# 1953–54 Boston Bruins season

The 1953–54 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 30th 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 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 191 | 132 | +59 | 88 |
| 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 195 | 141 | +54 | 81 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 32 | 24 | 14 | 152 | 131 | +21 | 78 |
| 4 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 177 | 181 | −4 | 74 |
| 5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 29 | 31 | 10 | 161 | 182 | −21 | 68 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 12 | 51 | 7 | 133 | 242 | −109 | 31 |

### Record vs. opponents

1953–54 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 11–1–2 | 3–8–3 | 4–6–4 | 7–7 | 7–6–1 |
| Chicago | 1–11–2 | — | 2–11–1 | 3–9–2 | 3–9–2 | 3–11 |
| Detroit | 8–3–3 | 11–2–1 | — | 6–6–2 | 6–5–3 | 6–3–5 |
| Montreal | 6–4–4 | 9–3–2 | 6–6–2 | — | 9–5 | 5–6–3 |
| New York | 7–7 | 9–3–2 | 5–6–3 | 5–9 | — | 3–6–5 |
| Toronto | 6–7–1 | 11–3 | 3–6–5 | 6–5–3 | 6–3–5 | — |

## Schedule and results

Regular season schedule :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 11, 1953 | 4–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | L | October 15, 1953 | 1–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | L | October 17, 1953 | 2–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 1–2–0 |
| 4 | W | October 18, 1953 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1953–54) | 2–2–0 |
| 5 | L | October 22, 1953 | 3–4 | @ New York Rangers (1953–54) | 2–3–0 |
| 6 | W | October 24, 1953 | 3–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) | 3–3–0 |
| 7 | W | October 25, 1953 | 4–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 4–3–0 |
| 8 | W | October 31, 1953 | 3–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 5–3–0 |
| 9 | T | November 1, 1953 | 0–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 5–3–1 |
| 10 | W | November 5, 1953 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 6–3–1 |
| 11 | L | November 7, 1953 | 2–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 6–4–1 |
| 12 | W | November 8, 1953 | 2–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 7–4–1 |
| 13 | T | November 11, 1953 | 2–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 7–4–2 |
| 14 | L | November 14, 1953 | 0–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) | 7–5–2 |
| 15 | T | November 15, 1953 | 1–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) | 7–5–3 |
| 16 | L | November 19, 1953 | 2–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 7–6–3 |
| 17 | W | November 20, 1953 | 2–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 8–6–3 |
| 18 | T | November 22, 1953 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 8–6–4 |
| 19 | L | November 25, 1953 | 3–5 | @ New York Rangers (1953–54) | 8–7–4 |
| 20 | W | November 26, 1953 | 5–2 | New York Rangers (1953–54) | 9–7–4 |
| 21 | W | November 29, 1953 | 2–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) | 10–7–4 |
| 22 | W | December 3, 1953 | 3–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 11–7–4 |
| 23 | L | December 5, 1953 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 11–8–4 |
| 24 | L | December 6, 1953 | 2–7 | Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 11–9–4 |
| 25 | W | December 10, 1953 | 6–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 12–9–4 |
| 26 | L | December 12, 1953 | 1–7 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 12–10–4 |
| 27 | T | December 13, 1953 | 2–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 12–10–5 |
| 28 | L | December 16, 1953 | 3–4 | @ New York Rangers (1953–54) | 12–11–5 |
| 29 | W | December 17, 1953 | 3–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) | 13–11–5 |
| 30 | L | December 19, 1953 | 3–7 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 13–12–5 |
| 31 | L | December 20, 1953 | 2–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 13–13–5 |
| 32 | W | December 25, 1953 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 14–13–5 |
| 33 | L | December 27, 1953 | 1–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 14–14–5 |
| 34 | W | December 29, 1953 | 6–2 | @ New York Rangers (1953–54) | 15–14–5 |
| 35 | L | January 1, 1954 | 1–2 | New York Rangers (1953–54) | 15–15–5 |
| 36 | T | January 2, 1954 | 1–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 15–15–6 |
| 37 | L | January 7, 1954 | 1–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 15–16–6 |
| 38 | L | January 9, 1954 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) | 15–17–6 |
| 39 | W | January 10, 1954 | 5–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 16–17–6 |
| 40 | L | January 14, 1954 | 1–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 16–18–6 |
| 41 | L | January 16, 1954 | 1–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 16–19–6 |
| 42 | W | January 17, 1954 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 17–19–6 |
| 43 | L | January 20, 1954 | 3–8 | @ New York Rangers (1953–54) | 17–20–6 |
| 44 | W | January 21, 1954 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 18–20–6 |
| 45 | L | January 23, 1954 | 3–4 | New York Rangers (1953–54) | 18–21–6 |
| 46 | W | January 24, 1954 | 2–1 | New York Rangers (1953–54) | 19–21–6 |
| 47 | W | January 28, 1954 | 3–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 20–21–6 |
| 48 | L | January 30, 1954 | 2–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) | 20–22–6 |
| 49 | W | January 31, 1954 | 2–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) | 21–22–6 |
| 50 | L | February 4, 1954 | 0–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 21–23–6 |
| 51 | L | February 6, 1954 | 2–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 21–24–6 |
| 52 | T | February 7, 1954 | 1–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 21–24–7 |
| 53 | W | February 10, 1954 | 3–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) | 22–24–7 |
| 54 | L | February 11, 1954 | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) | 22–25–7 |
| 55 | W | February 13, 1954 | 1–0 | New York Rangers (1953–54) | 23–25–7 |
| 56 | W | February 14, 1954 | 4–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 24–25–7 |
| 57 | L | February 17, 1954 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1953–54) | 24–26–7 |
| 58 | L | February 20, 1954 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) | 24–27–7 |
| 59 | W | February 21, 1954 | 4–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 25–27–7 |
| 60 | W | February 24, 1954 | 5–3 | @ New York Rangers (1953–54) | 26–27–7 |
| 61 | T | March 4, 1954 | 1–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 26–27–8 |
| 62 | T | March 6, 1954 | 3–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) | 26–27–9 |
| 63 | W | March 7, 1954 | 6–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 27–27–9 |
| 64 | W | March 11, 1954 | 1–0 | New York Rangers (1953–54) | 28–27–9 |
| 65 | W | March 13, 1954 | 2–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) | 29–27–9 |
| 66 | W | March 14, 1954 | 3–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) | 30–27–9 |
| 67 | W | March 16, 1954 | 4–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 31–27–9 |
| 68 | T | March 18, 1954 | 3–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) | 31–27–10 |
| 69 | L | March 19, 1954 | 0–7 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 31–28–10 |
| 70 | W | March 21, 1954 | 9–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) | 32–28–10 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Ed Sandford | LW | 70 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 42 |
| Fleming MacKell | C | 67 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 60 |
| Johnny Peirson | RW | 68 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 55 |
| Dave Creighton | C | 69 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 27 |
| Joe Klukay | LW | 70 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 27 |
| Leo Labine | RW | 68 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 57 |
| Cal Gardner | C | 70 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 62 |
| Milt Schmidt | C/D | 62 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 28 |
| Doug Mohns | LW/D | 70 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 27 |
| Frank Martin | D | 68 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 38 |
| Hal Laycoe | D | 58 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 29 |
| Bill Quackenbush | D | 45 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 6 |
| Warren Godfrey | D | 70 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 71 |
| Bob Armstrong | D | 64 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 81 |
| Woody Dumart | LW | 69 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Ray Gariepy | D | 35 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 39 |
| Gus Bodnar | C | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| Real Chevrefils | LW | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Jerry Toppazzini | RW | 37 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 24 |
| Jim Henry | G | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Jim Henry | 4200 | 70 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 181 | 2.59 | 8 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 181 | 2.59 | 8 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Cal Gardner | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Fleming MacKell | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Doug Mohns | LW/D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Milt Schmidt | C/D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Bob Armstrong | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Leo Labine | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Frank Martin | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ed Sandford | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Gus Bodnar | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Brown | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dave Creighton | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Woody Dumart | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guyle Fielder | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Warren Godfrey | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jim Henry | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Klukay | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Laycoe | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Peirson | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Quackenbush | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Jim Henry | 240 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 4.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 240 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 4.00 | 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;