# 1950–51 Boston Bruins season

The 1950–51 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 27th season in the NHL.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 44 | 13 | 13 | 236 | 139 | +97 | 101 |
| 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 41 | 16 | 13 | 212 | 138 | +74 | 95 |
| 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 25 | 30 | 15 | 173 | 184 | −11 | 65 |
| 4 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 22 | 30 | 18 | 178 | 197 | −19 | 62 |
| 5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 20 | 29 | 21 | 169 | 201 | −32 | 61 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 13 | 47 | 10 | 171 | 280 | −109 | 36 |

### Record vs. opponents

1950–51 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 9–4–1 | 2–8–4 | 5–6–3 | 4–2–8 | 2–10–2 |
| Chicago | 4–9–1 | — | 1–13 | 4–8–2 | 2–9–3 | 2–8–4 |
| Detroit | 8–2–4 | 13–1 | — | 8–4–2 | 8–3–3 | 7–3–4 |
| Montreal | 6–5–3 | 8–4–2 | 4–8–2 | — | 5–3–6 | 2–10–2 |
| New York | 2–4–8 | 9–2–3 | 5–7–2 | 3–5–6 | — | 3–10–1 |
| Toronto | 10–2–2 | 8–2–4 | 3–7–4 | 10–2–2 | 10–3–1 | — |

## Schedule and results

Regular season schedule :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | T | October 14, 1950 | 1–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 0–0–1 |
| 2 | L | October 15, 1950 | 1–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 0–1–1 |
| 3 | L | October 18, 1950 | 0–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 0–2–1 |
| 4 | T | October 22, 1950 | 0–0 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 0–2–2 |
| 5 | T | October 25, 1950 | 1–1 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 0–2–3 |
| 6 | L | October 28, 1950 | 2–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 0–3–3 |
| 7 | L | October 29, 1950 | 0–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 0–4–3 |
| 8 | L | November 2, 1950 | 2–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 0–5–3 |
| 9 | W | November 4, 1950 | 3–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 1–5–3 |
| 10 | L | November 5, 1950 | 2–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 1–6–3 |
| 11 | T | November 8, 1950 | 3–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 1–6–4 |
| 12 | L | November 11, 1950 | 2–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 1–7–4 |
| 13 | L | November 12, 1950 | 0–7 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 1–8–4 |
| 14 | W | November 15, 1950 | 4–3 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 2–8–4 |
| 15 | L | November 18, 1950 | 1–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 2–9–4 |
| 16 | W | November 19, 1950 | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 3–9–4 |
| 17 | L | November 23, 1950 | 1–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 3–10–4 |
| 18 | T | November 25, 1950 | 3–3 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 3–10–5 |
| 19 | L | November 26, 1950 | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 3–11–5 |
| 20 | W | November 29, 1950 | 6–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 4–11–5 |
| 21 | L | December 2, 1950 | 2–3 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 4–12–5 |
| 22 | W | December 3, 1950 | 5–3 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 5–12–5 |
| 23 | W | December 6, 1950 | 5–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 6–12–5 |
| 24 | W | December 7, 1950 | 3–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 7–12–5 |
| 25 | L | December 9, 1950 | 1–8 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 7–13–5 |
| 26 | W | December 10, 1950 | 5–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 8–13–5 |
| 27 | L | December 14, 1950 | 2–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 8–14–5 |
| 28 | L | December 16, 1950 | 1–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 8–15–5 |
| 29 | L | December 17, 1950 | 2–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 8–16–5 |
| 30 | T | December 20, 1950 | 4–4 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 8–16–6 |
| 31 | W | December 21, 1950 | 3–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 9–16–6 |
| 32 | T | December 23, 1950 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 9–16–7 |
| 33 | W | December 25, 1950 | 7–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 10–16–7 |
| 34 | T | December 27, 1950 | 4–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 10–16–8 |
| 35 | L | December 31, 1950 | 0–3 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 10–17–8 |
| 36 | W | January 1, 1951 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 11–17–8 |
| 37 | W | January 4, 1951 | 4–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 12–17–8 |
| 38 | L | January 7, 1951 | 0–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 12–18–8 |
| 39 | W | January 9, 1951 | 5–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 13–18–8 |
| 40 | L | January 13, 1951 | 0–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 13–19–8 |
| 41 | W | January 14, 1951 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 14–19–8 |
| 42 | T | January 17, 1951 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 14–19–9 |
| 43 | L | January 20, 1951 | 1–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 14–20–9 |
| 44 | W | January 21, 1951 | 5–1 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 15–20–9 |
| 45 | T | January 25, 1951 | 3–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 15–20–10 |
| 46 | W | January 27, 1951 | 3–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 16–20–10 |
| 47 | T | January 28, 1951 | 1–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 16–20–11 |
| 48 | L | February 1, 1951 | 2–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 16–21–11 |
| 49 | L | February 3, 1951 | 1–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 16–22–11 |
| 50 | T | February 4, 1951 | 3–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 16–22–12 |
| 51 | T | February 7, 1951 | 2–2 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 16–22–13 |
| 52 | W | February 10, 1951 | 6–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 17–22–13 |
| 53 | L | February 11, 1951 | 1–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 17–23–13 |
| 54 | W | February 18, 1951 | 7–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 18–23–13 |
| 55 | T | February 19, 1951 | 2–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 18–23–14 |
| 56 | T | February 21, 1951 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1950–51) | 18–23–15 |
| 57 | L | February 24, 1951 | 2–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 18–24–15 |
| 58 | W | February 25, 1951 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 19–24–15 |
| 59 | T | February 28, 1951 | 1–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 19–24–16 |
| 60 | T | March 3, 1951 | 3–3 | New York Rangers (1950–51) | 19–24–17 |
| 61 | W | March 4, 1951 | 10–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 20–24–17 |
| 62 | L | March 7, 1951 | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 20–25–17 |
| 63 | L | March 10, 1951 | 3–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 20–26–17 |
| 64 | W | March 11, 1951 | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 21–26–17 |
| 65 | L | March 15, 1951 | 0–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) | 21–27–17 |
| 66 | L | March 17, 1951 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 21–28–17 |
| 67 | T | March 18, 1951 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) | 21–28–18 |
| 68 | W | March 21, 1951 | 6–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) | 22–28–18 |
| 69 | L | March 24, 1951 | 1–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 22–29–18 |
| 70 | L | March 25, 1951 | 0–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) | 22–30–18 |

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Milt Schmidt | C/D | 62 | 22 | 39 | 61 | 33 |
| Woody Dumart | LW | 70 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 7 |
| Johnny Peirson | RW | 70 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 43 |
| Bill Ezinicki | RW | 53 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 119 |
| Lorne Ferguson | LW | 70 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 31 |
| Paul Ronty | C | 70 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 20 |
| Dunc Fisher | RW | 53 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 20 |
| Bill Quackenbush | D | 70 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 12 |
| Pete Horeck | LW | 66 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 57 |
| Ed Sandford | LW | 51 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 33 |
| Vic Lynn | LW/D | 56 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 69 |
| Murray Henderson | D | 66 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 37 |
| Max Quackenbush | D | 47 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
| Dave Creighton | C | 56 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| Ed Kryzanowski | D | 69 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| Ross Lowe | D/LW | 43 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 40 |
| Ken Smith | LW | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| Phil Maloney | C | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Fern Flaman | D | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 37 |
| Hal Laycoe | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Ed Reigle | D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 |
| Ed Harrison | C/LW | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zellio Toppazzini | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Armstrong | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Gelineau | G | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Stephen Kraftcheck | D | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Jack Gelineau | 4200 | 70 | 22 | 30 | 18 | 197 | 2.81 | 4 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 22 | 30 | 18 | 197 | 2.81 | 4 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Woody Dumart | LW | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Ezinicki | RW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| Johnny Peirson | RW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Lorne Ferguson | LW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dunc Fisher | RW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Creighton | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hal Laycoe | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Bill Quackenbush | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Ronty | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ed Sandford | LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Milt Schmidt | C/D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Jack Gelineau | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray Henderson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gord Henry | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Horeck | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Stephen Kraftcheck | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Ed Kryzanowski | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vic Lynn | LW/D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack McIntyre | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Quackenbush | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Red Sullivan | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Jack Gelineau | 260 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1.62 | 1 |
| Gord Henry | 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 380 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 2.68 | 1 |
    Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
    Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;