# 1947–48 Boston Bruins season

The 1947–48 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 24th season in the NHL.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 60 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 182 | 143 | +39 | 77 |
| 2 | Detroit Red Wings | 60 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 187 | 148 | +39 | 72 |
| 3 | Boston Bruins | 60 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 167 | 168 | −1 | 59 |
| 4 | New York Rangers | 60 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 176 | 201 | −25 | 55 |
| 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 60 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 147 | 169 | −22 | 51 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 60 | 20 | 34 | 6 | 195 | 225 | −30 | 46 |

### Record vs. opponents

1947–48 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 3–7–2 | 4–6–2 | 6–2–4 | 7–3–2 | 3–7–2 |
| Chicago | 7–3–2 | — | 2–10 | 4–7–1 | 6–4–2 | 1–10–1 |
| Detroit | 6–4–2 | 10–2 | — | 7–2–3 | 5–4–3 | 2–6–4 |
| Montreal | 2–6–4 | 7–4–1 | 2–7–3 | — | 3–7–2 | 6–5–1 |
| New York | 3–7–2 | 4–6–2 | 4–5–3 | 7–3–2 | — | 3–5–4 |
| Toronto | 7–3–2 | 10–1–1 | 6–2–4 | 5–6–1 | 5–3–4 | — |

## Schedule and results

Regular season schedule :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 19, 1947 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | W | October 22, 1947 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 2–0–0 |
| 4 | W | October 26, 1947 | 3–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 3–1–0 |
| 5 | W | October 29, 1947 | 3–1 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 4–1–0 |
| 6 | T | November 1, 1947 | 1–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 4–1–1 |
| 7 | L | November 2, 1947 | 2–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 4–2–1 |
| 8 | W | November 5, 1947 | 2–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 5–2–1 |
| 9 | W | November 12, 1947 | 8–2 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 6–2–1 |
| 10 | W | November 15, 1947 | 9–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 7–2–1 |
| 11 | L | November 16, 1947 | 1–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 7–3–1 |
| 12 | W | November 19, 1947 | 7–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 8–3–1 |
| 13 | L | November 22, 1947 | 3–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 8–4–1 |
| 14 | T | November 23, 1947 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 8–4–2 |
| 15 | L | November 26, 1947 | 3–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 8–5–2 |
| 16 | L | November 27, 1947 | 1–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 8–6–2 |
| 17 | T | November 30, 1947 | 0–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 8–6–3 |
| 18 | T | December 3, 1947 | 4–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 8–6–4 |
| 19 | T | December 6, 1947 | 5–5 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 8–6–5 |
| 20 | W | December 7, 1947 | 1–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 9–6–5 |
| 21 | L | December 10, 1947 | 5–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 9–7–5 |
| 22 | T | December 14, 1947 | 1–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 9–7–6 |
| 23 | L | December 17, 1947 | 2–5 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 9–8–6 |
| 24 | W | December 20, 1947 | 4–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 10–8–6 |
| 25 | L | December 21, 1947 | 5–6 | Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 10–9–6 |
| 26 | L | December 25, 1947 | 1–6 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 10–10–6 |
| 27 | L | December 27, 1947 | 1–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 10–11–6 |
| 28 | L | December 28, 1947 | 0–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 10–12–6 |
| 29 | L | December 31, 1947 | 3–7 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 10–13–6 |
| 30 | W | January 1, 1948 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 11–13–6 |
| 31 | T | January 3, 1948 | 2–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 11–13–7 |
| 32 | W | January 10, 1948 | 4–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 12–13–7 |
| 33 | L | January 11, 1948 | 1–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 12–14–7 |
| 34 | T | January 14, 1948 | 3–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 12–14–8 |
| 35 | L | January 17, 1948 | 1–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 12–15–8 |
| 36 | T | January 18, 1948 | 1–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 12–15–9 |
| 37 | W | January 21, 1948 | 2–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 13–15–9 |
| 38 | W | January 25, 1948 | 6–4 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 14–15–9 |
| 39 | L | January 28, 1948 | 2–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 14–16–9 |
| 40 | L | January 31, 1948 | 4–7 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 14–17–9 |
| 41 | L | February 1, 1948 | 0–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 14–18–9 |
| 42 | L | February 4, 1948 | 2–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 14–19–9 |
| 43 | W | February 8, 1948 | 3–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 15–19–9 |
| 44 | L | February 11, 1948 | 0–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 15–20–9 |
| 45 | T | February 14, 1948 | 4–4 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 15–20–10 |
| 46 | W | February 15, 1948 | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 16–20–10 |
| 47 | W | February 18, 1948 | 4–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 17–20–10 |
| 48 | W | February 21, 1948 | 3–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 18–20–10 |
| 49 | L | February 22, 1948 | 1–4 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 18–21–10 |
| 50 | L | February 25, 1948 | 2–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 18–22–10 |
| 51 | L | February 29, 1948 | 1–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 18–23–10 |
| 52 | T | March 3, 1948 | 4–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 18–23–11 |
| 53 | T | March 4, 1948 | 1–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 18–23–12 |
| 54 | W | March 7, 1948 | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 19–23–12 |
| 55 | W | March 10, 1948 | 6–3 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 20–23–12 |
| 56 | L | March 13, 1948 | 2–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 20–24–12 |
| 57 | W | March 14, 1948 | 5–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 21–24–12 |
| 58 | W | March 16, 1948 | 6–2 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 22–24–12 |
| 59 | T | March 17, 1948 | 0–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 22–24–13 |
| 60 | W | March 21, 1948 | 4–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 23–24–13 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Woody Dumart | LW | 59 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 14 |
| Pete Babando | LW | 60 | 23 | 11 | 34 | 52 |
| Don Gallinger | C | 54 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 37 |
| Jimmy Peters | RW | 37 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 38 |
| Milt Schmidt | C/D | 33 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 28 |
| Ed Sandford | LW | 59 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 25 |
| Ken Smith | LW | 60 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 14 |
| Billy Taylor | C | 39 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 25 |
| Wally Wilson | C | 53 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 18 |
| Pat Egan | D | 60 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 81 |
| Clare Martin | D | 59 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 34 |
| Joe Carveth | RW | 22 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 2 |
| Murray Henderson | D | 49 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 50 |
| Jack Crawford | D | 45 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 10 |
| Paul Ronty | C | 24 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0 |
| Ed Harrison | C/LW | 52 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 |
| Grant Warwick | RW | 18 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 |
| Fern Flaman | D | 56 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 69 |
| Johnny Peirson | RW | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| John Quilty | C | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Frank Brimsek | G | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnie Kullman | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Manson | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Frank Brimsek | 3600 | 60 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 168 | 2.80 | 3 |
| Team: | 3600 | 60 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 168 | 2.80 | 3 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Milt Schmidt | C/D | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Johnny Peirson | RW | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Ken Smith | LW | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Paul Ronty | C | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Jimmy Peters | RW | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Grant Warwick | RW | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Pete Babando | LW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Pat Egan | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Ed Harrison | C/LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Murray Henderson | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Ed Sandford | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Crawford | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Frank Brimsek | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Woody Dumart | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fern Flaman | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Pentti Lund | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clare Martin | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Wally Wilson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Frank Brimsek | 317 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 3.79 | 0 |
| Team: | 317 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 3.79 | 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;