2018-19 BOSTON BRUINS Regular Season Record: 46-20-9, 101 points through games played March 23 Clinched 72nd all-time playoff appearance with a 7-3 victory over the Panthers PLAYOFF QUICK HITS Playoff History All-Time Playoff Appearance: 72nd Consecutive Playoff Appearances: 3 Most Recent Playoff Appearance: 2018 (FR: 4-3 W vs. TOR; SR: 4-1 L vs. TBL) All-Time Playoff Record: 306-315-6 in 627 GP (58-65 in 123 series) Playoff Records Game 7’s: 14-12 (13-8 at home, 1-4 on road) Overtime: 57-73-3 (30-32-1 at home, 27-41-2 on road) Facing Elimination: 45-65-1 (31-32-1 at home, 14-33-0 on road) Potential Series-Clinching Games: 57-57-1 (35-22-1 at home, 22-35-0 on road) Stanley Cup Final Stanley Cup Appearances: 19 Stanley Cups: 6 (1929, 1939, 1941, 1970, 1972, 2011) Links Stanley Cup Champions Playoff Skater Records All-Time Playoff Formats Playoff Goaltender Records All-Time Playoff Standings Playoff Team Records Boston Bruins: Year-by-Year Record (playoffs at bottom) Boston Bruins: All-Time Record vs. Opponents (playoffs at bottom) LOOKING AHEAD: 2019 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS Team Notes * Boston returns to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the third consecutive year and 10th time in the past 12 seasons. This marks their 72nd all-time playoff appearance, second in NHL history behind Montreal (83). * The Bruins made the playoffs every year from 1967-68 through 1995-96, a run of 29 consecutive postseason appearances that stands as the longest in NHL history. * The Bruins have faced a Canadian team in the opening round in six of their last nine trips to the postseason (MTL in 2008, 2009 & 2011; TOR in 2013 & 2018; and OTT in 2017), winning both series against the Maple Leafs and two against the Canadiens (2009 & 2011). * The Bruins have played Game 7 in five of their past nine opening round series dating to 2008, winning three times (2011 vs. MTL, 2013 vs. TOR & 2018 vs. TOR) and losing twice (2008 vs. MTL & 2012 vs. WSH). Two others have played more than three opening-round Game 7s since 2008 (WSH: 5 & NYR: 4). * Boston has played more Game 7s over the past 11 years than 13 active NHL franchises have played in their history. Since the start of the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Bruins have played a seventh and deciding game in 10 of 19 series, second only to the Capitals in that span (WSH: 11x; BOS: 10x; PIT: 7x; NYR: 7x; DET: 7x; TBL: 6x; and ANA: 6x). * Overall, Boston has played in 26 Game 7s all-time, the most in NHL history. They own a 14-12 record in those contests, tied with Montreal (14-9) and Detroit (14-11) for the most Game 7 wins in NHL history. * Boston has made history in each of its past two Game 7 victories. In 2013 they became the first team to overcome a three-goal, third-period deficit to win in a Game 7 and last year they became the first team in NHL history to overcome three deficits of at least one goal to win a Game 7 in regulation. * The 2011 Bruins are one of only four teams in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup on the road in a Game 7 deciding-game. The others: TOR in 1945, MTL in 1971 and PIT in 2009. * Boston’s next series will be the 100th best-of-seven series in franchise history (49-50). Montreal (78-42) and Detroit (55-45) are the only franchises to contest as many best-of-seven series. Player Notes * Five players who won the Stanley Cup with Boston in 2011 remain with the team: Patrice Bergeron, Zdeno Chara, David Krejci, Brad Marchand and Tuukka Rask. * After becoming the second European-trained captain to win the Stanley Cup in 2011, Chara now aims to become the fifth player to hoist the Cup at age 42 or older. The only players to do so: Johnny Bower in 1967 (42), Dominik Hasek in 2008 (43), Mark Recchi in 2011 (43) and Chris Chelios in 2008 (46). ^Rangers coach Lester Patrick won the Stanley Cup at age 44 in 1928 after playing goal in one playoff game * Krejci (32-55—87 in 108 GP) and Bergeron (31-55—86 in 112 GP) both rank among the top 10 on the franchise’s all-time playoff points list, with each player less than three points from surpassing both Cam Neely (7th; 56-32—87 in 86 GP) and Wayne Cashman (6th; 31-57—88 in 145 GP). Five players have compiled at least 90 career playoff points with Boston, including Bobby Orr (5th; 26-66—92 in 74 GP). Krejci and Bergeron also can climb the all-time franchise lists for playoff goals and assists. * Tuukka Rask (35-30) needs one win to tie Andy Moog (36-32) for second on the all-time franchise playoff list behind Gerry Cheevers (53-34), who led the Bruins to Stanley Cups in 1970 and 1972. * In Game 2 of the 2018 First Round, David Pastrnak (21 years, 324 days) became the youngest player in NHL history to record at least six points in a playoff game, besting the previous mark set by Wayne Gretzky (22 years, 81 days). Pastrnak shared the League lead with 13 points in the 2018 First Round, tied for the fourth-most points in a series ever by a Bruins player. IN REVIEW: 2018-19 REGULAR-SEASON Team Notes * The Bruins reached 100 points for the second straight season and 23rd time in franchise history. Boston hit the 100-point mark in consecutive seasons for just the second time in the last 27 years – they hit triple digits in 2010-11 (103 points) and 2011-12 (102 points). * Bruce Cassidy become the 15th head coach in NHL history to record 100+ points in each of his first two full seasons with a club, and third to do so with the Bruins (Tom Johnson: 1970-71 & 1971-72 and Mike Milbury: 1989-90 & 1990-91). Since Cassidy made his debut behind the Bruins bench on Feb. 9, 2017, Boston ranks second in the NHL in both wins and points. * The Bruins recorded a point in 19 consecutive games from Jan. 29 to March 9 (15-0-4), matching the 12th-longest team point streak in NHL history and falling four games shy of the franchise record. Five eventual Stanley Cup champions posted a regular-season point streak of at least 19 games en route to winning a championship: the 1977-78 Canadiens (28 GP), 2012-13 Blackhawks (24 GP), 1940-41 Bruins (23 GP), 1976-77 Canadiens (21 GP) and 1939-40 Rangers (19 GP). * The Bruins went 11-0-2 in February, marking the ninth time in franchise history that the club has gone a full calendar month without a loss (min. 8 GP). The only other times in the expansion era (since 1967-68): November 2011 (12-0-1) and January 1969 (10-0-4). * Boston scored a winning goal in the final minute of regulation on March 7 against the Panthers (Patrice Bergeron) and March 9 against the Senators (David Krejci). Only three other teams in NHL history have scored a winning goal in the last minute of the third period in consecutive games. Player Notes * After posting a 16-0-3 record over 20 games played from Dec. 29 to March 9, Tuukka Rask became the third goaltender in NHL history to record at least a point in 19 or more consecutive decisions multiple times in his career. The others: Braden Holtby with the Capitals in 2015-16 (Nov. 12-Jan. 14: 20-0-2) and 2016-17 (Dec. 29-March 4: 19-0-2) and Pete Peeters with the Flyers in 1979-80 (Oct. 14-Feb. 14: 22-0-5) and Bruins in 1982-83 (Nov. 13-Feb. 13: 26-0-5). * Rask (264-147-58 in 491 GP) played in his 469th NHL game in the 2019 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic to pass Tiny Thompson (468) for the most regular-season games played by a goaltender in Bruins history. On Feb. 3, Rask earned his 253rd career regular-season win to pass Thompson for the most in franchise history. * Patrice Bergeron (31-42—73 in 59 GP) became the fourth player with at least three 30-goal seasons for the Bruins after age 30, joining Johnny Bucyk (7x), Phil Esposito (4x) and Rick Middleton (3x). * Brad Marchand (32-60—92 in 74 GP) has established career highs in assists and points en route to the first 90-point season by a Bruins player since Marc Savard in 2006-07 (22-74—96 in 82 GP). Marchand currently shares the franchise record with 25 career shorthanded goals in the regular-season, scoring two this season (tied with Rick Middleton). * David Pastrnak (127-146—273 in 313 GP) has scored more career goals before age 23 than any player in Bruins history, reaching the 30-goal mark for a third consecutive season on Jan. 31. GAME-BY-GAME RECORD, BEST-OF-SEVEN SERIES Overall Record Home Record Road Record Game 1 51-48 (.515) 36-18 (.667) 15-30 (.333) Game 2 51-47-1 (.515) 35-21 (.625) 16-26-1 (.372) Game 3 53-46 (.535) 22-23 (.489) 31-23 (.574) Game 4 52-47 (.525) 23-19 (.548) 29-28 (.509) Game 5 34-43 (.442) 27-21 (.563) 7-22 (.241) Game 6 20-30 (.400) 8-9 (.471) 12-21 (.364) Game 7 14-12 (.538) 13-8 (.619) 1-4 (.200) *Game May 24, 1988 suspended at 16:37 of second period due to power failure not counted in totals above *Game March 31, 1951 called after one overtime period due to curfew, ending as a 1-1 T PLAYOFF SITUATIONS, BEST-OF-SEVEN SERIES Overall Series Record Starting at Home Starting on Road Lead 1-0 35-17 (.673) 26-10 (.722) 9-7 (.562) Lead 2-0 24-7 (.774) 17-5 (.772) 7-2 (.777) Lead 3-0 19-1 (.950) 12-1 (.923) 7-0 (1.000) Trail 1-0 14-35 (.285) 9-10 (.473) 5-25 (.166) Trail 2-0 2-27 (.068) 1-7 (.125) 1-20 (.047) Trail 3-0 0-15 (.000) 0-2 (.000) 0-13 (.000) Tied 1-1 23-17 (.575) 17-8 (.680) 6-9 (.400) Tied 2-2 16-16 (.500) 13-7 (.650) 3-9 (.250) Tied 3-3 14-12 (.538) 12-8 (.600) 2-4 (.333) Lead 2-1 22-9 (.709) 17-5 (.772) 5-4 (.555) Lead 3-1 19-2 (.904) 14-2 (.875) 5-0 (1.000) Trail 2-1 8-25 (.242) 6-11 (.352) 2-14 (.125) Trail 3-1 0-24 (.000) 0-9 (.000) 0-15 (.000) Lead 3-2 21-5 (.807) 16-4 (.800) 5-1 (.833) Trail 3-2 3-20 (.130) 2-9 (.181) 1-11 (.083) SERIES RECORD BY TYPE Series Record Total Series Best-of-7 49-50 99 Best-of-5 5-9 14 Best-of-3 2-4 6 Total-Goals 2-2 4 Overall 58-65 123 GAME 7 HISTORY Date Series vs.