2010–11 Boston Bruins season

At the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, California, Boston selected Tyler Seguin with their first-round pick, second overall.^[1] A week earlier, on June 16, 2010, Bruins Owner Jeremy Jacobs and Principal Charlie Jacobs announced that Cam Neely had been named president of the Boston Bruins.^[2] Neely, a former player and 2005 Hall of Fame inductee, became the eighth president in club history.

The Bruins sought to "tweak the composition"^[3] during the off-season, trading puck-moving defenseman Dennis Wideman to the Florida Panthers in exchange for Nathan Horton.^[4]

The Reading Royals, Boston's affiliate within the ECHL, renewed their relationship during the off-season.^[5] This marked the second year the organizations shared affiliation, with the Royals playing host to several Bruins prospects including goaltender Matt Dalton and defenseman Rob Kwiet.

Pre-season

On June 21, 2010, the Bruins announced their seven-game pre-season schedule.^[6] Closing out the schedule were two exhibition matches, the first in Belfast, Northern Ireland, against the Belfast Giants Select, a unified team composed of an All-Star selection of the best EIHL players from each team. The Bruins went on to beat the Giants Select 5–1 after being held scoreless for the first period.^[7] Rookie star Tyler Seguin scored a pair of goals. The Bruins then faced off against Bili Tygri Liberec of the Czech Extraliga in their final pre-season match, with veteran Patrice Bergeron putting on a five-point display that included two breakaway goals in a 7–1 victory for the Bruins.^[8]

Regular season

As part of the 2010 Compuware NHL Premiere Games, the Bruins began their season on Saturday, October 9, playing against the Phoenix Coyotes at the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.^[9] There they split their two games with the Coyotes. The Bruins spent much of the months of October, November and December playing well but slightly behind the Montreal Canadiens for first-place in the division before passing the Canadiens on December 27 with a 3–2 shootout win over the Florida Panthers. Play during this time was highlighted by excellent play for goaltender Tim Thomas, who started the season as a backup but had five shutouts by the middle of December, and by Milan Lucic's excellent offensive production, including his first natural hat-trick on November 18. In January, the Bruins continued to hold first-place in the division, aided at one point by hat-tricks from Patrice Bergeron and Zdeno Chara on January 11 and January 17, respectively. The Bruins started February with fight-filled wins against the Dallas Stars, whom they beat 6–3, and the Canadiens, against whom they picked up their first win of the season on their fourth try by a score of 8–6. The Bruins then hit a three-game losing streak, but recovered to string together a seven-game winning streak that stretched into March. The first six wins of the streak were on the road, including a 3–1 win in the Bruins' only game of the regular season against the Vancouver Canucks, which led the NHL at that time for points and would eventually win the Presidents' Trophy. After the streak, the Bruins would go on to lose six of their next seven games, including a 4–1 loss to their rivals, the Canadiens, in which team captain Zdeno Chara was nearly suspended for a hit on Max Pacioretty. They nonetheless managed five points during this time, as three of their losses came in overtime. Following this lapse, the Bruins responded with a win over the New Jersey Devils and a 7–0 win in their last game of the regular season against the Montreal Canadiens. Two games later, the Bruins clinched a playoff spot with a 2–1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. In the next game, Tim Thomas picked up his ninth shutout of the season. Two games later, in their first game in April, the Bruins clinched the Northeast Division with a 3–2 win in their last ever game against the Atlanta Thrashers, who were set to relocate to Winnipeg for the next season.

The Bruins tied the New York Rangers for the most shutouts for, with 11.^[10]

Standings

Northeast Division^[11]
		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Boston Bruins	82	46	25	11	44	246	195	103
2	Montreal Canadiens	82	44	30	8	41	216	209	96
3	Buffalo Sabres	82	43	29	10	38	245	229	96
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	37	34	11	32	218	251	85
5	Ottawa Senators	82	32	40	10	30	192	250	74

Eastern Conference
R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Washington Capitals	SE	82	48	23	11	43	224	197	107
2	y – Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	47	23	12	44	259	223	106
3	y – Boston Bruins	NE	82	46	25	11	44	246	195	103
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	49	25	8	39	238	199	106
5	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	46	25	11	40	247	240	103
6	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	44	30	8	41	216	209	96
7	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	43	29	10	38	245	229	96
8	New York Rangers	AT	82	44	33	5	35	233	198	93
8.5
9	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	40	31	11	35	236	239	91
10	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	37	34	11	32	218	251	85
11	New Jersey Devils	AT	82	38	39	5	35	174	209	81
12	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	34	36	12	29	223	269	80
13	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	32	40	10	30	192	250	74
14	New York Islanders	AT	82	30	39	13	26	229	264	73
15	Florida Panthers	SE	82	30	40	12	26	195	229	72

bold - qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; z – Placed first in conference (and division)
AT - Atlantic Division, NE - Northeast Division, SE - Southeast Division

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2010 Pre-season
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Record	Recap
1	September 22	Boston Bruins	4–2	Montreal Canadiens		Tuukka Rask	1–0–0
2	September 23	Boston Bruins	2–3	Florida Panthers¹		Nolan Schaefer	1–1–0
3	September 25	Florida Panthers	3–2	Boston Bruins	SO	Tuukka Rask	1–1–1
4	September 28	Boston Bruins	2–3	Washington Capitals		Nolan Schaefer	1–2–1
5	September 29	Washington Capitals	4–1	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	1–3–1
6	October 2	Boston Bruins	5–1	Belfast Giants Select²		Tuukka Rask	2–3–1
7	October 5	Boston Bruins	7–1	HC Liberec		Tim Thomas	3–3–1
^ Match played at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. ^ Match played at Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland, home of the Belfast Giants.

Regular season

2010–11 Game Log

October: 6–2–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 4–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 9	Phoenix Coyotes	5–2	Boston Bruins¹		Tuukka Rask	15,299	0–1–0	0
2	October 10	Boston Bruins	3–0	Phoenix Coyotes¹		Tim Thomas	12,990	1–1–0	2
3	October 16	Boston Bruins	4–1	New Jersey Devils		Tim Thomas	13,056	2–1–0	4
4	October 19	Boston Bruins	3–1	Washington Capitals		Tim Thomas	18,398	3–1–0	6
5	October 21	Washington Capitals	1–4	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	4–1–0	8
6	October 23	New York Rangers	3–2	Boston Bruins		Tuukka Rask	17,565	4–2–0	8
7	October 28	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–2	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	5–2–0	10
8	October 30	Boston Bruins	4–0	Ottawa Senators		Tim Thomas	18,959	6–2–0	12
^ Played at O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic as part of the NHL Premiere.

November: 6–6–2 (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 4–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
9	November 3	Boston Bruins	5–2	Buffalo Sabres		Tim Thomas	18,428	7–2–0	14
10	November 5	Boston Bruins	3–5	Washington Capitals		Tuukka Rask	18,389	7–3–0	14
11	November 6	St. Louis Blues	2–1	Boston Bruins	SO	Tuukka Rask	17,565	7–3–1	15
12	November 10	Boston Bruins	7–4	Pittsburgh Penguins		Tim Thomas	18,113	8–3–1	17
13	November 11	Montreal Canadiens	3–1	Boston Bruins		Tuukka Rask	17,565	8–4–1	17
14	November 13	Ottawa Senators	2–0	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	8–5–1	17
15	November 15	New Jersey Devils	0–3	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	9–5–1	19
16	November 17	Boston Bruins	3–2	New York Rangers		Tim Thomas	18,200	10–5–1	21
17	November 18	Florida Panthers	0–4	Boston Bruins		Tuukka Rask	17,565	11–5–1	23
18	November 20	Los Angeles Kings	4–3	Boston Bruins	SO	Tim Thomas	17,565	11–5–2	24
19	November 22	Boston Bruins	1–3	Tampa Bay Lightning		Tuukka Rask	16,241	11–6–2	24
20	November 24	Boston Bruins	3–1	Florida Panthers		Tim Thomas	16,712	12–6–2	26
21	November 26	Carolina Hurricanes	3–0	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	12–7–2	26
22	November 28	Boston Bruins	1–4	Atlanta Thrashers		Tuukka Rask	12,085	12–8–2	26

December: 8–3–3 (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 3–2–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
23	December 1	Boston Bruins	3–0	Philadelphia Flyers		Tim Thomas	19,684	13–8–2	28
24	December 2	Tampa Bay Lightning	1–8	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	14–8–2	30
25	December 4	Boston Bruins	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	SO	Tim Thomas	19,483	14–8–3	31
26	December 7	Buffalo Sabres	2–3	Boston Bruins	OT	Tim Thomas	17,565	15–8–3	33
27	December 9	New York Islanders	2–5	Boston Bruins		Tuukka Rask	17,565	16–8–3	35
28	December 11	Philadelphia Flyers	2–1	Boston Bruins	OT	Tim Thomas	17,565	16–8–4	36
29	December 15	Boston Bruins	2–3	Buffalo Sabres		Tuukka Rask	18,197	16–9–4	36
30	December 16	Boston Bruins	3–4	Montreal Canadiens		Tim Thomas	21,273	16–10–4	36
31	December 18	Washington Capitals	2–3	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	17–10–4	38
32	December 20	Anaheim Ducks	3–0	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	17–11–4	38
33	December 23	Atlanta Thrashers	1–4	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	18–11–4	40
34	December 27	Boston Bruins	3–2	Florida Panthers	SO	Tim Thomas	19,250	19–11–4	42
35	December 28	Boston Bruins	4–3	Tampa Bay Lightning		Tim Thomas	20,204	20–11–4	44
36	December 30	Boston Bruins	2–3	Atlanta Thrashers	SO	Tim Thomas	17,624	20–11–5	45

January: 8–4–2 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 4–1–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
37	January 1	Boston Bruins	6–7	Buffalo Sabres	SO	Tim Thomas	18,690	20–11–6	46
38	January 3	Boston Bruins	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs		Tuukka Rask	19,052	21–11–6	48
39	January 6	Minnesota Wild	3–1	Boston Bruins		Tuukka Rask	17,565	21–12–6	48
40	January 8	Boston Bruins	2–3	Montreal Canadiens	OT	Tim Thomas	21,273	21–12–7	49
41	January 10	Boston Bruins	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins		Tuukka Rask	18,245	22–12–7	51
42	January 11	Ottawa Senators	0–6	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	23–12–7	53
43	January 13	Philadelphia Flyers	5–7	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	24–12–7	55
44	January 15	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2	Boston Bruins		Tuukka Rask	17,565	24–13–7	55
45	January 17	Carolina Hurricanes	0–7	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	25–13–7	57
46	January 18	Boston Bruins	3–2	Carolina Hurricanes		Tim Thomas	17,419	26–13–7	59
47	January 20	Buffalo Sabres	4–2	Boston Bruins		Tuukka Rask	17,565	26–14–7	59
48	January 22	Boston Bruins	6–2	Colorado Avalanche		Tim Thomas	18,007	27–14–7	61
49	January 24	Boston Bruins	0–2	Los Angeles Kings		Tim Thomas	18,118	27–15–7	61
50	January 26	Florida Panthers	1–2	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	28–15–7	63

February: 8–4–0 (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 6–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
51	February 1	Boston Bruins	3–2	Carolina Hurricanes		Tim Thomas	18,126	29–15–7	65
52	February 3	Dallas Stars	3–6	Boston Bruins		Tuukka Rask	17,565	30–15–7	67
53	February 5	San Jose Sharks	2–0	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	30–16–7	67
54	February 9	Montreal Canadiens	6–8	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	31–16–7	69
55	February 11	Detroit Red Wings	6–1	Boston Bruins		Tuukka Rask	17,565	31–17–7	69
56	February 13	Boston Bruins	2–4	Detroit Red Wings		Tim Thomas	20,066	31–18–7	69
57	February 15	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	31–19–7	69
58	February 17	Boston Bruins	6–3	New York Islanders		Tuukka Rask	12,478	32–19–7	71
59	February 18	Boston Bruins	4–2	Ottawa Senators		Tuukka Rask	18,521	33–19–7	73
60	February 22	Boston Bruins	3–1	Calgary Flames		Tim Thomas	19,289	34–19–7	75
61	February 26	Boston Bruins	3–1	Vancouver Canucks		Tim Thomas	18,860	35–19–7	77
62	February 27	Boston Bruins	3–2	Edmonton Oilers		Tuukka Rask	16,839	36–19–7	79

March: 7–4–4 (Home: 4–1–3; Road: 2–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
63	March 1	Boston Bruins	1–0	Ottawa Senators		Tuukka Rask	16,826	37–19–7	81
64	March 3	Tampa Bay Lightning	1–2	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	38–19–7	83
65	March 5	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2	Boston Bruins	OT	Tim Thomas	17,565	38–19–8	84
66	March 8	Boston Bruins	1–4	Montreal Canadiens		Tuukka Rask	21,273	38–20–8	84
67	March 10	Buffalo Sabres	4–3	Boston Bruins	OT	Tim Thomas	17,565	38–20–9	85
68	March 11	Boston Bruins	2–4	New York Islanders		Tim Thomas	12,119	38–21–9	85
69	March 15	Boston Bruins	3–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	SO	Tuukka Rask	12,282	39–21–9	87
70	March 17	Boston Bruins	3–4	Nashville Predators	OT	Tuukka Rask	16,839	39–21–10	88
71	March 19	Boston Bruins	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs		Tim Thomas	19,512	39–22–10	88
72	March 22	New Jersey Devils	1–4	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	40–22–10	90
73	March 24	Montreal Canadiens	0–7	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	41–22–10	92
74	March 26	New York Rangers	1–0	Boston Bruins		Tuukka Rask	17,565	41–23–10	92
75	March 27	Boston Bruins	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers		Tim Thomas	19,927	42–23–10	94
76	March 29	Chicago Blackhawks	0–3	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	43–23–10	96
77	March 31	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3	Boston Bruins	SO	Tim Thomas	17,565	43–23–11	97

April: 3–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 0–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
78	April 2	Atlanta Thrashers	2–3	Boston Bruins		Tuukka Rask	17,565	44–23–11	99
79	April 4	Boston Bruins	3–5	New York Rangers		Tim Thomas	18,200	44–24–11	99
80	April 6	New York Islanders	2–3	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	45–24–11	101
81	April 9	Ottawa Senators	1–3	Boston Bruins		Tim Thomas	17,565	46–24–11	103
82	April 10	Boston Bruins	2–3	New Jersey Devils		Tuukka Rask	17,625	46–25–11	103

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/Shootout Loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Boston Bruins qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. Their conference quarter-final matchup was against their archrival, the sixth-seeded Montreal Canadiens. The series started off disastrously for the Bruins, as they dropped two games in their own building. They would come back to win the next three games and, after dropping Game 6, would ultimately win Game 7 in overtime at home on a Nathan Horton goal. The next round featured a sweep of the second-seeded Philadelphia Flyers who, the previous year, had come back from down three games to none against the Bruins to win the series. This propelled them to their first conference finals since the 1992 Stanley Cup playoffs. In the conference finals, the Bruins matched up against the fifth-seeded Tampa Bay Lightning. After dropping the first game by a lopsided score, the Bruins fought back to win the next two games before dropping game four to knot the series at 2–2. The Bruins took Game 5 to put them a win away from the conference championship. Game 6 was another loss for the Bruins, but Game 7 resulted in a 1–0 victory to send them to their first Stanley Cup Finals in 21 years. In the finals, the Bruins met the Presidents' Trophy-winning Vancouver Canucks. Vancouver took the first two games at home, each by a goal, to build a 2–0 series lead. The Bruins responded with two lopsided wins at home to tie the series 2–2, but Vancouver won Game 5 in their building to move the Bruins one game away from losing the Cup. The Bruins managed to win Game 6 to tie the series and then won their third Game 7 of the post-season to win the Stanley Cup, their first in 39 years. After Game 7, Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas was named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy for the post-season's most valuable player.

Playoff log

2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals vs E6 Montreal Canadiens: 4–3 (Home: 2–2 ; Road: 2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Boston goals	Montreal goals	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 14	Montreal Canadiens	2–0	Boston Bruins			Gionta (2)	Thomas	17,565	0–1
2	April 16	Montreal Canadiens	3–1	Boston Bruins		Bergeron	Cammalleri, Darche, Weber	Thomas	17,565	0–2
3	April 18	Boston Bruins	4–2	Montreal Canadiens		Krejci, Horton, Peverley, Kelly	Kostitsyn, Plekanec	Thomas	21,273	1–2
4	April 21	Boston Bruins	5–4	Montreal Canadiens	1:59	Ryder (2), Ference, Bergeron, Kelly	Sopel, Cammalleri, Kostitsyn, Subban	Thomas	21,273	2–2
5	April 23	Montreal Canadiens	1–2	Boston Bruins	29:03	Marchand, Horton	Halpern	Thomas	17,565	3–2
6	April 26	Boston Bruins	1–2	Montreal Canadiens		Seidenberg	Cammalleri, Gionta	Thomas	21,273	3–3
7	April 27	Montreal Canadiens	3–4	Boston Bruins	5:43	Boychuk, Recchi, Kelly, Horton	Weber, Plekanec, Subban	Thomas	17,565	4–3

Eastern Conference Semi-finals vs E2 Philadelphia Flyers: 4–0 (Home: 2–0 ; Road: 2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Boston goals	Philadelphia goals	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 30	Boston Bruins	7–3	Philadelphia Flyers		Krejci (2), Horton, Recchi, Marchand (2), Campbell	Briere, van Riemsdyk, Richards	Thomas	19,641	1–0
2	May 2	Boston Bruins	3–2	Philadelphia Flyers	14:00	Kelly, Marchand, Krejci	van Riemsdyk (2)	Thomas	19,962	2–0
3	May 4	Philadelphia Flyers	1–5	Boston Bruins		Chara (2), Krejci, Paille, Horton	Meszaros	Thomas	17,565	3–0
4	May 6	Philadelphia Flyers	1–5	Boston Bruins		Lucic (2), Boychuk, Marchand, Paille	Versteeg	Thomas	17,565	4–0

Eastern Conference Finals vs E5 Tampa Bay Lightning: 4–3 (Home: 3–1 ; Road: 1–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Boston goals	Tampa Bay goals	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	May 14	Tampa Bay Lightning	5–2	Boston Bruins		Seguin, Boychuk	Bergenheim, Clark, Purcell, Bergeron, Gagne	Thomas	17,565	0–1
2	May 17	Tampa Bay Lightning	5–6	Boston Bruins		Horton, Seguin (2), Krejci, Ryder (2)	Hall, St. Louis, Lecavalier, Stamkos, Moore	Thomas	17,565	1–1
3	May 19	Boston Bruins	2–0	Tampa Bay Lightning		Krejci, Ference		Thomas	21,027	2–1
4	May 21	Boston Bruins	3–5	Tampa Bay Lightning		Bergeron (2), Ryder	Purcell (2), Bergenheim, Gagne, St. Louis	Thomas	21,216	2–2
5	May 23	Tampa Bay Lightning	1–3	Boston Bruins		Horton, Marchand, Peverley	Gagne	Thomas	17,565	3–2
6	May 25	Boston Bruins	4–5	Tampa Bay Lightning		Lucic, Krejci (3)	Purcell (2), St. Louis (2), Stamkos	Thomas	21,426	3–3
7	May 27	Tampa Bay Lightning	0–1	Boston Bruins		Horton		Thomas	17,565	4–3

Stanley Cup Finals vs W1 Vancouver Canucks: 4–3 (Home: 3–0 ; Road: 1–3)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Boston goals	Vancouver goals	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	June 1	Boston Bruins	0–1	Vancouver Canucks			Torres	Thomas	18,860	0–1
2	June 4	Boston Bruins	2–3	Vancouver Canucks	0:11	Lucic, Recchi	Burrows (2), D. Sedin	Thomas	18,860	0–2
3	June 6	Vancouver Canucks	1–8	Boston Bruins		Ference, Recchi (2), Marchand, Krejci, Paille, Kelly, Ryder	Hansen	Thomas	17,565	1–2
4	June 8	Vancouver Canucks	0–4	Boston Bruins		Peverley (2), Ryder, Marchand		Thomas	17,565	2–2
5	June 10	Boston Bruins	0–1	Vancouver Canucks			Lapierre	Thomas	18,860	2–3
6	June 13	Vancouver Canucks	2–5	Boston Bruins		Marchand, Lucic, Ference, Ryder, Krejci	H. Sedin, Lapierre	Thomas	17,565	3–3
7	June 15	Boston Bruins	4–0	Vancouver Canucks		Bergeron (2), Marchand (2)		Thomas	18,860	4–3

Scorer of game-winning goal in italics

Player statistics

Skaters

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

Regular season^[12]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Krejci, DavidDavid Krejci	75	13	49	62	23	28
Lucic, MilanMilan Lucic	79	30	32	62	28	121
Bergeron, PatricePatrice Bergeron	80	22	35	57	20	26
Horton, NathanNathan Horton	80	26	27	53	29	85
Recchi, MarkMark Recchi	81	14	34	48	13	35
Chara, ZdenoZdeno Chara	81	14	30	44	33	88
Ryder, MichaelMichael Ryder	79	18	23	41	-1	26
Marchand, BradBrad Marchand	77	21	20	41	25	51
Seidenberg, DennisDennis Seidenberg	81	7	25	32	3	41
Campbell, GregoryGregory Campbell	80	13	16	29	11	93
Wheeler, BlakeBlake Wheeler^‡	58	11	16	27	8	32
Seguin, TylerTyler Seguin	74	11	11	22	-4	18
Thornton, ShawnShawn Thornton	79	10	10	20	8	122
Boychuk, JohnnyJohnny Boychuk	69	3	13	16	15	45
Ference, AndrewAndrew Ference	70	3	12	15	22	60
McQuaid, AdamAdam McQuaid	67	3	12	15	30	96
Paille, DanielDaniel Paille	43	6	7	13	3	28
Savard, MarcMarc Savard	25	2	8	10	-7	29
Kampfer, StevenSteven Kampfer	38	5	5	10	9	12
Kaberle, TomasTomas Kaberle^†	24	1	8	9	6	2
Caron, JordanJordan Caron	23	3	4	7	3	6
Peverley, RichRich Peverley^†	23	4	3	7	-1	2
Kelly, ChrisChris Kelly^†	24	2	3	5	-1	6
Stuart, MarkMark Stuart^‡	31	1	4	5	8	23
Thomas, TimTim Thomas^(G)	57	0	3	3	—	13
Hunwick, MattMatt Hunwick^‡	22	1	2	3	4	9
Hamill, ZachZach Hamill	3	0	1	1	1	0
Hnidy, ShaneShane Hnidy	3	0	0	0	-2	2
Arniel, JamieJamie Arniel	1	0	0	0	-1	0
Bartkowski, MattMatt Bartkowski	6	0	0	0	-1	4
Rask, TuukkaTuukka Rask^(G)	29	0	0	0	—	2
Team Totals	—	244	413	657	58^[13]	1115^[14]

^†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.
PIM totals include bench infractions.

Playoffs^[15]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Krejci, DavidDavid Krejci	25	12	11	23	8	10
Bergeron, PatricePatrice Bergeron	23	6	14	20	15	28
Marchand, BradBrad Marchand	25	11	8	19	12	40
Ryder, MichaelMichael Ryder	25	8	9	17	8	8
Horton, NathanNathan Horton	21	8	9	17	11	35
Recchi, MarkMark Recchi	25	5	9	14	7	8
Kelly, ChrisChris Kelly	25	5	8	13	11	6
Peverley, RichRich Peverley	25	4	8	12	6	17
Lucic, MilanMilan Lucic	25	5	7	12	11	63
Kaberle, TomasTomas Kaberle	25	0	11	11	8	4
Seidenberg, DennisDennis Seidenberg	25	1	10	11	12	31
Ference, AndrewAndrew Ference	25	4	6	10	10	37
Chara, ZdenoZdeno Chara	24	2	7	9	16	34
Boychuk, JohnnyJohnny Boychuk	25	3	6	9	12	12
Seguin, TylerTyler Seguin	13	3	4	7	5	2
Paille, DanielDaniel Paille	25	3	3	6	2	4
Campbell, GregoryGregory Campbell	25	1	3	4	-2	4
McQuaid, AdamAdam McQuaid	23	0	4	4	8	14
Thornton, ShawnShawn Thornton	18	0	1	1	-1	24
Hnidy, ShaneShane Hnidy	3	0	0	0	0	7
Thomas, TimTim Thomas^(G)	25	0	0	0	—	4
Team Totals	—	81	138	219	33^[16]	396^[17]

Goaltenders

Note: GPI = Games Played In; TOI = Time on Ice; 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^[12]

Player	GPI	TOI	GAA	W	L	OT	SO	SA	GA	SV%
Thomas, TimTim Thomas	57	3364	2.00	35	11	9	9	1811	112	.938
Rask, TuukkaTuukka Rask	29	1594	2.67	11	14	2	2	866	71	.918
Combined	—	4958	2.21	46	25	11	11	2677	183	.932

Playoffs^[15]

Player	GPI	MIN	GAA	W	L	SO	SA	GA	SV%
Thomas, TimTim Thomas	25	1542	1.98	16	9	4	849	51	.940

Awards and records

Awards

Player	Award	Notes
Tim Thomas	Conn Smythe Trophy^[18]	Awarded to the player judged most valuable to his team during the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Tim Thomas	Vezina Trophy^[19]	Awarded to the goaltender who is adjudged to be the best at this position.
Zdeno Chara	Mark Messier Leadership Award^[20]	Awarded to the player who best leads by positive example.
Tim Thomas Zdeno Chara	NHL First All-Star Team^[21] NHL Second All-Star Team^[21]	Voted by representatives of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.

On April 6, prior to the game against the New York Islanders, the team announced its award winners for the season.^[22]^[23]

Player	Award	Notes
Brad Marchand	NESN Seventh Player Award	Awarded to the player who exceeded the expectations of Bruins fans during the season.
Shawn Thornton	Eddie Shore Award	Awarded to the player who exhibits exceptional hustle and determination.
Tim Thomas	Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy	Awarded by the Boston Chapter of the PHWA, for outstanding performance during home games.
Andrew Ference	John P. Bucyk Award	Awarded to the Bruin with the greatest off-ice charitable contributions.
Tim Thomas Patrice Bergeron Milan Lucic	Three Star Awards	Awarded to the top performers at home over the course of the season.

Tim Thomas was named First Star of the Week on November 1, 2010^[24] and again on January 24, 2011.^[25] He was also named Second Star of the Month for October.^[26]
Patrice Bergeron was named Second Star of the week on January 17, 2011,^[27] and First Star of the Month for January.^[28]

Records

Player	Milestone
Tim Thomas	Highest save percentage in a regular season (.938%) Most saves by a goaltender in a playoff run (798) Most saves by a goaltender in a Stanley Cup finals series (238)

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Milan Lucic	200th Career NHL Game	October 9, 2010
Tyler Seguin	1st Career NHL Goal	October 10, 2010
Jordan Caron	1st Career NHL Goal	October 16, 2010
Nathan Horton	300th Career NHL Point	October 16, 2010
Dennis Seidenberg	100th Career NHL Assist	October 23, 2010
Shawn Thornton	500th Career NHL PIM	October 23, 2010
Patrice Bergeron	100th Career NHL Goal	October 28, 2010
Brad Marchand	1st Career NHL Goal	November 3, 2010
Michael Ryder	300th Career NHL Point	November 3, 2010
Shawn Thornton	300th Career NHL Game	November 5, 2010
Milan Lucic	100th Career NHL Point	November 10, 2010
Mark Recchi	1,000th Career NHL PIM	November 13, 2010
Milan Lucic	1st Career NHL Natural Hat Trick	November 18, 2010
Mark Recchi	1,500th Career NHL Point	November 24, 2010
Patrice Bergeron	400th Career NHL Game	December 2, 2010
Dennis Seidenberg	400th Career NHL Game	December 7, 2010
Mark Recchi	1,600th Career NHL Game	December 15, 2010
Andrew Ference	600th Career NHL Game	December 16, 2010
Michael Ryder	500th Career NHL Game	December 16, 2010
Patrice Bergeron	300th Career NHL Point	December 23, 2010
Steven Kampfer	1st Career NHL Goal	December 28, 2010
Marc Savard	700th Career NHL Point	December 28, 2010
Daniel Paille	100th Career NHL Point	January 1, 2011
Blake Wheeler	200th Career NHL Game	January 1, 2011
Gregory Campbell	400th Career NHL Game	January 6, 2011
Patrice Bergeron	200th Career NHL Assist	January 10, 2011
Mark Recchi	200th Career NHL Power Play Goal	January 10, 2011
Marc Savard	800th Career NHL Game	January 10, 2011
Blake Wheeler	100th Career NHL Point	January 10, 2011
Patrice Bergeron	1st Career NHL Hat Trick	January 11, 2011
Gregory Campbell	100th Career NHL Point	January 15, 2011
Zdeno Chara	1st Career NHL Hat Trick	January 17, 2011
Zdeno Chara	900th Career NHL Game	February 5, 2011
Tim Thomas	300th Career NHL Game	February 5, 2011
Johnny Boychuk	100th Career NHL Game	February 9, 2011
David Krejci	200th Career NHL Point	March 3, 2011
Daniel Paille	300th Career NHL Game	March 10, 2011
Zdeno Chara	400th Career NHL Point	March 22, 2011
Tim Thomas	25th Career NHL Shutout	March 24, 2011
Nathan Horton	500th Career NHL Game	April 6, 2011
Tomas Kaberle	900th Career NHL Game	April 6, 2011

Playoffs
Player	Milestone	Reached
Gregory Campbell	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 14, 2011
Nathan Horton	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 14, 2011
Brad Marchand	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 14, 2011
Brad Marchand	1st Career NHL Playoff Assist 1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 16, 2011
Nathan Horton	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 18, 2011
Adam McQuaid	1st Career NHL Playoff Assist 1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 18, 2011
Rich Peverley	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal	April 18, 2011
Brad Marchand	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal	April 23, 2011
Gregory Campbell	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 30, 2011
Nathan Horton	1st Career NHL Assist	April 30, 2011
Gregory Campbell	1st Career NHL Playoff Assist	May 4, 2011
Daniel Paille	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal	May 4, 2011
Shawn Thornton	1st Career NHL Playoff Assist	May 6, 2011
Tyler Seguin	1st Career NHL Playoff Game 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist 1st Career NHL Playoff Point	May 14, 2011
David Krejci	1st Career NHL Playoff Hat Trick	May 25, 2011
Tomas Kaberle	100th Career NHL Playoff Game	June 10, 2011
Zdeno Chara	100th Career NHL Playoff Game	June 15, 2011

Tyler Seguin, Jordan Caron, Jamie Arniel, Steven Kampfer and Matt Bartkowski all made their NHL debuts this season.

Transactions

The Bruins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

Trades

June 22, 2010^[4]	To Florida Panthers: Dennis Wideman 1st-round pick in 2010 (#15 overall) 3rd-round pick in 2011	To Boston: Nathan Horton Gregory Campbell
June 26, 2010^[29]	To Chicago Blackhawks: 7th-round pick in 2011	To Boston: 7th-round pick (#210 overall) in 2010
June 26, 2010^[30]	To St. Louis Blues: Vladimir Sobotka	To Boston: David Warsofsky
November 29, 2010^[31]	To Colorado Avalanche: Matt Hunwick	To Boston: Colby Cohen
December 9, 2010^[32]	To Tampa Bay Lightning: Levi Nelson	To Boston: Juraj Simek
December 9, 2010^[32]	To Florida Panthers: Jeff LoVecchio Jordan Knackstedt	To Boston: Sean Zimmerman Conditional 7th-round pick in 2011
December 11, 2010^[33]	To Los Angeles Kings: Marco Sturm	To Boston: Future Considerations^[34]
February 15, 2011^[35]	To Ottawa Senators: 2nd-round pick in 2011	To Boston: Chris Kelly
February 18, 2011^[36]	To Atlanta Thrashers: Mark Stuart Blake Wheeler	To Boston: Rich Peverley Boris Valabik
February 18, 2011^[35]	To Toronto Maple Leafs: 1st-round pick in 2011 Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2012 Joe Colborne	To Boston: Tomas Kaberle
February 27, 2011^[37]	To Anaheim Ducks: Brian McGrattan Sean Zimmerman	To Boston: David Lailberte Stefan Chaput
February 28, 2011^[38]	To Minnesota Wild: Jeff Penner Mikko Lehtonen	To Boston: Anton Khudobin

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Jeremy Reich^[39]	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	1 year, $500,000
Nathan McIver^[40]	Manitoba Moose	2 years, $1.025 million
Nolan Schaefer^[40]	CSKA Moscow	1 year, $500,000
Wyatt Smith^[41]	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	1 year, $500,000
Brian McGrattan^[42]	Calgary Flames	1 year, $515,000
Shane Hnidy^[43]	Minnesota Wild	1 year, $500,000
Kirk MacDonald^[43]	Providence Bruins	1 year, $500,000
Marc Cantin^[44]	Mississauga St. Michael's Majors	3 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract
Carter Camper^[45]	University of Miami	2 years, $1.25 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Dany Sabourin^[46]	Washington Capitals	1 year, $525,000
Andy Wozniewski^[47]	EV Zug	undisclosed
Mikko Lehtonen^[48]	Skelleftea AIK	1 year
Guillaume Lefebvre^[47]	Ocelari Trinec	undisclosed
Steve Begin^[49]	Nashville Predators	1 year, $550,000
Miroslav Satan^[50]	Dynamo Moscow	1 year

Player signings

Player	Contract terms
Yuri Alexandrov^[51]	2 years, $1.46 million entry-level contract
Shawn Thornton^[52]	2 years, $1.625 million
Dennis Seidenberg^[53]	4 years, $13 million
Johnny Boychuk^[54]	2 years, $3.75 million
Mark Recchi^[55]	1 year, $1.7 million
Daniel Paille^[56]	2 years, $2.15 million
Mark Stuart^[57]	1 year, $1.675 million
Andrew Bodnarchuk^[58]	1 year, $577,500
Gregory Campbell^[58]	2 years, $2.2 million
Jeff LoVecchio^[58]	1 year, $605,000
Adam McQuaid^[58]	2 years, $1.15 million
Blake Wheeler^[59]	1 year, $2.2 million
Tyler Seguin^[60]	3 years, $2.7 million entry-level contract
Patrice Bergeron^[61]	3 years, $15 million contract extension
Zdeno Chara^[62]	7 years, $45.5 million contract extension
David Warsofsky^[63]	3 years, $1.9375 million entry-level contract
Tyler Randell^[64]	3 years, $1.8 million entry-level contract
Ryan Button^[65]	3 years, $1.855 million entry-level contract

Draft picks

Boston's picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, California.^[1]^[29]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	2^a	Tyler Seguin	Center	Canada	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
2	32^a	Jared Knight	Center	United States	London Knights (OHL)
2	45	Ryan Spooner	Center	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
4	97^b	Craig Cunningham	Left Wing	Canada	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
5	135	Justin Florek	Left Wing	United States	Northern Michigan University (CCHA)
6	165	Zane Gothberg	Goaltender	United States	Thief River Falls High School (USHS–MN)
7	195	Maxim Chudinov	Defense	Russia	HC Severstal (KHL)
7	210^c	Zach Trotman	Defense	United States	Lake Superior State University (CCHA)

Notes on draft picks

^a1 ^a2 The Toronto Maple Leafs' first and second-round picks went to the Bruins as the result of a trade on September 18, 2009, that sent Phil Kessel to Toronto in exchange for these picks.^[66]
^b The Carolina Hurricanes' fourth-round pick went to the Bruins as the result of a trade on July 24, 2009, that sent Aaron Ward to Carolina for this pick and Patrick Eaves.^[67]
^c The Chicago Blackhawks' seventh-round pick went to the Bruins as the result of a trade on June 26, 2010, that sent Boston's seventh-round pick in 2011 to Chicago for this pick.^[29]

The Bruins' first-round pick, 15th overall, was traded to the Florida Panthers as a result of the trade in which the Bruins acquired Nathan Horton and Gregory Campbell on June 22, 2010.^[4]
The Bruins' third-round pick, 75th overall, was traded to the Buffalo Sabres as a result of the trade in which the Bruins acquired Daniel Paille on October 20, 2009.^[68]

Roster

2010-11 Boston Bruins

Goaltenders

30 – Tim Thomas
35 – Anton Khudobin
40 – Tuukka Rask

Defensemen

12 – Tomas Kaberle
21 – Andrew Ference
33 – Zdeno Chara - C
34 – Shane Hnidy
36 – Colby Cohen
43 – Matt Bartkowski
44 – Dennis Seidenberg
45 – Mark Stuart
47 – Steven Kampfer
48 – Matt Hunwick
54 – Adam McQuaid
55 – Johnny Boychuk

Wingers

17 – Milan Lucic
18 – Nathan Horton
20 – Daniel Paille
22 – Shawn Thornton
26 – Blake Wheeler
28 – Mark Recchi
38 – Jordan Caron
73 – Michael Ryder

Centers

11 – Gregory Campbell
19 – Tyler Seguin
23 – Chris Kelly
37 – Patrice Bergeron
42 – Trent Whitfield
46 – David Krejci
49 – Rich Peverley
52 – Zach Hamill
63 – Brad Marchand
72 – Jamie Arniel
91 – Marc Savard
GM: Peter Chiarelli
Coach: Claude Julien

^[69]

Affiliates

Providence Bruins

The Providence Bruins, based in Providence, Rhode Island, are the Bruins AHL affiliate.

Reading Royals

The Reading Royals, based in Reading, Pennsylvania, are the Bruins ECHL affiliate.^[5] The Royals will again look to compete in the Kelly Cup playoffs.

References

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2010–11 Boston Bruins season

Off-season

Pre-season

Regular season

Standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

Playoffs

Playoff log

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Player signings

Draft picks

Roster

Affiliates

Providence Bruins

Reading Royals

See also

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