# 1984–85 Boston Bruins season

The 1984–85 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 61st season.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Adams Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| Montreal Canadiens | 80 | 41 | 27 | 12 | 309 | 262 | 94 |
| Quebec Nordiques | 80 | 41 | 30 | 9 | 323 | 275 | 91 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 80 | 38 | 28 | 14 | 290 | 237 | 90 |
| Boston Bruins | 80 | 36 | 34 | 10 | 303 | 287 | 82 |
| Hartford Whalers | 80 | 30 | 41 | 9 | 268 | 318 | 69 |
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

### Record vs. opponents

Adams Division record vs. opponents :
Vs. Wales Conference
Vs. Adams Division
1984–85 NHL records
Team
BOS
BUF
HFD
MTL
QUE
Total
Boston
—3–4–14–43–4–12–4–212–16–4
Buffalo
4–3–1—5–0–32–4–23–4–114–11–7
Hartford
4–40–5–3—2–5−13−59–19–4
Montreal
4–3–14–2–25–2−1—6–1–119–8–5
Quebec
4–2–24–3–15–31–6–1—14–14–4
Vs. Patrick Division
1984–85 NHL records
Team
NJD
NYI
NYR
PHI
PIT
WSH
Total
Boston
3−02−11−0–21−22−11−210−6−2
Buffalo
3−01−21−1−11−1–12−0–12−110−5−3
Hartford
3−01–1–11–0–20–2–12–12−19−5−4
Montreal
1−1–12−12–0–12−12−11−1–110−5−3
Quebec
1–1−13−02–11−1−13−01−211−5−2
Vs. Campbell Conference
Vs. Norris Division
1984–85 NHL records
Team
CHI
DET
MIN
STL
TOR
Total
Boston
0–33–03–01–0–22–19–4–2
Buffalo
3−01−1−13−01−22−110−4−1
Hartford
2–12−11−22–12–19–6–0
Montreal
1−21−1–11–22–0–10−35–8–2
Quebec
3–01–23–02–11–0–210–3–2
Vs. Smythe Division
1984–85 NHL records
Team
CGY
EDM
LAK
VAN
WIN
Total
Boston
0−31−21−0–22−11−25−8−2
Buffalo
3−00–2–10−2−10−2–11−24−8−3
Hartford
0−31–20–2–11–21–23–11–1
Montreal
0–2−12−12−0–11–22−17−6−2
Quebec
1−1–10−32−12−11−26−8−1 :

## Schedule and results

Regular season schedule :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 11, 1984 | 4–3 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | L | October 13, 1984 | 2–3 OT | @ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | W | October 14, 1984 | 4–2 | Hartford Whalers (1984–85) | 2–1–0 |
| 4 | L | October 16, 1984 | 2–7 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) | 2–2–0 |
| 5 | L | October 19, 1984 | 2–8 | @ Calgary Flames (1984–85) | 2–3–0 |
| 6 | L | October 21, 1984 | 2–3 | @ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) | 2–4–0 |
| 7 | W | October 24, 1984 | 4–1 | @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) | 3–4–0 |
| 8 | W | October 27, 1984 | 8–3 | @ New York Islanders (1984–85) | 4–4–0 |
| 9 | W | October 28, 1984 | 6–4 | @ New York Rangers (1984–85) | 5–4–0 |
| 10 | W | November 1, 1984 | 7–1 | Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) | 6–4–0 |
| 11 | L | November 3, 1984 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) | 6–5–0 |
| 12 | W | November 4, 1984 | 6–2 | New York Islanders (1984–85) | 7–5–0 |
| 13 | W | November 8, 1984 | 5–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) | 8–5–0 |
| 14 | W | November 10, 1984 | 4–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) | 9–5–0 |
| 15 | T | November 11, 1984 | 1–1 OT | St. Louis Blues (1984–85) | 9–5–1 |
| 16 | L | November 14, 1984 | 2–4 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) | 9–6–1 |
| 17 | W | November 15, 1984 | 5–3 | New Jersey Devils (1984–85) | 10–6–1 |
| 18 | L | November 17, 1984 | 3–5 | Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) | 10–7–1 |
| 19 | L | November 21, 1984 | 3–4 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) | 10–8–1 |
| 20 | L | November 24, 1984 | 1–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) | 10–9–1 |
| 21 | W | November 25, 1984 | 7–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) | 11–9–1 |
| 22 | L | November 29, 1984 | 2–4 | Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) | 11–10–1 |
| 23 | L | December 1, 1984 | 4–5 OT | Washington Capitals (1984–85) | 11–11–1 |
| 24 | T | December 3, 1984 | 3–3 OT | @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) | 11–11–2 |
| 25 | T | December 5, 1984 | 3–3 OT | @ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) | 11–11–3 |
| 26 | L | December 6, 1984 | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) | 11–12–3 |
| 27 | L | December 8, 1984 | 1–3 | Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) | 11–13–3 |
| 28 | T | December 12, 1984 | 3–3 OT | @ New York Rangers (1984–85) | 11–13–4 |
| 29 | T | December 13, 1984 | 5–5 OT | Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) | 11–13–5 |
| 30 | W | December 15, 1984 | 2–1 OT | Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) | 12–13–5 |
| 31 | W | December 18, 1984 | 6–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) | 13–13–5 |
| 32 | L | December 19, 1984 | 5–6 | @ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) | 13–14–5 |
| 33 | L | December 22, 1984 | 4–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) | 13–15–5 |
| 34 | W | December 23, 1984 | 4–3 OT | Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) | 14–15–5 |
| 35 | T | December 27, 1984 | 6–6 OT | @ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) | 14–15–6 |
| 36 | W | December 29, 1984 | 5–3 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) | 15–15–6 |
| 37 | W | December 30, 1984 | 5–3 | @ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) | 16–15–6 |
| 38 | L | January 1, 1985 | 1–5 | @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) | 16–16–6 |
| 39 | T | January 5, 1985 | 3–3 OT | New York Rangers (1984–85) | 16–16–7 |
| 40 | W | January 7, 1985 | 5–4 OT | Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) | 17–16–7 |
| 41 | W | January 9, 1985 | 5–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) | 18–16–7 |
| 42 | L | January 10, 1985 | 0–3 | Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) | 18–17–7 |
| 43 | W | January 12, 1985 | 4–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) | 19–17–7 |
| 44 | W | January 15, 1985 | 3–2 | @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) | 20–17–7 |
| 45 | L | January 17, 1985 | 3–4 | Calgary Flames (1984–85) | 20–18–7 |
| 46 | L | January 19, 1985 | 3–4 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) | 20–19–7 |
| 47 | W | January 21, 1985 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) | 21–19–7 |
| 48 | W | January 24, 1985 | 5–2 | Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) | 22–19–7 |
| 49 | L | January 26, 1985 | 2–3 | Hartford Whalers (1984–85) | 22–20–7 |
| 50 | W | January 27, 1985 | 8–4 | @ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) | 23–20–7 |
| 51 | L | January 30, 1985 | 2–6 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) | 23–21–7 |
| 52 | W | January 31, 1985 | 6–5 | Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) | 24–21–7 |
| 53 | L | February 2, 1985 | 3–4 | Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) | 24–22–7 |
| 54 | W | February 7, 1985 | 7–5 | Hartford Whalers (1984–85) | 25–22–7 |
| 55 | L | February 9, 1985 | 5–6 | Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) | 25–23–7 |
| 56 | L | February 10, 1985 | 3–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) | 25–24–7 |
| 57 | T | February 14, 1985 | 3–3 OT | @ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) | 25–24–8 |
| 58 | L | February 16, 1985 | 2–3 OT | @ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) | 25–25–8 |
| 59 | W | February 20, 1985 | 3–2 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) | 26–25–8 |
| 60 | L | February 23, 1985 | 1–7 | @ New York Islanders (1984–85) | 26–26–8 |
| 61 | W | February 28, 1985 | 6–1 | Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) | 27–26–8 |
| 62 | W | March 2, 1985 | 5–0 | Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) | 28–26–8 |
| 63 | L | March 5, 1985 | 4–6 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) | 28–27–8 |
| 64 | W | March 7, 1985 | 4–0 | Hartford Whalers (1984–85) | 29–27–8 |
| 65 | L | March 9, 1985 | 5–6 OT | Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) | 29–28–8 |
| 66 | W | March 10, 1985 | 3–2 | @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) | 30–28–8 |
| 67 | W | March 13, 1985 | 7–3 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) | 31–28–8 |
| 68 | W | March 14, 1985 | 7–4 | @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) | 32–28–8 |
| 69 | L | March 16, 1985 | 3–5 | Calgary Flames (1984–85) | 32–29–8 |
| 70 | L | March 18, 1985 | 4–8 | Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) | 32–30–8 |
| 71 | T | March 21, 1985 | 1–1 OT | St. Louis Blues (1984–85) | 32–30–9 |
| 72 | L | March 23, 1985 | 2–5 | @ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) | 32–31–9 |
| 73 | W | March 24, 1985 | 4–3 OT | @ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) | 33–31–9 |
| 74 | L | March 26, 1985 | 3–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) | 33–32–9 |
| 75 | W | March 28, 1985 | 6–3 | Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) | 34–32–9 |
| 76 | L | March 30, 1985 | 3–7 | Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) | 34–33–9 |
| 77 | L | April 2, 1985 | 4–6 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) | 34–34–9 |
| 78 | W | April 4, 1985 | 5–3 | Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) | 35–34–9 |
| 79 | T | April 6, 1985 | 4–4 OT | @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) | 35–34–10 |
| 80 | W | April 7, 1985 | 5–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) | 36–34–10 |

## Playoffs
### Adams Division Semifinals
#### Montreal Canadiens 3, Boston Bruins 2

| # | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Record |
| 1 | April 10 | Boston Bruins | 5–3 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–0 |
| 2 | April 11 | Boston Bruins | 3–5 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–1 |
| 3 | April 13 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–2 | Boston Bruins | 1–2 |
| 4 | April 14 | Montreal Canadiens | 6–7 | Boston Bruins | 2–2 |
| 5 | April 16 | Boston Bruins | 0–1 | Montreal Canadiens | 2–3 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Raymond Bourque | D | 73 | 20 | 66 | 86 | 53 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Rick Middleton | RW | 80 | 30 | 46 | 76 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 3 |
| Ken Linseman | C | 74 | 25 | 49 | 74 | 126 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Tom Fergus | C | 79 | 30 | 43 | 73 | 75 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Keith Crowder | RW | 79 | 32 | 38 | 70 | 152 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlie Simmer | LW | 63 | 33 | 30 | 63 | 35 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| Mike O'Connell | D | 78 | 15 | 40 | 55 | 64 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Kasper | C | 77 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 33 | -12 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Butch Goring | C | 39 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 6 | -8 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Louis Sleigher | RW | 70 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 45 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Terry O'Reilly | RW | 63 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 168 | -18 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Geoff Courtnall | LW | 64 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 82 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Reid | LW | 35 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 27 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Mats Thelin | D | 73 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| John Blum | D | 75 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 263 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Milbury | D | 78 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 152 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Donnelly | C | 38 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 46 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Morris Lukowich | LW | 22 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Silk | RW | 29 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Pederson | C | 22 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | -11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lyndon Byers | RW | 33 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Nill | RW | 49 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 62 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Simonetti | D | 43 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 26 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nevin Markwart | LW | 26 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 36 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Curran | D | 56 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 158 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleon Daskalakis | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Johnston | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Keans | G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Kostynski | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Morrison | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Peeters | G | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Sylvestri | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Pete Peeters | 2975 | 51 | 19 | 26 | 4 | 172 | 3.47 | 1 |
| Doug Keans | 1497 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 82 | 3.29 | 1 |
| Cleon Daskalakis | 289 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 4.98 | 0 |
| Don Sylvestri | 102 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.53 | 0 |
| Team: | 4863 | 80 | 36 | 34 | 10 | 284 | 3.50 | 2 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Ken Linseman | C | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike O'Connell | D | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Crowder | RW | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlie Simmer | LW | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Middleton | RW | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry O'Reilly | RW | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raymond Bourque | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Goring | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Courtnall | LW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Kasper | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Reid | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Simonetti | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Blum | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Donnelly | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Fergus | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Keans | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morris Lukowich | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nevin Markwart | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Milbury | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Peeters | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Sleigher | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mats Thelin | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Doug Keans | 240 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 |
| Pete Peeters | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 300 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 3.80 | 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;

## Draft picks

Boston's draft picks at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 19 | Dave Pasin | Canada | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
| 2 | 40 | Ray Podloski | Canada | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) |
| 3 | 61 | Jeff Cornelius | Canada | Toronto Marlboros (OHL) |
| 4 | 82 | Bob Joyce | Canada | Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL) |
| 5 | 103 | Mike Bishop | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
| 6 | 124 | Randy Oswald | Canada | Michigan Technological University (WCHA) |
| 7 | 145 | Mark Thietke | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
| 8 | 166 | Don Sweeney | Canada | St. Paul's School (USHS-NH) |
| 9 | 186 | Kevin Heffernan | United States | Weymouth High School (USHS-MA) |
| 10 | 207 | J. D. Urbanic | Canada | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
| 11 | 227 | Bill Kopecky | United States | Austin Preparatory School (USHS-MA) |
| 12 | 248 | Jim Newhouse | United States | Matignon High School (USHS-MA) |