2020–21 Boston Bruins season

The 2020–21 Boston Bruins season is the 97th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924.[1] The Bruins will enter the season as defending Presidents Trophy and Atlantic Division champions. On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada-United States border. As a result of this realignment the Bruins will play this season in the East Division and will only play games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

2020–21 Boston Bruins
2020–21 record8–1–2
Home record4–0–0
Road record4–1–2
Goals for36
Goals against24
Team information
General managerDon Sweeney
CoachBruce Cassidy
CaptainPatrice Bergeron
Alternate captainsDavid Krejci
Brad Marchand
ArenaTD Garden
Minor league affiliate(s)Providence Bruins (AHL)
Atlanta Gladiators (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsBrad Marchand (7)
AssistsPatrice Bergeron
David Krejci
Charlie McAvoy (9)
PointsPatrice Bergeron
Brad Marchand (15)
Penalty minutesCharlie McAvoy (10)
Plus/minusBrad Marchand (+6)
WinsTuukka Rask (5)
Goals against averageJaroslav Halak (1.72)

Standings

Divisional standings
East Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Boston Bruins 11 8 1 2 4 36 24 +12 18
2 Philadelphia Flyers 13 8 3 2 6 46 41 +5 18
3 Washington Capitals 12 6 3 3 4 44 45 −1 15
4 New York Islanders 11 5 4 2 5 25 27 −2 12
5 Pittsburgh Penguins 11 5 5 1 1 33 41 −8 11
6 New Jersey Devils 9 4 3 2 3 23 26 −3 10
7 Buffalo Sabres 10 4 4 2 2 30 32 −2 10
8 New York Rangers 11 4 5 2 3 29 30 −1 10
Updated to game(s) played on February 8, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater amount of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater amount of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[3]

2020–21 game log
February: 3–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
9February 1Boston5–3WashingtonHalak06–1–214Recap
10February 3Boston4–3PhiladelphiaOTRask07–1–216Recap
11February 5Boston2–1PhiladelphiaRask08–1–218Recap
—February 6Buffalo–BostonPostponed due to COVID-19.[4] Rescheduled for March 27.
—February 8Buffalo–BostonPostponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for April 13.
12February 10Boston–NY Rangers
13February 12Boston–NY Rangers
14February 13Boston–NY Islanders
—February 15New Jersey–BostonPostponed due to COVID-19.[5]
16February 18New Jersey–Boston
17February 21Philadelphia–Boston
18February 25Boston–NY Islanders
19February 26Boston–NY Rangers
20February 28Boston–NY Rangers

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)   Postponement

Current roster

Updated February 5, 2021[6][7]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
37 Patrice Bergeron (C) C R 35 2003 L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec
10 Anders Bjork LW L 24 2014 Mequon, Wisconsin
81 Anton Blidh LW L 25 2013 Mölnlycke, Sweden
25 Brandon Carlo D R 24 2015 Colorado Springs, Colorado
75 Connor Clifton D R 25 2018 Long Branch, New Jersey
13 Charlie Coyle C R 28 2019 Weymouth, Massachusetts
74 Jake DeBrusk  LW L 24 2015 Edmonton, Alberta
11 Trent Frederic C L 22 2016 St. Louis, Missouri
48 Matt Grzelcyk D L 27 2012 Charlestown, Massachusetts
41 Jaroslav Halak G L 35 2018 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
44 Steven Kampfer D R 32 2018 Ann Arbor, Michigan
28 Ondrej Kase  RW R 25 2020 Kadaň, Czech Republic
46 David Krejci (A) C R 34 2004 Šternberk, Czechoslovakia
83 Karson Kuhlman C R 25 2018 Esko, Minnesota
52 Sean Kuraly C L 28 2015 Dublin, Ohio
55 Jeremy Lauzon D L 23 2015 Val-d'Or, Quebec
26 Par Lindholm C L 29 2019 Kusmark, Sweden
63 Brad Marchand (A) LW L 32 2006 Halifax, Nova Scotia
73 Charlie McAvoy D R 23 2016 Long Beach, New York
18 Greg McKegg C L 28 2020 St. Thomas, Ontario
86 Kevan Miller D R 33 2011 Santa Clarita, California
27 John Moore D L 30 2018 Chicago, Illinois
88 David Pastrnak RW R 24 2014 Havířov, Czech Republic
40 Tuukka Rask G L 33 2006 Savonlinna, Finland
21 Nick Ritchie LW L 25 2020 Orangeville, Ontario
12 Craig Smith RW R 31 2020 Madison, Wisconsin
23 Jack Studnicka  C R 21 2017 Windsor, Ontario
80 Dan Vladar G L 23 2015 Prague, Czech Republic
14 Chris Wagner RW R 29 2018 Walpole, Massachusetts
67 Jakub Zboril D L 23 2015 Brno, Czech Republic

Draft picks
See also: List of Boston Bruins draft picks

Below are the Boston Bruins' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The rescheduled draft was held October 6–7, 2020 virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 58 Mason Lohrei D United States Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
3 89 Trevor Kuntar C United States Boston College (H-East)
5 151 Mason Langenbrunner D United States Eden Prairie (USHS-MN)
6 182 Riley Duran C United States Lawrence Academy (USHS-MA)

References
  1. National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
  2. "NHL Hockey Standings". www.nhl.com. National Hockey League.
  3. "2020-21 NHL schedule announced". NHL.com. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  4. "Sabres games postponed through Monday due to NHL COVID-19 protocol". NHL.com. February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  5. "NHL postpones additional Devils, Sabres, Wild games due to COVID-19". NHL.com. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  6. "Boston Bruins Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  7. "Boston Bruins Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
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