 year, $600,000 Mike Moore[7] Milwaukee Admirals 1 year, $550,000

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Andrew Ference[8] Edmonton Oilers 4 years, $13 million Nathan Horton[9] Columbus Blue Jackets 7 years, $37.1 million Anton Khudobin[10] Carolina Hurricanes 1 year, $800,000 Aaron Johnson[11] New York Rangers 1 year, $600,000 Jaromir Jagr[12] New Jersey Devils 1 year, $4 million

Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Corey Potter[13] Edmonton Oilers March 5, 2014

Lost via waivers Player New team Date

Lost via retirement

Player
Wade Redden[14]

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Carter Camper[15]	July 8, 2013	1 year, $550,000
Tuukka Rask[16]	July 10, 2013	8 years, $56 million
Patrice Bergeron[17]	July 12, 2013	8 years, $52 million contract extension
Kevan Miller[18]	January 21, 2014	2 years, $1.6 million contract extension
Ben Sexton[19]	March 20, 2014	2 years, $1.38 million entry-level contract
Brian Ferlin[20]	April 11, 2014	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract
Linus Arnesson[21]	June 1, 2014	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Niklas Svedberg[22]	June 23, 2014	1 year, $600,000

Draft picks

See also: List of Boston Bruins draft picks

The Bruins drafted the following players at the 2013 NHL entry draft, in Newark, New Jersey, on June 30, 2013.^[23]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	60	Linus Arnesson	Defence	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (HockeyAllsvenskan)
3	90	Peter Cehlarik	Left wing	Slovakia	Lulea HF (SHL)
4	120	Ryan Fitzgerald	Center	United States	Valley Jr. Warriors (EJHL)
5	150	Wiley Sherman	Defence	United States	Hotchkiss School (USHS)
6	180	Anton Blidh	Left wing	Sweden	Frolunda J20 (J20 SuperElit)
7	210	Mitchell Dempsey	Left wing	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)

Draft notes

• Boston's first-round pick went to the Dallas Stars, as the result of a trade on April 2, 2013 that sent Jaromir Jagr to Boston, in exchange for Lane MacDermid, Cody Payne, and this pick.