2014–15 Boston Bruins season

The 2014–15 Boston Bruins season was the 91st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924. The Bruins finished 5th in the Atlantic Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
On May 21, 2014, the Vancouver Canucks announced that Bruins Assistant General Manager Jim Benning had been hired as the Canucks' new general manager. Bruins' General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced that he would be looking "internally and externally to replace that position."http://bruins.nhl.com/club/blogpost.htm?id=29564
On June 27, Peter Chiarelli announced that club had promoted Scott Bradley to assistant general manager after he spent five seasons as the team's director of player personnel. Chiarelli also announced that Ryan Nadeau was promoted to director of hockey operations/analytics. The club also hired John Ferguson, Jr. as executive director of player personnel. Ferguson had previously been a part of the San Jose Sharks organization since 2008.http://bruins.nhl.com/club/m_news.htm?id=724120
==Regular Season==
Despite earning 96 points, the Bruins did not qualify for the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs, ending their seven-season playoff streak. At the time, this was the most points ever by a team who did not qualify, surpassing the 95 points earned by the 2006–07 Colorado Avalanche and the 2010–11 Dallas Stars. The Bruins held this record for three seasons, until the 2017–18 Florida Panthers tied their record. The Montreal Canadiens achieved the same thing the next season.
===Divisional Standings===
===Conference Standings===
=== Suspensions/Fines ===
Player 	Explanation 	Length 	Salary 	Date issued
Milan Lucic 	Making an obscene gesture during NHL Game No. 53 in Montreal on Thursday, October 16, 2014, at 19:40 of the third period. 	— 	$5,000.00 	October 17, 2014
Brad Marchand	Slew-footing New York Rangers forward Derick Brassard during NHL Game No. 644 in Boston on Thursday, January 15, 2015, at 14:30 of the second period.	2 games	$48,387.10	January 16, 2015
===Game Log===
====Pre-season====
2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–1)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–1)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–1)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–1)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–1)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–1)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–1)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–1)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–1)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 23 	Boston Bruins 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens 	 	Subban 	21,287 	0–1–0 	Recap
2 	September 24 	Washington Capitals 	0–2 	Boston Bruins 	 	Smith 	17,215 	1–1–0 	Recap
3 	September 26 	Boston Bruins 	4–5 	Washington Capitals 	OT 	Svedberg 	17,426 	1–1–1 	Recap
4 	September 27 	Boston Bruins 	3–1 	Detroit Red Wings 	 	Smith 	15,976 	2–1–1 	Recap
5 	September 30 	New York Islanders 	5–3 	Boston Bruins 	 	Smith 	17,004 	2–2–1 	Recap
6 	October 3 	Boston Bruins 	6–1 	New York Islanders 	 	Subban 	8,600 	3–2–1 	Recap
7 	October 4 	Detroit Red Wings 	4–3 	Boston Bruins 	SO 	Rask 	17,565 	3–2–2 	Recap
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Game was played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.	
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Game was played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.	
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Game was played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.	
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Game was played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.	
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Game was played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.	
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Game was played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.	
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Game was played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.	
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Game was played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.	
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Game was played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.	
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Game was played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
====Regular Season====
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	October 8 	Philadelphia Flyers	1–2 	Boston Bruins 	 	Rask 	17,565 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2 	October 9 	Boston Bruins 	1–2 	Detroit Red Wings 	 	Rask 	20,027 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	October 11 	Washington Capitals	4–0 	Boston Bruins 	 	Rask 	17,565 	1–2–0 	2 	Recap 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	October 13 	Colorado Avalanche 	2–1 	Boston Bruins 	 	Svedberg 	17,565 	1–3–0 	2 	Recap 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	October 15 	Boston Bruins 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings 	SO 	Rask 	20,027 	2–3–0 	4 	Recap 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
6 	October 16 	Boston Bruins 	4–6 	Montreal Canadiens 	 	Rask 	21,287 	2–4–0 	4 	Recap 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
7 	October 18 	Boston Bruins 	4–0 	Buffalo Sabres 	 	Svedberg 	18,685 	3–4–0 	6 	Recap 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
8 	October 21 	San Jose Sharks 	3–5 	Boston Bruins 	 	Rask 	17,565 	4–4–0 	8 	Recap 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
9 	October 23 	New York Islanders 	3–2 	Boston Bruins 	 	Svedberg 	17,565 	4–5–0 	8 	Recap 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
10 	October 25 	Boston Bruins 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs	 	Rask 	19,132 	5–5–0 	10 	Recap 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
11 	October 28 	Minnesota Wild 	4–3 	Boston Bruins 	 	Rask 	17,565 	5–6–0 	10 	Recap 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
12 	October 30 	Boston Bruins 	3–2 	Buffalo Sabres 	OT 	Svedberg 	17,477 	6–6–0 	12 	Recap 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Playoffs==
*The Bruins did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
;Skaters
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	81	23	32	55	2 	44
 	81	22	25	47	1 	14
 	82	13	31	44	10	26
 	81	18	26	44	13	81
 	77	24	18	42	5 	95
 	72	10	32	42	−3	41
 	81	13	27	40	7 	20
 	78	12	27	39	13	20
 	47	7 	24	31	7 	22
 	80	7 	21	28	6 	48
 	46	10	17	27	12	8
 	63	8 	12	20	0 	42
 	29	8 	10	18	2 	2
 	82	3 	11	14	−1	34
 	71	6 	7 	13	−9	12
 	70	6 	6 	12	1 	45
 	30	6 	4 	10	−2	6
 	41	2 	5 	7 	20	15
 	63	1 	6 	7 	−2	85
 	27	1 	4 	5 	−2	0
 	23	3 	1 	4 	0 	4
 	47	0 	4 	4 	−6	37
 	18	0 	3 	3 	−3	2
 	24	3 	0 	3 	−5	7
 	32	2 	1 	3 	−4	2
 	5 	0 	2 	2 	−1	10
 	15	1 	0 	1 	3 	4
 	4 	0 	1 	1 	1 	0
 	7 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	14
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	−2	0
 	11	0 	0 	0 	−1	16
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	— 	0
 	18	0 	0 	0 	— 	0
 	70	0 	0 	0 	— 	8
;Goaltenders
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	70	67	4063	34	21	13	156	2.30	2011	0.922	3
 	18	14	900 	7 	5 	1 	35 	2.33	425 	0.918	2
 	1 	1 	31 	0 	1 	0 	3 	5.81	6 	0.500	0
==Awards and Records==
*Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy: Patrice Bergeron (3rd win)
 Regular Season
Player	Award 	Awarded
 	NHL All-Star Game selection	January 10, 2015
 	NHL Third Star of the Month	February 2, 2015
===Milestones===
 Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st Career NHL Game 	October 8, 2014
 	1st Career NHL Game 	October 13, 2014
 	300th Career NHL Point 	October 16, 2014
S. Griffith	1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point 	October 21, 2014
S. Griffith	1st Career NHL Assist 	October 23, 2014
 	1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point	October 28, 2014
 	1st Career NHL Game 	October 30, 2014
 	400th Career NHL Point 	October 30, 2014
 	200th Career NHL Point 	October 30, 2014
M. Lucic 	500th Career NHL Game 	November 6, 2014
 	100th Career NHL Assist 	November 15, 2014
 	100th Career NHL Game 	November 21, 2014
 	100th Career NHL Game 	November 22, 2014
 	1st Career NHL Game 	November 24, 2014
J. Morrow 	1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point 	November 24, 2014
D. Pastrnak	1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point	December 1, 2014
 	600th Career NHL Point 	December 1, 2014
B. Marchand	200th Career NHL Point 	December 4, 2014
B. Marchand	100th Career NHL Goal 	December 6, 2014
 	1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point 	December 13, 2014
 	100th Career NHL Game 	December 21, 2014
 	700th Career NHL Game 	January 8, 2015
 	700th Career NHL Game 	January 8, 2015
D. Pastrnak	1st Career NHL Goal 	January 10, 2015
 	400th Career NHL Point 	January 21, 2015
 	700th Career NHL Game 	February 10, 2015
 	1st Career NHL Game 	February 20, 2015
 	1st Career NHL Game 	February 20, 2015
 	200th Career NHL Goal 	February 22, 2015
 	1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point	February 22, 2015
 	1st Career NHL Goal 	February 27, 2015
M. Lucic 	200th Career NHL Assist 	March 10, 2015
Z. Trotman 	1st Career NHL Goal 	April 2, 2015
 	100th Career NHL Point 	April 2, 2015
R. Smith 	200th Career NHL Game 	April 4, 2015
==Transactions==
The Bruins were involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season:
===Trades===
October 4, 2014 	To New York Islanders Johnny Boychuk 	To Boston Bruins PHI's 2nd-round pick in 2015NYI's 2nd-round pick in 2016conditional 3rd-round pick in 2015
March 2, 2015 	To Tampa Bay Lightning 2nd-round pick in 20152nd-round pick in 2016	To Boston Bruins Brett Connolly
March 2, 2015 	To Colorado Avalanche Jordan Caron6th-round pick in 2016 	To Boston Bruins Maxime TalbotPaul Carey
March 2, 2015 	To Minnesota Wild Jared Knight 	To Boston Bruins Zack Phillips
June 25, 2015Bruins Acquire A 2016 Sixth Round Pick From The Colorado Avalanche In Exchange For The Rights To Carl Soderberg	To Colorado Avalanche Carl Soderberg (rights) 	To Boston Bruins BOS's 6th-round pick in 2016
===Free Agents Acquired===
Date 	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014 	Christopher Breen	Calgary Flames 	1 year, $600,000 	B's Sign D Christopher Breen to a One-Year, Two-Way Contract
July 1, 2014 	Jeremy Smith 	Springfield Falcons 	1 year, $550,000 	Bruins Sign Goaltender Jeremy Smith to a One-Year, Two-Way Contract
October 14, 2014	Simon Gagne 	Philadelphia Flyers 	1 year, $600,000 	B's Sign Gagne to a One-Year Contract; Assign Robins & Caron to Providence
March 5, 2015 	Justin Hickman 	Seattle Thunderbirds 	entry-level contract 	Bruins Sign Justin Hickman to an Entry-Level Contract
March 12, 2015 	Frank Vatrano 	University of Massachusetts	entry-level contract 	Boston signs UMass forward and former Jr. Bruin Vatrano
April 1, 2015 	Austin Czarnik 	Miami University (Ohio) 	entry-level contract 	Bruins Sign Austin Czarnik to an Entry-Level Contract
May 21, 2015 	Joonas Kemppainen	Karpat 	1 year, $700,000 	Bruins Sign Joonas Kemppainen to a One-year, Two-way Contract
June 8, 2015 	Noel Acciari 	Providence College 	entry-level contract 	Bruins Sign Noel Acciari to an Entry-Level Contract
 
===Free Agents Lost===
Date 	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014 	Chad Johnson 	New York Islanders 	2 years, $2.6 million 	Islanders Agree to Terms with Johnson
July 1, 2014 	Shawn Thornton 	Florida Panthers 	2 years, $2.4 million 	Shawn Thornton Agrees to Two-Year Contract with Florida Panthers
July 1, 2014 	Andrej Meszaros	Buffalo Sabres 	1 year, $4.125 million 	MESZAROS JOINS THE SABRES
July 1, 2014 	Jarome Iginla 	Colorado Avalanche 	3 years, $16 million 	Avalanche Signs Jarome Iginla
July 1, 2014 	Mike Moore 	Washington Capitals	1 year, $550,000 	Capitals Sign Jon Landry and Mike Moore
September 5, 2014	Corey Potter 	Calgary Flames 	1 year 	Flames sign Corey Potter
===Lost via Waivers===
Player 	New team 	Date
Matt FraserBLOG: Oilers claim Fraser; place Pinizzotto on waivers	Edmonton Oilers	December 29, 2014
Craig CunninghamCoyotes Claim McGinn & Cunningham off Waivers 	Arizona Coyotes	March 2, 2015
===Player Signings===
Date 	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
July 15, 2014 	Matt Bartkowski 	1 year, $1.25 million 	Bruins Sign Bartkowski to a One-Year Contract & Pastrnak to an Entry Level Contract
July 15, 2014 	David Pastrnak 	3 year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
July 16, 2014 	Jordan Caron 	1 year, $600,000 	Bruins Announce Six Roster Transactions
July 18, 2014 	Tommy Cross 	1 year, $600,000 	
July 18, 2014 	Craig Cunningham	1 year, $600,000 	
July 18, 2014 	Justin Florek 	1 year, $600,000 	
July 18, 2014 	Tyler Randell 	1 year, $575,000 	
July 18, 2014 	Zach Trotman 	2 years, $1.25 million 	
July 24, 2014 	David Warsofsky 	1 year, $600,000 	B's sign David Warsofsky to a one-year, two-way contract
September 4, 2014 	David Krejci 	6 years, $43.5 million contract extension 	B's Sign Krejci to a Six-Year Contract Extension Through the 2020-21 Season
September 5, 2014 	Matt Fraser 	1 year, $625,000 	B's Sign Fraser to a One-Year, Two-Way Contract and Eminger to an AHL contract
September 29, 2014	Reilly Smith 	1 year, $1.4 million 	Bruins Sign Defenseman Torey Krug and Forward Reilly Smith to One-Year Contracts
September 29, 2014	Torey Krug 	1 year, $1.4 million 	
March 6, 2015 	Reilly Smith 	2 years, $6.85 million contract extension 	B's Sign Krug to a One-Year Contract Extension and Smith to a Two-Year Contract Extension
March 6, 2015 	Torey Krug 	1 year, $3.4 million contract extension 	
May 29, 2015 	Anton Blidh 	3 years, entry-level contract 	Bruins Sign Anton Blidh to an Entry-Level Contract
June 18, 2015 	Tommy Cross 	1 year, $600,000 	Bruins Sign Tommy Cross & Tyler Randell to One-Year, Two-Way Contracts
June 18, 2015 	Tyler Randell 	1 year, $600,000 	
June 23, 2015 	Zane McIntyre 	2 years, entry-level contract 	Goaltender Zane McIntyre Indicates He Will Sign Entry-Level Contract with Bruins
===Other===
Name 	Date 	Details
Joe SaccoJoe Sacco Hired As Bruins Assistant Coach	July 24, 2014	Named as an Assistant Coach
==Draft Picks==
Below are the Boston Bruins' selections made at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.http://www.litterboxcats.com/2014/4/15/5618872/panther-win-panthers-win-the-draft-lottery-that-is 
Round	# 	Player 	Pos 	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	25 	David Pastrnak	(RW)	Czech Republic	Sodertalje SK (HockeyAllsvenskan)
2 	56 	Ryan Donato 	(C) 	United States 	Dexter School (USHS–MA)
4 	116	Danton Heinen 	(F) 	Canada 	Surrey Eagles (BCHL)
5 	146	Anders Bjork 	(LW)	United States 	US NTDP (USHL)
7 	206	Emil Johansson	D 	Sweden 	HV71 Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
;Draft notes
*Boston's third-round pick will go to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014, that sent Andrej Meszaros to Boston in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Philadelphia will receive a third-round pick in 2014 if Meszaros does not re-sign with Boston prior to the 2014 NHL Entry Draft – was converted on June 27, 2014.
*Boston's sixth-round pick will go to the St. Louis Blues, as the result of a trade on April 3, 2013, that sent Wade Redden to Boston, in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – St. Louis will receive a sixth-round pick in 2014 if Redden appears in one playoff game in 2013 for the Bruins – was converted on May 1, 2013.
==References==
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