# 2019–20 Boston Bruins season

The 2019–20 Boston Bruins season was the 96th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924. The Bruins entered the season as the defending Eastern Conference champions.
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled, while the Bruins were awarded the Presidents' Trophy. The Bruins advanced to the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. However, in the second round, they were defeated by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning in five games.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Atlantic Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | p – Boston Bruins | 70 | 44 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 227 | 174 | +53 | 100 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 70 | 43 | 21 | 6 | 35 | 245 | 195 | +50 | 92 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 28 | 238 | 227 | +11 | 81 |
| 4 | Florida Panthers | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 30 | 231 | 228 | +3 | 78 |
| 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 71 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 212 | 221 | −9 | 71 |
| 6 | Buffalo Sabres | 69 | 30 | 31 | 8 | 22 | 195 | 217 | −22 | 68 |
| 7 | Ottawa Senators | 71 | 25 | 34 | 12 | 18 | 191 | 243 | −52 | 62 |
| 8 | Detroit Red Wings | 71 | 17 | 49 | 5 | 13 | 145 | 267 | −122 | 39 |

### Eastern Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 44 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 227 | 174 | +53 | .714 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 70 | 43 | 21 | 6 | 35 | 245 | 195 | +50 | .657 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 3 | Washington Capitals | 69 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 31 | 240 | 215 | +25 | .652 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 4 | Philadelphia Flyers | 69 | 41 | 21 | 7 | 31 | 232 | 196 | +36 | .645 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 69 | 40 | 23 | 6 | 29 | 224 | 196 | +28 | .623 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 6 | Carolina Hurricanes | 68 | 38 | 25 | 5 | 27 | 222 | 193 | +29 | .596 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 7 | New York Islanders | 68 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 24 | 192 | 193 | −1 | .588 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 8 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 28 | 238 | 227 | +11 | .579 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 9 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 70 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 25 | 180 | 187 | −7 | .579 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 10 | Florida Panthers | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 30 | 231 | 228 | +3 | .565 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 11 | New York Rangers | 70 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 31 | 234 | 222 | +12 | .564 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 12 | Montreal Canadiens | 71 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 212 | 221 | −9 | .500 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 13 | Buffalo Sabres | 69 | 30 | 31 | 8 | 22 | 195 | 217 | −22 | .493 | |
| 14 | New Jersey Devils | 69 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 22 | 189 | 230 | −41 | .493 | |
| 15 | Ottawa Senators | 71 | 25 | 34 | 12 | 18 | 191 | 243 | −52 | .437 | |
| 16 | Detroit Red Wings | 71 | 17 | 49 | 5 | 13 | 145 | 267 | −122 | .275 | |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.
2019–20 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

The Bruins played in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed for the playoffs. Boston finished with a 0–3–0 record to clinch the fourth seed for the playoffs.
The Bruins faced the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round, defeating them in five games.
In the second round, the Bruins faced the Tampa Bay Lightning, and lost in five games.
2020 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| David Pastrnak | 70 | 48 | 47 | 95 | 21 | 40 |
| Brad Marchand | 70 | 28 | 59 | 87 | 25 | 82 |
| Patrice Bergeron | 61 | 31 | 25 | 56 | 23 | 28 |
| Torey Krug | 61 | 9 | 40 | 49 | −4 | 33 |
| David Krejci | 61 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 14 | 23 |
| Charlie Coyle | 70 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 21 |
| Jake DeBrusk | 65 | 19 | 16 | 35 | −1 | 14 |
| Charlie McAvoy | 67 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 24 | 41 |
| Sean Kuraly | 69 | 6 | 17 | 23 | −2 | 34 |
| Danton Heinen$^‡$ | 58 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 8 |
| Matt Grzelcyk | 68 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 34 |
| Anders Bjork | 58 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 10 |
| Brandon Carlo | 67 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 33 |
| Zdeno Chara | 68 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 60 |
| Chris Wagner | 67 | 6 | 4 | 10 | −8 | 47 |
| Joakim Nordstrom | 48 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −6 | 17 |
| Par Lindholm | 40 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Brett Ritchie | 27 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −3 | 21 |
| Karson Kuhlman | 25 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| John Moore | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 11 |
| David Backes$^‡$ | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 16 |
| Connor Clifton | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| Jeremy Lauzon | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 29 |
| Nick Ritchie$^†$ | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 19 |
| Steven Kampfer | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Zachary Senyshyn | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ondrej Kase$^†$ | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Jack Studnicka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Peter Cehlarik | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| Brendan Gaunce | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Trent Frederic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Urho Vaakanainen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Carey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Anton Blidh | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Cameron Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Brad Marchand | 13 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| David Krejci | 13 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −5 | 6 |
| David Pastrnak | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 2 |
| Patrice Bergeron | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Torey Krug | 13 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −6 | 22 |
| Charlie Coyle | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −4 | 2 |
| Jake DeBrusk | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
| Charlie McAvoy | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −6 | 24 |
| Ondrej Kase | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| Chris Wagner | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −5 | 4 |
| Sean Kuraly | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 4 |
| Connor Clifton | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 |
| Joakim Nordstrom | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −6 | 2 |
| Zdeno Chara | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 8 |
| Nick Ritchie | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 16 |
| Matt Grzelcyk | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 4 |
| Anders Bjork | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 6 |
| Brandon Carlo | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Jack Studnicka | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| Karson Kuhlman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| Par Lindholm | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| Jeremy Lauzon | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 18 |
| John Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Tuukka Rask | 41 | 41 | 2,401:47 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 85 | 2.12 | 1,189 | .929 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jaroslav Halak | 31 | 29 | 1,833:22 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 73 | 2.39 | 905 | .919 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Jaroslav Halak | 9 | 9 | 543:12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 2.76 | 256 | .902 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuukka Rask | 4 | 4 | 257:10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2.57 | 114 | .904 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Vladar | 1 | 0 | 28:42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.27 | 15 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Bruins. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only. $^‡$Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.