# 1943–44 Boston Bruins season

The 1943–44 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 20th season in the NHL. The Bruins failed to qualify for the playoffs.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 50 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 234 | 109 | +125 | 83 |
| 2 | Detroit Red Wings | 50 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 214 | 177 | +37 | 58 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 50 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 214 | 174 | +40 | 50 |
| 4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 50 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 178 | 187 | −9 | 49 |
| 5 | Boston Bruins | 50 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 223 | 268 | −45 | 43 |
| 6 | New York Rangers | 50 | 6 | 39 | 5 | 162 | 310 | −148 | 17 |

### Record vs. opponents

1943–44 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 5–5 | 1–7–2 | 3–5–2 | 7–2–1 | 3–7 |
| Chicago | 5–5 | — | 5–5 | 0–8–2 | 7–1–2 | 5–4–1 |
| Detroit | 7–1–2 | 5–5 | — | 0–9–1 | 8–1–1 | 6–2–2 |
| Montreal | 5–3–2 | 8–0–2 | 9–0–1 | — | 9–0–1 | 7–2–1 |
| New York | 2–7–1 | 1–7–2 | 1–8–1 | 0–9–1 | — | 2–8 |
| Toronto | 7–3 | 4–5–1 | 2–6–2 | 2–7–1 | 8–2 | — |

## Schedule and results

Regular season schedule :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | T | October 30, 1943 | 2–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 0–0–1 |
| 2 | W | November 6, 1943 | 5–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) | 1–0–1 |
| 3 | L | November 7, 1943 | 4–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 1–1–1 |
| 4 | L | November 11, 1943 | 4–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 1–2–1 |
| 5 | W | November 13, 1943 | 6–2 | @ New York Rangers (1943–44) | 2–2–1 |
| 6 | T | November 16, 1943 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 2–2–2 |
| 7 | L | November 18, 1943 | 3–7 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 2–3–2 |
| 8 | L | November 21, 1943 | 4–13 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 2–4–2 |
| 9 | W | November 23, 1943 | 8–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) | 3–4–2 |
| 10 | W | November 25, 1943 | 6–2 | New York Rangers (1943–44) | 4–4–2 |
| 11 | L | November 27, 1943 | 4–7 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) | 4–5–2 |
| 12 | L | November 28, 1943 | 4–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 4–6–2 |
| 13 | W | November 30, 1943 | 6–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 5–6–2 |
| 14 | W | December 5, 1943 | 5–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 6–6–2 |
| 15 | T | December 7, 1943 | 6–6 | Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 6–6–3 |
| 16 | W | December 11, 1943 | 9–6 | New York Rangers (1943–44) | 7–6–3 |
| 17 | L | December 12, 1943 | 4–6 | @ New York Rangers (1943–44) | 7–7–3 |
| 18 | W | December 14, 1943 | 4–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 8–7–3 |
| 19 | L | December 19, 1943 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 8–8–3 |
| 20 | W | December 21, 1943 | 8–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) | 9–8–3 |
| 21 | T | December 26, 1943 | 4–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 9–8–4 |
| 22 | W | December 28, 1943 | 5–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 10–8–4 |
| 23 | L | January 1, 1944 | 2–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) | 10–9–4 |
| 24 | W | January 2, 1944 | 13–3 | @ New York Rangers (1943–44) | 11–9–4 |
| 25 | W | January 4, 1944 | 6–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 12–9–4 |
| 26 | L | January 8, 1944 | 3–12 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) | 12–10–4 |
| 27 | W | January 15, 1944 | 7–5 | New York Rangers (1943–44) | 13–10–4 |
| 28 | L | January 16, 1944 | 6–8 | @ New York Rangers (1943–44) | 13–11–4 |
| 29 | L | January 18, 1944 | 2–7 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) | 13–12–4 |
| 30 | L | January 22, 1944 | 2–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 13–13–4 |
| 31 | L | January 23, 1944 | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 13–14–4 |
| 32 | L | January 25, 1944 | 3–6 | Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 13–15–4 |
| 33 | L | January 29, 1944 | 1–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 13–16–4 |
| 34 | L | February 1, 1944 | 0–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 13–17–4 |
| 35 | W | February 5, 1944 | 7–2 | New York Rangers (1943–44) | 14–17–4 |
| 36 | W | February 8, 1944 | 3–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 15–17–4 |
| 37 | W | February 10, 1944 | 5–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 16–17–4 |
| 38 | L | February 13, 1944 | 1–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 16–18–4 |
| 39 | L | February 19, 1944 | 4–10 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) | 16–19–4 |
| 40 | L | February 20, 1944 | 5–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 16–20–4 |
| 41 | L | February 26, 1944 | 2–10 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 16–21–4 |
| 42 | L | February 29, 1944 | 3–7 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) | 16–22–4 |
| 43 | L | March 2, 1944 | 2–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 16–23–4 |
| 44 | W | March 4, 1944 | 10–9 | New York Rangers (1943–44) | 17–23–4 |
| 45 | T | March 5, 1944 | 4–4 | @ New York Rangers (1943–44) | 17–23–5 |
| 46 | L | March 7, 1944 | 4–8 | Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 17–24–5 |
| 47 | W | March 12, 1944 | 6–5 | Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) | 18–24–5 |
| 48 | W | March 14, 1944 | 6–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) | 19–24–5 |
| 49 | L | March 16, 1944 | 9–10 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) | 19–25–5 |
| 50 | L | March 18, 1944 | 2–10 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) | 19–26–5 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Herb Cain | LW | 48 | 36 | 46 | 82 | 4 |
| Bill Cowley | C | 36 | 30 | 41 | 71 | 12 |
| Art Jackson | C | 49 | 28 | 41 | 69 | 8 |
| Buzz Boll | LW | 39 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 2 |
| Norm Calladine | C | 49 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 8 |
| Bep Guidolin | LW | 47 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 58 |
| Busher Jackson | LW | 42 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 25 |
| Dit Clapper | RW/D | 50 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 13 |
| Pat Egan | D | 25 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 55 |
| Jack Crawford | D | 34 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 8 |
| Don Gallinger | C | 23 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 6 |
| Flash Hollett | D | 25 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 4 |
| Russ Kopak | C | 24 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 0 |
| Alan Rittinger | W | 19 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| Aldo Palazzari | RW | 24 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| Guy Labrie | D | 15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| Tom Brennan | RW | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Chuck Scherza | LW/C | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Oscar Aubuchon | LW | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Clarence Schmidt | RW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Irwin Boyd | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bert Gardiner | G | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| George Abbott | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice Courteau | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ab DeMarco | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Franks | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benny Grant | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otto Schmidt | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Wilkinson | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Bert Gardiner | 2460 | 41 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 212 | 5.17 | 1 |
| Maurice Courteau | 360 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 5.50 | 0 |
| George Abbott | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 |
| Jimmy Franks | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 |
| Benny Grant | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 3000 | 50 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 268 | 5.36 | 1 |
    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;