2015-16
Rank: 29
Total Power Plays: 202
Power Plays Per Game: 2.81
The Boston Bruins are currently ranked in 29th in power play opportunities per game with 202 total power plays resulting in 2.81 PP/G. The Bruins are doing their best to overcome the odds that are set against them with referees not helping them, but recent-results haven’t been encouraging. Despite the Bruins being ranked so low in power play opportunities per game, however, the team is still in fourth place in the eastern conference and second in the Atlantic Division with a 39-25-8 record, good for 86 points.
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Numbers don’t lie, and the Boston Bruins simply aren’t catching a break from NHL referees. The Bruins will continue to play their game the way they are instructed by head coach Claude Julien, but it’s only a matter of time before their frustration boils over and becomes too much to handle — an issue the NHL is looking to avoid amid all of their recent injuries and lawsuits occurring as a result of concussions.