2011–12 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season March 2026 March 2012 NHL 2011–12 2011 Boston Bruins Eastern 2nd Northeast 1st 49–29–4 24–15–3 25–14–1 262 202 Peter Chiarelli Claude Julien Zdeno Chara Patrice BergeronAndrew FerenceChris Kelly TD Garden 17,565 (100%)Total: 737,730 (42 games) Tyler Seguin (29) Patrice Bergeron (42) Tyler Seguin (67) Patrice Bergeron (+36) Shawn Thornton (154) Tim Thomas (35) Anton Khudobin (1.00) Yes The 2011–12 Boston Bruins season was the 88th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on November 1, 1924.National Hockey League The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014 2013 Diamond Sports Data, Inc. 25 978-1-894801-26-3 https://archive.org/details/nationalhockeyle0000unse/page/25 The Bruins entered the 2011–12 season as the defending Stanley Cup champions. Off-season Veteran forward Mark Recchi retired. Forward Michael Ryder went to the Dallas Stars via free agency, and defenseman Tomas Kaberle went to the Carolina Hurricanes. Forward Benoit Pouliot was signed. Regular season The Bruins' opened the regular season with a home loss to the Philadelphia Flyers, whom they had swept in round two of the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs just five months earlier. They recorded their first regular season success against the Tampa Bay Lightning on October 8, a 4–1 home victory against their 2011 Conference Final opponents. The Bruins closed out the month of October with a home-and-home series defeat at the hands of their bitter rivals, the Montreal Canadiens, en route to the worst start by a defending champion since the current playoff platform was adopted in 1994.Deals next for sinking B's?Bruins experiencing historic 'Stanley Cup hangover' The back-to-back losses at the hands of their hated rivals proved the catalyst to a resurgence that saw the team secure at least a point in every game through November, the first time the franchise went undefeated in regulation for an entire calendar month since January 1969.Bruins and Wild had memorable Novembers During this run, defending Vezina Trophy winner Tim Thomas posted a 9–0–0 record and earned First Star honors for the month.Tim Thomas, Jonathan Toews and Joffrey Lupul are NHL's three stars for November With a win over the New York Islanders on March 31, the Bruins clinched an Eastern conference playoff berth. On April 1, the Bruins won the Northeast Division title by defeating the New York Rangers, 2–1. The Bruins allowed only one shorthanded goal all the season, the lowest total of all 30 teams.https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2012.html 2011-12 NHL Summary Playoffs 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs The Boston Bruins qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. The Bruins lost in the first round to the Washington Capitals in a seven-game in overtime series 4–3. Standings BOS BOS Schedule and results Pre-season 2011 Pre-season # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Recap 1 September 21 Boston Bruins 1–2 Ottawa Senators OT Tuukka Rask 0–0–1 2 September 23 New York Islanders 3–6 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 1–0–1 3 September 25 Montreal Canadiens 3–7 Boston BruinsNote1 1 Anton Khudobin 2–0–1 4 September 26 Boston Bruins 2–1 Montreal Canadiens Tuukka Rask 3–0–1 5 September 29 Ottawa Senators 2–1 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 3–1–1 6 October 1 Boston Bruins 3–2 New York IslandersNote2 2 Tim Thomas 4–1–1 Note1 Match played at Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Note2 Match played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Regular season 2011–12 game log October: 3–7–0 (home: 2–5–0; road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 6 Philadelphia Flyers 2–1 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 0–1–0 0 2 October 8 Tampa Bay Lightning 1–4 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 1–1–0 2 3 October 10 Colorado Avalanche 1–0 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 1–2–0 2 4 October 12 Boston Bruins 2–3 Carolina Hurricanes Tim Thomas 16,483 1–3–0 2 5 October 15 Boston Bruins 3–2 Chicago Blackhawks SO Tim Thomas 22,073 2–3–0 4 6 October 18 Carolina Hurricanes 4–1 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 2–4–0 4 7 October 20 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–6 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 3–4–0 6 8 October 22 San Jose Sharks 4–2 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 3–5–0 6 9 October 27 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 3–6–0 6 10 October 29 Boston Bruins 2–4 Montreal Canadiens Tuukka Rask 21,273 3–7–0 6 November: 12–0–1 (home: 7–0–1; road: 5–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 1 Ottawa Senators 3–5 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 4–7–0 8 12 November 5 Boston Bruins 7–0 Toronto Maple Leafs Tim Thomas 19,497 5–7–0 10 13 November 7 New York Islanders 2–6 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 6–7–0 12 14 November 10 Edmonton Oilers 3–6 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 7–7–0 14 15 November 12 Buffalo Sabres 2–6 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 8–7–0 16 16 November 15 New Jersey Devils 3–4 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 9–7–0 18 17 November 17 Columbus Blue Jackets 1–2 Boston Bruins SO Tuukka Rask 17,565 10–7–0 20 18 November 19 Boston Bruins 6–0 New York Islanders Tim Thomas 16,011 11–7–0 22 19 November 21 Boston Bruins 1–0 Montreal Canadiens Tim Thomas 21,273 12–7–0 24 20 November 23 Boston Bruins 4–3 Buffalo Sabres SO Tim Thomas 18,690 13–7–0 26 21 November 25 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 Boston Bruins SO Tuukka Rask 17,565 13–7–1 27 22 November 26 Winnipeg Jets 2–4 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 14–7–1 29 23 November 30 Boston Bruins 6–3 Toronto Maple Leafs Tim Thomas 19,643 15–7–1 31 December: 9–3–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–4 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 16–7–1 33 25 December 5 Boston Bruins 3–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Tim Thomas 18,585 17–7–1 35 26 December 6 Boston Bruins 1–2 Winnipeg Jets Tuukka Rask 15,004 17–8–1 35 27 December 8 Florida Panthers 2–0 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 17–9–1 35 28 December 10 Boston Bruins 5–3 Columbus Blue Jackets Tuukka Rask 18,175 18–9–1 37 29 December 13 Los Angeles Kings 0–3 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 19–9–1 39 30 December 14 Boston Bruins 5–2 Ottawa Senators Tim Thomas 18,088 20–9–1 41 31 December 17 Boston Bruins 6–0 Philadelphia Flyers Tim Thomas 19,948 21–9–1 43 32 December 19 Montreal Canadiens 2–3 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 22–9–1 45 33 December 23 Florida Panthers 0–8 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 23–9–1 47 34 December 28 Boston Bruins 2–1 Phoenix Coyotes OT Tuukka Rask 17,459 24–9–1 49 35 December 31 Boston Bruins 2–4 Dallas Stars Tim Thomas 18,532 24–10–1 49 January: 8–4–1 (home: 4–1–1; road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 36 January 4 Boston Bruins 6–1 New Jersey Devils Tim Thomas 15,832 25–10–1 51 37 January 5 Calgary Flames 0–9 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 26–10–1 53 38 January 7 Vancouver Canucks 4–3 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 26–11–1 53 39 January 10 Winnipeg Jets 3–5 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 27–11–1 55 40 January 12 Montreal Canadiens 1–2 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 28–11–1 57 41 January 14 Boston Bruins 2–4 Carolina Hurricanes Tim Thomas 18,680 28–12–1 57 42 January 16 Boston Bruins 3–2 Florida Panthers SO Tuukka Rask 19,018 29–12–1 59 43 January 17 Boston Bruins 3–5 Tampa Bay Lightning Tim Thomas 19,204 29–13–1 59 44 January 19 Boston Bruins 4–1 New Jersey Devils Tim Thomas 14,941 30–13–1 61 45 January 21 New York Rangers 3–2 Boston Bruins OT Tuukka Rask 17,565 30–13–2 62 46 January 22 Boston Bruins 6–5 Philadelphia Flyers SO Tim Thomas 19,851 31–13–2 64 47 January 24 Boston Bruins 3–5 Washington Capitals Tuukka Rask 18,506 31–14–2 64 48 January 31 Ottawa Senators 3–4 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 32–14–2 66 February: 5–7–1 (home: 1–4–0; road: 4–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 February 2 Carolina Hurricanes 3–0 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask 17,565 32–15–2 66 50 February 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 32–16–2 66 51 February 5 Boston Bruins 4–1 Washington Capitals Tim Thomas 18,506 33–16–2 68 52 February 8 Boston Bruins 0–6 Buffalo Sabres Tuukka Rask 18,690 33–17–2 68 53 February 11 Nashville Predators 3–4 Boston Bruins SO Tim Thomas 17,565 34–17–2 70 54 February 14 New York Rangers 3–0 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 34–18–2 70 55 February 15 Boston Bruins 4–3 Montreal Canadiens SO Tim Thomas 21,273 35–18–2 72 56 February 17 Boston Bruins 2–4 Winnipeg Jets Tuukka Rask 15,004 35–19–2 72 57 February 19 Boston Bruins 0–2 Minnesota Wild Tim Thomas 19,198 35–20–2 72 58 February 22 Boston Bruins 4–2 St. Louis Blues Tim Thomas 18,460 36–20–2 74 59 February 24 Boston Bruins 1–2 Buffalo Sabres SO Tuukka Rask 18,690 36–20–3 75 60 February 25 Boston Bruins 5–3 Ottawa Senators Tim Thomas 19,444 37–20–3 77 61 February 28 Ottawa Senators 1–0 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 37–21–3 77 March: 9–8–1 (home: 5–3–1; road: 4–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 1 New Jersey Devils 3–4 Boston Bruins OT Tim Thomas 17,565 38–21–3 79 63 March 3 New York Islanders 3–2 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 38–22–3 79 64 March 4 Boston Bruins 3–4 New York Rangers Tim Thomas 18,200 38–23–3 79 65 March 6 Boston Bruins 5–4 Toronto Maple Leafs Tim Thomas 19,684 39–23–3 81 66 March 8 Buffalo Sabres 1–3 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 40–23–3 83 67 March 10 Washington Capitals 4–3 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 40–24–3 83 68 March 11 Boston Bruins 2–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Tim Thomas 18,609 40–25–3 83 69 March 13 Boston Bruins 1–6 Tampa Bay Lightning Marty Turco 19,204 40–26–3 83 70 March 15 Boston Bruins 2–6 Florida Panthers Tim Thomas 19,004 40–27–3 83 71 March 17 Philadelphia Flyers 2–3 Boston Bruins SO Tim Thomas 17,565 41–27–3 85 72 March 19 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–8 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 42–27–3 87 73 March 22 Boston Bruins 1–2 San Jose Sharks Tim Thomas 17,562 42–28–3 87 74 March 24 Boston Bruins 4–2 Los Angeles Kings Tim Thomas 18,310 43–28–3 89 75 March 25 Boston Bruins 3–2 Anaheim Ducks Marty Turco 17,395 44–28–3 91 76 March 27 Tampa Bay Lightning 2–5 Boston Bruins Tim Thomas 17,565 45–28–3 93 77 March 29 Washington Capitals 3–2 Boston Bruins SO Tim Thomas 17,565 45–28–4 94 78 March 31 Boston Bruins 6–3 New York Islanders Marty Turco 16,250 46–28–4 96 April: 3–1–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 1 Boston Bruins 2–1 New York Rangers Tim Thomas 18,200 47–28–4 98 80 April 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 Boston Bruins Marty Turco 17,565 47–29–4 98 81 April 5 Boston Bruins 3–1 Ottawa Senators Anton Khudobin 20,500 48–29–4 100 82 April 7 Buffalo Sabres 3–4 Boston Bruins SO Tim Thomas 17,565 49–29–4 102 Legend: #CCFFCC Win (2 points) 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFBBBB Loss (0 points) 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) 1px solid #AAAAAA Playoffs 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Quarter-finals vs E7 Washington Capitals: 3–4 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Boston goals Washington goals Decision Attendance Series Recap1April 12 Washington Capitals 0–1 Boston Bruins 1:18 Kelly Thomas 17,565 1–0 2April 14 Washington Capitals 2–1 Boston Bruins 22:56 Pouliot Brouwer, Backstrom Thomas 17,565 1–1 3April 16 Boston Bruins 4–3 Washington Capitals Peverley, Paille, Rolston, Chara Semin, Ovechkin, Laich Thomas 18,506 2–1 4April 19 Boston Bruins 1–2 Washington Capitals Peverley Johansson, Semin Thomas 18,506 2–2 5April 21 Washington Capitals 4–3 Boston Bruins Seidenberg, Marchand, Boychuk Semin, Beagle, Knuble, Brouwer Thomas 17,565 2–3 6April 22 Boston Bruins 4–3 Washington Capitals 3:17 Peverley, Krejci, Ference, Seguin Green, Chimera, Ovechkin Thomas 18,506 3–3 7April 25 Washington Capitals 2–1 Boston Bruins 2:57 Seguin Hendricks, Ward Thomas 17,565 3–4 Scorer of game-winning goal in italics Player statistics Skaters Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes Regular season http://bruins.nhl.com/club/stats.htm?season=20112012 2011–2012 Regular SeasonJuly 2026 medicmedic Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Tyler Seguin 81 29 38 67 34 30 Patrice Bergeron 81 22 42 64 36 20 David Krejci David Krejčí 79 23 39 62 −5 36 Milan Lucic 81 26 35 61 7 135 Brad Marchand 76 28 27 55 31 87 Zdeno Chara Zdeno Chára 79 12 40 52 33 86 Rich Peverley 57 11 31 42 20 22 Chris Kelly Chris Kelly (ice hockey) 82 20 19 39 33 41 Nathan Horton 46 17 15 32 0 54 Benoit Pouliot Benoît Pouliot 74 16 16 32 18 38 Joe Corvo 75 4 21 25 10 13 Andrew Ference 72 6 18 24 9 46 Dennis Seidenberg 80 5 18 23 15 39 Gregory Campbell Gregory Campbell (ice hockey) 78 8 8 16 –3 80 Brian Rolston† 21 3 12 15 7 8 Johnny Boychuk 77 5 10 15 27 53 Daniel Paille 69 9 6 15 −5 15 Jordan Caron 48 7 8 15 0 14 Shawn Thornton 81 5 8 13 −7 154 Adam McQuaid Macquaid, Adam 72 2 8 10 16 99 Greg Zanon† 17 1 1 2 4 4 Zach Hamill 16 0 2 2 3 4 Steven Kampfer‡ 10 0 2 2 6 4 Carter Camper 3 1 0 1 1 0 Torey Krug 2 0 1 1 0 0 Tim Thomas Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)(G) 58 0 1 1 — 0 Trent Whitfield 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Mottau† 6 0 0 0 –1 0 Josh Hennessy 3 0 0 0 1 2 Max Sauve Maxime Sauvé 1 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Bartkowski 3 0 0 0 −2 0 Lane MacDermid 5 0 0 0 −2 5 Tuukka Rask(G) 23 0 0 0 — 2 Marty Turco(G) 4 0 0 0 — 2 Team Totals — 251 412 663 +60 http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm?fetchKey=20122ALLSAAAll&sort=plusMinus&viewName=plusMinusTeam https://web.archive.org/web/20111015055541/http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm?fetchKey=20122ALLSAAAll&sort=plusMinus&viewName=plusMinusTeam dead October 15, 2011 Team Stats 2011–2012 Regular Season 1071 http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm?fetchKey=20122ALLSAAAll&sort=avgPenaltyMinutesPerGame&viewName=penalties https://web.archive.org/web/20111015055521/http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm?fetchKey=20122ALLSAAAll&sort=avgPenaltyMinutesPerGame&viewName=penalties dead October 15, 2011 Team Stats 2011–2012 Bench Penalties †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Bruins. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only. ‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only. (G)Denotes goaltender. Team PIM totals include bench infractions. Playoffs https://bruins.nhl.com/club/stats.htm?gameType=3&season=20112012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070347/http://bruins.nhl.com/club/stats.htm?gameType=3&season=20112012 dead March 4, 2016 2011-2012 Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Rich Peverley 7 3 2 5 0 4 Andrew Ference 7 1 3 4 –2 0 Brian Rolston 7 1 2 3 –2 0 Zdeno Chara Zdeno Chára 7 1 2 3 –1 8 Chris Kelly Chris Kelly (ice hockey) 7 1 2 3 1 4 Dennis Seidenberg 7 1 2 3 1 2 Johnny Boychuk 7 1 2 3 1 4 David Krejci David Krejčí 7 1 2 3 0 4 Milan Lucic 7 0 3 3 2 8 Tyler Seguin 7 2 1 3 3 0 Gregory Campbell Gregory Campbell (ice hockey) 7 0 2 2 –1 0 Patrice Bergeron 7 0 2 2 0 8 Benoit Pouliot Benoît Pouliot 7 1 1 2 –1 6 Brad Marchand 7 1 1 2 –1 2 Greg Zanon 7 0 1 1 0 0 Daniel Paille 7 1 0 1 –1 2 Shawn Thornton 5 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Corvo 5 0 0 0 3 0 Mike Mottau 2 0 0 0 –2 0 Jordan Caron 2 0 0 0 –1 0 Tim Thomas Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)(G) 7 0 0 0 — 0 Team Totals — 15 28 43 0 http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm?fetchKey=20123ALLSAAALL&sort=plusMinus&viewName=plusMinusTeam https://web.archive.org/web/20120423144942/http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm?fetchKey=20123ALLSAAAll&sort=plusMinus&viewName=plusMinusTeam dead April 23, 2012 Game Stats January 21, 2013 52http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm?season=20112012&gameType=3&viewName=penalties https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154542/http://www.nhl.com/stats/team dead March 5, 2016 2011-2012 - Playoffs - Skater - Penalties - Average PIM Per Game January 21, 2013 Goaltenders Note: GPI = Games played in; MIN = Minutes played; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; SV% = Save percentage Regular season Player GPI MIN GAA W L OT SO SA GA SV% Tim Thomas Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974) 59 3352 2.36 35 19 1 5 1659 132 .920 Tuukka Rask 23 1289 2.05 11 8 3 3 621 44 .929 Marty Turco 5 261 3.68 2 2 0 0 110 16 .855 Anton Khudobin 1 60 1.00 1 0 0 0 45 1 .978 Combined — 4778 2.31 47 28 4 8 2335 184 .921 Playoffs Player GPI MIN GAA W L SO SA GA SV% Tim Thomas Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974) 7 448 2.14 3 4 1 207 16 .923 Awards and records Awards Player' Award Notes Tyler SeguinSeguin, Howard, Toews are NHL's Three Stars NHL First Star of the Week November 14, 2011 Tim ThomasThomas, Toews, Lupul are November's Three Stars NHL First Star of the Month November 2011 Brad MarchandMarchand, Gaborik, Giguere earn Three Stars NHL First Star of the Week December 26, 2011 Zdeno CharaSimmonds, Chara, Smith are Three Stars of the Week NHL Second Star of the Week April 2, 2012 Milestones Regular season Player Milestone Reached David Krejci 300th career NHL game October 8, 2011 Brad Marchand 100th career NHL game October 10, 2011 Chris Kelly 500th career NHL game November 7, 2011 Adam McQuaid 100th career NHL game November 21, 2011 Milan Lucic 300th career NHL game November 26, 2011 Rich Peverley 100th career NHL assist November 26, 2011 Benoit Pouliot 200th career NHL game November 26, 2011 Rich Peverley 300th career NHL game December 6, 2011 Tyler Seguin 100th career NHL game December 8, 2011 Milan Lucic 100th career NHL assist December 10, 2011 Chris Kelly 200th career NHL point December 14, 2011 Shawn Thornton 400th career NHL game December 17, 2011 Joe Corvo 600th career NHL game December 19, 2011 Zdeno Chara 300th career NHL assist January 5, 2012 Patrice Bergeron 500th career NHL game January 19, 2012 Dennis Seidenberg 500th career NHL game January 21, 2012 Tuukka Rask 100th career NHL game February 17, 2012 Carter Camper 1st career NHL game February 22, 2012 Carter Camper 1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point February 25, 2012 Gregory Campbell 500th career NHL game February 25, 2012 Lane MacDermid 1st career NHL game March 11, 2012 Joe Corvo 200th career NHL assist March 6, 2012 Milan Lucic 200th career NHL point March 6, 2012 Max Sauve 1st career NHL game March 11, 2012 Andrew Ference 700th career NHL game March 15, 2012 Zdeno Chara 1,000th career NHL game March 24, 2012 Benoit Pouliot 100th career NHL point March 25, 2012 Johnny Boychuk 200th career NHL game March 31, 2012 Torey Krug 1st career NHL game April 3, 2012 Torey Krug 1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point April 5, 2012 Patrice Bergeron 400th career NHL point April 7, 2012 Transactions The Bruins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2011–12 season, or the off-season between the previous season and this season. Trades July 5, 2011Bruins Acquire Corvo To Carolina Hurricanes 4th-round pick in 2012 To Boston Bruins Joe Corvo February 27, 2012Bruins Acquire Trio of Veteran Players To New York Islanders Marc CantinYannick Riendeau To Boston Bruins Mike MottauBrian Rolston February 27, 2012 To Minnesota Wild Steven Kampfer To Boston Bruins Greg Zanon March 20, 2012Islanders acquire Alexandrov from Bruins To New York IslandersYury Alexandrov To Boston BruinsFuture considerations May 26, 2012Bruins Acquire Chris Bourque from WSH for Zach Hamill To Washington CapitalsZach Hamill To Boston BruinsChris Bourque Free agents signed Player Former team Contract terms Benoit PouliotB's Sign Pouliot, Khudobin, Whitfield Montreal Canadiens 1 year, $1.1 million Josh HennessyB's Sign Tardiff and Hennessy HC Lugano 1 year, $600,000 Jamie Tardif Grand Rapids Griffins 2 years, $1.2 million Marty TurcoBruins Sign Goaltender Marty Turco Red Bull Salzburg 1 year, $600,000 Adam MorrisonB's Sign Morrison to Entry-level Contract Vancouver Giants 3 years, $1.935 million entry-level contract Torey KrugBruins Sign Torey Krug to an Entry-level Contract Michigan State University 3 years, $2.75 million entry-level contract Niklas SvedbergBruins Sign Goaltender Niklas Svedberg to Entry-level Contract Brynas IF 2 years, $1.7175 million entry-level contract Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Michael RyderDallas Stars Agree To Terms With Six Players On First Day Of Free Agency Dallas Stars 2 years, $7 million Boris Valabik Penguins Sign Defenseman Boris Valabik Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $550,000 Tomas KaberleHurricanes Agree to Terms with Tomas Kaberle Carolina Hurricanes 3 years, $12.75 million David Lalibertehttp://www.hamburg-freezers.de/index.php?link=http://www.ehc-wolfsburg.de/nachricht815.html EHC Wolfsburg bound winger David Laliberté EHC Wolfsburg July 7, 2011 July 7, 2011 de https://web.archive.org/web/20110930113127/http://www.hamburg-freezers.de/index.php?link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ehc-wolfsburg.de%2Fnachricht815.html September 30, 2011 dead mdy-all EHC Wolfsburg 1 year Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers Lost via retirement Player Mark RecchiPepin Matt Report: Mark Recchi announces retirement http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/ Boston Globe June 16, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110512024855/http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/ May 12, 2011 dead Player signings Player Date Contract terms Anton Khudobin July 1, 2011 2 years, $1.75 million Trent Whitfield July 1, 2011 2 years, $1.15 million Adam McQuaidBruins Sign McQuaid to Extension July 14, 2011 3 years, $4.7 million Craig Cunningham July 14, 2011 3 years, $1.845 million entry-level contract Zach McKelvie July 14, 2011 1 year, $600,000 Stefan ChaputB's Sign Chaput, Knight & Spooner July 20, 2011 1 year, $577,500 Jared Knight July 20, 2011 3 years, $2.17 million entry-level contract Ryan Spooner July 20, 2011 3 years, $2.17 million entry-level contract Andrew BodnarchukBodnarchuk Signs Extension September 9, 2011 1 year, $635,250 Brad MarchandBruins Sign Brad Marchand September 14, 2011 2 years, $5 million Rich PeverleyB's Sign Peverley to 3-year Extension October 11, 2011 3 years, $9.75 million contract extension David KrejciB's Sign Krejci to a Three-Year Contract Extension December 1, 2011 3 years, $15.75 million contract extension Dougie HamiltonB's Sign Dougie Hamilton to Entry-Level Contract December 8, 2011 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract Johnny BoychukB's Sign Boychuk to Extension February 14, 2012 3 years, $10.08 million contract extension Shawn ThorntonB's Sign Thornton to 2-Year Extension March 19, 2012 2 years, $2.2 million contract extension Justin FlorekFlorek & Trotman Signed to Entry-level Contracts March 25, 2012 2 years, $1.38 million entry-level contract Zach Trotman March 25, 2012 2 years, $1.33 million entry-level contract Tommy CrossB's Sign Cross to an Entry-level Contract April 10, 2012 2 years, $1.575 million entry-level contract Draft picks Boston's picks at the 2011 NHL entry draft in St. Paul, Minnesota. Round s# Player Position Nationality College/junior/club team (league) 1 9Note1 a a Dougie Hamilton Defense Niagara IceDogs (OHL) 2 40Note2 b b Alexander Khokhlachev Left wing Windsor Spitfires (OHL) 3 81Note3 c c Anthony Camara Left wing Saginaw Spirit (OHL) 4 121 Brian Ferlin Right wing Indiana Ice (USHL) 5 151 Rob O'Gara Defense Milton Academy (USHS–MA) 6 181 Lars Volden Goaltender Espoo Blues (SM-liiga) Notes on draft picks Note1 aBoston acquired this pick as part of a trade on September 18, 2009, that sent Phil Kessel to Toronto.https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=291601 Kessel traded to Maple Leafs December 7, 2017 April 20, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100420034408/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=291601 dead Note2 bBoston acquired this pick as part of a trade on October 18, 2009, that sent Chuck Kobasew to Minnesota in exchange for Craig Weller and Alexander Fallstrom.http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=295338 Minnesota acquires Kobasew from Bruins November 8, 2011 October 22, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091022051859/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=295338 dead Note3 cBoston acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 3, 2010, that sent Derek Morris to Phoenix.http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=519818 https://web.archive.org/web/20120227050938/http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=519818 dead February 27, 2012 Coyotes Acquire Morris From Boston Phoenix Coyotes March 3, 2010 The Bruins' first-round pick, 30th overall, was traded to Toronto as a result of the trade that sent Tomas Kaberle to Boston.Bruins Acquire Kaberle from Toronto http://bruins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=553271 https://web.archive.org/web/20110222194229/http://bruins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=553271 dead February 22, 2011 Boston Bruins February 18, 2011 The Bruins' second-round pick, 61st overall, went to Ottawa as the result of the trade that sent Chris Kelly to Boston.Bruins acquire Chris Kelly from Sens http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=552902 https://web.archive.org/web/20110217010312/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=552902 dead February 17, 2011 National Hockey League February 15, 2011 The Bruins' third-round pick, 91st overall, went to Florida as the result of the trade that sent Nathan Horton and Gregory Campbell to Boston.Cats deal Horton, Campbell to B's for Wideman, picks http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=532324 https://web.archive.org/web/20100624080401/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=532324 dead June 24, 2010 National Hockey League June 22, 2010 The Bruins' seventh-round pick, 211th overall, went to Chicago as the result of the trade that sent a seventh-round pick in 2010 to Boston.Trades announced at the NHL Entry Draft on Day 2 http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=532973 https://web.archive.org/web/20100628031042/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=532973 dead June 28, 2010 National Hockey League June 27, 2010 See also 2011–12 NHL season References 2 Category:Boston Bruins seasons Boston Bruins Boston Bruins Boston Bruins Bruins Bruins