# 1949–50 Boston Bruins season

The 1949–50 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 26th season in the NHL.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 229 | 164 | +65 | 88 |
| 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 29 | 22 | 19 | 172 | 150 | +22 | 77 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 176 | 173 | +3 | 74 |
| 4 | New York Rangers | 70 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 170 | 189 | −19 | 67 |
| 5 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 22 | 32 | 16 | 198 | 228 | −30 | 60 |
| 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 22 | 38 | 10 | 203 | 244 | −41 | 54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1949–50 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 5–7–2 | 3–8–3 | 4–5–5 | 5–5–4 | 5–7–2 |
| Chicago | 7–5–2 | — | 3–9–2 | 4–8–2 | 4–9–1 | 4–7–3 |
| Detroit | 8–3–3 | 9–3–2 | — | 5–3–6 | 7–5–2 | 8–5–1 |
| Montreal | 5–4–5 | 8–4–2 | 3–5–6 | — | 7–5–2 | 6–4–4 |
| New York | 5–5–4 | 9–4–1 | 5–7–2 | 5–7–2 | — | 4–8–2 |
| Toronto | 7–5–2 | 7–4–3 | 5–8–1 | 4–6–4 | 8–4–2 | — |

## Schedule and results

Regular season schedule :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | October 12, 1949 | 1–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | T | October 16, 1949 | 2–2 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 0–1–1 |
| 3 | W | October 19, 1949 | 7–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 1–1–1 |
| 4 | W | October 22, 1949 | 2–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 2–1–1 |
| 5 | T | October 23, 1949 | 0–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 2–1–2 |
| 6 | L | October 26, 1949 | 2–5 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 2–2–2 |
| 7 | L | October 29, 1949 | 1–8 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 2–3–2 |
| 8 | L | October 30, 1949 | 4–10 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 2–4–2 |
| 9 | L | November 2, 1949 | 3–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 2–5–2 |
| 10 | T | November 5, 1949 | 3–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 2–5–3 |
| 11 | L | November 9, 1949 | 1–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 2–6–3 |
| 12 | L | November 12, 1949 | 5–7 | Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 2–7–3 |
| 13 | W | November 13, 1949 | 4–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 3–7–3 |
| 14 | L | November 16, 1949 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 3–8–3 |
| 15 | L | November 17, 1949 | 3–8 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 3–9–3 |
| 16 | W | November 20, 1949 | 2–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 4–9–3 |
| 17 | W | November 23, 1949 | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 5–9–3 |
| 18 | T | November 26, 1949 | 3–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 5–9–4 |
| 19 | T | November 27, 1949 | 1–1 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 5–9–5 |
| 20 | L | November 30, 1949 | 0–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 5–10–5 |
| 21 | L | December 1, 1949 | 4–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 5–11–5 |
| 22 | W | December 3, 1949 | 5–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 6–11–5 |
| 23 | W | December 4, 1949 | 4–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 7–11–5 |
| 24 | L | December 7, 1949 | 1–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 7–12–5 |
| 25 | T | December 8, 1949 | 2–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 7–12–6 |
| 26 | L | December 10, 1949 | 1–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 7–13–6 |
| 27 | W | December 11, 1949 | 2–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 8–13–6 |
| 28 | L | December 14, 1949 | 2–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 8–14–6 |
| 29 | L | December 17, 1949 | 1–3 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 8–15–6 |
| 30 | W | December 18, 1949 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 9–15–6 |
| 31 | W | December 21, 1949 | 4–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 10–15–6 |
| 32 | W | December 24, 1949 | 8–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 11–15–6 |
| 33 | T | December 25, 1949 | 4–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 11–15–7 |
| 34 | T | December 28, 1949 | 2–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 11–15–8 |
| 35 | L | December 31, 1949 | 1–4 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 11–16–8 |
| 36 | W | January 1, 1950 | 6–0 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 12–16–8 |
| 37 | L | January 5, 1950 | 3–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 12–17–8 |
| 38 | W | January 8, 1950 | 4–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 13–17–8 |
| 39 | W | January 11, 1950 | 2–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 14–17–8 |
| 40 | L | January 14, 1950 | 3–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 14–18–8 |
| 41 | L | January 15, 1950 | 1–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 14–19–8 |
| 42 | W | January 18, 1950 | 4–2 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 15–19–8 |
| 43 | L | January 21, 1950 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 15–20–8 |
| 44 | L | January 22, 1950 | 4–5 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 15–21–8 |
| 45 | T | January 25, 1950 | 4–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 15–21–9 |
| 46 | L | January 26, 1950 | 1–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 15–22–9 |
| 47 | T | January 28, 1950 | 2–2 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 15–22–10 |
| 48 | W | January 29, 1950 | 4–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 16–22–10 |
| 49 | W | February 1, 1950 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 17–22–10 |
| 50 | L | February 5, 1950 | 1–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 17–23–10 |
| 51 | L | February 8, 1950 | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 17–24–10 |
| 52 | L | February 11, 1950 | 4–9 | Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 17–25–10 |
| 53 | T | February 12, 1950 | 3–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 17–25–11 |
| 54 | T | February 15, 1950 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 17–25–12 |
| 55 | T | February 19, 1950 | 4–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 17–25–13 |
| 56 | L | February 22, 1950 | 1–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 17–26–13 |
| 57 | L | February 25, 1950 | 2–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 17–27–13 |
| 58 | L | February 26, 1950 | 3–4 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 17–28–13 |
| 59 | W | March 1, 1950 | 5–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 18–28–13 |
| 60 | W | March 4, 1950 | 5–1 | New York Rangers (1949–50) | 19–28–13 |
| 61 | W | March 5, 1950 | 11–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 20–28–13 |
| 62 | L | March 8, 1950 | 3–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 20–29–13 |
| 63 | L | March 11, 1950 | 0–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 20–30–13 |
| 64 | T | March 12, 1950 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 20–30–14 |
| 65 | W | March 15, 1950 | 4–1 | @ New York Rangers (1949–50) | 21–30–14 |
| 66 | T | March 18, 1950 | 1–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) | 21–30–15 |
| 67 | W | March 19, 1950 | 4–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 22–30–15 |
| 68 | L | March 22, 1950 | 5–7 | Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) | 22–31–15 |
| 69 | L | March 25, 1950 | 0–8 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) | 22–32–15 |
| 70 | T | March 26, 1950 | 3–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) | 22–32–16 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Paul Ronty | C | 70 | 23 | 36 | 59 | 8 |
| Johnny Peirson | RW | 57 | 27 | 25 | 52 | 49 |
| Phil Maloney | C | 70 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 6 |
| Milt Schmidt | C/D | 68 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 41 |
| Ken Smith | LW | 66 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 12 |
| Woody Dumart | LW | 69 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 14 |
| Dave Creighton | C | 64 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 13 |
| Bud Poile | RW | 39 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 6 |
| Ed Harrison | C/LW | 70 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 23 |
| Bill Quackenbush | D | 70 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 4 |
| Sam Bettio | LW | 44 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 32 |
| Ed Kryzanowski | D | 57 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 |
| Murray Henderson | D | 64 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 42 |
| Pete Horeck | LW | 34 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| Zellio Toppazzini | RW | 36 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| Jack Crawford | D | 46 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| Fern Flaman | D | 69 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 122 |
| Ed Sandford | LW | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Lorne Ferguson | LW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Gord Byers | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Arnie Kullman | C | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Jack McIntyre | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Red Sullivan | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Bittner | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bart Bradley | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Corcoran | C/RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Gelineau | G | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gord Henry | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Lowe | D/LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Jack Gelineau | 4020 | 67 | 22 | 30 | 15 | 220 | 3.28 | 3 |
| Dick Bittner | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Gord Henry | 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 22 | 32 | 16 | 228 | 3.26 | 3 |
    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;