First-Place Bruins Looking to Maintain Recent December Trends

November 29, 2023 02:57pm

The red-hot Boston Bruins (14-4-3, 31 points) are currently first in the Eastern Conference’s Atlantic Division with the third month of the NHL regular season beginning Friday.

So what can Bruins fans and those interested in Massachusetts sports betting expect from the team in December? BetMassachusetts.com utilized ChamporChumps.us to find the records of every NHL team in December from the 2019-20 season to the 2022-23 season.

All teams didn’t participate in the same number of games, so the ranking is based on win percentage. The 2020-21 season didn’t have games in the month of December. Here are the December records:

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NHL December Records Past 3 Seasons

Rank	Team	Record	Win Pct.
1	Carolina Hurricanes	27-8	.771
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	25-8	.758
3	Tampa Bay Lightning	28-10-1	.718
4	Washington Capitals	25-12-1	.658
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	21-10-1	.656
6	Vancouver Canucks	23-12-1	.639
7	Vegas Golden Knights	27-15-1	.628
8	Minnesota Wild	23-13-2	.605
9	Dallas Stars	21-14-2	.568
10	St. Louis Blues	21-15-2	.553
11	New York Rangers	21-15-3	.538
12	Colorado Avalanche	20-15-3	.526
13	Winnipeg Jets	19-17-1	.514
14	Los Angeles Kings	21-18-2	.512
T15	Boston Bruins	18-12-6	.500
T15	Florida Panthers	18-18	.500
T15	Nashville Predators	18-17-1	.500
T15	Ottawa Senators	18-17-1	.500
T15	Calgary Flames	18-16-2	.500
20	New York Islanders	18-14-5	.486
21	Philadelphia Flyers	17-20-1	.447
22	Buffalo Sabres	15-19-1	.428
23	Arizona Coyotes	14-21-1	.389
T24	Columbus Blue Jackets	14-21-2	.378
T24	Chicago Blackhawks	14-22-1	.378
26	Edmonton Oilers	15-24-1	.375
27	Anaheim Ducks	14-21-3	.368
28	Detroit Red Wings	12-21	.364
29	Montreal Canadiens	12-26	.316
30	New Jersey Devils	12-25-2	.308
31	San Jose Sharks	10-23-2	.286
32	Seattle Kraken	6-14-2*	.273*

* — The Seattle Kraken only participated in two of the three seasons included.
Note: Records are listed as wins-losses-overtime losses.

The Bruins (18-12-6, .500) are tied with four other teams for 15th on the list — Florida (18-18), Nashville (18-17-1), Ottawa (18-17-1) and Calgary (18-16-2). The Carolina Hurricanes, who lost in the Eastern Conference Finals last season to the Panthers, have compiled the best record in December (27-8, .771), followed by Pittsburgh (25-8, .758), Tampa Bay (28-10-1, .718), Washington (25-12-1, .658) and Toronto (21-10-1, .656).

One thing is for sure, the Bruins Stanley Cup odds will be high all season, as they look for their seventh Stanley Cup title and their first since 2011.

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Boston (+500) is the favorite to win the Eastern Conference, with the New York Rangers and Hurricanes (+550) a close second. They are also an even-money favorite to win the Atlantic Division, with the Toronto Maple Leafs (+320) and the Panthers (+350) rounding out the top three.

To make the playoffs, Boston is an overwhelming -2000 favorite at Massachusetts betting apps — the Bruins are +1000 to miss the postseason.

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