2010–11 Boston Bruins season

2010–11 Boston Bruins
Stanley Cup Champions
Eastern Conference Champions
Northeast Division Champions
Division	1st Northeast
Conference	3rd Eastern
2010–11 record	46–25–11
Home record	22–13–6
Road record	24–12–5
Goals for	246
Goals against	195
Team information
General Manager	Peter Chiarelli
Coach	Claude Julien
Captain	Zdeno Chara
Alternate captains	Patrice Bergeron Mark Recchi
Arena	TD Garden
Average attendance	17,565 (100%) Total: 702,600
Team leaders
Goals	Milan Lucic (30)
Assists	David Krejci (49)
Points	David Krejci (62) Milan Lucic (62)
Penalties in minutes	Shawn Thornton (122)
Plus/minus	Zdeno Chara (+33)
Wins	Tim Thomas (35)
Goals against average	Tim Thomas (2.00)
<2009–10 2011–12>

The 2011 Stanley Cup champion Bruins meet U.S. President Barack Obama.

The 2010–11 Boston Bruins season was the 87th season of play for the National Hockey League franchise. The Bruins were the winners of the 2011 Stanley Cup championship.

Off-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 Panthers^1		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 Select^2		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 Bruins^1 Tuukka Rask 15,299 0–1–0 0 2 October 10 Boston Bruins 3–0 Phoenix Coyotes^1 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

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. 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