Boston Bruins

For the team of the same name that played in the Canadian American Hockey League please see Boston Bruins (CAHL).
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team has been in existence since 1924, entering the league as the first American based expansion franchise. They are also an Original Six team, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, and Chicago Blackhawks. Their home arena is the 17,565 capacity TD Garden where it has played since 1995, after leaving the Boston Garden which had been their home since 1928. 
== Franchise History ==
=== The Pre-World War II years ===
In 1923, at the convincing of Boston grocery tycoon Charles Adams, the National Hockey League decided to expand to the United States. Adams had fallen in love with hockey while watching the Stanley Cup playoffs. He persuaded the NHL to grant him a franchise for Boston. With the Montreal Maroons, the team was one of the NHL's first two expansion teams.
Adams' first act was to hire Art Ross, a former star player and innovator, as general manager. Ross would be the face of the franchise for thirty years, including four separate stints as coach.
Adams directed Ross to come up with a nickname that would portray an untamed animal displaying speed, agility, and cunning. Ross came up with "Bruins." The team's bearlike nickname also went along with the team's original uniform colors of brown and yellow, which came from Adams' grocery chain, First National Stores.
The team played its first four seasons in the Boston Arena, which still stands today as the Matthews Arena.The team finished last in its inaugural season, and finished just a point out of the playoffs a year later.
In their third season, 1926–27, the team markedly improved. Ross took advantage of the collapse of the Western Hockey League to purchase several western stars, including the team's first great star, a defenseman from Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan named Eddie Shore. The Bruins reached the Stanley Cup Final despite finishing only one game above .500, but lost to the Ottawa Senators. In 1929 the Bruins defeated the New York Rangers to win their first Stanley Cup. Standout players on the first championship team included Shore, Harry Oliver, Dit Clapper, Dutch Gainor, and goaltender Tiny Thompson. The 1928–29 season was the first played at Boston Garden, which Adams had built after guaranteeing his backers $500,000 in gate receipts over the next five years. The season after that, 1929–30, the Bruins posted the best-ever regular season winning percentage in the NHL (an astonishing .875, winning 38 out of 44 games, a record which still stands), but would lose to the Montreal Canadiens in the Final.
The 1930s Bruins team included Shore, Thompson, Clapper, Babe Siebert and Cooney Weiland. The team led the league's standings five times in that decade. For the 1934-35 season, the team changed its uniform colors from brown and yellow to the current black and gold. In 1939, they won the second Stanley Cup in franchise history. That year, Thompson was traded for rookie goaltender Frank Brimsek. Brimsek had an award-winning season, capturing the Vezina and Calder Trophies, becoming the first rookie named to the NHL First All-Star Team, and earning the nickname "Mr. Zero." The team skating in front of Thompson included Bill Cowley, Shore, Clapper and "Sudden Death" Mel Hill (who scored three overtime goals in one playoff series), together with the "Kraut Line" of center Milt Schmidt, right winger Bobby Bauer, and left winger Woody Dumart. In 1940, Shore was traded to the struggling New York Americans for his final NHL season. In 1941 the Bruins won their third Stanley Cup after losing only eight games and finishing first in the regular season. It was their last Stanley Cup for 29 years.
=== World War II and the "Original Six" Era ===
World War II affected the Bruins more than most teams; Brimsek and the "Krauts" all enlisted after the 1940–41 Cup win, and lost the most productive years of their careers at war. Cowley, assisted by veteran player Clapper and Busher Jackson, was the team's remaining star. Even though the NHL had by 1943 been reduced to the six teams that would in the modern era be — erroneously — called the "Original Six", talent was depleted enough that freak seasons could take place, as in 1944, when Bruin Herb Cain would set the then-NHL record for points in a season with 82. But the Bruins didn't make the playoffs that season, and Cain would be out of the NHL two years later.
thumb|125px|left|Hockey Hall of Fame member Milt Schmidt, the captain of the Bruins in the early 1950s.
The stars would return for 1945, and Clapper led the team back to the Stanley Cup Final as player-coach. He retired as a player after the next season, becoming the first player in history to play twenty NHL seasons, but stayed on as coach for two more years. Unfortunately, Brimsek was not as good as he was before the war, and after 1946 the Bruins lost in the first playoff round three straight years, resulting in Clapper's resignation. Brimsek was traded to the last-place Chicago Black Hawks in 1949, (citing a wish to help his brother with a business he was starting), which was preceded by the unfortunate banning of young star Don Gallinger for life on suspicion of gambling. The only remaining quality young players who stayed with the team for any length were forwards Johnny Peirson, who would later be the team's television color commentator in the 1970s, Fleming Mackell and Ed Sandford.
During the 1948–49 season, in celebration of the Bruins 25th year in the NHL, a "spoked-B" logo appeared on their white jerseys with a small "24" and "49" on the horizontal spokes. The logo (minus the numbers) has been part of the Bruins jerseys, with variations, ever since.
The 1950s began with Charles Adams' son Weston (who had been team president since 1936) facing financial trouble. He was forced to accept a buyout offer from Walter A. Brown, the owner of the National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics and the Garden, in 1951. Although there were some instances of success (such as making the Stanley Cup Final in 1953, 1957, and 1958, only to lose to the Montreal Canadiens each time), the Bruins mustered only four winning seasons between 1947 and 1967. They missed the playoffs eight straight years between 1960 and 1967.
In 1954, on New Year's Day, Robert Skrak, an assistant to Frank Zamboni, the inventor of the best known ice resurfacing machine of the time, demonstrated a very early model of the machine at Boston Garden to the team management, and as a result, the Bruins ordered one of the then-produced "Model E" resurfacers to be used at the Garden, the first known NHL team to acquire one of the soon-to-be-ubiquitous "Zambonis" for their own use. The Bruins' Zamboni Model E, factory serial number 21, eventually ended up in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto in 1988 for preservation. 
During this period, the farm system of the Bruins was not as expansive or well-developed as most of the other five teams. The Bruins sought players not protected by the other teams and in 1958 signed Willie O'Ree, the first black player in the NHL. In like fashion, the team signed Tommy Williams from the 1960 Olympic-gold medal winning American national men's hockey team. At the time, in 1962, he was the second American player in the NHL, the other being Charlie Burns, who also played for the Bruins. The "Uke Line" — named for the Ukrainian heritage of Johnny Bucyk and Vic Stasiuk (their linemate, Bronco Horvath, was largely Hungarian) — came to Boston and enjoyed four productive offensive seasons even as the Bruins were struggling overall.
=== Expansion and the Big Bad Bruins ===
Weston Adams repurchased the Bruins in 1964 after Brown's death and set about rebuilding the team. Adams signed a defenseman from Parry Sound, Ontario, named Bobby Orr, who entered the league in 1966 and would become, in the eyes of many, the greatest player of all time. He was announced that season's winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy for Rookie of the Year and named to the Second NHL All-Star Team. When asked about Orr's NHL debut game, October 19, 1966, against the Detroit Red Wings, then-Bruins coach Harry Sinden recalled:
"Our fans had heard about this kid for a few years now. There was a lot of pressure on him, but he met all the expectations. He was a star from the moment they played the national anthem in the opening game of the season."
The Bruins then obtained young forwards Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge, and Fred Stanfield from Chicago in a deal that turned out to be very one-sided. Hodge and Stanfield became key elements of the Bruins' success, and Esposito, who centered a line with Hodge and Wayne Cashman, would become the league's top goal-scorer and the first NHL player to break the 100–point mark, setting many goal and point records. Esposito remains one of four players to win the Art Ross Trophy four consecutive seasons (the other three are Jaromir Jagr, Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe). With other stars like forwards Bucyk, John McKenzie, Derek Sanderson and Hodge, steady defenders like Dallas Smith and goaltender Gerry Cheevers, the "Big Bad Bruins" became one of the league's top teams from the late 1960s through the 1970s.
In 1969-70, a 29 year Stanley Cup drought came to an end in Boston, as the Bruins defeated the St. Louis Blues in four games in the Final. Orr scored the game-winning goal in overtime to clinch the Stanley Cup. The same season was Orr's most awarded — the third of eight consecutive years he won the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the top defenseman in the NHL — and he won the Art Ross Trophy, the Conn Smythe Trophy, and the Hart Memorial Trophy, the only player to win those four awards all in the same season.
The 1970-71 season was, in retrospect, the high watermark of the Seventies for Boston. While Sinden temporarily retired from hockey to enter business (he was replaced by ex-Bruin and Canadien defenceman Tom Johnson) the Bruins' set dozens of offensive scoring records: they had seven of the league's top ten scorers — a feat not achieved before or since — set the record for wins in a season, and in a league that had never seen a 100–point scorer before 1969 (Esposito had 126), the Bruins had four that year. Orr, Esposito, Bucyk and Hodge were named First Team All-Stars, a feat matched in the expansion era only by the 1977 Canadiens. Boston were favorites to repeat as Cup champions, but ran into a roadblock in the playoffs. Up 5–1 at one point in game two of the quarterfinals against the Canadiens (and rookie goaltender Ken Dryden), the Bruins squandered the lead to lose 7–5. The Bruins never recovered and lost the series in seven games.
While the Bruins were not quite as dominant the next season (although only three points behind the 1971 pace), Esposito and Orr were once again one-two in the scoring standings (followed by Bucyk in ninth place) and they regained the Stanley Cup by defeating the New York Rangers in six games in the Finals. Rangers blue liner Brad Park, who came runner-up to Orr's five-year (then) monopoly, said, "Bobby Orr was — didn't make — the difference."
Boston continued to dominate through the 1970s (despite losing Cheevers, McKenzie, Sanderson, and other stars to the World Hockey Association), only to come up short in the playoffs. Although they had three 100–point scorers on the team (Esposito, Orr, and Hodge), they lost the 1974 Final to the Philadelphia Flyers.
Don Cherry stepped behind the bench as the new coach in 1974–75. The Bruins stocked themselves with enforcers and grinders, and remained competitive under Cherry's reign, the so-called "Lunch Pail A.C.," behind players such as Gregg Sheppard, Terry O'Reilly and Stan Jonathan, and Peter McNab.
Orr left the Bruins for the Hawks in 1976, and retired after many knee operations in 1979. The Bruins traded Esposito and Carol Vadnais for Brad Park, Jean Ratelle and Joe Zanussi to the Rangers. They made the Semi-finals again, losing to the Flyers.
Cheevers returned from the WHA in 1976, and the Bruins got past the Flyers in the semifinals, but lost to the Canadiens in the Final for the Cup. The story would repeat itself in 1978 - with a balanced attack that saw Boston have eleven players with 20+ goal seasons, still the NHL record - as the Bruins made the Final once more, but lost to a Canadiens team that had recorded the best regular season in modern history, after which Johnny Bucyk retired, holding virtually every Bruins' career longevity and scoring mark to that time.
The 1979 semifinal series against the Habs proved to be Cherry's undoing. In the deciding seventh game, the Bruins, up by a goal, were called for having too many men on the ice in the late stages of the third period. Montreal tied the game on the ensuing power play and won in overtime. Never popular with Harry Sinden, by then the Bruins' general manager, Cherry left the team in the off-season for the Colorado Rockies.
At Madison Square Garden, on December 23, 1979, a New York Rangers fan stole Stan Jonathan's stick, hitting him with it during a post-game scrum. When other fans got involved, Terry O'Reilly charged into the stands followed by his teammates. The game's TV commentator remarked that "they're going to pull that guy apart". O'Reilly, a future team captain, received an eight-game suspension for the brawl. TV Clip
=== The Eighties and Nineties ===
Coupled with front-office dislike of Cherry's outspoken ways, 1979 saw new head coach Fred Creighton, a newly-retired Cheevers the following year, and the coming of Ray Bourque. The defenseman remained with the team for over two decades.
The Bruins made the playoffs every year through the 1980s behind stars such as Park, Bourque, and Rick Middleton — and had the league's best record in 1983 behind a Vezina Trophy-winning season from ex-Flyer goaltender Pete Peeters — but usually did not get very far in the playoffs.
By the late 1980s, Bourque, Cam Neely, Keith Crowder and Bob Sweeney would lead the Bruins to another Cup Final appearance in 1988 against the Edmonton Oilers. The Bruins lost in a four-game sweep, but created a memorable moment in the would-be fourth game when in the second period with the game tied 3–3, a blown fuse put the lights out at the Boston Garden. The rest of the game was cancelled and the series shifted to Edmonton. The Oilers completed the sweep, 6–3, back at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, in what was originally scheduled as Game Five.
Boston returned to the Stanley Cup Final in 1990 (with Neely, Bourque, Craig Janney, Bobby Carpenter and rookie Don Sweeney, and former Oiler goalie Andy Moog and Rejean Lemelin splitting goaltending duties), but would again lose to the Oilers, this time in five games.
In 1988, 1990-92, and 1994, they defeated their Original Six arch-nemesis in the playoffs, the Montreal Canadiens, getting some revenge for a rivalry which had up to then been lopsided in the Canadiens' favor in playoff action. In 1991 and 1992, they suffered two consecutive Conference Final losses to the eventual Cup champion, the Mario Lemieux-led Pittsburgh Penguins.
Since the 1993 season, Boston has not gotten past the second round of the playoffs despite the talent of Adam Oates, Rick Tocchet, and Jozef Stumpel. The 1993 season ended disappointingly for several reasons. Despite finishing with the second-best regular season record after Pittsburgh, Boston was swept in the first-round by the Buffalo Sabres. During the postseason awards ceremony, Bruin players finished as runner-up on many of the honors (Bourque for the Norris, Oates for the Art Ross and Lady Byng Trophy, Joe Juneau [who had broken the NHL record for assists in a season by a left-winger, a mark he still holds] for the Calder Trophy, Dave Poulin for the Frank J. Selke Trophy, Moog for the William M. Jennings Trophy, and Brian Sutter for the Jack Adams Award), although Bourque made the NHL All-Star First Team and Juneau the NHL All-Rookie Team.
In 1997, Boston missed the playoffs for the first time in 30 years, having set the North American major professional record for most consecutive seasons in the playoffs.
The late 1990s also saw the Bruins move from the Boston Garden to their new home, the FleetCenter, now known as the TD Banknorth Garden.
Historically, their most bitter arch rivals have been the Montreal Canadiens, whom the Bruins have played a record 30 times in the playoffs. The Bruins also have a rivalry with the New York Rangers, much like the rivalry between the Yankees and Red Sox, although the rivalry with the Habs(the Canadiens nickname) is much more intense.
=== The 21st century ===
Despite a fifteen-point improvement from the previous season, the Bruins missed the playoffs in 2000–01. Leading scorer Jason Allison led the Bruins.
The following season, 2001–02, the Bruins improved again with another thirteen points, winning their first Northeast Division title since 1993 with a core built around Joe Thornton, Sergei Samsonov, Brian Rolston, Bill Guerin, and the newly acquired Glen Murray. Their regular season success didn't translate to the postseason, as they lost in six games to the underdog eighth-place Canadiens in the first round.
The 2002–03 season found the Bruins platooning their goaltending staff between Steve Shields and John Grahame for most of the season. A mid-season trade brought in veteran Jeff Hackett. The Bruins managed to finish seventh in the East, but lost to the eventual Stanley Cup Champion New Jersey Devils in five games.
In 2003–04, the Bruins began the season with ex-Toronto Maple Leaf goalie Felix Potvin. Later in the season, the Bruins put rookie Andrew Raycroft into the starting role. Raycroft eventually won the Calder Award that season. The Bruins went on to win another division title and appeared to get past the first round for the first time in five years with a 3–1 series lead on the rival Canadiens. The Canadiens rallied back, however, to win three straight games, upsetting the Bruins.
The 2004–05 NHL season was wiped out by a lockout, and the Bruins had a lot of space within the new salary cap implemented for 2005–06. Bruins management eschewed younger free agents in favor of older veterans such as Alexei Zhamnov and Brian Leetch. The newcomers were oft-injured, and by the end of November, the Bruins team traded their captain and franchise player, Joe Thornton (who went on to win the Art Ross and Hart Trophies). In exchange, the Bruins received Marco Sturm, Brad Stuart and Wayne Primeau from the San Jose Sharks.
After losing ten of eleven games before the trade (while the Sharks won Thornton's first seven games in San Jose), the Bruins came back with a 3–0 victory over the league-leading Ottawa Senators, as rookie goaltender Hannu Toivonen earned his first career NHL shutout victory. When Toivonen went down (for the rest of the season) with an injury in January, journeyman goalie Tim Thomas started sixteen straight games and brought the Bruins back into the playoff run. Two points out of eighth place at the Winter Olympic break, the Bruins fired general manager Mike O'Connell in March and the Bruins missed the playoffs for the first time in five years. They finished thirteenth in the Eastern Conference and earned the fifth pick in the NHL Draft Lottery, which they used to draft U.S. college player Phil Kessel, who dropped out of college early to sign with the team on August 17, 2006.
Peter Chiarelli was hired as the new GM of the team. Head coach Mike Sullivan was fired and Dave Lewis, former coach of the Detroit Red Wings, was hired to replace him while Marc Habscheid and Doug Houda were named associate coaches. The Bruins signed Zdeno Chara, one of the most coveted defensemen in the NHL and a former NHL All-Star, from the Senators, and Marc Savard, who finished just three points short of a 100–point season in '05–'06 with the Atlanta Thrashers, to long-term deals. Bergeron was re-signed by the Bruins on August 22, 2006, to a multi-year contract, keeping the developing player on the team for some years to come.
The 2006–07 season ended in the team finishing in last place in the division. The Bruins traded Brad Stuart and Wayne Primeau to the Calgary Flames for Andrew Ference and forward Chuck Kobasew.
The 2007–08 campaign saw the Bruins regain some respectability, finishing 41–29–12 (94 points) and making the playoffs. Despite many injuries and questions about their offense, the Bruins pushed the top-seeded Canadiens to seven games in the first round of the playoffs before falling. Their performance, even in a losing cause, rekindled interest in the team in sports-mad New England, where the Bruins had lagged behind the Red Sox, Patriots and Celtics in popularity. On May 13, the Bruins resigned second-leading scorer Chuck Kobasew to a multi-year extension.
===Rejuvenation in Boston===
After the disappointing 2007 season, Lewis was fired as coach, and the Bruins announced on June 21, 2007, that Claude Julien had been named as the new head coach."Boston Bruins Name Claude Julien Head Coach", Bruins website, June 21, 2007. The Bruins also unveiled a new logo, and a brand new shoulder patch closely based on the main jersey logo used until 1932.Edelson, Kevin. "Dressed for Success?", New England Hockey Journal, June 21, 2007. 
The 2008 campaign saw the Bruins regain some respectability, finishing 41–29–12 and making the playoffs. Despite many injuries, the Bruins pushed the top-seeded Canadiens to seven games in the first round of the playoffs before falling. Their performance, despite a 5-0 loss in the seventh game, rekindled interest in the team in New England, where the Bruins had for years been heavily overshadowed by the Red Sox, Patriots and Celtics. 
After a slow start to the 2008–09 season, the Bruins won seventeen of their next twenty games leading many to see them as a revival of the "Big Bad Bruins" from the 1970s and '80s. During the 2009 All-Star Weekend's Skills Competition, captain Zdeno Chara fired the NHL's fastest measured "hardest shot" ever, with a clocked in speed of 105.4 mph (169.7 km/h) velocity. The number of injured players in the season saw many call-ups from the Bruins' AHL Providence Bruins farm team, with rookie defenseman Matt Hunwick and forward Byron Bitz seeing success. The Bruins went on to have the best record in the Eastern Conference and qualified for the playoffs for the fifth time in nine years, facing the Canadiens in the playoffs for the fourth time during that span, defeating them in a four game sweep before losing in seven games to the Carolina Hurricanes in the conference semifinals.
The 2009 summer off-season saw the departure of long-time defensive forward P.J. Axelsson from Sweden, who signed a multi-year contract with his hometown Frolunda HC team. With Maple Leafs G.M. Brian Burke threatening an offer sheet and Bruins management unable to meet his salary demands, forward Phil Kessel was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for a trio of future draft picks. 
On January 1, 2010, the Bruins won the 2010 NHL Winter Classic over the Philadelphia Flyers in a 2-1 overtime decision at Fenway Park, thus becoming the first home team to win an outdoor classic game. However, following the New Year's Day game, the Bruins, hobbled by injuries, would go through a five-week long period of lackluster play, with only two wins and compiling ten regulation losses earning them only eight points in the Eastern Conference standings in that 15-game long period, before breaking the losing streak in an away game against the Canadiens on February 7, with Tuukka Rask shutting out the Habs 3-0. The win over the Canadiens was the first of four successive victories leading into the break in play for the NHL's participation in the 2010 Winter Olympics, and established Tuukka Rask as the number one goaltender for the Bruins, as Tim Thomas would only start eight of the 22 games remaining in the post-Olympic period of the season, with Rask winning eight of his post-Olympic starts, including two shutouts. 
The importance of former Sabre forward Daniel Paille's acquisition by the Bruins, and his emergence as a penalty killing forward, was emphasized on April 10, 2010, as Paille, Steve Begin, and Blake Wheeler combined for the first-ever known trio of short handed goals within one penalty kill, in only 1:04 of game time, in a home game against the Carolina Hurricanes, helping the Bruins to sixth place in the NHL Eastern Conference, and a 2010 NHL playoff opening round appearance against the Buffalo Sabres, which they won 4 games to 2 games. Boston became only the third team in NHL history to lose a playoff series after leading 3-0 when they lost in Game 7 to the Philadelphia Flyers after losing a 3-0 lead in the second round on May 14, 2010. 
On April 13, 2010 the Boston Bruins received the second overall draft pick for the 2010 draft to be held in Los Angeles, CA at the Staples Center, selecting Tyler Seguin in the first round on June 25, 2010. After the season ended, Cam Neely was named on June 16, 2010 as the new team president of the Bruins.Boston Bruins website "Cam Neely Named President of the Boston Bruins", June 16, 2010.
The Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup again in 2011 beating the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in the final.
=="Unofficial" Theme Songs==
When Boston television station WSBK-TV began showing Bruins games on television in 1967, the television station's managers wanted to come up with a suitable piece of music to air for the introduction of each Bruins game. Because the Boston Ballet's annual Christmas performance of The Nutcracker had become closely identified with Boston, The Ventures' instrumental rock version of the Nutcracker's overture, known as "Nutty", itself likely being inspired by the somewhat earlier Nut Rocker, was selected as the opening piece of music for Bruins telecasts. The song "Nutty" has been identified with the Bruins ever since, even though NESN, who now airs almost all of the Bruins' regular season and playoff games, has used a piece of original instrumental rock music for Bruins telecasts, that it also uses with all its Boston Red Sox televised games. The song "Nutty" is still sometimes played at the TD Banknorth Garden during Bruins games. "Nutty" has also been covered by a popular Boston Irish rock band, Dropkick Murphys. Dropkick Murphys have also written a song about the Bruins, called "Time To Go", and have performed at Bruins games several times.
In the early 1970s, WSBK ran a weekly highlights show hosted by Tom Larson. The instrumental song "Toad" by the late-60s British supergroup Cream was the opening and closing theme for the show.
On ice, the song "Paree," a 1920s hit tune written by Leo Robin and Jose Padilla, has been played as an organ instrumental for decades, typically as the players enter the arena just before the start of each period. It was introduced by John Kiley, the organist for the Bruins, the Boston Red Sox and the Boston Celtics from the 1950s through the 1980s, and is still played during Bruins' games.
The song "Kernkraft 400 (Sport Chant Stadium Remix)", by the band Zombie Nation, is also a popular song at Bruins games as it is played after every Bruins goal.
==Media and Broadcasters==
* NESN
Jack Edwards - TV play-by-play
Andy Brickley - TV color analyst
Rob Simpson - rink-side reporter
* WBZ 1030AM (Boston Flagship)
Dave Goucher Radio Play-by-Play
Bob Beers Radio Color Analyst
== Season-by-Season Record ==
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are members of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL) and are one of the Original Six teams of the league. Founded in 1924, the 2014–15 season was the 91st for the franchise. Since their founding the Bruins have won 2,979 regular season games, accumulated 25 division championships and 4 conference championships, led the league in points 13 times, appeared in the playoffs 69 times, and won six Stanley Cup titles.
==Table Keys==
 Key of colors and symbols
Color/symbol	Explanation
 	Stanley Cup champions
 	Conference champions
 	Division champions
 	Led league in points
Key of terms and abbreviations
Term or abbreviation	Definition
Finish 	Final position in division or league standings
GA 	Goals against (goals scored by the Bruins' opponents)
GF 	Goals for (goals scored by the Bruins)
GP 	Number of games played
L 	Number of losses
OT 	Number of losses in overtime (since the 1999–2000 season)
Pts 	Number of points
T 	Number of ties
TG 	Two-game total goals series
W 	Number of wins
— 	Does not apply
==Year by Year Record==
Year by year listing of all seasons played by the Boston Bruins
NHL season	Franchise season	Conference	Division 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason
NHL season	Franchise season	Conference	Division 	Finish 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OT 	Pts 	GF 	GA 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Result
1924–25 	1924–25 	— 	— 	6th 	30 	6 	24 	0 	— 	12 	49 	119 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1925–26 	1925–26 	— 	— 	4th 	36 	17 	15 	4 	— 	38 	92 	85 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1926–27 	1926–27 	— 	American 	2nd 	44 	21 	20 	3 	— 	45 	97 	89 	8 	2 	2 	4 	16 	13 	Won Quarterfinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks, 10–5 (TG)Won Semifinals vs. New York Rangers, 3–1 (TG)Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Ottawa Senators, 0–2–2
1927–28 	1927–28 	— 	American 	1st 	44 	20 	13 	11 	— 	51 	77 	70 	2 	0 	1 	1 	2 	5 	Lost Semifinals to New York Rangers, 2–5 (TG)
1928–29 	1928–29 	— 	American 	1st 	44 	26 	13 	5 	— 	57 	89 	52 	5 	5 	0 	0 	9 	3 	Won Semifinals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 3–0Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. New York Rangers, 2–0
1929–30 	1929–30 	— 	American 	1st 	44 	38 	5 	1 	— 	77 	179 	98 	6 	3 	3 	0 	14 	12 	Won Semifinals vs. Montreal Maroons, 3–1Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Montreal Canadiens, 0–2
1930–31 	1930–31 	— 	American 	1st 	44 	28 	10 	6 	— 	62 	143 	90 	5 	2 	3 	0 	13 	13 	Lost Semifinals to Montreal Canadiens, 2–3
1931–32 	1931–32 	— 	American 	4th 	48 	15 	21 	12 	— 	42 	122 	117 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1932–33 	1932–33 	— 	American 	1st 	48 	25 	15 	8 	— 	58 	124 	88 	5 	2 	3 	0 	7 	9 	Lost Semifinals to Toronto Maple Leafs, 2–3
1933–34 	1933–34 	— 	American 	4th 	48 	18 	25 	5 	— 	41 	111 	130 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1934–35 	1934–35 	— 	American 	1st 	48 	26 	16 	6 	— 	58 	129 	112 	4 	1 	3 	0 	2 	7 	Lost Semifinals to Toronto Maple Leafs, 1–3
1935–36 	1935–36 	— 	American 	2nd 	48 	22 	20 	6 	— 	50 	92 	83 	2 	1 	1 	0 	6 	8 	Lost Quarterfinals to Toronto Maple Leafs, 6–8 (TG)
1936–37 	1936–37 	— 	American 	2nd 	48 	23 	18 	7 	— 	53 	120 	110 	3 	1 	2 	0 	6 	8 	Lost Quarterfinals to Montreal Maroons, 1–2
1937–38 	1937–38 	— 	American 	1st 	48 	30 	11 	7 	— 	67 	142 	89 	3 	0 	3 	0 	3 	6 	Lost Semifinals to Toronto Maple Leafs, 0–3
1938–39 	1938–39 	— 	— 	1st 	48 	36 	10 	2 	— 	74 	156 	76 	12 	8 	4 	0 	26 	18 	Won Semifinals vs. New York Rangers, 4–3Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs, 4–1
1939–40 	1939–40 	— 	— 	1st 	48 	31 	12 	5 	— 	67 	170 	98 	6 	2 	4 	0 	9 	15 	Lost Semifinals to New York Rangers, 2–4
1940–41 	1940–41 	— 	— 	1st 	48 	27 	8 	13 	— 	67 	168 	102 	11 	8 	3 	0 	27 	23 	Won Semifinals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs, 4–3Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–0
1941–42 	1941–42 	— 	— 	3rd 	48 	25 	17 	6 	— 	56 	160 	118 	5 	2 	3 	0 	10 	16 	Won Quarterfinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks, 2–1Lost Semifinals to Detroit Red Wings, 0–2
1942–43 	1942–43 	— 	— 	2nd 	50 	24 	17 	9 	— 	57 	195 	176 	9 	4 	5 	0 	23 	33 	Won Semifinals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–1Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Detroit Red Wings, 0–4
1943–44 	1943–44 	— 	— 	5th 	50 	19 	26 	5 	— 	43 	223 	268 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1944–45 	1944–45 	— 	— 	4th 	50 	16 	30 	4 	— 	36 	179 	219 	7 	3 	4 	0 	22 	22 	Lost Semifinals to Detroit Red Wings, 3–4
1945–46 	1945–46 	— 	— 	2nd 	50 	24 	18 	8 	— 	56 	167 	156 	10 	5 	5 	0 	29 	29 	Won Semifinals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–1Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Montreal Canadiens, 1–4
1946–47 	1946–47 	— 	— 	3rd 	60 	26 	23 	11 	— 	63 	190 	175 	5 	1 	4 	0 	10 	16 	Lost Semifinals to Montreal Canadiens, 1–4
1947–48 	1947–48 	— 	— 	3rd 	60 	23 	24 	13 	— 	59 	167 	168 	5 	1 	4 	0 	13 	20 	Lost Semifinals to Toronto Maple Leafs, 1–4
1948–49 	1948–49 	— 	— 	2nd 	60 	29 	23 	8 	— 	66 	178 	163 	5 	1 	4 	0 	10 	16 	Lost Semifinals to Toronto Maple Leafs, 1–4
1949–50 	1949–50 	— 	— 	5th 	70 	22 	32 	16 	— 	60 	198 	228 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1950–51 	1950–51 	— 	— 	4th 	70 	22 	30 	18 	— 	62 	178 	197 	6 	1 	4 	1 	5 	17 	Lost Semifinals to Toronto Maple Leafs, 1–4–1
1951–52 	1951–52 	— 	— 	4th 	70 	25 	29 	16 	— 	66 	162 	176 	7 	3 	4 	0 	12 	18 	Lost Semifinals to Montreal Canadiens, 3–4
1952–53 	1952–53 	— 	— 	3rd 	70 	28 	29 	13 	— 	69 	152 	172 	11 	5 	6 	0 	30 	37 	Won Semifinals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–2Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Montreal Canadiens, 1–4
1953–54 	1953–54 	— 	— 	4th 	70 	32 	28 	10 	— 	74 	177 	181 	4 	0 	4 	0 	4 	16 	Lost Semifinals to Montreal Canadiens, 0–4
1954–55 	1954–55 	— 	— 	4th 	70 	23 	26 	21 	— 	67 	169 	188 	5 	1 	4 	0 	9 	16 	Lost Semifinals to Montreal Canadiens, 1–4
1955–56 	1955–56 	— 	— 	5th 	70 	23 	34 	13 	— 	59 	147 	185 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1956–57 	1956–57 	— 	— 	3rd 	70 	34 	24 	12 	— 	80 	195 	174 	10 	5 	5 	0 	21 	29 	Won Semifinals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–1Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Montreal Canadiens, 1–4
1957–58 	1957–58 	— 	— 	4th 	70 	27 	28 	15 	— 	69 	199 	194 	12 	6 	6 	0 	42 	32 	Won Semifinals vs. New York Rangers, 4–2Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Montreal Canadiens, 2–4
1958–59 	1958–59 	— 	— 	2nd 	70 	32 	29 	9 	— 	73 	205 	215 	7 	3 	4 	0 	21 	20 	Lost Semifinals to Toronto Maple Leafs, 3–4
1959–60 	1959–60 	— 	— 	5th 	70 	28 	34 	8 	— 	64 	220 	241 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1960–61 	1960–61 	— 	— 	6th 	70 	15 	42 	13 	— 	43 	176 	254 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1961–62 	1961–62 	— 	— 	6th 	70 	15 	47 	8 	— 	38 	177 	306 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1962–63 	1962–63 	— 	— 	6th 	70 	14 	39 	17 	— 	45 	198 	281 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1963–64 	1963–64 	— 	— 	6th 	70 	18 	40 	12 	— 	48 	170 	212 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1964–65 	1964–65 	— 	— 	6th 	70 	21 	43 	6 	— 	48 	166 	253 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1965–66 	1965–66 	— 	— 	5th 	70 	21 	43 	6 	— 	48 	174 	275 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1966–67 	1966–67 	— 	— 	6th 	70 	17 	43 	10 	— 	44 	182 	253 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1967–68 	1967–68 	— 	East 	3rd 	74 	37 	27 	10 	— 	84 	259 	216 	4 	0 	4 	0 	8 	15 	Lost Quarterfinals to Montreal Canadiens, 0–4
1968–69 	1968–69 	— 	East 	2nd 	76 	42 	18 	16 	— 	100 	303 	221 	10 	6 	4 	0 	40 	20 	Won Quarterfinals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs, 4–0Lost Semifinals to Montreal Canadiens, 2–4
1969–70 	1969–70 	— 	East 	2nd 	76 	40 	17 	19 	— 	99 	277 	216 	14 	12 	2 	0 	65 	33 	Won Quarterfinals vs. New York Rangers, 4–2Won Semifinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks, 4–0Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. St. Louis Blues, 4–0
1970–71 	1970–71 	— 	East 	1st 	78 	57 	14 	7 	— 	121 	399 	207 	7 	3 	4 	0 	26 	28 	Lost Quarterfinals to Montreal Canadiens, 3–4
1971–72 	1971–72 	— 	East 	1st 	78 	54 	13 	11 	— 	119 	330 	204 	15 	12 	3 	0 	64 	34 	Won Quarterfinals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs, 4–1Won Semifinals vs. St. Louis Blues, 4–0Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. New York Rangers, 4–2
1972–73 	1972–73 	— 	East 	2nd 	78 	51 	22 	5 	— 	107 	330 	235 	5 	1 	4 	0 	11 	22 	Lost Quarterfinals to New York Rangers, 1–4
1973–74 	1973–74 	— 	East 	1st 	78 	52 	17 	9 	— 	113 	349 	221 	16 	10 	6 	0 	58 	44 	Won Quarterfinals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs, 4–0Won Semifinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks, 4–2Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Philadelphia Flyers, 2–4
1974–75 	1974–75 	Wales 	Adams 	2nd 	80 	40 	26 	14 	— 	94 	345 	245 	3 	1 	2 	0 	15 	12 	Lost Preliminary Round to Chicago Black Hawks, 1–2
1975–76 	1975–76 	Wales 	Adams 	1st 	80 	48 	15 	17 	— 	113 	313 	237 	12 	5 	7 	0 	38 	33 	Won Quarterfinals vs. Los Angeles Kings, 4–3Lost Semifinals to Philadelphia Flyers, 1–4
1976–77 	1976–77 	Wales 	Adams 	1st 	80 	49 	23 	8 	— 	106 	312 	240 	14 	8 	6 	0 	50 	48 	Won Quarterfinals vs. Los Angeles Kings, 4–2Won Semifinals vs. Philadelphia Flyers, 4–0Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Montreal Canadiens, 0–4
1977–78 	1977–78 	Wales 	Adams 	1st 	80 	51 	18 	11 	— 	113 	333 	218 	15 	10 	5 	0 	53 	42 	Won Quarterfinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks, 4–0Won Semifinals vs. Philadelphia Flyers, 4–1Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Montreal Canadiens, 2–4
1978–79 	1978–79 	Wales 	Adams 	1st 	80 	43 	23 	14 	— 	100 	316 	270 	11 	7 	4 	0 	36 	32 	Won Quarterfinals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins, 4–0Lost Semifinals to Montreal Canadiens, 3–4
1979–80 	1979–80 	Wales 	Adams 	2nd 	80 	46 	21 	13 	— 	105 	310 	234 	10 	4 	6 	0 	35 	33 	Won Preliminary Round vs. Pittsburgh Penguins, 3–2Lost Quarterfinals to New York Islanders, 1–4
1980–81 	1980–81 	Wales 	Adams 	2nd 	80 	37 	30 	13 	— 	87 	316 	272 	3 	0 	3 	0 	13 	20 	Lost Preliminary Round to Minnesota North Stars, 0–3
1981–82 	1981–82 	Wales 	Adams 	2nd 	80 	43 	27 	10 	— 	96 	323 	285 	11 	6 	5 	0 	43 	39 	Won Division Semifinals vs. Buffalo Sabres, 3–1Lost Division Finals to Quebec Nordiques, 3–4
1982–83 	1982–83 	Wales 	Adams 	1st 	80 	50 	20 	10 	— 	110 	327 	228 	17 	9 	8 	0 	65 	61 	Won Division Semifinals vs. Quebec Nordiques, 3–1Won Division Finals vs. Buffalo Sabres, 4–3Lost Conference Finals to New York Islanders, 2–4
1983–84 	1983–84 	Wales 	Adams 	1st 	80 	49 	25 	6 	— 	104 	336 	261 	3 	0 	3 	0 	2 	10 	Lost Division Semifinals to Montreal Canadiens, 0–3
1984–85 	1984–85 	Wales 	Adams 	4th 	80 	36 	34 	10 	— 	82 	303 	287 	5 	2 	3 	0 	17 	19 	Lost Division Semifinals to Montreal Canadiens, 2–3
1985–86 	1985–86 	Wales 	Adams 	3rd 	80 	37 	31 	12 	— 	86 	311 	288 	3 	0 	3 	0 	6 	10 	Lost Division Semifinals to Montreal Canadiens, 0–3
1986–87 	1986–87 	Wales 	Adams 	3rd 	80 	39 	34 	7 	— 	85 	301 	276 	4 	0 	4 	0 	11 	19 	Lost Division Semifinals to Montreal Canadiens, 0–4
1987–88 	1987–88 	Wales 	Adams 	2nd 	80 	44 	30 	6 	— 	94 	300 	251 	23 	12 	10 	1 	85 	72 	Won Division Semifinals vs. Buffalo Sabres, 4–2Won Division Finals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–1Won Conference Finals vs. New Jersey Devils, 4–3Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Edmonton Oilers, 0–4–1
1988–89 	1988–89 	Wales 	Adams 	2nd 	80 	37 	29 	14 	— 	88 	289 	256 	10 	5 	5 	0 	29 	30 	Won Division Semifinals vs. Buffalo Sabres, 4–1Lost Division Finals to Montreal Canadiens, 1–4
1989–90 	1989–90 	Wales 	Adams 	1st 	80 	46 	25 	9 	— 	101 	289 	232 	21 	13 	8 	0 	62 	59 	Won Division Semifinals vs. Hartford Whalers, 4–3Won Division Finals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–1Won Conference Finals vs. Washington Capitals, 4–0Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Edmonton Oilers, 1–4
1990–91 	1990–91 	Wales 	Adams 	1st 	80 	44 	24 	12 	— 	100 	299 	264 	19 	10 	9 	0 	60 	62 	Won Division Semifinals vs. Hartford Whalers, 4–2Won Division Finals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–3Lost Conference Finals to Pittsburgh Penguins, 2–4
1991–92 	1991–92 	Wales 	Adams 	2nd 	80 	36 	32 	12 	— 	84 	270 	275 	15 	8 	7 	0 	40 	51 	Won Division Semifinals vs. Buffalo Sabres, 4–3Won Division Finals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–0Lost Conference Finals to Pittsburgh Penguins, 0–4
1992–93 	1992–93 	Wales 	Adams 	1st 	84 	51 	26 	7 	— 	109 	332 	268 	4 	0 	4 	0 	12 	19 	Lost Division Semifinals to Buffalo Sabres, 0–4
1993–94 	1993–94 	Eastern 	Northeast	2nd 	84 	42 	29 	13 	— 	97 	289 	252 	13 	6 	7 	0 	39 	42 	Won Conference Quarterfinals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–3Lost Conference Semifinals to New Jersey Devils, 2–4
1994–95 	1994–95 	Eastern 	Northeast	3rd 	48 	27 	18 	3 	— 	57 	150 	127 	5 	1 	4 	0 	5 	14 	Lost Conference Quarterfinals to New Jersey Devils, 1–4
1995–96 	1995–96 	Eastern 	Northeast	2nd 	82 	40 	31 	11 	— 	91 	282 	269 	5 	1 	4 	0 	16 	22 	Lost Conference Quarterfinals to Florida Panthers, 1–4
1996–97 	1996–97 	Eastern 	Northeast	6th 	82 	26 	47 	9 	— 	61 	234 	300 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1997–98 	1997–98 	Eastern 	Northeast	2nd 	82 	39 	30 	13 	— 	91 	221 	194 	6 	2 	4 	0 	13 	15 	Lost Conference Quarterfinals to Washington Capitals, 2–4
1998–99 	1998–99 	Eastern 	Northeast	3rd 	82 	39 	30 	13 	— 	91 	214 	181 	12 	6 	6 	0 	30 	27 	Won Conference Quarterfinals vs. Carolina Hurricanes, 4–2Lost Conference Semifinals to Buffalo Sabres, 2–4
1999–2000 	1999–2000 	Eastern 	Northeast	5th 	82 	24 	33 	19 	6 	73 	210 	248 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
2000–01 	2000–01 	Eastern 	Northeast	4th 	82 	36 	30 	8 	8 	88 	227 	249 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
2001–02 	2001–02 	Eastern 	Northeast	1st 	82 	43 	24 	6 	9 	101 	236 	201 	6 	2 	4 	0 	18 	20 	Lost Conference Quarterfinals to Montreal Canadiens, 2–4
2002–03 	2002–03 	Eastern 	Northeast	3rd 	82 	36 	31 	11 	4 	87 	245 	237 	5 	1 	4 	0 	8 	13 	Lost Conference Quarterfinals to New Jersey Devils, 1–4
2003–04 	2003–04 	Eastern 	Northeast	1st 	82 	41 	19 	15 	7 	104 	209 	188 	7 	3 	4 	0 	14 	19 	Lost Conference Quarterfinals to Montreal Canadiens, 3–4
2004–05 	2004–05 	Eastern 	Northeast	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	No playoffs due to lockout
2005–06 	2005–06 	Eastern 	Northeast	5th 	82 	29 	37 	— 	16 	74 	230 	266 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
2006–07 	2006–07 	Eastern 	Northeast	5th 	82 	35 	41 	— 	6 	76 	219 	289 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
2007–08 	2007–08 	Eastern 	Northeast	3rd 	82 	41 	29 	— 	12 	94 	212 	222 	7 	3 	4 	0 	15 	19 	Lost Conference Quarterfinals to Montreal Canadiens, 3–4
2008–09 	2008–09 	Eastern 	Northeast	1st 	82 	53 	19 	— 	10 	116 	274 	196 	11 	7 	4 	0 	34 	22 	Won Conference Quarterfinals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–0Lost Conference Semifinals to Carolina Hurricanes, 3–4
2009–10 	2009–10 	Eastern 	Northeast	3rd 	82 	39 	30 	— 	13 	91 	206 	200 	13 	7 	6 	0 	36 	37 	Won Conference Quarterfinals vs. Buffalo Sabres, 4–2Lost Conference Semifinals to Philadelphia Flyers, 3–4
2010–11 	2010–11 	Eastern 	Northeast	1st 	82 	46 	25 	— 	11 	103 	246 	195 	25 	16 	9 	0 	81 	53 	Won Conference Quarterfinals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–3Won Conference Semifinals vs. Philadelphia Flyers, 4–0Won Conference Finals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning, 4–3Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Vancouver Canucks, 4–3
2011–12 	2011–12 	Eastern 	Northeast	1st 	82 	49 	29 	— 	4 	102 	269 	202 	7 	3 	4 	0 	15 	16 	Lost Conference Quarterfinals to Washington Capitals, 3–4
2012–13 	2012–13 	Eastern 	Northeast	2nd 	48 	28 	14 	— 	6 	62 	131 	109 	22 	14 	8 	0 	65 	47 	Won Conference Quarterfinals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs, 4–3Won Conference Semifinals vs. New York Rangers, 4–1Won Conference Finals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins, 4–0Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Chicago Blackhawks, 2–4
2013–14 	2013–14 	Eastern 	Atlantic 	1st 	82 	54 	19 	— 	9 	117 	261 	177 	12 	7 	5 	0 	30 	26 	Won First Round vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–1Lost Second Round to Montreal Canadiens, 3–4
2014–15 	2014–15 	Eastern 	Atlantic 	5th 	82 	41 	27 	— 	14 	96 	213 	211 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
2015–16 	2015–16 	Eastern 	Atlantic 	4th 	82 	42 	31 	— 	9 	93 	240 	230 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
2016–17 	2016–17 	Eastern 	Atlantic 	3rd 	82 	44 	31 	— 	7 	95 	234 	212 	6 	2 	4 	0 	13 	15 	Lost First Round to Ottawa Senators, 2–4
2017–18 	2017–18 	Eastern 	Atlantic 	2nd 	82 	50 	20 	— 	12 	112 	270 	214 	12 	5 	7 	0 	41 	37 	Won First Round vs. Toronto Maple Leafs, 4–3Lost Second Round vs. Tampa Bay Lightning 1–4
2018–19 	2018–19 	Eastern 	Atlantic 	2nd 	82 	49 	24 	— 	9 	107 	259 	215 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD 	W First Round vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3Won Second Round (Columbus Blue Jackets) 4-2Won Conf. Final (Carolina Hurricanes) 4-0Lost Stanley Cup Final (St. Louis Blues) 3-4
NHL season	Franchise season	Conference	Division 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason
NHL season	Franchise season	Conference	Division 	Finish 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OT 	Pts 	GF 	GA 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Result
Totals 	Totals 	Totals 	Totals 	Totals 	6,500 	3,164 	2,373 	791 	172 	7,291 	20,717 	18,827 	627 	306 	315 	6 	1,815 	1,785 	
==Notes==
*From the 1924–25 season through the 1925–26 season, the NHL had no divisions.
*From the 1926–27 season through the 1937–38 season, Boston played in the American Division.
*From the 1938–39 season through the 1966–67 season, the NHL had no divisions.
*Prior to the 1967–68 season, the NHL split into East and West Divisions because of the addition of six expansion teams.
*The NHL realigned prior to the 1974–75 season. The Bruins were placed in the Prince of Wales Conference's Adams Division.
*The NHL realigned into Eastern and Western conferences prior to the 1993–94 season. Boston was placed in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference.
*The season was shortened to 48 games because of the 1994–95 NHL lockout.
*Beginning with the 1999–2000 season, teams received one point for losing a regular season game in overtime.
*The season was cancelled because of the 2004–05 NHL lockout.
*Prior to the 2005–06 season, the NHL instituted a penalty shootout for regular season games that remained tied after a five-minute overtime period, which prevented ties.
*The season was shortened to 48 games because of the 2012–13 NHL lockout.
*The NHL realigned prior to the 2013–14 season. The Bruins were placed in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.
==Current Roster==
== Notable Players ==
=== Team Captains ===
* Lionel Hitchman, 1927–31
* George Owen, 1931–32
* Dit Clapper, 1932–38, 1939–47
* Cooney Weiland, 1938–39
* John Crawford, 1947–50
* Milt Schmidt, 1950–55
* Ed Sandford, 1955
* Fernie Flaman, 1955–61
* Don McKenney, 1961–63
* Leo Boivin, 1963–66
* John Bucyk, 1966–67, 1973–77
* Wayne Cashman, 1977–83
* Terry O'Reilly, 1983–85
* Ray Bourque & Rick Middleton, 1985–88 (co-captains)
* Ray Bourque, 1988–2000
* Jason Allison, 2000–01
* Joe Thornton, 2002–05
* Zdeno Chara , 2006–present
=== Honored Members ===
Hall of Famers
Players
* Marty Barry, C, 1929–35, inducted 1965
* Bobby Bauer, RW, 1935–52, inducted 1996
* Leo Boivin, D, 1954–66, inducted 1986
* Ray Bourque, D, 1979–00, inducted 2004
* Frank Brimsek, G, 1938–49, inducted 1966
* John Bucyk, LW, 1957–78, inducted 1981
* Billy Burch, LW, 1932–33, inducted 1974
* Gerry Cheevers, G, 1965–80, inducted 1985
* Dit Clapper, D, 1927–47, inducted 1947
* Sprague Cleghorn, D, 1925–28, inducted 1948
* Paul Coffey, D, 2000–01, inducted 2004
* Roy Conacher, LW, 1938–45, inducted 1998
* Bun Cook, LW, 1936–37, inducted 1995
* Bill Cowley, C, 1935–47, inducted 1968
* Cy Denneny, LW, 1928–29, inducted 1959
* Woody Dumart, LW, 1935–54, inducted 1992
* Phil Esposito, C, 1967–76, inducted 1984
* Fernie Flaman, D, 1944–50 & 1954–61, inducted 1990
* Frank Frederickson, C, 1926–28, inducted 1958
* Busher Jackson, LW-D, 1941–44, inducted 1971
* Tom Johnson, D, 1963–65, inducted 1970
* Duke Keats, C, 1926, inducted 1958
* Guy Lapointe, D, 1983–84, inducted 1993
* Harry Lumley, G, 1957–60, inducted 1980
* Mickey Mackay, C, 1928–1930, inducted 1952
* Sylvio Mantha, D, 1937, inducted 1960
* Joe Mullen, RW, 1995–96, inducted 2000
* Cam Neely, RW, 1986–96, inducted 2005
* Harry Oliver, C, 1926–34, inducted 1967
* Bobby Orr, D, 1966–76, inducted 1979
* Brad Park, D, 1975–83, inducted 1988
* Bernie Parent, G, 1965–67, inducted 1984
* Jacques Plante, G, 1973, inducted 1978
* Babe Pratt, D, 1946–47, inducted 1966
* Bill Quackenbush, D, 1949–56, inducted 1976
* Jean Ratelle, C, 1975–81, inducted 1985
* Terry Sawchuk, G, 1955–57, inducted 1971
* Milt Schmidt, C, 1936–55, inducted 1961
* Eddie Shore, D, 1926–40, inducted 1947
* Babe Siebert, D, 1933–36, inducted 1964
* Hooley Smith, C, 1936–37, inducted 1972
* Allan Stanley, D, 1956–58, inducted 1981
* Nels Stewart, RW-D, 1933–37, inducted 1962
* Tiny Thompson, G, 1928–39, inducted 1959
* Cooney Weiland, C, 1928–32 & 1935–39, inducted 1971
; Builders
* Charles Adams, President, 1924–36, inducted 1960
* Weston Adams, Sr., Director; President, 1936–51, inducted 1972
* Walter A. Brown, President, 1951–64, inducted 1962
* Frank Patrick, Head coach, 1934–36, inducted 1958
* Art Ross, Head coach; General Manager, 1924–54, inducted 1945
* Harry Sinden, Head coach; General Manager; President; Senior Advisor, 1966–present, inducted 1983
Retired Numbers
* 2 Eddie Shore, D, 1926–40, number retired January 1, 1947
* 3 Lionel Hitchman, D, 1925–34, number retired February 22, 1934, first professional hockey player to have number retired
* 4 Bobby Orr, D, 1966–76, number retired January 9, 1979
* 5 Aubrey "Dit" Clapper, D, 1927–47, number retired February 12, 1947
* 7 Phil Esposito, C, 1967–75, number retired December 3, 1987
* 8 Cam Neely, RW, 1986–96, number retired January 12, 2004
* 9 Johnny Bucyk, LW, 1955–78, number retired March 13, 1980
* 15 Milt Schmidt, LW, 1936–55, number retired March 13, 1980
* 24 Terry O'Reilly, RW, 1972–85, number retired October 24, 2002
* 77 Ray Bourque, D, 1979–2000, number retired October 4, 2001
* 99 Wayne Gretzky, number retired league-wide February 6, 2000
=== First-Round Draft Picks ===
* 1963: Orest Romashyna (3rd overall)
* 1964: Alex Campbell (2nd overall)
* 1965: Joe Bailey (4th overall)
* 1966: Barry Gibbs (1st overall)
* 1967: Meehan Bonnar (10th overall)
* 1968: Danny Schock (12th overall)
* 1969: Don Tannahill (3rd overall), Frank Spring (4th overall), & Ivan Boldirev (11th overall)
* 1970: Reggie Leach (3rd overall), Rick MacLeish (4th overall), Ron Plumb (9th overall), & Bob Stewart (13th overall)
* 1971: Ron Jones (6th overall) & Terry O'Reilly (14th overall)
* 1972: Mike Bloom (16th overall)
* 1973: Andre Savard (6th overall)
* 1974: Don Larway (18th overall)
* 1975: Doug Halward (14th overall)
* 1976: Clayton Pachal (16th overall)
* 1977: Dwight Foster (16th overall)
* 1978: Al Secord (16th overall)
* 1979: Ray Bourque (8th overall) & Brad McCrimmon (15th overall)
* 1980: Barry Pederson (18th overall)
* 1981: Normand Leveille (14th overall)
* 1982: Gord Kluzak (1st overall)
* 1983: Nevin Markwart (21st overall)
* 1984: Dave Pasin (19th overall)
* 1985: None
* 1986: Craig Janney (13th overall)
* 1987: Glen Wesley (3rd overall) & Stephane Quintal (14th overall)
* 1988: Robert Cimetta (18th overall)
* 1989: Shayne Stevenson (17th overall)
* 1990: Bryan Smolinski (21st overall)
* 1991: Glen Murray (18th overall)
* 1992: Dmitri Kvartalnov (16th overall)
* 1993: Kevyn Adams (25th overall)
* 1994: Evgeni Ryabchikov (21st overall)
* 1995: Kyle McLaren (9th overall) & Sean Brown (21st overall)
* 1996: Johnathan Aitken (8th overall)
* 1997: Joe Thornton (1st overall) & Sergei Samsonov (8th overall)
* 1998: None
* 1999: Nick Boynton (21st overall)
* 2000: Lars Jonsson (7th overall) & Martin Samuelsson (27th overall)
* 2001: Shaone Morrisonn (19th overall)
* 2002: Hannu Toivonen (29th overall)
* 2003: Mark Stuart (21st overall)
* 2004: None
* 2005: Matt Lashoff (22nd overall)
* 2006: Phil Kessel (5th overall)
* 2007: Zach Hamill (8th overall)
* 2008: Joe Colborne (16th overall)
*2009: Jordan Caron (25th overall)
*2010: Tyler Seguin (2nd overall)
*2011: Dougie Hamilton (9th overall)
*2012: Malcolm Subban (24th overall)
*2013: none
*2014: David Pastrňák (25th overall)
*2015: Jakub Zboril, Jake DeBrusk, Zachary Senyshyn (13th, 14th, 15th overall)
*2016: Charles McAvoy (14th overall)
*2017: Urho Vaakanainen (18th overall)
*2018: none
*2019: John Beecher (30th overall)
=== Franchise Scoring Leaders ===
These are the top point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; * = current Bruins player
Player 	Pos	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	P/G
Ray Bourque 	D 	1518	395	1111	1506	.99
Johnny Bucyk 	LW 	1436	545	794 	1339	.93
Phil Esposito 	C 	625 	459	553 	1012	1.63
Rick Middleton 	RW 	881 	402	496 	898 	1.02
Bobby Orr 	D 	631 	264	624 	888 	1.41
Patrice Bergeron	C 	1072	343	512 	855 	.80
Wayne Cashman 	LW 	1027	277	516 	793 	.77
David Krejčí 	C 	894 	206	473 	679 	.76
Ken Hodge 	RW 	652 	289	385 	674 	1.03
Brad Marchand 	RW 	734 	284	343 	627 	.85
Terry O'Reilly 	RW 	891 	204	402 	606 	.68
Cam Neely 	RW 	525 	344	246 	590 	1.12
Peter McNab 	C 	595 	263	324 	587 	.99
== NHL Awards and Trophies ==
Stanley Cup
* 1928–29, 1938–39, 1940–41, 1969–70, 1971–72, 2010-11
Presidents' Trophy
* 1989–90, 2013-14, 2019-20, 2022-23
Prince of Wales Trophy
* 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1987–88, 1989–90, 2010-11, 2012-13, 2018-19
Art Ross Trophy
* Phil Esposito: 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74
* Bobby Orr: 1969–70, 1974–75
* Joe Thornton*: 2005–06 
(* - traded to the San Jose Sharks during the 2005–06 season)
Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy
*David Pastrňák: 2019-20 (tied)
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
* Charlie Simmer: 1985–86
* Gord Kluzak: 1989–90
* Cam Neely: 1993–94
* Phil Kessel: 2006–07 
Calder Memorial Trophy
* Frank Brimsek: 1938–39 (trophy known as "Calder Trophy")
* Jack Gelineau: 1949–50
* Larry Regan: 1956–57
* Bobby Orr: 1966–67
* Derek Sanderson: 1967–68
* Ray Bourque: 1979–80
* Sergei Samsonov: 1997–98
* Andrew Raycroft: 2003–04 
Conn Smythe Trophy
* Bobby Orr: 1969–70, 1971–72 
* Tim Thomas: 2010-11
Frank J. Selke Trophy
* Steve Kasper: 1981–82 
*Patrice Bergeron: 2011-12, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2016-17, 2021-22
Hart Memorial Trophy
* Eddie Shore: 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38
* Bill Cowley: 1940–41, 1942–43
* Milt Schmidt: 1950–51 
* Phil Esposito: 1968–69, 1973–74
* Bobby Orr: 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72
* Joe Thornton*: 2005–06 
(* - traded to the San Jose Sharks during the 2005–06 season)
Jack Adams Award
* Don Cherry: 1975–76
* Pat Burns: 1997–98 
* Claude Julien: 2008-09
James Norris Memorial Trophy 
* Bobby Orr: 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75
* Ray Bourque: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94
*Zdeno Chara: 2008-09
King Clancy Memorial Trophy 
* Ray Bourque: 1991–92
* Dave Poulin: 1992–93
*Patrice Bergeron: 2012-13
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy 
* Bobby Bauer: 1939–40, 1940–41, 1946–47
* Don McKenny: 1959–60
* John Bucyk: 1970–71, 1973–74
* Rick Middleton: 1981–82
Lester B. Pearson Award 
* Phil Esposito: 1970–71, 1972–73
* Bobby Orr: 1974–75
Lester Patrick Trophy 
* Charles F. Adams: 1966–67
* Walter A. Brown: 1967–68
* Eddie Shore: 1969–70
* Cooney Weiland: 1971–72
* John Bucyk: 1976–77
* Phil Esposito: 1977–78
* Bobby Orr: 1978–79
* Milt Schmidt: 1995–96
* Harry Sinden: 1998–99
* Willie O'Ree: 2002–03
* Ray Bourque: 2002–03
NHL Leading Scorer (prior to awarding of Art Ross Trophy) 
* Herb Cain: 1943–44
* Bill Cowley: 1940–41
* Milt Schmidt: 1939–40
* Cooney Weiland: 1929–30
Vezina Trophy 
* Tiny Thompson: 1929–30, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1937–38
* Frank Brimsek: 1938–39, 1941–42
* Pete Peeters: 1982–83
* Tim Thomas: 2010-11
*Tuukka Rask: 2013-14
William M. Jennings Trophy 
* Andy Moog & Rejean Lemelin: 1989–90
*Tim Thomas & Emmanuel Fernandez: 2008-09
*Tuukka Rask & Jaroslav Halák: 2019-20
*Linus Ullmark & Jeremy Swayman: 2022-23
 
==Franchise Individual Records==
* Most goals in a season: Phil Esposito, 76 (1970–71)
* Most assists in a season: Bobby Orr, 102 (1970–71)
* Most points in a season: Phil Esposito, 152 (1970–71)
* Most penalty minutes in a season: Jay Miller, 304 (1987–88)
* Lowest goals against average in a season: Frank Brimsek, 1.56, (1938-39)
* Most points per game in a season: Bill Cowley, 1.97 (1943–44)
* Most points in a season, defenseman: Bobby Orr, 139 (1970–71)
* Most points in a season, rookie: Joe Juneau, 102 (1992–93)
* Most wins in a season: Pete Peeters, 40 (1982–83)
* Most shutouts in a season: Hal Winkler, 15 (1927–28)
* Consecutive games streak: John Bucyk, 418 (January 23, 1969 - March 2, 1975)
* Longest point scoring streak: Bronco Horvath, 22 games, (1959-60)
==Trivia==
*The Bruins have a number of notable firsts, including:
**First team to pull their goalie. In the second game of the 1931 Stanley Cup semi-finals on March 26, trailing 1-0 to the Montreal Canadiens, Art Ross pulled Tiny Thompson for an extra attacker which didn't succeed in tying the game.
**First goalie to be credited with an assist. Tiny Thompson accomplished the feat on January 14, 1936 versus the Toronto Maple Leafs.
**First team to sweep an NHL seven game series. Accomplished in the 1941 Stanley Cup Finals versus the Detroit Red Wings.
**First team to employ a third jersey. In the 1955–56 Boston Bruins season, the team added a gold jersey, in addition to the white and black ones.
**First team to use three goalies in regular rotation. In the 1966–67 Boston Bruins season, the team used Eddie Johnston, Gerry Cheevers and Bernie Parent for 34, 22 and 18 games respectively.
**First defenseman to score a hat trick in a playoff game. Bobby Orr accomplished the feat in Boston's 5-2 win in game 4 of the 1971 Quarter-finals against Montreal.
==References==
==See Also==
*Magazine covers
* Bruins–Canadiens rivalry
* Bruins–Maple Leafs rivalry
* List of NHL players
* List of NHL seasons
* List of Stanley Cup champions
* Rene Rancourt, singer of the national anthem for all Bruins home games.
==External Links==
* http://bruins.nhl.com/ Official website of the Boston Bruins]
* http://www.bostonbruinsalumni.com/ Boston Bruins Alumni veteran exhibition team]
* http://www.bostonbruinsfans.com/ BBF Unofficial Site]
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