#NHLPeachy #NHLStats @NHLBruins #BostonPeachy @NHL Bruins’ Historic Season Continues with Playoff Clinch in 64th Game
#NHLStats about the Boston Bruins, who are headed to the postseason for a seventh straight year and 76th time in franchise history. Boston became the first team to clinch a berth in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs by winning Saturday – a victory that saw them become the fastest team in NHL history to 50 wins in a season.
1. The Bruins’ seven straight Stanley Cup Playoffs berths equal their third longest run in franchise history. This will be Boston’s 76th playoff appearance, second most in NHL history behind longtime rival Montreal (85).
2. Three players who won the Stanley Cup with the Bruins in 2011 remain with the team: Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci and Brad Marchand. Bergeron and then-rookie Marchand combined for all four goals in Game 7 of the 2011 Final as Boston vanquished Vancouver to win its sixth and most recent championship (also 1972, 1970, 1941, 1939 & 1929).
3. Only three players have claimed Stanley Cup wins with Boston 10+ years apart: Dit Clapper (1941, 1939 & 1929), Eddie Shore (1939 & 1929) and Cooney Weiland (1939 & 1929). Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci and Brad Marchand all can join that list.
4. Patrice Bergeron (49-78—127 in 167 GP), David Krejci (42-82—124 in 156 GP) and Brad Marchand (49-69—118 in 139 GP) each rank among the top four on the all-time franchise lists for career playoff assists and points, both topped by Ray Bourque (36-125—161 in 180 GP). They all also are among the top six in career playoff goals for Boston, with Bergeron and Marchand tied for second place behind current team president Cam Neely (55 in 86 GP). Bergeron is 13 games from tying Bourque for the most in Bruins playoff history.
5. Patrice Bergeron has appeared in 13 career Game 7s, tied with Patrick Roy and Scott Stevens for the second most in NHL history behind only former Bruins captain Zdeno Chara (14 GP). Bergeron (6-5—11 in 13 GP) ranks tied for third and sixth place on the League’s all-time Game 7 goals and points list, respectively. David Krejci (10 in 11 GP) is tied for the most Game 7 assists in NHL history.
6. Boston has 13 players with experience in the Stanley Cup Final, including 10 who skated with the club in 2019 vs. St. Louis (Patrice Bergeron, Brandon Carlo, Connor Clifton, Charlie Coyle, Jake DeBrusk, Matt Grzelcyk, David Krejci, Brad Marchand, Charlie McAvoy & David Pastrnak). Download the attachment for a full list of active players with experience in the Stanley Cup Final (min. 1 GP in 2022-23, through March 8).
7. Nick Foligno can become the 12th player in NHL history to win his first career Stanley Cup after appearing in 1,100 or more contests, with former Bruins captain Ray Bourque owning the most games on the list – he did so with Colorado in 2001 after 1,612 games. Download the attachment for a full list of active players with the most games played who have yet to win a Cup, along with a list of players with the most contests before winning.
8. Brad Marchand (33-46—79 in 73 GP), David Pastrnak (30-44—74 in 70 GP) and Patrice Bergeron (26-35—61 in 72 GP) have a combined 214 playoff points during Boston’s run of consecutive appearances.
9. In the midst of a career-best season, Linus Ullmark is in position to post the most combined victories by a Bruins goaltender in a single season as he seeks his first career Stanley Cup Playoffs victory. Ullmark, 29, can become the fourth-oldest goaltender to record his first career postseason win while wearing a Bruins uniform – Eddie Johnston (36 years, 136 days old in Game 3 of 1972 QF), Hal Winkler (35 years, 9 days old in Game 1 of 1927 QF) and Tim Thomas (33 years, 364 days old in Game 3 of 2008 CQF) are the only Bruins netminders to claim the first playoff win of their career at age 29 or older. His goaltending partner, Jeremy Swayman (Anchorage, Alaska) can become the second Alaska-born player in NHL history to win a Stanley Cup (Scott Gomez, 2x).
10. Jim Montgomery can become the 26th head coach in NHL history to win a Stanley Cup during his first season with a franchise and the fifth in the last 15 years (also Craig Berube: 2019 STL; Mike Sullivan: 2016 PIT; Darryl Sutter: 2012 LAK; Dan Bylsma: 2009 PIT). Montgomery, who won national titles with the University of Denver Pioneers (2017) and USHL’s Dubuque Fighting Saints (2013 & 2011), can also become the first with at least one Stanley Cup, NCAA championship and Clark Cup as a head coach.
