2012–13 Boston Bruins season

The 2012–13 Boston Bruins season was their 89th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a lockout. In the playoff, the Bruins eliminated the Pittsburgh Penguins in four games to capture the Eastern Conference championship, but lost the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals to the Western Conference playoff champion Chicago Blackhawks in six games.

2012–13 Boston Bruins
Eastern Conference champions
Division2nd Northeast
Conference4th Eastern
2012–13 record28–14–6
Home record16–5–3
Road record12–9–3
Goals for131
Goals against109
Team information
General managerPeter Chiarelli
CoachClaude Julien
CaptainZdeno Chara
Alternate captainsPatrice Bergeron
Andrew Ference
Chris Kelly
ArenaTD Garden
Average attendance17,565 (100%)
Team leaders
GoalsBrad Marchand (18)
AssistsDavid Krejci (23)
PointsBrad Marchand (36)
Penalty minutesMilan Lucic (75)
Plus/minusPatrice Bergeron (+24)
WinsTuukka Rask (19)
Goals against averageTuukka Rask (2.00)

The Bruins also traded for veteran Jaromir Jagr for the remainder of the season and after playing a brief stint with the Dallas Stars, he made his first Stanley Cup Finals since 1992 with the Pittsburgh Penguins, coincidentally it was also against the Blackhawks.

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