Backcheck
Morning report · executive brief

Boston Bruins

By the ModelMon, Sep 21Latest file · Tue, Apr 142025-26last seasonAs of Sun, Sep 20
Executive summary

Last time out (Tue, Apr 14): NJD 0 - 4 BOS — a win over the Devils.

Bruins: a outshot/run-and-gun team (0.0% 5v5 xG) with league-average goaltending, flagged for regression (2 signals).

Season complete · final ledger
82
Games filed
45
Wins (all)
37
Losses (all)
272
Goals for
250
Goals against

No scheduled fixture on file — counts from published recaps; OT/SO losses count as losses

Regression watch
  • PDO 1.022 — running hot at 5v5; expect negative regression.
  • Team finishing is +21 goals above xG — shooting luck likely to cool.
Schedule load · logistics

How hard is this team’s season, logistically? This grades the schedule itself — travel, rest, and clustering — separate from how good the team is.

Logistics, not talent

Schedule load

DEPTH
Load index
36/ 100 · pctile vs league

The 21st-heaviest schedule in the league84 games, 1.3 days average rest.

Total travel
40,713
road miles flown
14
Back-to-backs
2 games, 0 days off
13
3-in-4s
3 games / 4 nights
13
4-in-6s
4 games / 6 nights
4
Longest road trip
4,277 mi
Rest-days distribution
0d14
1d42
2d20
3+d7

Nights of rest before each game · 0 days = red, 3+ = green

Rest advantage

23 games with more rest than the opponent · 25 with fewer · 34 even.

Hardest stretches
  • 6 games in 11 days with 5,379 travel miles

    Feb 15Feb 25

  • 6 games in 11 days with 5,152 travel miles

    Jan 18Jan 28

  • 6 games in 13 days with 5,826 travel miles

    Oct 10Oct 22

Source · NHL schedule · arena coordinates · rest & travel model
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