# 1962–63 Boston Bruins season

The 1962–63 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 39th season in the NHL.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 221 | 180 | +41 | 82 |
| 2 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 32 | 21 | 17 | 194 | 178 | +16 | 81 |
| 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 28 | 19 | 23 | 225 | 183 | +42 | 79 |
| 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 32 | 25 | 13 | 200 | 194 | +6 | 77 |
| 5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 22 | 36 | 12 | 211 | 233 | −22 | 56 |
| 6 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 14 | 39 | 17 | 198 | 281 | −83 | 45 |

### Record vs. opponents

1962–63 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 2–10–2 | 2–7–5 | 2–7–5 | 4–7–3 | 4–8–2 |
| Chicago | 10–2–2 | — | 5–6–3 | 3–7–4 | 10–2–2 | 4–7–3 |
| Detroit | 7–2–5 | 6–5–3 | — | 3–9–2 | 9–3–2 | 7–6–1 |
| Montreal | 7–2–5 | 7–3–4 | 9–3–2 | — | 5–5–4 | 3–6–5 |
| New York | 7–4–3 | 2–10–2 | 3–9–2 | 5–5–4 | — | 5–8–1 |
| Toronto | 8–4–2 | 7–4–3 | 6–7–1 | 6–3–5 | 8–5–1 | — |

## Schedule and results

Regular season schedule :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 11, 1962 | 5–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | T | October 13, 1962 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) | 1–0–1 |
| 3 | T | October 14, 1962 | 2–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) | 1–0–2 |
| 4 | L | October 18, 1962 | 3–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) | 1–1–2 |
| 5 | L | October 20, 1962 | 3–7 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) | 1–2–2 |
| 6 | L | October 21, 1962 | 4–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) | 1–3–2 |
| 7 | T | October 25, 1962 | 3–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) | 1–3–3 |
| 8 | L | November 1, 1962 | 2–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) | 1–4–3 |
| 9 | L | November 4, 1962 | 3–4 | New York Rangers (1962–63) | 1–5–3 |
| 10 | T | November 7, 1962 | 3–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) | 1–5–4 |
| 11 | T | November 10, 1962 | 3–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) | 1–5–5 |
| 12 | L | November 11, 1962 | 2–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) | 1–6–5 |
| 13 | L | November 14, 1962 | 2–6 | @ New York Rangers (1962–63) | 1–7–5 |
| 14 | L | November 18, 1962 | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) | 1–8–5 |
| 15 | L | November 21, 1962 | 2–4 | @ New York Rangers (1962–63) | 1–9–5 |
| 16 | L | November 22, 1962 | 1–7 | New York Rangers (1962–63) | 1–10–5 |
| 17 | T | November 24, 1962 | 5–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) | 1–10–6 |
| 18 | W | November 25, 1962 | 5–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) | 2–10–6 |
| 19 | L | November 29, 1962 | 0–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) | 2–11–6 |
| 20 | L | December 1, 1962 | 2–8 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) | 2–12–6 |
| 21 | L | December 2, 1962 | 0–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) | 2–13–6 |
| 22 | L | December 5, 1962 | 4–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) | 2–14–6 |
| 23 | L | December 6, 1962 | 3–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) | 2–15–6 |
| 24 | T | December 8, 1962 | 3–3 | New York Rangers (1962–63) | 2–15–7 |
| 25 | W | December 9, 1962 | 4–2 | @ New York Rangers (1962–63) | 3–15–7 |
| 26 | T | December 13, 1962 | 1–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) | 3–15–8 |
| 27 | L | December 15, 1962 | 2–8 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) | 3–16–8 |
| 28 | L | December 16, 1962 | 2–5 | Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) | 3–17–8 |
| 29 | L | December 19, 1962 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) | 3–18–8 |
| 30 | W | December 20, 1962 | 5–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) | 4–18–8 |
| 31 | L | December 23, 1962 | 4–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) | 4–19–8 |
| 32 | W | December 25, 1962 | 6–2 | New York Rangers (1962–63) | 5–19–8 |
| 33 | L | December 27, 1962 | 3–9 | @ New York Rangers (1962–63) | 5–20–8 |
| 34 | L | December 30, 1962 | 2–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) | 5–21–8 |
| 35 | W | January 1, 1963 | 3–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) | 6–21–8 |
| 36 | L | January 3, 1963 | 1–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) | 6–22–8 |
| 37 | L | January 5, 1963 | 2–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) | 6–23–8 |
| 38 | T | January 6, 1963 | 5–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) | 6–23–9 |
| 39 | W | January 10, 1963 | 5–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) | 7–23–9 |
| 40 | L | January 12, 1963 | 2–7 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) | 7–24–9 |
| 41 | T | January 13, 1963 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) | 7–24–10 |
| 42 | W | January 16, 1963 | 5–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) | 8–24–10 |
| 43 | L | January 17, 1963 | 3–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) | 8–25–10 |
| 44 | L | January 19, 1963 | 3–5 | New York Rangers (1962–63) | 8–26–10 |
| 45 | T | January 20, 1963 | 3–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) | 8–26–11 |
| 46 | L | January 24, 1963 | 3–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) | 8–27–11 |
| 47 | W | January 26, 1963 | 5–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) | 9–27–11 |
| 48 | L | January 27, 1963 | 3–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) | 9–28–11 |
| 49 | L | January 31, 1963 | 2–9 | Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) | 9–29–11 |
| 50 | T | February 2, 1963 | 4–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) | 9–29–12 |
| 51 | W | February 3, 1963 | 6–4 | @ New York Rangers (1962–63) | 10–29–12 |
| 52 | T | February 7, 1963 | 3–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) | 10–29–13 |
| 53 | T | February 10, 1963 | 5–5 | Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) | 10–29–14 |
| 54 | W | February 12, 1963 | 6–3 | New York Rangers (1962–63) | 11–29–14 |
| 55 | W | February 14, 1963 | 2–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) | 12–29–14 |
| 56 | L | February 16, 1963 | 1–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) | 12–30–14 |
| 57 | L | February 17, 1963 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) | 12–31–14 |
| 58 | T | February 20, 1963 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1962–63) | 12–31–15 |
| 59 | W | February 23, 1963 | 4–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) | 13–31–15 |
| 60 | L | February 24, 1963 | 3–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) | 13–32–15 |
| 61 | W | February 28, 1963 | 5–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) | 14–32–15 |
| 62 | L | March 3, 1963 | 3–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) | 14–33–15 |
| 63 | L | March 6, 1963 | 0–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) | 14–34–15 |
| 64 | L | March 7, 1963 | 0–8 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) | 14–35–15 |
| 65 | L | March 10, 1963 | 3–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) | 14–36–15 |
| 66 | L | March 14, 1963 | 0–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) | 14–37–15 |
| 67 | T | March 17, 1963 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) | 14–37–16 |
| 68 | L | March 20, 1963 | 1–5 | @ New York Rangers (1962–63) | 14–38–16 |
| 69 | T | March 21, 1963 | 2–2 | New York Rangers (1962–63) | 14–38–17 |
| 70 | L | March 24, 1963 | 3–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) | 14–39–17 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| John Bucyk | LW | 69 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 36 |
| Murray Oliver | C | 65 | 22 | 40 | 62 | 38 |
| Tommy Williams | RW | 69 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 11 |
| Jean-Guy Gendron | LW | 66 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 42 |
| Jerry Toppazzini | RW | 65 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 6 |
| Don McKenney | C | 41 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 2 |
| Forbes Kennedy | C | 49 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 46 |
| Doug Mohns | LW/D | 68 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 63 |
| Leo Boivin | D | 62 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 48 |
| Charlie Burns | C | 68 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 13 |
| Bobby Leiter | C | 51 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 34 |
| Irv Spencer | D | 69 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 34 |
| Cliff Pennington | C | 27 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 4 |
| Wayne Hicks | RW | 65 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 14 |
| Dean Prentice | LW | 19 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 |
| Ted Green | D | 70 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 117 |
| Ed Westfall | D/RW | 48 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| Warren Godfrey | D | 66 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 56 |
| Wayne Connelly | C | 18 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| Don Blackburn | LW | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Pat Stapleton | D | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Andre Pronovost | LW | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Matt Ravlich | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeannot Gilbert | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Eddie Johnston | G | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Bob Perreault | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Eddie Johnston | 2913 | 50 | 11 | 27 | 10 | 193 | 3.98 | 1 |
| Bob Perreault | 1287 | 22 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 82 | 3.82 | 1 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 14 | 39 | 17 | 275 | 3.93 | 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;