Four rounds of #NHLStats as the Bruins search for their seventh Stanley Cup and first since 2011:
* David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand, who lead Boston into its first postseason appearance without Patrice Bergeron since 2008, can continue to climb the franchise lists for career playoff goals, assists and points.
* Marchand, the only current Boston player that won the Stanley Cup with the Bruins in 2011, will make the 12th playoff appearance of his NHL career and first as Bruins captain. Notable players in the League’s expansion era (since 1967-68) who captained a Cup-winning club in their first season wearing the “C” for that team include Rod Brind’Amour (2006 CAR), Wayne Gretzky (1984 EDM), Denis Potvin (1980 NYI), Serge Savard (1979 MTL) and Yvan Cournoyer (1976 MTL). Of note, Savard served as acting captain of the 1977 Canadiens during the postseason while Cournoyer was injured.
* Pastrnak, Marchand and Charlie McAvoy are three of the 14 current Boston players who dressed at least one game with the Bruins in the 2023 First Round, where they fell to the Panthers after setting a single-season NHL record for wins. Boston can become the fifth team in the last six seasons to make it to the Stanley Cup Final after winning the Presidents’ Trophy in the previous campaign. It would join Washington (2018 SC Winner), Tampa Bay (2020 SC Winner), Colorado (2022 SC Winner) and Florida (2023 SC Finalist).
* Jeremy Swayman and Linus Ullmark can become the sixth and seventh goaltenders to win the Stanley Cup after winning the William M. Jennings Trophy the season prior. They would join: Patrick Roy (1993 w/ MTL), Chris Osgood (1997 w/ DET), Mike Vernon (1997 w/ DET), Dominik Hasek (2002 w/ DET) and Braden Holtby (2018 w/ WSH).
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OVERTIME: MORE NOTES AHEAD OF THE 2024 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
Records.NHL.com
Overall Postseason Appearances: 77
Consecutive Postseason Appearances: 8
Stanley Cup Wins: 6
Last Stanley Cup Win: 2011
Stanley Cup Final Appearances: 20
Last Stanley Cup Final Appearance: 2019
Download PDFs (all as of March 13, 2024)
* Stanley Cup Winners by Roster
* Stanley Cup Final Experience by Roster
* Conference Finals and Stanley Cup Final Experience by Roster
* Most Regular-Season Games Played, Active Players Without a Stanley Cup Win
* Most Regular-Season Games Played Before First Stanley Cup Win, NHL History
* Most Regular-Season Games Played Without Stanley Cup Win, NHL History
* Information on Stanley Cup-Winning Rosters Since 1917-18
More #NHLStats
* David Pastrnak (1.03 P/GP) is one of five players in franchise history to average at least one point per game in the postseason (min. 50 GP). The others are Phil Esposito (1.44 P/GP), Bobby Orr (1.24 P/GP), Craig Janney (1.06 P/GP) and Cam Neely (1.01 P/GP).
* Brad Marchand (2011 BOS) can become the first player in NHL history to go 13 or more years between Stanley Cup wins with one franchise. The current mark is 10 years, held by Chris Osgood with Detroit (1998 & 2008) as well as Dit Clapper, Eddie Shore and Cooney Weiland with Boston (1929 & 1939).
* Pat Maroon (2019 STL, 2020 TBL, 2021 TBL), Kevin Shattenkirk (2020 TBL) and Marchand are the only Stanley Cup winners on the Bruins’ current roster. Maroon can become the eighth player in NHL history to capture at least one Cup with three different franchises and first since Mark Recchi with the 2011 Bruins (also Joe Nieuwendyk, Claude Lemieux, Mike Keane, Larry Hillman, Al Arbour & Gord Pettinger).
