# 1942–43 Boston Bruins season

The 1942–43 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 19th season in the NHL.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 50 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 169 | 124 | +45 | 61 |
| 2 | Boston Bruins | 50 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 195 | 176 | +19 | 57 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 50 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 198 | 159 | +39 | 53 |
| 4 | Montreal Canadiens | 50 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 181 | 191 | −10 | 50 |
| 5 | Chicago Black Hawks | 50 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 179 | 180 | −1 | 49 |
| 6 | New York Rangers | 50 | 11 | 31 | 8 | 161 | 253 | −92 | 30 |

### Record vs. opponents

1942–43 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 3–4–3 | 4–4–2 | 5–4–1 | 8–2 | 4–3–3 |
| Chicago | 4–3–3 | — | 2–4–4 | 1–4–5 | 4–4–2 | 6–3–1 |
| Detroit | 4–4–2 | 4–2–4 | — | 5–3–2 | 7–1–2 | 5–4–1 |
| Montreal | 4–5–1 | 4–1–5 | 3–5–2 | — | 6–2–2 | 2–6–2 |
| New York | 2–8 | 4–4–2 | 1–7–2 | 2–6–2 | — | 2–6–2 |
| Toronto | 3–4–3 | 3–6–1 | 4–5–1 | 6–2–2 | 6–2–2 | — |

## Schedule and results

Regular season schedule :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | October 31, 1942 | 2–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | L | November 1, 1942 | 0–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 0–2–0 |
| 3 | L | November 5, 1942 | 1–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 0–3–0 |
| 4 | L | November 12, 1942 | 1–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) | 0–4–0 |
| 5 | W | November 14, 1942 | 5–3 | New York Rangers (1942–43) | 1–4–0 |
| 6 | W | November 15, 1942 | 4–3 | @ New York Rangers (1942–43) | 2–4–0 |
| 7 | W | November 17, 1942 | 4–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 3–4–0 |
| 8 | W | November 22, 1942 | 7–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) | 4–4–0 |
| 9 | T | November 24, 1942 | 5–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 4–4–1 |
| 10 | W | November 28, 1942 | 6–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 5–4–1 |
| 11 | L | November 29, 1942 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1942–43) | 5–5–1 |
| 12 | W | December 1, 1942 | 5–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 6–5–1 |
| 13 | W | December 6, 1942 | 5–4 | New York Rangers (1942–43) | 7–5–1 |
| 14 | W | December 8, 1942 | 9–6 | Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 8–5–1 |
| 15 | W | December 12, 1942 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 9–5–1 |
| 16 | T | December 13, 1942 | 1–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 9–5–2 |
| 17 | W | December 15, 1942 | 3–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 10–5–2 |
| 18 | W | December 17, 1942 | 7–3 | @ New York Rangers (1942–43) | 11–5–2 |
| 19 | T | December 19, 1942 | 3–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) | 11–5–3 |
| 20 | T | December 20, 1942 | 4–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 11–5–4 |
| 21 | T | December 22, 1942 | 4–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) | 11–5–5 |
| 22 | L | December 26, 1942 | 2–7 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) | 11–6–5 |
| 23 | L | December 27, 1942 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 11–7–5 |
| 24 | L | December 29, 1942 | 3–5 | New York Rangers (1942–43) | 11–8–5 |
| 25 | T | January 1, 1943 | 2–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 11–8–6 |
| 26 | W | January 3, 1943 | 3–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 12–8–6 |
| 27 | L | January 9, 1943 | 2–7 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 12–9–6 |
| 28 | W | January 10, 1943 | 5–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) | 13–9–6 |
| 29 | W | January 12, 1943 | 3–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 14–9–6 |
| 30 | W | January 16, 1943 | 7–5 | New York Rangers (1942–43) | 15–9–6 |
| 31 | W | January 17, 1943 | 6–3 | @ New York Rangers (1942–43) | 16–9–6 |
| 32 | W | January 19, 1943 | 5–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 17–9–6 |
| 33 | L | January 21, 1943 | 2–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 17–10–6 |
| 34 | L | January 24, 1943 | 3–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 17–11–6 |
| 35 | L | January 26, 1943 | 3–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 17–12–6 |
| 36 | W | January 30, 1943 | 5–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) | 18–12–6 |
| 37 | W | January 31, 1943 | 7–2 | @ New York Rangers (1942–43) | 19–12–6 |
| 38 | W | February 2, 1943 | 5–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 20–12–6 |
| 39 | L | February 6, 1943 | 3–8 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 20–13–6 |
| 40 | W | February 7, 1943 | 7–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 21–13–6 |
| 41 | W | February 9, 1943 | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) | 22–13–6 |
| 42 | L | February 14, 1943 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 22–14–6 |
| 43 | L | February 20, 1943 | 2–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) | 22–15–6 |
| 44 | L | February 21, 1943 | 0–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 22–16–6 |
| 45 | L | February 23, 1943 | 5–7 | Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 22–17–6 |
| 46 | T | February 28, 1943 | 4–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) | 22–17–7 |
| 47 | W | March 2, 1943 | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) | 23–17–7 |
| 48 | T | March 9, 1943 | 5–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) | 23–17–8 |
| 49 | T | March 14, 1943 | 4–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) | 23–17–9 |
| 50 | W | March 16, 1943 | 11–5 | New York Rangers (1942–43) | 24–17–9 |

## Playoffs

The Boston Bruins defeated the Montreal Canadiens in the semi-finals 4–1, but were swept in four games by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1943 Stanley Cup Finals.

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Bill Cowley | C | 48 | 27 | 45 | 72 | 10 |
| Art Jackson | C | 50 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 20 |
| Buzz Boll | LW | 43 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 20 |
| Flash Hollett | D | 50 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 19 |
| Herb Cain | LW | 45 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 19 |
| Busher Jackson | LW | 44 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 38 |
| Don Gallinger | C | 48 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 16 |
| Murph Chamberlain | LW | 45 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 67 |
| Dit Clapper | RW/D | 38 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 12 |
| Jack Crawford | D | 49 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 24 |
| Bep Guidolin | LW | 42 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 43 |
| Jack Schmidt | LW | 45 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 |
| Irwin Boyd | RW | 20 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| Jack Shewchuk | D | 48 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 50 |
| Ab DeMarco | C | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Shill | RW | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Oscar Aubuchon | LW | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Norm Calladine | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Brimsek | G | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch Hiller | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Frank Brimsek | 3000 | 50 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 176 | 3.52 | 1 |
| Team: | 3000 | 50 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 176 | 3.52 | 1 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Art Jackson | C | 9 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 |
| Flash Hollett | D | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| Bill Cowley | C | 9 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
| Herb Cain | LW | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Dit Clapper | RW/D | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Don Gallinger | C | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Bep Guidolin | LW | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| Ab DeMarco | C | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Busher Jackson | LW | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Murph Chamberlain | LW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Jack Crawford | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Oscar Aubuchon | LW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Irwin Boyd | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Bill Anderson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Brimsek | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Schmidt | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Shewchuk | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Frank Brimsek | 560 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 3.54 | 0 |
| Team: | 560 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 3.54 | 0 |
    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;