2012–13 Boston Bruins season

The 2012–13 Boston Bruins season was their 89th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on November 1, 1924. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a lockout. In the playoff, the Bruins eliminated the Pittsburgh Penguins in four games to capture the Eastern Conference championship, but lost the 2013 Stanley Cup Final to the Western Conference playoff champion Chicago Blackhawks in six games.

The Bruins also traded for veteran Jaromir Jagr for the remainder of the season and after playing a brief stint with the Dallas Stars, he made his first Stanley Cup Final since 1992 with the Pittsburgh Penguins, coincidentally it was also against the Blackhawks.

Off-season On June 3, 2012, it was announced that goaltender Tim Thomas was planning on taking a year off from hockey.Bruins goalie Tim Thomas, 2-time Vezina winner, thinking of taking year off for family reasons Thomas had continued to make headlines for things outside of hockey, mainly his political views, which he demonstrated by boycotting the Bruins Stanley Cup visit to the White HouseTim Thomas put himself above team and posting on his Facebook page.Tim Thomas backs Chick-fil-A He was traded to the New York Islanders on February 7, 2013. Like the rest of the teams in the NHL, the Boston Bruins had their season delayed and shortened by the 2012–13 NHL lockout. The Bruins traded Benoit Pouliot in the off-season and lost four other players to free-agency, but otherwise kept the team intact.

Standings

Schedule and results

Regular season The Bruins had the fewest power-play opportunities in the NHL during the regular season, with just 122, and scored the fewest power-play goals, with 18.

The Bruins were not shut-out in any of their 48 regular-season games.

2012–13 game log January: 5–1–1 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 1–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 19 New York Rangers 1–3 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 1–0–0 2 2 January 21 Winnipeg Jets 1–2 Boston Bruins SO Tuukka Rask 17,565 2–0–0 4 3 January 23 Boston Bruins 3–4 New York Rangers OT Tuukka Rask 17,200 2–0–1 5 4 January 25 New York Islanders 2–4 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 3–0–1 7 5 January 28 Boston Bruins 5–3 Carolina Hurricanes Anton Khudobin 17,190 4–0–1 9 6 January 29 New Jersey Devils 1–2 Boston Bruins SO Tuukka Rask 17,565 5–0–1 11 7 January 31 Buffalo Sabres 7–4 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 5–1–1 11 February: 8–1–1 (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 7–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 8 February 2 Boston Bruins 1–0 Toronto Maple Leafs Tuukka Rask 19,246 6–1–1 13 9 February 6 Boston Bruins 2–1 Montreal Canadiens Tuukka Rask 21,273 7–1–1 15 – February 9 Tampa Bay Lightning Boston Bruins Game rescheduled to April 25 due to a blizzard. 10 February 10 Boston Bruins 3–1 Buffalo Sabres Anton Khudobin 18,869 8–1–1 17 11 February 12 New York Rangers 4–3 Boston Bruins SO Tuukka Rask 17,565 8–1–2 18 12 February 15 Boston Bruins 2–4 Buffalo Sabres Anton Khudobin 19,070 8–2–2 18 13 February 17 Boston Bruins 3–2 Winnipeg Jets Tuukka Rask 15,004 9–2–2 20 14 February 21 Boston Bruins 4–2 Tampa Bay Lightning Tuukka Rask 19,204 10–2–2 22 15 February 24 Boston Bruins 4–1 Florida Panthers Tuukka Rask 18,108 11–2–2 24 16 February 26 Boston Bruins 4–1 New York Islanders Tuukka Rask 12,788 12–2–2 26 17 February 28 Ottawa Senators 1–2 Boston Bruins OT Tuukka Rask 17,565 13–2–2 28 March: 9–6–2 (Home: 6–1–1; Road: 3–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 18 March 2 Tampa Bay Lightning 2–3 Boston Bruins Anton Khudobin 17,565 14–2–2 30 19 March 3 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 14–3–2 30 20 March 5 Boston Bruins 3–4 Washington Capitals OT Tuukka Rask 18,506 14–3–3 31 21 March 7 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–4 Boston Bruins Anton Khudobin 17,565 15–3–3 33 22 March 9 Philadelphia Flyers 0–3 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 16–3–3 35 23 March 11 Boston Bruins 3–2 Ottawa Senators SO Tuukka Rask 20,256 17–3–3 37 24 March 12 Boston Bruins 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Anton Khudobin 18,640 17–4–3 37 25 March 14 Florida Panthers 1–4 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 18–4–3 39 26 March 16 Washington Capitals 1–4 Boston Bruins Anton Khudobin 17,565 19–4–3 41 27 March 17 Boston Bruins 1–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Tuukka Rask 18,659 19–5–3 41 28 March 19 Boston Bruins 1–3 Winnipeg Jets Tuukka Rask 15,004 19–6–3 41 29 March 21 Boston Bruins 2–1 Ottawa Senators Anton Khudobin 19,603 20–6–3 43 30 March 23 Boston Bruins 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs Anton Khudobin 19,236 20–7–3 43 31 March 25 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–3 Boston Bruins SO Tuukka Rask 17,565 21–7–3 45 32 March 27 Montreal Canadiens 6–5 Boston Bruins SO Tuukka Rask 17,565 21–7–4 46 33 March 30 Boston Bruins 1–3 Philadelphia Flyers Tuukka Rask 19,997 21–8–4 46 34 March 31 Boston Bruins 2–0 Buffalo Sabres Anton Khudobin 19,027 22–8–4 48 April: 6–6–2 (Home: 5–3–1; Road: 1–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 35 April 2 Ottawa Senators 2–3 Boston Bruins Anton Khudobin 17,565 23–8–4 50 36 April 4 New Jersey Devils 0–1 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 24–8–4 52 37 April 6 Boston Bruins 1–2 Montreal Canadiens Tuukka Rask 21,273 24–9–4 52 38 April 8 Carolina Hurricanes 2–6 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 25–9–4 54 39 April 10 Boston Bruins 5–4 New Jersey Devils Anton Khudobin 17,625 26–9–4 56 40 April 11 New York Islanders 2–1 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 26–10–4 56 41 April 13 Boston Bruins 2–4 Carolina Hurricanes Tuukka Rask 18,680 26–11–4 56 – April 15 Ottawa Senators Boston Bruins Game rescheduled to April 28 due to the Boston Marathon bombing.|NHL|home Postponed Ottawa Senators at Boston Bruins rescheduled for April 28 at TD Garden. Retrieved April 16, 2013. 42 April 17 Buffalo Sabres 3–2 Boston Bruins SO Anton Khudobin 17,565 26–11–5 57 – April 19 Pittsburgh Penguins Boston Bruins Game rescheduled to April 20 due to the manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.Penguins and Bruins to play on Saturday. Retrieved April 19, 2013. 43 April 20 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 26–12–5 57 44 April 21 Florida Panthers 0–3 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 27–12–5 59 45 April 23 Boston Bruins 2–5 Philadelphia Flyers Anton Khudobin 19,717 27–13–5 59 46 April 25 Tampa Bay Lightning 0–2 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 28–13–5 61 47 April 27 Boston Bruins 2–3 Washington Capitals OT Tuukka Rask 18,506 28–13–6 62 48 April 28 Ottawa Senators 4–2 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 28–14–6 62 Legend:

Playoffs

2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Quarter-finals vs E5 Toronto Maple Leafs: 4–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Boston goals Toronto goals Decision Attendance Series Recap1May 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–4 Boston Bruins Redden, Horton, Krejci, Boychuk van Riemsdyk Rask 17,565 1–0 2May 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 Boston Bruins Horton, Boychuk Lupul (2), Kessel, van Riemsdyk Rask 17,565 1–1 3May 6 Boston Bruins 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs McQuaid, Peverley, Horton, Paille, Krejci Gardiner, Kessel Rask 19,746 2–1 4May 8 Boston Bruins 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs 13:06 Bergeron, Krejci (3) Lupul, Franson, MacArthur Rask 19,708 3–1 5May 10 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 Boston Bruins Chara Bozak, MacArthur Rask 17,565 3–2 6May 12 Boston Bruins 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs Lucic Phaneuf, Kessel Rask 19,591 3–3 7May 13 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–5 Boston Bruins 6:05 Bartkowski, Horton, Lucic, Bergeron (2) Franson (2), Kessel, Kadri Rask 17,565 4–3 Eastern Conference Semi-finals vs E6 New York Rangers: 4–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Boston goals New York goals Decision Attendance Series Recap1May 16 New York Rangers 2–3 Boston Bruins 15:40 Chara, Krug, Marchand McDonagh, Stepan Rask 17,565 1–0 2May 19 New York Rangers 2–5 Boston Bruins Krug, Campbell, Boychuk, Marchand, Lucic Callahan, Nash Rask 17,565 2–0 3May 21 Boston Bruins 2–1 New York Rangers Boychuk, Paille Pyatt Rask 17,200 3–0 4May 23 Boston Bruins 3–4 New York Rangers 7:03 Horton, Krug, Seguin Hagelin, Stepan, Boyle, Kreider Rask 17,200 3–1 5May 25 New York Rangers 1–3 Boston Bruins Krug, Campbell (2) Girardi Rask 17,565 4–1 Eastern Conference Finals vs E1 Pittsburgh Penguins: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Boston goals Pittsburgh goals Decision Attendance Series Recap1 June 1 Boston Bruins 3–0 Pittsburgh Penguins Krejci (2), Horton Rask 18,628 1–0 2 June 3 Boston Bruins 6–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Marchand (2), Horton, Krejci, Bergeron, Boychuk Sutter Rask 18,619 2–0 3 June 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–2 Boston Bruins 35:19 Krejci, Bergeron Kunitz Rask 17,565 3–0 4 June 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–1 Boston Bruins McQuaid Rask 17,565 4–0 Stanley Cup Final vs W1 Chicago Blackhawks: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Boston goals Chicago goals Decision Attendance Series Recap1 June 12 Boston Bruins 3–4 Chicago Blackhawks 52:08 Lucic (2), Bergeron Saad, Bolland, Oduya, Shaw Rask 22,110 0–1 2 June 15 Boston Bruins 2–1 Chicago Blackhawks 13:48 Kelly, Paille Sharp Rask 22,154 1–1 3 June 17 Chicago Blackhawks 0–2 Boston Bruins Paille, Bergeron Rask 17,565 2–1 4 June 19 Chicago Blackhawks 6–5 Boston Bruins 9:51 Peverley, Lucic, Bergeron (2), Boychuk Handzuš, Toews, Kane, Kruger, Sharp, Seabrook Rask 17,565 2–2 5 June 22 Boston Bruins 1–3 Chicago Blackhawks Chara Kane (2), Bolland Rask 22,274 2–3 6 June 24 Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 Boston Bruins Kelly, Lucic Toews, Bickell, Bolland Rask 17,565 2–4 Scorer of game-winning goal in italics

Player statistics Updated as of June 18, 2013

Skaters Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM 45 18 18 36 23 27 47 10 23 33 1 20 42 10 22 32 24 18 48 16 16 32 23 16 46 7 20 27 8 75 43 13 9 22 1 22 48 7 12 19 14 70 47 6 12 18 −9 16 46 4 13 17 18 10 46 10 7 17 3 8 42 5 11 16 4 14 48 4 9 13 9 35 48 4 9 13 2 41 † 11 2 7 9 3 2 34 3 6 9 −8 16 45 3 4 7 1 60 44 1 5 6 5 12 18 1 3 4 −6 6 32 1 3 4 0 60 17 1 2 3 1 4 11 0 2 2 0 6 † 6 1 1 2 0 0 6 0 2 2 −2 6 1 0 1 1 −1 0 † 6 0 1 1 −1 0 (G) 36 0 1 1 — 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 −2 2 10 0 0 0 0 10 (G) 14 0 0 0 — 4 ‡ 3 0 0 0 0 10 Team Totals 127 219 346 24 584

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM 19 9 14 23 15 12 19 7 11 18 22 10 19 4 9 13 7 21 19 5 11 16 14 14 19 7 6 13 4 13 19 2 10 12 13 20 15 3 4 7 7 11 19 0 8 8 1 6 19 5 1 6 3 8 12 4 2 6 4 0 19 4 4 8 4 0 19 1 6 7 0 2 19 0 4 4 3 18 19 2 2 4 8 8 7 0 3 3 0 0 7 1 1 2 −1 4 5 1 1 2 2 0 18 1 0 1 −7 12 15 0 1 1 6 2 11 0 1 1 3 4 19 1 1 2 −6 15 5 0 0 0 −1 2 Team Totals 50 88 138 20 163

†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. Team PIM totals include bench infractions.

Goaltenders Note: GPI = Games played in; MIN = Minutes played; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; SV% = Save percentage

Regular season Player GPI TOI GAA W L OT SO SA GA SV% 36 2104 2.00 19 10 5 5 980 70 .929 14 803 2.32 9 4 1 1 388 31 .920 Combined 2907 2.08 28 14 6 6 1368 101 .926

Playoffs Player GPI TOI GAA W L OT SO SA GA SV% 16 1031 1.75 12 4 1 2 527 30 .943

Awards and records

Awards On April 28, prior to the game against the Ottawa Senators, the team announced its award winners for the season.Bruins Announce 2013 Season AwardsHamilton Named NESN's Seventh Player