# 1957–58 Boston Bruins season

The 1957–58 Boston Bruins season saw the Bruins finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 27 wins, 28 losses, and 15 ties for 69 points. They defeated the New York Rangers in six games in the Semi-finals before losing the Stanley Cup Finals, also in six games, to the Montreal Canadiens.

## Regular season
### Willie O'Ree

Midway through his second minor-league season with the Quebec Aces, O'Ree was called up to the Boston Bruins of the NHL to replace an injured player. O'Ree made his NHL debut with the Bruins on January 18, 1958, against the Montreal Canadiens, becoming the first black player in league history. He played in only two games that year.

### Season standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 250 | 158 | +92 | 96 |
| 2 | New York Rangers | 70 | 32 | 25 | 13 | 195 | 188 | +7 | 77 |
| 3 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 176 | 207 | −31 | 70 |
| 4 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 27 | 28 | 15 | 199 | 194 | +5 | 69 |
| 5 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 24 | 39 | 7 | 163 | 202 | −39 | 55 |
| 6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 21 | 38 | 11 | 192 | 226 | −34 | 53 |

### Record vs. opponents

1957–58 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 7–3–4 | 8–5–1 | 3–9–2 | 6–5–3 | 3–6–5 |
| Chicago | 3–7–4 | — | 7–7 | 3–10–1 | 4–9–1 | 7–6–1 |
| Detroit | 5–8–1 | 7–7 | — | 3–7–4 | 4–5–5 | 10–2–2 |
| Montreal | 9–3–2 | 10–3–1 | 7–3–4 | — | 6–6–2 | 11–2–1 |
| New York | 5–6–3 | 9–4–1 | 5–4–5 | 6–6–2 | — | 7–5–2 |
| Toronto | 6–3–5 | 6–7–1 | 2–10–2 | 2–11–1 | 5–7–2 | — |

## Schedule and results

Regular season schedule :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 12, 1957 | 3–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | W | October 13, 1957 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1957–58) | 2–0–0 |
| 3 | W | October 16, 1957 | 6–2 | @ New York Rangers (1957–58) | 3–0–0 |
| 4 | W | October 17, 1957 | 5–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) | 4–0–0 |
| 5 | L | October 19, 1957 | 0–7 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) | 4–1–0 |
| 6 | L | October 22, 1957 | 1–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) | 4–2–0 |
| 7 | L | October 24, 1957 | 3–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) | 4–3–0 |
| 8 | L | October 26, 1957 | 3–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) | 4–4–0 |
| 9 | L | October 31, 1957 | 0–3 | New York Rangers (1957–58) | 4–5–0 |
| 10 | L | November 2, 1957 | 0–5 | @ New York Rangers (1957–58) | 4–6–0 |
| 11 | W | November 3, 1957 | 4–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) | 5–6–0 |
| 12 | L | November 7, 1957 | 3–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) | 5–7–0 |
| 13 | L | November 9, 1957 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) | 5–8–0 |
| 14 | W | November 10, 1957 | 4–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) | 6–8–0 |
| 15 | W | November 14, 1957 | 5–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) | 7–8–0 |
| 16 | W | November 16, 1957 | 4–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) | 8–8–0 |
| 17 | T | November 17, 1957 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) | 8–8–1 |
| 18 | L | November 23, 1957 | 2–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) | 8–9–1 |
| 19 | T | November 24, 1957 | 2–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) | 8–9–2 |
| 20 | W | November 27, 1957 | 5–2 | @ New York Rangers (1957–58) | 9–9–2 |
| 21 | W | November 28, 1957 | 1–0 | New York Rangers (1957–58) | 10–9–2 |
| 22 | L | November 30, 1957 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) | 10–10–2 |
| 23 | L | December 1, 1957 | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) | 10–11–2 |
| 24 | W | December 5, 1957 | 7–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) | 11–11–2 |
| 25 | T | December 7, 1957 | 2–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) | 11–11–3 |
| 26 | W | December 8, 1957 | 3–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) | 12–11–3 |
| 27 | L | December 12, 1957 | 2–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) | 12–12–3 |
| 28 | T | December 14, 1957 | 1–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) | 12–12–4 |
| 29 | L | December 15, 1957 | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) | 12–13–4 |
| 30 | T | December 19, 1957 | 3–3 | New York Rangers (1957–58) | 12–13–5 |
| 31 | T | December 21, 1957 | 3–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) | 12–13–6 |
| 32 | L | December 22, 1957 | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) | 12–14–6 |
| 33 | W | December 25, 1957 | 4–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) | 13–14–6 |
| 34 | T | December 28, 1957 | 0–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) | 13–14–7 |
| 35 | T | December 29, 1957 | 2–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) | 13–14–8 |
| 36 | L | January 1, 1958 | 3–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) | 13–15–8 |
| 37 | W | January 4, 1958 | 7–4 | @ New York Rangers (1957–58) | 14–15–8 |
| 38 | L | January 5, 1958 | 3–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) | 14–16–8 |
| 39 | L | January 9, 1958 | 1–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) | 14–17–8 |
| 40 | T | January 11, 1958 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) | 14–17–9 |
| 41 | L | January 12, 1958 | 3–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) | 14–18–9 |
| 42 | L | January 16, 1958 | 2–3 | New York Rangers (1957–58) | 14–19–9 |
| 43 | W | January 18, 1958 | 3–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) | 15–19–9 |
| 44 | L | January 19, 1958 | 2–6 | Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) | 15–20–9 |
| 45 | W | January 23, 1958 | 4–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) | 16–20–9 |
| 46 | W | January 25, 1958 | 5–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) | 17–20–9 |
| 47 | T | January 26, 1958 | 3–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) | 17–20–10 |
| 48 | T | January 29, 1958 | 1–1 | @ New York Rangers (1957–58) | 17–20–11 |
| 49 | L | February 1, 1958 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) | 17–21–11 |
| 50 | W | February 2, 1958 | 4–3 | New York Rangers (1957–58) | 18–21–11 |
| 51 | L | February 6, 1958 | 1–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) | 18–22–11 |
| 52 | W | February 8, 1958 | 7–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) | 19–22–11 |
| 53 | L | February 9, 1958 | 0–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) | 19–23–11 |
| 54 | W | February 13, 1958 | 5–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) | 20–23–11 |
| 55 | T | February 15, 1958 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) | 20–23–12 |
| 56 | L | February 16, 1958 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1957–58) | 20–24–12 |
| 57 | L | February 20, 1958 | 0–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) | 20–25–12 |
| 58 | L | February 22, 1958 | 1–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) | 20–26–12 |
| 59 | W | February 23, 1958 | 2–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) | 21–26–12 |
| 60 | W | March 1, 1958 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) | 22–26–12 |
| 61 | W | March 4, 1958 | 2–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) | 23–26–12 |
| 62 | T | March 6, 1958 | 4–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) | 23–26–13 |
| 63 | T | March 8, 1958 | 3–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) | 23–26–14 |
| 64 | W | March 9, 1958 | 7–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) | 24–26–14 |
| 65 | W | March 13, 1958 | 7–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) | 25–26–14 |
| 66 | L | March 15, 1958 | 0–4 | New York Rangers (1957–58) | 25–27–14 |
| 67 | L | March 16, 1958 | 3–6 | Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) | 25–28–14 |
| 68 | T | March 19, 1958 | 1–1 | @ New York Rangers (1957–58) | 25–28–15 |
| 69 | W | March 22, 1958 | 8–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) | 26–28–15 |
| 70 | W | March 23, 1958 | 7–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) | 27–28–15 |

## Playoffs

Boston defeated the New York Rangers (4–2) in the semi-final to advance to the Cup Finals against the Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens, in the middle of their five-year Cup champion run, defeated the Bruins four games to two.

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Bronco Horvath | C | 67 | 30 | 36 | 66 | 71 |
| Fleming MacKell | C | 70 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 72 |
| Don McKenney | C | 70 | 28 | 30 | 58 | 22 |
| Vic Stasiuk | LW | 70 | 21 | 35 | 56 | 55 |
| John Bucyk | LW | 68 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 57 |
| Jerry Toppazzini | RW | 64 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 51 |
| Larry Regan | RW | 59 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 22 |
| Allan Stanley | D | 69 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 37 |
| Larry Hillman | D | 70 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 60 |
| Leo Labine | RW | 62 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 60 |
| Doug Mohns | LW/D | 54 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 28 |
| Real Chevrefils | LW | 44 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 21 |
| Fern Flaman | D | 66 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 71 |
| Buddy Boone | RW | 34 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 28 |
| Norm Johnson | C | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Bob Armstrong | D | 47 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 66 |
| Jack Bionda | D | 42 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 50 |
| Johnny Peirson | RW | 53 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Leo Boivin | D | 33 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 54 |
| Jack Caffery | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gerry Ehman | RW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Beckett | C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Claude Evans | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Lumley | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Al Millar | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie O'Ree | W | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Pidhirny | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Simmons | G | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lefty Wilson | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Don Simmons | 2288 | 39 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 92 | 2.41 | 5 |
| Harry Lumley | 1440 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 70 | 2.92 | 3 |
| Al Millar | 360 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 4.17 | 0 |
| Claude Evans | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 |
| Lefty Wilson | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.15 | 0 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 27 | 28 | 15 | 192 | 2.74 | 8 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Fleming MacKell | C | 12 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 12 |
| Don McKenney | C | 12 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 0 |
| Doug Mohns | LW/D | 12 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 18 |
| Jerry Toppazzini | RW | 12 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| Larry Regan | RW | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 |
| Bronco Horvath | C | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| Vic Stasiuk | LW | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| Norm Johnson | C | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Fern Flaman | D | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Allan Stanley | D | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| John Bucyk | LW | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| Leo Boivin | D | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| Buddy Boone | RW | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| Larry Hillman | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Leo Labine | RW | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Johnny Peirson | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Real Chevrefils | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Lumley | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Simmons | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Don Simmons | 671 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 2.24 | 1 |
| Harry Lumley | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 731 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 2.46 | 1 |
    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;

## Awards and honors
### Milestones

Regular Season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Willie O'Ree | 1st NHL Game | January 18, 1958 |