Roster · 2017-18 · Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins, by the numbers

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Boston Bruins

Season2017-18

Each player is rated out of 100 against NHL players at his position. The bar underneath is his wins above replacement, on a league scale with replacement level marked.

Forwards · 25

Ranked by rating — his percentile among NHL forwards.

R100David Pastrnak82 GP · 1472 min+2.92WAR

L98Brad Marchand68 GP · 1341 min+2.34WAR

L84Danton Heinen77 GP · 1157 min+1.42WAR

L80Jake DeBrusk70 GP · 1006 min+1.35WAR

C77David Krejci64 GP · 1080 min+1.23WAR

L74Rick Nash71 GP · 1211 min+1.15WAR

C74Patrice Bergeron64 GP · 1244 min+1.14WAR

C64Riley Nash76 GP · 1171 min+0.95WAR

R56David Backes57 GP · 878 min+0.78WAR

L55Tim Schaller82 GP · 1089 min+0.76WAR

C40Tommy Wingels75 GP · 862 min+0.48WAR

C39Ryan Spooner59 GP · 902 min+0.46WAR

C37Noel Acciari60 GP · 775 min+0.39WAR

C35Sean Kuraly75 GP · 919 min+0.37WAR

R22Frank Vatrano41 GP · 444 min+0.19WAR

L21Anders Bjork30 GP · 370 min+0.18WAR R14Brian Gionta20 GP · 261 min+0.11WAR

C—Ryan Donato12 GP · 176 min+0.07WAR

C—Austin Czarnik10 GP · 109 min+0.02WAR

L—Matt Beleskey15 GP · 165 min+0.01WAR

L—Peter Cehlarik6 GP · 84 min+0.01WAR

L—Anton Blidh1 GP · 10 min+0.00WAR

C—Colby Cave3 GP · 34 min-0.00WAR

L—Kenny Agostino5 GP · 60 min-0.00WAR

C—Jordan Szwarz12 GP · 138 min-0.00WAR

Defense · 10

Defensemen are ranked against defensemen, never against forwards.

D95Torey Krug76 GP · 1551 min+1.68WAR

D87Charlie McAvoy63 GP · 1395 min+1.23WAR

D78Zdeno Chara73 GP · 1672 min+1.01WAR

D77Kevan Miller68 GP · 1323 min+0.95WAR

D75Matt Grzelcyk61 GP · 1021 min+0.86WAR

D70Nick Holden73 GP · 1388 min+0.75WAR

D67Brandon Carlo76 GP · 1462 min+0.68WAR

D16Adam McQuaid38 GP · 597 min+0.06WAR

D15Rob O'Gara30 GP · 465 min+0.06WAR

D—Paul Postma14 GP · 143 min-0.00WAR

Goaltenders · 2

Goalie WAR reaches higher than a skater's, so the bar uses its own league scale.

G79Tuukka Rask54 GP · 3173 min+3.68WAR

G52Anton Khudobin32 GP · 1781 min+1.45WAR

A rating needs a minimum workload. Players below it show an em dash rather than a rank built on too few minutes, and are listed last by WAR. How this is calculated