# 1958–59 Boston Bruins season

The 1958–59 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 35th season in the NHL.

## Offseason

Claimed Jen-Guy Gendron and Gord Redahl from the New York Rangers, Earl Reibel from Chicago. Traded Allan Stanley to Toronto for Jim Morrison.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 39 | 18 | 13 | 258 | 158 | +100 | 91 |
| 2 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 32 | 29 | 9 | 205 | 215 | −10 | 73 |
| 3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 197 | 208 | −11 | 69 |
| 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 189 | 201 | −12 | 65 |
| 5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 201 | 217 | −16 | 64 |
| 6 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 25 | 37 | 8 | 167 | 218 | −51 | 58 |

### Record vs. opponents

1958–59 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 6–7–1 | 8–5–1 | 6–6–2 | 6–5–3 | 6–6–2 |
| Chicago | 7–6–1 | — | 6–7–1 | 1–8–5 | 7–4–3 | 7–4–3 |
| Detroit | 5–8–1 | 7–6–1 | — | 1–9–4 | 6–7–1 | 6–7–1 |
| Montreal | 6–6–2 | 8–1–5 | 9–1–4 | — | 8–5–1 | 8–5–1 |
| New York | 5–6–3 | 4–7–3 | 7–6–1 | 5–8–1 | — | 5–5–4 |
| Toronto | 6–6–2 | 4–7–3 | 7–6–1 | 5–8–1 | 5–5–4 | — |

## Schedule and results

Regular season schedule :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | October 9, 1958 | 2–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | T | October 11, 1958 | 4–4 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 0–1–1 |
| 3 | W | October 12, 1958 | 4–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 1–1–1 |
| 4 | T | October 15, 1958 | 4–4 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 1–1–2 |
| 5 | L | October 18, 1958 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 1–2–2 |
| 6 | W | October 19, 1958 | 4–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 2–2–2 |
| 7 | L | October 23, 1958 | 1–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 2–3–2 |
| 8 | W | October 25, 1958 | 5–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 3–3–2 |
| 9 | T | October 29, 1958 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 3–3–3 |
| 10 | W | October 30, 1958 | 5–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 4–3–3 |
| 11 | W | November 1, 1958 | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 5–3–3 |
| 12 | W | November 2, 1958 | 2–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 6–3–3 |
| 13 | L | November 8, 1958 | 3–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 6–4–3 |
| 14 | L | November 9, 1958 | 1–5 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 6–5–3 |
| 15 | W | November 11, 1958 | 8–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 7–5–3 |
| 16 | L | November 13, 1958 | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 7–6–3 |
| 17 | L | November 15, 1958 | 2–4 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 7–7–3 |
| 18 | T | November 16, 1958 | 4–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 7–7–4 |
| 19 | L | November 18, 1958 | 0–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 7–8–4 |
| 20 | L | November 19, 1958 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 7–9–4 |
| 21 | W | November 22, 1958 | 2–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 8–9–4 |
| 22 | W | November 23, 1958 | 2–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 9–9–4 |
| 23 | W | November 27, 1958 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 10–9–4 |
| 24 | W | November 29, 1958 | 3–1 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 11–9–4 |
| 25 | L | November 30, 1958 | 1–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 11–10–4 |
| 26 | L | December 4, 1958 | 0–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 11–11–4 |
| 27 | L | December 6, 1958 | 1–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 11–12–4 |
| 28 | L | December 7, 1958 | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 11–13–4 |
| 29 | W | December 13, 1958 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 12–13–4 |
| 30 | W | December 14, 1958 | 6–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 13–13–4 |
| 31 | L | December 17, 1958 | 2–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 13–14–4 |
| 32 | T | December 20, 1958 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 13–14–5 |
| 33 | L | December 21, 1958 | 0–5 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 13–15–5 |
| 34 | W | December 25, 1958 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 14–15–5 |
| 35 | L | December 27, 1958 | 1–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 14–16–5 |
| 36 | L | December 28, 1958 | 3–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 14–17–5 |
| 37 | L | December 31, 1958 | 3–4 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 14–18–5 |
| 38 | L | January 1, 1959 | 2–5 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 14–19–5 |
| 39 | W | January 3, 1959 | 8–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 15–19–5 |
| 40 | L | January 4, 1959 | 3–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 15–20–5 |
| 41 | L | January 8, 1959 | 2–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 15–21–5 |
| 42 | L | January 10, 1959 | 1–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 15–22–5 |
| 43 | T | January 11, 1959 | 3–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 15–22–6 |
| 44 | W | January 15, 1959 | 3–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 16–22–6 |
| 45 | T | January 17, 1959 | 3–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 16–22–7 |
| 46 | W | January 18, 1959 | 4–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 17–22–7 |
| 47 | W | January 24, 1959 | 3–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 18–22–7 |
| 48 | L | January 25, 1959 | 3–8 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 18–23–7 |
| 49 | W | January 31, 1959 | 5–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 19–23–7 |
| 50 | W | February 1, 1959 | 6–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 20–23–7 |
| 51 | L | February 5, 1959 | 1–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 20–24–7 |
| 52 | W | February 7, 1959 | 3–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 21–24–7 |
| 53 | W | February 8, 1959 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 22–24–7 |
| 54 | W | February 11, 1959 | 5–3 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 23–24–7 |
| 55 | W | February 12, 1959 | 5–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 24–24–7 |
| 56 | L | February 14, 1959 | 1–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 24–25–7 |
| 57 | T | February 15, 1959 | 3–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 24–25–8 |
| 58 | L | February 21, 1959 | 0–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 24–26–8 |
| 59 | W | February 22, 1959 | 4–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 25–26–8 |
| 60 | L | February 28, 1959 | 2–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 25–27–8 |
| 61 | T | March 3, 1959 | 2–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 25–27–9 |
| 62 | W | March 5, 1959 | 3–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 26–27–9 |
| 63 | L | March 7, 1959 | 1–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 26–28–9 |
| 64 | W | March 8, 1959 | 4–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) | 27–28–9 |
| 65 | W | March 12, 1959 | 5–4 | New York Rangers (1958–59) | 28–28–9 |
| 66 | W | March 14, 1959 | 4–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) | 29–28–9 |
| 67 | W | March 15, 1959 | 5–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 30–28–9 |
| 68 | W | March 18, 1959 | 5–3 | @ New York Rangers (1958–59) | 31–28–9 |
| 69 | W | March 21, 1959 | 4–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) | 32–28–9 |
| 70 | L | March 22, 1959 | 1–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) | 32–29–9 |

## Playoffs

This would be the last playoff appearance for the Bruins for the next eight seasons; the team would next make the playoffs in 1968. The Bruins lost a very close seven game semi-final series to Toronto.
After the playoffs were concluded, the Bruins and the New York Rangers embarked on a 23-game European exhibition tour which saw them play in ten European cities. Andy Bathgate of the Rangers could not make the tour so his place was taken by Bobby Hull of the Chicago Blackhawks. Hull scored 50 goals in the 23 exhibition games and blossomed into a star in the next NHL season.

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Don McKenney | C | 70 | 32 | 30 | 62 | 20 |
| Vic Stasiuk | LW | 70 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 63 |
| John Bucyk | LW | 69 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 36 |
| Jerry Toppazzini | RW | 70 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 61 |
| Fleming MacKell | C | 57 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 28 |
| Bronco Horvath | C | 45 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 58 |
| Leo Labine | RW | 70 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 74 |
| Doug Mohns | LW/D | 47 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 40 |
| Jim Morrison | D | 70 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 42 |
| Jean-Guy Gendron | LW | 60 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 57 |
| Leo Boivin | D | 70 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 94 |
| Fern Flaman | D | 70 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 101 |
| Norm Johnson | C | 39 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 25 |
| Larry Leach | C | 29 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 26 |
| Dutch Reibel | C | 63 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 16 |
| Larry Hillman | D | 55 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 19 |
| Larry Regan | RW | 36 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 |
| Bob Armstrong | D | 60 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 50 |
| Real Chevrefils | LW | 30 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Jack Bionda | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Gord Redahl | RW | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Don Keenan | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Lumley | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Poliziani | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Simmons | G | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ken Yackel | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Don Simmons | 3480 | 58 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 183 | 3.16 | 3 |
| Harry Lumley | 660 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 2.45 | 1 |
| Don Keenan | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 32 | 29 | 9 | 214 | 3.06 | 4 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Fleming MacKell | C | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Don McKenney | C | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Vic Stasiuk | LW | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| Jerry Toppazzini | RW | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| John Bucyk | LW | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Jim Morrison | D | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| Bronco Horvath | C | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Leo Labine | RW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Leo Boivin | D | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Larry Leach | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Bob Armstrong | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Doug Mohns | LW/D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Jean-Guy Gendron | LW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| Larry Hillman | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Bionda | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fern Flaman | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Harry Lumley | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dan Poliziani | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch Reibel | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Yackel | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Harry Lumley | 436 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 2.75 | 0 |
| Team: | 436 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 2.75 | 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;

## Farm teams

* Providence Reds
* Victoria Cougars
* Quebec Aces