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Boston Bruins, 2016-17

Be the GM of the Boston Bruins Take over the 2016-17 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference Made the playoffs

2016-17 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
13 82 44-31-7 95 0.579 234 212 +22 23-17-1 21-14-6

Records are wins, then losses, then losses in overtime or a shootout.

Analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Five-on-five, from 82 games. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones. What these numbers mean

54.7Corsi for %2nd of 30 · 3,918 attempts for, 3,239 against
55.4Fenwick for %1st of 30 · unblocked attempts
55.3Shots for %1st of 30 · shots on goal
55.1Expected goals for %2nd of 30 · 157.7 expected for, 128.4 against
49.1Goals for %17th of 30 · 142 for, 147 against
98.1PDO6.8% shooting + 91.4% saves

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 30 teams: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO is left plain, since it is neither good nor bad on its own.

Form through the season

Share of expected goals Share of shot attempts

50%55%60%65%Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected goalsShot attemptsThe team's share over its last 10 games

Each point looks back over the last 10 games at five-on-five. Above 50% the team was getting the better of play, below it the worse. The expected goals line counts each chance for what it was worth, and the shot attempts line counts them all alike.

Lines and pairings

The three forwards and the two defencemen who spent the most time on the ice together at five-on-five, and how the team did while they were out: its share of the shot attempts and of the expected goals, and the goals for and against. Time is minutes and seconds across the season.

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak60501:1363.162.726-18
Patrice Bergeron · David Backes · Brad Marchand46285:3759.362.215-8
David Backes · David Krejci · Ryan Spooner31190:4754.160.211-9
Dominic Moore · Riley Nash · Tim Schaller29121:2351.458.43-2
Dominic Moore · Riley Nash · Noel Acciari17118:0039.947.25-3
David Backes · David Krejci · Frank Vatrano19111:0360.155.24-6
Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Brandon Carlo751035:5452.555.349-44
Adam McQuaid · Torey Krug76881:1355.755.130-33
Kevan Miller · Colin Miller43361:5458.358.610-11
John-Michael Liles · Colin Miller17166:1454.155.44-7
Colin Miller · Torey Krug54151:5670.771.13-2

The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines and pairs that played a fair amount together: at least a tenth of the time of the busiest one. Hover over one for its percentile.

Where the shots come from

Shots for
Shots against

Every attempt in all situations, with the net being shot at on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot. Click a line in a key to see only that kind; Goals marks where each one was scored from.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
1st Round Ottawa Senators Lost 2-4

Value for money

$67MCap space usedthe cap hits of its 23 ranked players
$77.2MWorth at the going rate107.5 goals above replacement
+$10.3MValue9th of 30 · worth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

What the team got for its cap space in the regular season, counting the players with enough games to be ranked and a known contract. A player's season is worth what teams as a whole paid for one like it, and value is that less his cap hit. A player who changed teams is shared out by the games he played for each. How value is worked out

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it. Colours show where each number ranks in the league, from green (top fifth) to red (bottom fifth). Hover over a number for its percentile.

Cap hit is what a player counts against the salary cap this season. A star beside it means a former team pays part of it, and the amount shown is this team's share. Value is what his season was worth at the going rate, minus his cap hit. It appears once he has played enough to be ranked.

CF% and xGF% are the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals while he was on the ice at five-on-five. Rating is goals above replacement: the goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player who played the same minutes. For a player who changed teams, these numbers cover his whole season.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits CF% xGF% Rating Cap hit Value
Brad Marchand L 80 39 46 85 18 81 226 51 60.4 59.7 +15.6 $4.5M+$6M
David Pastrnak R 75 34 36 70 11 34 262 72 57.3 58.1 +17.1 $925K+$10.5M
David Krejci C 82 23 31 54 -12 26 158 40 53.4 53.0 +7.2 $7.25M-$2.1M
Patrice Bergeron C 79 21 32 53 12 24 302 54 61.2 61.9 +15.6 $6.875M+$3.6M
Torey Krug D 81 8 43 51 -10 37 208 59 57.5 57.2 +12.0 $5.25M+$3M
Ryan Spooner C 78 11 28 39 -8 14 145 24 53.8 53.9 +2.3 $950K+$1.1M
David Backes R 74 17 21 38 2 69 175 226 55.9 56.4 +5.3 $6M-$2M
Zdeno Chara D 75 10 19 29 18 59 136 130 52.6 54.7 +7.3 $6.917M-$1.7M
Dominic Moore C 82 11 14 25 2 44 96 63 47.9 48.4 -2.0 $900K-$1.6M
Frank Vatrano R 44 10 8 18 -3 14 116 51 57.6 55.7 +1.9 $793K+$982K
Riley Nash C 81 7 10 17 -1 14 125 67 52.3 54.1 +5.0 $900K+$2.9M
Brandon Carlo D 82 6 10 16 9 59 88 87 52.1 53.8 -1.2 $789K-$985K
Tim Schaller L 59 7 7 14 -6 23 89 73 49.6 52.1 +3.1 $600K+$2M
Austin Czarnik C 49 5 8 13 -10 12 66 19 54.5 53.0 +2.7 $818K+$1.5M
Colin Miller D 61 6 7 13 0 55 85 85 60.2 59.7 +5.5 $1M+$3.1M
Kevan Miller D 58 3 10 13 1 50 49 121 53.7 52.9 +0.8 $2.5M-$1.4M
Adam McQuaid D 77 2 8 10 4 71 64 157 54.5 53.5 +0.8 $2.75M-$1.7M
Drew Stafford R 18 4 4 8 8 12 41 25 48.4 50.1 -0.2 $4.35M-$3.9M
Matt Beleskey L 49 3 5 8 -10 47 79 98 53.6 53.4 -2.6 $3.8M-$4.9M
Jimmy Hayes R 58 2 3 5 -3 29 74 74 51.5 49.8 -1.9 $2.3M-$2.9M
John-Michael Liles D 36 0 5 5 1 4 36 25 53.3 54.3 +2.6 $2M+$239K
Noel Acciari C 29 2 3 5 3 16 24 80 49.0 54.4 +0.9 $793K+$382K
Anton Blidh L 19 1 1 2 -2 7 26 41 57.0 57.2 +0.7 $784K
Peter Cehlarik L 11 0 2 2 0 0 8 7 51.8 53.8 +0.1 $743K
Joe Morrow D 17 0 1 1 -4 8 19 29 53.3 50.7 0.0 $800K
Sean Kuraly C 8 0 1 1 -1 2 11 9 57.0 55.9 0.0 $809K
Danton Heinen L 8 0 0 0 -3 2 7 6 53.8 50.6 -0.6 $873K
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54.5 86.4 +0.1 $917K
Matt Grzelcyk D 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 53.7 50.1 -0.3 $859K
Rob O'Gara D 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 43.1 54.1 +0.0 $925K
Goalie GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Saved above xG Rating Cap hit Value
Tuukka Rask 65 372058 1610 1473 137 2.23 0.915 -3.8 +9.7 $7M-$4.3M
Anton Khudobin 16 7610 405 366 39 2.64 0.904 -3.1 +0.5 $1.2M
Zane McIntyre 8 0410 155 133 22 3.97 0.858 -8.7 -7.4
Malcolm Subban 1 0100 16 13 3 5.88 0.813 -1.7 -1.6

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 8, 2017 vs WSH L 1-3 22 32
Apr 6, 2017 vs OTT L 1-2 (SO) 29 26
Apr 4, 2017 vs TBL W 4-0 38 28
Apr 2, 2017 @ CHI W 3-2 29 43
Apr 1, 2017 vs FLA W 5-2 29 26
Mar 30, 2017 vs DAL W 2-0 24 27
Mar 28, 2017 vs NSH W 4-1 31 25
Mar 25, 2017 @ NYI W 2-1 18 19
Mar 23, 2017 vs TBL L 3-6 31 29
Mar 21, 2017 vs OTT L 2-3 36 22
Mar 20, 2017 @ TOR L 2-4 34 30
Mar 16, 2017 @ EDM L 4-7 36 36
Mar 15, 2017 @ CGY W 5-2 32 23
Mar 13, 2017 @ VAN W 6-3 43 29
Mar 11, 2017 vs PHI W 2-1 27 27
Mar 8, 2017 vs DET W 6-1 29 27
Mar 6, 2017 @ OTT L 2-4 27 29
Mar 4, 2017 vs NJD W 3-2 40 17
Mar 2, 2017 vs NYR L 1-2 33 21
Feb 28, 2017 vs ARI W 4-1 25 23
Feb 26, 2017 @ DAL W 6-3 28 36
Feb 23, 2017 @ LAK W 4-1 25 28
Feb 22, 2017 @ ANA L 3-5 29 25
Feb 19, 2017 @ SJS W 2-1 (OT) 28 30
Feb 12, 2017 vs MTL W 4-0 36 25
Feb 11, 2017 vs VAN W 4-3 30 32
Feb 9, 2017 vs SJS W 6-3 33 26
Feb 4, 2017 vs TOR L 5-6 41 26
Feb 1, 2017 @ WSH L 3-5 33 22
Jan 31, 2017 @ TBL W 4-3 35 21
Jan 26, 2017 vs PIT W 4-3 37 22
Jan 24, 2017 vs DET W 4-3 (OT) 49 26
Jan 22, 2017 @ PIT L 1-5 45 36
Jan 20, 2017 vs CHI L 0-1 30 22
Jan 18, 2017 @ DET L 5-6 (SO) 33 25
Jan 16, 2017 vs NYI L 0-4 32 27
Jan 14, 2017 vs PHI W 6-3 39 24
Jan 12, 2017 @ NSH L 1-2 36 19
Jan 10, 2017 @ STL W 5-3 39 17
Jan 8, 2017 @ CAR L 3-4 (OT) 35 30
Jan 7, 2017 @ FLA W 4-0 37 25
Jan 5, 2017 vs EDM L 3-4 36 25
Jan 2, 2017 @ NJD L 0-3 22 26
Dec 31, 2016 vs BUF W 3-1 28 27
Dec 29, 2016 @ BUF W 4-2 38 33
Dec 27, 2016 @ CBJ L 3-4 40 22
Dec 23, 2016 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 33 23
Dec 22, 2016 @ FLA W 3-1 33 30
Dec 20, 2016 vs NYI L 2-4 50 29
Dec 18, 2016 vs LAK W 1-0 30 18
Dec 15, 2016 vs ANA L 3-4 34 27
Dec 14, 2016 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) 44 37
Dec 12, 2016 @ MTL W 2-1 (OT) 29 31
Dec 10, 2016 vs TOR L 1-4 33 20
Dec 8, 2016 vs COL L 2-4 31 22
Dec 7, 2016 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 34 20
Dec 5, 2016 vs FLA W 4-3 (OT) 36 30
Dec 3, 2016 @ BUF W 2-1 33 36
Dec 1, 2016 vs CAR W 2-1 (SO) 35 30
Nov 29, 2016 @ PHI L 2-3 (SO) 47 21
Nov 27, 2016 vs TBL W 4-1 30 31
Nov 25, 2016 vs CGY L 1-2 36 29
Nov 24, 2016 @ OTT L 1-3 20 26
Nov 22, 2016 vs STL L 2-4 41 28
Nov 19, 2016 vs WPG W 4-1 38 12
Nov 17, 2016 @ MIN L 0-1 25 29
Nov 13, 2016 @ COL W 2-0 46 21
Nov 12, 2016 @ ARI W 2-1 29 32
Nov 10, 2016 vs CBJ W 5-2 32 17
Nov 8, 2016 @ MTL L 2-3 43 23
Nov 7, 2016 vs BUF W 4-0 42 32
Nov 5, 2016 vs NYR L 2-5 37 24
Nov 3, 2016 @ TBL W 4-3 (SO) 31 30
Nov 1, 2016 @ FLA W 2-1 26 34
Oct 29, 2016 @ DET W 1-0 36 24
Oct 26, 2016 @ NYR L 2-5 29 31
Oct 25, 2016 vs MIN L 0-5 27 33
Oct 22, 2016 vs MTL L 2-4 21 29
Oct 20, 2016 vs NJD W 2-1 36 29
Oct 17, 2016 @ WPG W 4-1 25 35
Oct 15, 2016 @ TOR L 1-4 25 24
Oct 13, 2016 @ CBJ W 6-3 37 31