Bergeron's career with Bruins by the numbers

Patrice Bergeron's impact went beyond the numbers during his 19-season NHL career with the Boston Bruins, but those numbers are truly impressive in their own right. With the center having announced his retirement from the NHL on Tuesday, it's time to give his statistics and achievements a look.

For starters, the 38-year-old was voted the winner of the Selke Trophy as the best defensive forward in the League last season for a record sixth time.

"He's the best defensive player I've ever had the fortune to watch or see," Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said last month before Bergeron was named the Selke winner at the 2023 NHL Awards.

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However, Bergeron wasn't defined by his defensive prowess alone. His all-around skill and consistency are evident in his various NHL rankings.

Since entering the NHL in 2003-04, he ranks ninth in points (1,040 in 1,294 games played), is tied with John Tavares for 11th in goals (427) and ranks 12th in assists (613). He is also eighth in even-strength points (666), tied with Evgeni Malkin for sixth in game-winning goals (81) and ranks third in shots on goal (3,974). In addition to his offensive production, Bergeron has the best face-off percentage among all NHL players during that span (57.9 percent; minimum 11,000 draws), ranks eighth in takeaways (811) and is sixth among all forwards in blocked shots (847).

Bergeron also was a stellar performer in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, with Boston qualifying in 15 of his 19 seasons and winning the Cup in 2011. Since 2003-04, Bergeron is tied with teammates Brad Marchand and David Krejci for the seventh-most playoff points (128 in 170 games) in the NHL. He also ranks ninth in assists (78), sixth in even-strength points (86) and fourth in shots on goal (561).

Since being selected by Boston in the second round (No. 45) of the 2003 NHL Draft, Bergeron has been a standout in his class. Among those selected in 2003, he has the second-most points (Eric Staal has 1,063 in 1,365 games), ranks fifth in goals, is tied with Joe Pavelski for fifth in even-strength goals (274) and is fourth in power-play goals (131). He is also second in even-strength points, third in power-play points (326), first in short-handed points (48), third in takeaways, and fourth in blocked shots among forwards (847).

Among all active NHL players through last season, Bergeron had the second-best active plus/minus in the League (plus-289), behind Marchand (plus-290), and ranked second in short-handed goals (22), also behind Marchand (33).

Bergeron is one of 30 members of the Triple Gold Club, having won the Stanley Cup, an Olympic gold medal (2010, Vancouver; 2014, Sochi) and a gold medal at the IIHF World Championship (2004, Czech Republic). The only other four active players to have accomplished that are Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Toews, Corey Perry and Staal.

Bergeron, who also helped Canada win the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, is one of four players in NHL history to have won the Stanley Cup, an Olympic gold medal and the Selke (Toews, Pavel Datsyuk, Steve Yzerman).

For all of his on-ice accomplishments, Bergeron also made a mark with his leadership, serving as the Bruins captain the past three seasons. In discussing Bergeron's legacy last month, Montgomery described him as a "great leader, everybody talks so highly of him, but when you're around it daily, it's special.

"You learn from him, and I think I'm a better person because of him."