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2020–21 Boston Bruins
Division3rd East
2020–21 record33–16–7
Home record18–7–3
Road record15–9–4
Goals for168
Goals against136
Team information
General manager Don Sweeney
Coach Bruce Cassidy
Captain Patrice Bergeron
Alternate captains David Krejci
Brad Marchand
Arena TD Garden
Minor league affiliate(s) Providence Bruins ( AHL)
Atlanta Gladiators ( ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals Brad Marchand (29)
AssistsBrad Marchand (40)
PointsBrad Marchand (69)
Penalty minutes Trent Frederic (65)
Plus/minus Patrice Bergeron (+27)
Wins Tuukka Rask (15)
Goals against average Jeremy Swayman (1.50)
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The 2020–21 Boston Bruins season was the 97th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924. [1] The Bruins entered 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 played this season in the East Division, only facing opponents from within the new division in a shortened 56-game regular season, and the first two rounds of the playoffs.

On March 25, spectators were allowed back into the TD Garden with a limited capacity of 2,200. This was the first time fans were in attendance at a Bruins home game since March 7th of the previous year. [2] The capacity at the Garden was increased to 25% on May 10. [3] Starting May 29, the venue was able to host fans at full capacity. [4]

On May 3, the Bruins clinched a playoff berth after a 3–0 win against the New Jersey Devils. [5] In the playoffs, they eliminated the Washington Capitals in the first round in five games. [6] The Bruins would lose to the New York Islanders in the second round in six games. [7]

Standings

Divisional standings

East Division
Pos Team
 GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Pittsburgh Penguins 56 37 16 3 29 196 156 +40 77
2 x – Washington Capitals 56 36 15 5 29 191 163 +28 77
3 x – Boston Bruins 56 33 16 7 25 168 136 +32 73
4 x – New York Islanders 56 32 17 7 24 156 128 +28 71
5 e – New York Rangers 56 27 23 6 24 177 157 +20 60
6 e – Philadelphia Flyers 56 25 23 8 17 163 201 −38 58
7 e – New Jersey Devils 56 19 30 7 15 145 194 −49 45
8 e – Buffalo Sabres 56 15 34 7 11 138 199 −61 37
Source: National Hockey League [8]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number 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 number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020. [9]

2020–21 game log

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

Playoffs

Main article: 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs
2021 Stanley Cup playoffs

Legend:   Win   Loss

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 United States Green Bay Gamblers ( USHL)
3 89 Trevor Kuntar C United States United States Boston College ( H-East)
5 151 Mason Langenbrunner D United States United States Eden Prairie (USHS-MN)
6 182 Riley Duran C United States United States Lawrence Academy (USHS-MA)

Notes

  1. ^ Spectators were in attendance, but the exact number was not reported.

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