# 1930–31 Boston Bruins season

The 1930–31 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' seventh season in the NHL. The Bruins repeated as division champions, but lost in the semi-finals of the playoffs.

## Regular season
### Final standings

American Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Boston Bruins | 44 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 143 | 90 | 62 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 44 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 108 | 78 | 51 |
| New York Rangers | 44 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 106 | 87 | 47 |
| Detroit Falcons | 44 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 102 | 105 | 39 |
| Philadelphia Quakers | 44 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 76 | 184 | 12 |
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

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

Regular season schedule :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | November 11, 1930 | 1–0 | New York Americans (1930–31) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | W | November 18, 1930 | 5–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) | 2–0–0 |
| 3 | L | November 20, 1930 | 0–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) | 2–1–0 |
| 4 | T | November 23, 1930 | 2–2 OT | @ Detroit Falcons (1930–31) | 2–1–1 |
| 5 | L | November 25, 1930 | 3–4 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) | 2–2–1 |
| 6 | W | November 27, 1930 | 2–1 | @ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) | 3–2–1 |
| 7 | L | November 29, 1930 | 2–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) | 3–3–1 |
| 8 | W | December 2, 1930 | 3–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) | 4–3–1 |
| 9 | W | December 6, 1930 | 4–3 | @ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) | 5–3–1 |
| 10 | W | December 9, 1930 | 2–1 | Montreal Maroons (1930–31) | 6–3–1 |
| 11 | L | December 11, 1930 | 1–2 | @ New York Americans (1930–31) | 6–4–1 |
| 12 | W | December 13, 1930 | 7–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) | 7–4–1 |
| 13 | W | December 16, 1930 | 3–2 | Detroit Falcons (1930–31) | 8–4–1 |
| 14 | W | December 18, 1930 | 4–2 | @ New York Rangers (1930–31) | 9–4–1 |
| 15 | T | December 20, 1930 | 2–2 OT | New York Rangers (1930–31) | 9–4–2 |
| 16 | W | December 25, 1930 | 8–0 | Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) | 10–4–2 |
| 17 | W | December 30, 1930 | 7–3 | Ottawa Senators (1930–31) | 11–4–2 |
| 18 | W | January 1, 1931 | 4–3 OT | @ New York Rangers (1930–31) | 12–4–2 |
| 19 | L | January 3, 1931 | 3–5 | @ Montreal Maroons (1930–31) | 12–5–2 |
| 20 | W | January 6, 1931 | 5–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) | 13–5–2 |
| 21 | W | January 8, 1931 | 3–1 | @ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) | 14–5–2 |
| 22 | W | January 11, 1931 | 4–1 | @ Detroit Falcons (1930–31) | 15–5–2 |
| 23 | T | January 13, 1931 | 2–2 OT | New York Rangers (1930–31) | 15–5–3 |
| 24 | L | January 15, 1931 | 0–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) | 15–6–3 |
| 25 | W | January 20, 1931 | 4–2 | Ottawa Senators (1930–31) | 16–6–3 |
| 26 | L | January 22, 1931 | 1–2 | @ New York Americans (1930–31) | 16–7–3 |
| 27 | W | January 24, 1931 | 4–2 | @ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) | 17–7–3 |
| 28 | T | January 27, 1931 | 3–3 OT | Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) | 17–7–4 |
| 29 | W | January 29, 1931 | 4–3 | @ New York Rangers (1930–31) | 18–7–4 |
| 30 | W | February 3, 1931 | 7–2 | Detroit Falcons (1930–31) | 19–7–4 |
| 31 | W | February 7, 1931 | 2–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) | 20–7–4 |
| 32 | W | February 10, 1931 | 2–1 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) | 21–7–4 |
| 33 | W | February 14, 1931 | 4–2 | @ Montreal Maroons (1930–31) | 22–7–4 |
| 34 | W | February 17, 1931 | 2–0 | New York Americans (1930–31) | 23–7–4 |
| 35 | T | February 19, 1931 | 1–1 OT | Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) | 23–7–5 |
| 36 | L | February 21, 1931 | 2–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) | 23–8–5 |
| 37 | W | February 24, 1931 | 5–1 | @ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) | 24–8–5 |
| 38 | W | March 3, 1931 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1930–31) | 25–8–5 |
| 39 | W | March 7, 1931 | 7–2 | Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) | 26–8–5 |
| 40 | T | March 10, 1931 | 3–3 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) | 26–8–6 |
| 41 | L | March 12, 1931 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) | 26–9–6 |
| 42 | L | March 15, 1931 | 2–5 OT | @ Detroit Falcons (1930–31) | 26–10–6 |
| 43 | W | March 17, 1931 | 4–2 | Detroit Falcons (1930–31) | 27–10–6 |
| 44 | W | March 21, 1931 | 3–1 | Montreal Maroons (1930–31) | 28–10–6 |

## Playoffs

The Boston Bruins lost to the Montreal Canadiens in the semi-finals 3–2.

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Cooney Weiland | C | 44 | 25 | 13 | 38 | 14 |
| Marty Barry | C | 44 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 26 |
| Eddie Shore | D | 44 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 105 |
| Dit Clapper | RW/D | 43 | 22 | 8 | 30 | 50 |
| Harry Oliver | RW | 44 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 18 |
| George Owen | D | 38 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 33 |
| Red Beattie | LW | 32 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 25 |
| Art Chapman | C | 44 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 22 |
| Dutch Gainor | C | 35 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| Harold Darragh | LW | 25 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Henry Harris | RW | 32 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| Percy Galbraith | LW/D | 43 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 28 |
| Jack Pratt | C/D | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 36 |
| Lionel Hitchman | D | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 40 |
| Bill Hutton | D/RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Lyons | LW | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Paul Runge | C/LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tiny Thompson | G | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Tiny Thompson | 2730 | 44 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 90 | 1.98 | 3 |
| Team: | 2730 | 44 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 90 | 1.98 | 3 |

### Playoffs

The Boston Bruins lost to the Montreal Canadiens 3–2 in the semi-finals.

#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Cooney Weiland | C | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| Dit Clapper | RW/D | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| George Owen | D | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| Eddie Shore | D | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| Marty Barry | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Art Chapman | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Harold Darragh | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dutch Gainor | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Red Beattie | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Percy Galbraith | LW/D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Lionel Hitchman | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Lyons | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Oliver | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Pratt | C/D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tiny Thompson | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Tiny Thompson | 343 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 2.27 | 0 |
| Team: | 343 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 2.27 | 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;