# 1967–68 Boston Bruins season

The 1967–68 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 44th season in the NHL.

## Offseason

In 1967, the Black Hawks made a trade with the Boston Bruins that turned out to be one of the most one-sided in the history of the sport. Chicago sent young forwards Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield to Boston in exchange for Pit Martin, Jack Norris and Gilles Marotte.

## Regular season
### Season standings

East Division vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 74 | 42 | 22 | 10 | 236 | 167 | +69 | 94 |
| 2 | New York Rangers | 74 | 39 | 23 | 12 | 226 | 183 | +43 | 90 |
| 3 | Boston Bruins | 74 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 259 | 216 | +43 | 84 |
| 4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 74 | 32 | 26 | 16 | 212 | 222 | −10 | 80 |
| 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 74 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 209 | 176 | +33 | 76 |
| 6 | Detroit Red Wings | 74 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 245 | 257 | −12 | 66 |

### Record vs. opponents
## Schedule and results

Regular season schedule :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | T | October 11, 1967 | 4–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 0–0–1 |
| 2 | W | October 15, 1967 | 6–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 1–0–1 |
| 3 | W | October 18, 1967 | 7–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 2–0–1 |
| 4 | W | October 19, 1967 | 6–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 3–0–1 |
| 5 | L | October 21, 1967 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 3–1–1 |
| 6 | W | October 26, 1967 | 2–0 | Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 4–1–1 |
| 7 | W | October 29, 1967 | 4–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 5–1–1 |
| 8 | L | November 1, 1967 | 1–5 | @ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 5–2–1 |
| 9 | T | November 5, 1967 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 5–2–2 |
| 10 | W | November 8, 1967 | 6–3 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 6–2–2 |
| 11 | W | November 11, 1967 | 2–1 | Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 7–2–2 |
| 12 | L | November 12, 1967 | 2–4 | Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 7–3–2 |
| 13 | L | November 15, 1967 | 2–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 7–4–2 |
| 14 | W | November 18, 1967 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 8–4–2 |
| 15 | W | November 19, 1967 | 6–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 9–4–2 |
| 16 | L | November 22, 1967 | 1–4 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 9–5–2 |
| 17 | W | November 23, 1967 | 4–2 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 10–5–2 |
| 18 | W | November 25, 1967 | 3–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 11–5–2 |
| 19 | W | November 26, 1967 | 7–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 12–5–2 |
| 20 | W | November 29, 1967 | 5–1 | Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 13–5–2 |
| 21 | T | December 2, 1967 | 4–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 13–5–3 |
| 22 | W | December 3, 1967 | 5–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 14–5–3 |
| 23 | W | December 7, 1967 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 15–5–3 |
| 24 | T | December 9, 1967 | 3–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 15–5–4 |
| 25 | L | December 10, 1967 | 1–3 | Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 15–6–4 |
| 26 | L | December 13, 1967 | 2–6 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 15–7–4 |
| 27 | L | December 15, 1967 | 1–4 | @ Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 15–8–4 |
| 28 | W | December 16, 1967 | 5–2 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 16–8–4 |
| 29 | L | December 20, 1967 | 3–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 16–9–4 |
| 30 | W | December 23, 1967 | 4–0 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 17–9–4 |
| 31 | W | December 25, 1967 | 6–3 | Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 18–9–4 |
| 32 | W | December 27, 1967 | 7–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 19–9–4 |
| 33 | L | December 30, 1967 | 4–5 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 19–10–4 |
| 34 | L | December 31, 1967 | 4–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 19–11–4 |
| 35 | T | January 3, 1968 | 5–5 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 19–11–5 |
| 36 | W | January 4, 1968 | 3–2 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 20–11–5 |
| 37 | T | January 6, 1968 | 3–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 20–11–6 |
| 38 | L | January 7, 1968 | 2–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 20–12–6 |
| 39 | W | January 11, 1968 | 5–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 21–12–6 |
| 40 | L | January 13, 1968 | 1–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 21–13–6 |
| 41 | W | January 14, 1968 | 9–2 | Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 22–13–6 |
| 42 | L | January 18, 1968 | 2–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 22–14–6 |
| 43 | W | January 20, 1968 | 4–2 | Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 23–14–6 |
| 44 | W | January 21, 1968 | 6–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 24–14–6 |
| 45 | L | January 24, 1968 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 24–15–6 |
| 46 | L | January 25, 1968 | 0–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 24–16–6 |
| 47 | L | January 27, 1968 | 2–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 24–17–6 |
| 48 | L | January 28, 1968 | 0–1 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 24–18–6 |
| 49 | T | February 1, 1968 | 4–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 24–18–7 |
| 50 | T | February 3, 1968 | 3–3 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 24–18–8 |
| 51 | W | February 4, 1968 | 5–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 25–18–8 |
| 52 | W | February 7, 1968 | 6–4 | @ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 26–18–8 |
| 53 | T | February 10, 1968 | 1–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 26–18–9 |
| 54 | T | February 11, 1968 | 3–3 | St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 26–18–10 |
| 55 | L | February 14, 1968 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 26–19–10 |
| 56 | L | February 17, 1968 | 1–3 | @ Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 26–20–10 |
| 57 | W | February 18, 1968 | 6–5 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 27–20–10 |
| 58 | L | February 21, 1968 | 3–5 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 27–21–10 |
| 59 | W | February 22, 1968 | 3–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 28–21–10 |
| 60 | L | February 24, 1968 | 0–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 28–22–10 |
| 61 | W | February 27, 1968 | 5–3 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 29–22–10 |
| 62 | W | February 29, 1968 | 4–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 30–22–10 |
| 63 | W | March 3, 1968 | 9–3 | St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 31–22–10 |
| 64 | W | March 6, 1968 | 5–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 32–22–10 |
| 65 | W | March 7, 1968 | 2–1 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 33–22–10 |
| 66 | L | March 10, 1968 | 5–7 | Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 33–23–10 |
| 67 | W | March 13, 1968 | 2–1 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 34–23–10 |
| 68 | L | March 16, 1968 | 0–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 34–24–10 |
| 69 | W | March 17, 1968 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 35–24–10 |
| 70 | W | March 21, 1968 | 8–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 36–24–10 |
| 71 | L | March 24, 1968 | 3–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) | 36–25–10 |
| 72 | L | March 28, 1968 | 4–5 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 36–26–10 |
| 73 | W | March 30, 1968 | 2–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 37–26–10 |
| 74 | L | March 31, 1968 | 1–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 37–27–10 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Phil Esposito | C | 74 | 35 | 49 | 84 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| John Bucyk | LW | 72 | 30 | 39 | 69 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| John McKenzie | RW | 74 | 28 | 38 | 66 | 107 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Fred Stanfield | LW | 73 | 20 | 44 | 64 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Ken Hodge | RW | 74 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Tommy Williams | RW | 68 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Derek Sanderson | C | 71 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 98 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Ted Green | D | 72 | 7 | 36 | 43 | 133 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Shack | LW | 70 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 107 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Ed Westfall | D/RW | 73 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Bobby Orr | D | 46 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Dallas Smith | D | 74 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Glen Sather | LW | 65 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Don Awrey | D | 74 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Skip Krake | C | 68 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Gary Doak | D | 59 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ross Lonsberry | LW | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Cashman | LW | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Cheevers | G | 47 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Arbour | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Murphy | LW | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Gibbs | D | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Gill | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Johnston | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Gerry Cheevers | 2646 | 47 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 125 | 2.83 | 3 |
| Eddie Johnston | 1524 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 73 | 2.87 | 0 |
| Andre Gill | 270 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2.89 | 1 |
| Team: | 4440 | 74 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 211 | 2.85 | 4 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Ken Hodge | RW | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Westfall | D/RW | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Green | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John McKenzie | RW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Bucyk | LW | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Orr | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Sanderson | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Smith | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Williams | RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Awrey | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Shack | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Stanfield | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Cashman | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Cheevers | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Doak | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Skip Krake | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Murphy | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Sather | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Gerry Cheevers | 240 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 |
| Team: | 240 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 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 picks at the 1967 NHL Entry Draft.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
| 1 | 10 | Meehan Bonnar | Right Wing | Canada | St. Thomas Stars (WOJBHL) |