# 2014–15 Boston Bruins season

The 2014–15 Boston Bruins season was their 91st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924. Despite earning 96 points, the Bruins did not qualify for the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs, ending their seven-season playoff streak. At the time, this was the most points ever by a team who did not qualify, surpassing the 95 points earned by the 2006–07 Colorado Avalanche and the 2010–11 Dallas Stars. The Bruins held this record for three seasons, until the 2017–18 Florida Panthers tied their record. The Montreal Canadiens achieved the same thing the next season.

## Off-season

On May 21, 2014, the Vancouver Canucks announced that Bruins assistant general manager Jim Benning had been hired as the Canucks' new general manager. Bruins' general manager Peter Chiarelli announced that he would be looking "internally and externally to replace that position". On June 27, Peter Chiarelli announced that club had promoted Scott Bradley to assistant general manager after he spent five seasons as the team's director of player personnel. Chiarelli also announced that Ryan Nadeau was promoted to director of hockey operations/analytics. The club also hired John Ferguson, Jr. as executive director of player personnel. Ferguson had previously been a part of the San Jose Sharks organization since 2008.

## Standings

Atlantic Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 50 | 22 | 10 | 43 | 221 | 189 | +32 | 110 |
| 2 | x – Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 50 | 24 | 8 | 47 | 262 | 211 | +51 | 108 |
| 3 | x – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 43 | 25 | 14 | 39 | 235 | 221 | +14 | 100 |
| 4 | x – Ottawa Senators | 82 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 37 | 238 | 215 | +23 | 99 |
| 5 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 37 | 213 | 211 | +2 | 96 |
| 6 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 38 | 29 | 15 | 30 | 206 | 223 | −17 | 91 |
| 7 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 25 | 211 | 262 | −51 | 68 |
| 8 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 23 | 51 | 8 | 15 | 161 | 274 | −113 | 54 |
Eastern Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | AT | x – Ottawa Senators | 82 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 37 | 238 | 215 | +23 | 99 |
| 2 | ME | x – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 39 | 221 | 210 | +11 | 98 |
| 3 | AT | Boston Bruins | 82 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 37 | 213 | 211 | +2 | 96 |
| 4 | AT | Florida Panthers | 82 | 38 | 29 | 15 | 30 | 206 | 223 | −17 | 91 |
| 5 | ME | Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 42 | 35 | 5 | 33 | 236 | 250 | −14 | 89 |
| 6 | ME | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 33 | 31 | 18 | 30 | 215 | 234 | −19 | 84 |
| 7 | ME | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 27 | 181 | 216 | −35 | 78 |
| 8 | ME | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 30 | 41 | 11 | 25 | 188 | 226 | −38 | 71 |
| 9 | AT | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 25 | 211 | 262 | −51 | 68 |
| 10 | AT | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 23 | 51 | 8 | 15 | 161 | 274 | −113 | 54 |

## Suspensions/fines

| Player | Explanation | Length | Salary | Date issued |
| Milan Lucic | Making an obscene gesture during NHL Game No. 53 in Montreal on Thursday, October 16, 2014, at 19:40 of the third period. | – | $5,000.00 | October 17, 2014 |
| Brad Marchand | Slew-footing New York Rangers forward Derick Brassard during NHL Game No. 644 in Boston on Thursday, January 15, 2015, at 14:30 of the second period. | 2 games | $48,387.10 | January 16, 2015 |

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2014–15 Game Log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Player stats

Final

### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Patrice Bergeron | 81 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 2 | 44 |
| Loui Eriksson | 81 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 1 | 14 |
| Milan Lucic | 81 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 13 | 81 |
| Carl Soderberg | 82 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 10 | 26 |
| Brad Marchand | 77 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 5 | 95 |
| Dougie Hamilton | 72 | 10 | 32 | 42 | −3 | 41 |
| Reilly Smith | 81 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 7 | 20 |
| Torey Krug | 78 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 13 | 20 |
| David Krejci | 47 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 7 | 22 |
| Chris Kelly | 80 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 6 | 48 |
| David Pastrnak | 46 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 12 | 8 |
| Zdeno Chara | 63 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 42 |
| Ryan Spooner | 29 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 2 |
| Dennis Seidenberg | 82 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −1 | 34 |
| Daniel Paille | 71 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −9 | 12 |
| Gregory Campbell | 70 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 45 |
| Seth Griffith | 30 | 6 | 4 | 10 | −2 | 6 |
| Kevan Miller | 41 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 15 |
| Adam McQuaid | 63 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −2 | 85 |
| Zach Trotman | 27 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −2 | 0 |
| Simon Gagne | 23 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Matt Bartkowski | 47 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −6 | 37 |
| Matt Fraser$^‡$ | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −5 | 7 |
| Craig Cunningham$^‡$ | 32 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 2 |
| Maxime Talbot$^†$ | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 2 |
| Brett Connolly$^†$ | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 10 |
| Joe Morrow | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| David Warsofsky | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Ferlin | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Robins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Alexander Khokhlachev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| Matt Lindblad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Caron$^‡$ | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 16 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO |
| Tuukka Rask | 70 | 67 | 4063 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 156 | 2.30 | 2011 | 0.922 | 3 |
| Niklas Svedberg | 18 | 14 | 900 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 2.33 | 425 | 0.918 | 2 |
| Malcolm Subban | 1 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5.81 | 6 | 0.500 | 0 |
* $^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Bruins. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
* $^‡$Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.

## Notable achievements
### Awards

Regular Season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| P. Bergeron | NHL All-Star Game selection | January 10, 2015 |
| T. Rask | NHL Third Star of the Month | February 2, 2015 |

### Milestones

Regular Season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| B. Robins | 1st Career NHL Game | October 8, 2014 |
| S. Griffith | 1st Career NHL Game | October 13, 2014 |
| M. Lucic | 300th Career NHL Point | October 16, 2014 |
| S. Griffith | 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | October 21, 2014 |
| S. Griffith | 1st Career NHL Assist | October 23, 2014 |
| Z. Trotman | 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point | October 28, 2014 |
| J. Morrow | 1st Career NHL Game | October 30, 2014 |
| L. Eriksson | 400th Career NHL Point | October 30, 2014 |
| D. Seidenberg | 200th Career NHL Point | October 30, 2014 |
| M. Lucic | 500th Career NHL Game | November 6, 2014 |
| B. Marchand | 100th Career NHL Assist | November 15, 2014 |
| C. Soderberg | 100th Career NHL Game | November 21, 2014 |
| T. Krug | 100th Career NHL Game | November 22, 2014 |
| D. Pastrnak | 1st Career NHL Game | November 24, 2014 |
| J. Morrow | 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | November 24, 2014 |
| D. Pastrnak | 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point | December 1, 2014 |
| S. Gagne | 600th Career NHL Point | December 1, 2014 |
| B. Marchand | 200th Career NHL Point | December 4, 2014 |
| B. Marchand | 100th Career NHL Goal | December 6, 2014 |
| C. Cunningham | 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | December 13, 2014 |
| M. Bartkowski | 100th Career NHL Game | December 21, 2014 |
| C. Kelly | 700th Career NHL Game | January 8, 2015 |
| P. Bergeron | 700th Career NHL Game | January 8, 2015 |
| D. Pastrnak | 1st Career NHL Goal | January 10, 2015 |
| D. Krejci | 400th Career NHL Point | January 21, 2015 |
| G. Campbell | 700th Career NHL Game | February 10, 2015 |
| B. Ferlin | 1st Career NHL Game | February 20, 2015 |
| M. Subban | 1st Career NHL Game | February 20, 2015 |
| P. Bergeron | 200th Career NHL Goal | February 22, 2015 |
| B. Ferlin | 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point | February 22, 2015 |
| R. Spooner | 1st Career NHL Goal | February 27, 2015 |
| M. Lucic | 200th Career NHL Assist | March 10, 2015 |
| Z. Trotman | 1st Career NHL Goal | April 2, 2015 |
| R. Smith | 100th Career NHL Point | April 2, 2015 |
| R. Smith | 200th Career NHL Game | April 4, 2015 |

## Transactions

The Bruins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season:

### Trades

| October 4, 2014 | To New York Islanders Johnny Boychuk | To Boston Bruins PHI's 2nd-round pick in 2015 NYI's 2nd-round pick in 2016 conditional 3rd-round pick in 2015 |
| March 2, 2015 | To Tampa Bay Lightning 2nd-round pick in 2015 2nd-round pick in 2016 | To Boston Bruins Brett Connolly |
| March 2, 2015 | To Colorado Avalanche Jordan Caron 6th-round pick in 2016 | To Boston Bruins Maxime Talbot Paul Carey |
| March 2, 2015 | To Minnesota Wild Jared Knight | To Boston Bruins Zack Phillips |
| June 25, 2015 | To Colorado Avalanche Carl Soderberg (rights) | To Boston Bruins BOS's 6th-round pick in 2016 |

### Player signings

| Date | Player | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) |
| July 15, 2014 | Matt Bartkowski | 1 year, $1.25 million |
| July 15, 2014 | David Pastrnak | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| July 16, 2014 | Jordan Caron | 1 year, $600,000 |
| July 18, 2014 | Tommy Cross | 1 year, $600,000 |
| July 18, 2014 | Craig Cunningham | 1 year, $600,000 |
| July 18, 2014 | Justin Florek | 1 year, $600,000 |
| July 18, 2014 | Tyler Randell | 1 year, $575,000 |
| July 18, 2014 | Zach Trotman | 2 years, $1.25 million |
| July 24, 2014 | David Warsofsky | 1 year, $600,000 |
| September 4, 2014 | David Krejci | 6 years, $43.5 million contract extension |
| September 5, 2014 | Matt Fraser | 1 year, $625,000 |
| September 29, 2014 | Reilly Smith | 1 year, $1.4 million |
| September 29, 2014 | Torey Krug | 1 year, $1.4 million |
| March 6, 2015 | Reilly Smith | 2 years, $6.85 million contract extension |
| March 6, 2015 | Torey Krug | 1 year, $3.4 million contract extension |
| May 29, 2015 | Anton Blidh | 3 years, entry-level contract |
| June 18, 2015 | Tommy Cross | 1 year, $600,000 |
| June 18, 2015 | Tyler Randell | 1 year, $600,000 |
| June 23, 2015 | Zane McIntyre | 2 years, entry-level contract |

### Other

| Name | Date | Details |
| Joe Sacco | July 24, 2014 | Named as an Assistant Coach |

## Draft picks

Below are the Boston Bruins' selections made at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 25 | David Pastrnak | (RW) | Czech Republic | Sodertalje SK (HockeyAllsvenskan) |
| 2 | 56 | Ryan Donato | (C) | United States | Dexter School (USHS–MA) |
| 4 | 116 | Danton Heinen | (F) | Canada | Surrey Eagles (BCHL) |
| 5 | 146 | Anders Bjork | (LW) | United States | US NTDP (USHL) |
| 7 | 206 | Emil Johansson | D | Sweden | HV71 Jr. (Sweden-Jr.) |

### Draft notes

* Boston's third-round pick will go to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014, that sent Andrej Meszaros to Boston in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Philadelphia will receive a third-round pick in 2014 if Meszaros does not re-sign with Boston prior to the 2014 NHL Entry Draft – was converted on June 27, 2014.
* Boston's sixth-round pick will go to the St. Louis Blues, as the result of a trade on April 3, 2013, that sent Wade Redden to Boston, in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – St. Louis will receive a sixth-round pick in 2014 if Redden appears in one playoff game in 2013 for the Bruins – was converted on May 1, 2013.