There’s no ducking the numbers.
The 2024-25 Bruins rank 31st in the NHL in goals scored per game (2.40). Their power play is dead last in the league (11.7 percent). Down the other end of the ice, Boston ranks 27th in goals against per game (3.45) and 25th overall on the penalty kill (75.6 percent).
According to MoneyPuck, Boston’s top netminder in Jeremy Swayman has a goals saved above expected rate of -7.3. In other words, a league-average goalie would have stopped over seven more goals than Swayman so far this fall
It’s downright ugly in Boston — with those numbers painting the picture of a team far worse than their already mediocre 8-9-3 record.