# 1948–49 Boston Bruins season

The 1948–49 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 25th season in the NHL.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 60 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 195 | 145 | +50 | 75 |
| 2 | Boston Bruins | 60 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 178 | 163 | +15 | 66 |
| 3 | Montreal Canadiens | 60 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 152 | 126 | +26 | 65 |
| 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 60 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 147 | 161 | −14 | 57 |
| 5 | Chicago Black Hawks | 60 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 173 | 211 | −38 | 50 |
| 6 | New York Rangers | 60 | 18 | 31 | 11 | 133 | 172 | −39 | 47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1948–49 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 6–5–1 | 5–4–3 | 5–6–1 | 8–2–2 | 5–6–1 |
| Chicago | 5–6–1 | — | 3–9 | 3–7–2 | 6–5–1 | 4–4–4 |
| Detroit | 4–5–3 | 9–3 | — | 7–4–1 | 7–4–1 | 7–3–2 |
| Montreal | 6–5–1 | 7–3–2 | 4–7–1 | — | 5–4–3 | 6–4–2 |
| New York | 2–8–2 | 5–6–1 | 4–7–1 | 4–5–3 | — | 3–5–4 |
| Toronto | 6–5–1 | 4–4–4 | 3–7–2 | 4–6–2 | 5–3–4 | — |

## Schedule and results

Regular season schedule :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 16, 1948 | 4–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | W | October 20, 1948 | 8–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 2–0–0 |
| 3 | W | October 24, 1948 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1948–49) | 3–0–0 |
| 4 | W | October 28, 1948 | 5–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 4–0–0 |
| 5 | T | October 30, 1948 | 3–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 4–0–1 |
| 6 | L | October 31, 1948 | 0–2 | @ New York Rangers (1948–49) | 4–1–1 |
| 7 | L | November 7, 1948 | 3–7 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 4–2–1 |
| 8 | W | November 11, 1948 | 4–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 5–2–1 |
| 9 | W | November 14, 1948 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 6–2–1 |
| 10 | W | November 17, 1948 | 2–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 7–2–1 |
| 11 | T | November 20, 1948 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 7–2–2 |
| 12 | L | November 21, 1948 | 1–4 | New York Rangers (1948–49) | 7–3–2 |
| 13 | W | November 24, 1948 | 5–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 8–3–2 |
| 14 | W | November 27, 1948 | 2–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 9–3–2 |
| 15 | W | November 28, 1948 | 6–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 10–3–2 |
| 16 | W | December 1, 1948 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 11–3–2 |
| 17 | L | December 4, 1948 | 2–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 11–4–2 |
| 18 | W | December 5, 1948 | 2–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 12–4–2 |
| 19 | T | December 7, 1948 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1948–49) | 12–4–3 |
| 20 | L | December 8, 1948 | 3–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 12–5–3 |
| 21 | L | December 11, 1948 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 12–6–3 |
| 22 | L | December 12, 1948 | 3–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 12–7–3 |
| 23 | L | December 15, 1948 | 2–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 12–8–3 |
| 24 | L | December 19, 1948 | 2–7 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 12–9–3 |
| 25 | W | December 22, 1948 | 5–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 13–9–3 |
| 26 | L | December 23, 1948 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 13–10–3 |
| 27 | W | December 25, 1948 | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 14–10–3 |
| 28 | L | December 29, 1948 | 2–10 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 14–11–3 |
| 29 | T | December 31, 1948 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1948–49) | 14–11–4 |
| 30 | W | January 1, 1949 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1948–49) | 15–11–4 |
| 31 | L | January 5, 1949 | 0–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 15–12–4 |
| 32 | W | January 6, 1949 | 3–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 16–12–4 |
| 33 | L | January 9, 1949 | 2–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 16–13–4 |
| 34 | L | January 12, 1949 | 3–5 | Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 16–14–4 |
| 35 | W | January 16, 1949 | 3–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 17–14–4 |
| 36 | W | January 19, 1949 | 5–2 | @ New York Rangers (1948–49) | 18–14–4 |
| 37 | L | January 22, 1949 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 18–15–4 |
| 38 | W | January 23, 1949 | 3–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 19–15–4 |
| 39 | L | January 26, 1949 | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 19–16–4 |
| 40 | L | January 30, 1949 | 0–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 19–17–4 |
| 41 | W | February 2, 1949 | 5–3 | New York Rangers (1948–49) | 20–17–4 |
| 42 | W | February 5, 1949 | 3–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 21–17–4 |
| 43 | L | February 6, 1949 | 2–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 21–18–4 |
| 44 | W | February 9, 1949 | 5–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 22–18–4 |
| 45 | W | February 12, 1949 | 4–2 | New York Rangers (1948–49) | 23–18–4 |
| 46 | T | February 13, 1949 | 4–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 23–18–5 |
| 47 | L | February 16, 1949 | 1–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 23–19–5 |
| 48 | L | February 19, 1949 | 2–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 23–20–5 |
| 49 | T | February 21, 1949 | 2–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 23–20–6 |
| 50 | W | February 23, 1949 | 3–2 | @ New York Rangers (1948–49) | 24–20–6 |
| 51 | T | February 27, 1949 | 2–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 24–20–7 |
| 52 | T | March 2, 1949 | 1–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 24–20–8 |
| 53 | L | March 5, 1949 | 0–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 24–21–8 |
| 54 | L | March 6, 1949 | 0–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) | 24–22–8 |
| 55 | W | March 9, 1949 | 8–1 | New York Rangers (1948–49) | 25–22–8 |
| 56 | W | March 12, 1949 | 2–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 26–22–8 |
| 57 | W | March 13, 1949 | 6–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) | 27–22–8 |
| 58 | W | March 15, 1949 | 4–2 | @ New York Rangers (1948–49) | 28–22–8 |
| 59 | L | March 16, 1949 | 3–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) | 28–23–8 |
| 60 | W | March 20, 1949 | 7–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) | 29–23–8 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Paul Ronty | C | 60 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 11 |
| Johnny Peirson | RW | 59 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 45 |
| Ken Smith | LW | 59 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 6 |
| Grant Warwick | RW | 58 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 14 |
| Ed Sandford | LW | 56 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 57 |
| Pete Babando | LW | 58 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 34 |
| Milt Schmidt | C/D | 44 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 25 |
| Jimmy Peters | RW | 60 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 8 |
| Pat Egan | D | 60 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 92 |
| Woody Dumart | LW | 59 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 6 |
| Fern Flaman | D | 60 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 62 |
| Jack Crawford | D | 55 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 14 |
| Murray Henderson | D | 60 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 28 |
| Ed Harrison | C/LW | 59 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| Dave Creighton | C | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Ed Kryzanowski | D | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Zellio Toppazzini | RW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Cliff Thompson | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Brimsek | G | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Les Colvin | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Gelineau | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gord Henry | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Frank Brimsek | 3240 | 54 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 147 | 2.72 | 1 |
| Jack Gelineau | 240 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Gord Henry | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Les Colvin | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 3600 | 60 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 163 | 2.72 | 2 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Johnny Peirson | RW | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Ed Sandford | LW | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Woody Dumart | LW | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Ronty | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Grant Warwick | RW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Milt Schmidt | C/D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Ken Smith | LW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Fern Flaman | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Murray Henderson | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ed Kryzanowski | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jimmy Peters | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Babando | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Frank Brimsek | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Crawford | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Creighton | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Egan | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Ed Harrison | C/LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zellio Toppazzini | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Frank Brimsek | 316 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 3.04 | 0 |
| Team: | 316 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 3.04 | 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;