# 1965–66 Boston Bruins season

The 1965–66 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 42nd season in the NHL.

## Regular season
### Final standings

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 41 | 21 | 8 | 239 | 173 | +66 | 90 |
| 2 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 37 | 25 | 8 | 240 | 187 | +53 | 82 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 208 | 187 | +21 | 79 |
| 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 221 | 194 | +27 | 74 |
| 5 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 21 | 43 | 6 | 174 | 275 | −101 | 48 |
| 6 | New York Rangers | 70 | 18 | 41 | 11 | 195 | 261 | −66 | 47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1965–66 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 4–8–2 | 2–11–1 | 4–9–1 | 8–5–1 | 4–9–1 |
| Chicago | 8–4–2 | — | 11–1–2 | 4–8–2 | 9–4–1 | 5–8–1 |
| Detroit | 11–2–1 | 1–11–2 | — | 4–8–2 | 7–3–4 | 8–4–2 |
| Montreal | 9–4–1 | 8–4–2 | 8–4–2 | — | 12–2 | 5–7–2 |
| New York | 5–8–1 | 4–9–1 | 3–7–4 | 2–12 | — | 3–6–5 |
| Toronto | 9–4–1 | 8–5–1 | 4–8–2 | 7–5–2 | 6–3–5 | — |

## Schedule and results

Regular season schedule :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | October 24, 1965 | 2–6 | Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | L | October 27, 1965 | 1–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) | 0–2–0 |
| 3 | L | October 30, 1965 | 2–8 | New York Rangers (1965–66) | 0–3–0 |
| 4 | T | November 3, 1965 | 2–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 0–3–1 |
| 5 | L | November 4, 1965 | 1–8 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 0–4–1 |
| 6 | W | November 6, 1965 | 3–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 1–4–1 |
| 7 | L | November 7, 1965 | 2–5 | Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 1–5–1 |
| 8 | T | November 10, 1965 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1965–66) | 1–5–2 |
| 9 | W | November 14, 1965 | 2–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) | 2–5–2 |
| 10 | L | November 20, 1965 | 2–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 2–6–2 |
| 11 | W | November 21, 1965 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 3–6–2 |
| 12 | L | November 24, 1965 | 1–4 | @ New York Rangers (1965–66) | 3–7–2 |
| 13 | W | November 25, 1965 | 6–2 | New York Rangers (1965–66) | 4–7–2 |
| 14 | W | November 27, 1965 | 2–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) | 5–7–2 |
| 15 | L | November 28, 1965 | 3–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 5–8–2 |
| 16 | L | December 1, 1965 | 2–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 5–9–2 |
| 17 | L | December 2, 1965 | 2–10 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 5–10–2 |
| 18 | L | December 4, 1965 | 1–10 | Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 5–11–2 |
| 19 | T | December 5, 1965 | 4–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 5–11–3 |
| 20 | L | December 8, 1965 | 3–8 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 5–12–3 |
| 21 | L | December 11, 1965 | 3–8 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) | 5–13–3 |
| 22 | L | December 12, 1965 | 3–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 5–14–3 |
| 23 | L | December 15, 1965 | 4–8 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 5–15–3 |
| 24 | L | December 16, 1965 | 0–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 5–16–3 |
| 25 | L | December 18, 1965 | 1–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 5–17–3 |
| 26 | L | December 19, 1965 | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) | 5–18–3 |
| 27 | W | December 25, 1965 | 4–2 | New York Rangers (1965–66) | 6–18–3 |
| 28 | L | December 26, 1965 | 4–6 | @ New York Rangers (1965–66) | 6–19–3 |
| 29 | L | December 28, 1965 | 0–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 6–20–3 |
| 30 | L | January 1, 1966 | 3–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) | 6–21–3 |
| 31 | L | January 2, 1966 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 6–22–3 |
| 32 | L | January 6, 1966 | 3–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 6–23–3 |
| 33 | L | January 8, 1966 | 0–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 6–24–3 |
| 34 | W | January 9, 1966 | 3–1 | @ New York Rangers (1965–66) | 7–24–3 |
| 35 | T | January 13, 1966 | 1–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 7–24–4 |
| 36 | L | January 15, 1966 | 1–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) | 7–25–4 |
| 37 | L | January 16, 1966 | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 7–26–4 |
| 38 | W | January 20, 1966 | 4–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 8–26–4 |
| 39 | W | January 22, 1966 | 5–3 | New York Rangers (1965–66) | 9–26–4 |
| 40 | W | January 23, 1966 | 2–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) | 10–26–4 |
| 41 | W | January 27, 1966 | 5–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 11–26–4 |
| 42 | L | January 29, 1966 | 3–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) | 11–27–4 |
| 43 | L | January 30, 1966 | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 11–28–4 |
| 44 | L | February 3, 1966 | 2–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 11–29–4 |
| 45 | W | February 5, 1966 | 5–3 | New York Rangers (1965–66) | 12–29–4 |
| 46 | T | February 6, 1966 | 3–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 12–29–5 |
| 47 | W | February 10, 1966 | 2–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 13–29–5 |
| 48 | L | February 12, 1966 | 2–9 | @ New York Rangers (1965–66) | 13–30–5 |
| 49 | T | February 13, 1966 | 4–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) | 13–30–6 |
| 50 | W | February 16, 1966 | 5–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 14–30–6 |
| 51 | W | February 19, 1966 | 5–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 15–30–6 |
| 52 | L | February 20, 1966 | 1–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 15–31–6 |
| 53 | L | February 23, 1966 | 2–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 15–32–6 |
| 54 | L | February 26, 1966 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) | 15–33–6 |
| 55 | L | February 27, 1966 | 1–7 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 15–34–6 |
| 56 | L | March 2, 1966 | 3–5 | @ New York Rangers (1965–66) | 15–35–6 |
| 57 | L | March 3, 1966 | 4–5 | New York Rangers (1965–66) | 15–36–6 |
| 58 | L | March 6, 1966 | 3–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) | 15–37–6 |
| 59 | W | March 9, 1966 | 3–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 16–37–6 |
| 60 | L | March 12, 1966 | 0–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) | 16–38–6 |
| 61 | L | March 13, 1966 | 4–8 | Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 16–39–6 |
| 62 | W | March 16, 1966 | 3–1 | @ New York Rangers (1965–66) | 17–39–6 |
| 63 | L | March 17, 1966 | 2–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) | 17–40–6 |
| 64 | W | March 20, 1966 | 4–3 | New York Rangers (1965–66) | 18–40–6 |
| 65 | W | March 23, 1966 | 3–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 19–40–6 |
| 66 | L | March 26, 1966 | 2–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 19–41–6 |
| 67 | L | March 27, 1966 | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) | 19–42–6 |
| 68 | L | March 29, 1966 | 2–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 19–43–6 |
| 69 | W | March 31, 1966 | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) | 20–43–6 |
| 70 | W | April 3, 1966 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) | 21–43–6 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Murray Oliver | C | 70 | 18 | 42 | 60 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| John Bucyk | LW | 63 | 27 | 30 | 57 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Tommy Williams | RW | 70 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Ron Stewart | RW | 70 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Ed Westfall | D/RW | 59 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Dean Prentice | LW | 50 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Pit Martin | C | 41 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| John McKenzie | RW | 36 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Dillabough | C | 53 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gilles Marotte | D | 51 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Woytowich | D | 68 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ted Green | D | 27 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 113 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Albert Langlois | D | 65 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker MacDonald | C | 29 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Reggie Fleming | D/LW | 34 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Forbes Kennedy | C | 50 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gary Doak | D | 20 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Awrey | D | 70 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Boivin | D | 46 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Goldsworthy | RW | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Schock | C | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Maxner | LW | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Leiter | C | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Ashbee | D | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Rivers | RW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Dornhoefer | RW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Murphy | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Poul Popiel | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Arbour | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Cheevers | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Crisp | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray Davison | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Johnston | G | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Skip Krake | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Marcotte | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Parent | G | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.P. Parise | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Ring | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Sanderson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Smith | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Bernie Parent | 2083 | 39 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 128 | 3.69 | 1 |
| Eddie Johnston | 1744 | 33 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 108 | 3.72 | 1 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 340 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 6.00 | 0 |
| Bob Ring | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7.27 | 0 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 21 | 43 | 6 | 274 | 3.91 | 2 |
    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;

## Draft picks

Boston's draft picks at the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 4 | Joe Bailey | Canada | St. Thomas Stars (WOJHL) |
| 2 | 9 | Bill Ramsay | Canada | Winnipeg Monarchs (MJHL) |