2021–22 Boston Bruins season

The 2021–22 Boston Bruins season was the 98th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924. The Bruins returned to the Atlantic Division after playing in the East Division in 2020–21, due to the Canadian government's COVID-19 border restrictions. On April 16, 2022, the Bruins clinched a playoff spot after a 2–1 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins. They were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Carolina Hurricanes, in seven games.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Eastern Conference===
==Schedule and results==
===Regular season===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	October 16 	Dallas 	1–3 	Boston 	 	Swayman 	17,850 	1–0–0 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2 	October 20 	Boston 	3–6 	Philadelphia 	 	Swayman 	15,310 	1–1–0 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	October 22 	Boston 	4–1 	Buffalo 	 	Ullmark 	7,820 	2–1–0 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	October 24 	San Jose 	3–4 	Boston 	 	Ullmark 	17,850 	3–1–0 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	October 27 	Boston 	1–4 	Florida 	 	Ullmark 	12,306 	3–2–0 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
6 	October 28 	Boston 	0–3 	Carolina 	 	Swayman 	16,093 	3–3–0 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
7 	October 30 	Florida 	2–3 	Boston 	SO 	Ullmark 	17,850 	4–3–0 	8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Playoffs===
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Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–3
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	May 2 	Boston 	1–5 	Carolina 	 	Ullmark 	18,680 	0–1 	
2 	May 4 	Boston 	2–5 	Carolina 	 	Ullmark 	18,880 	0–2 	
3 	May 6 	Carolina 	2–4 	Boston 	 	Swayman 	17,850 	1–2 	
4 	May 8 	Carolina 	2–5 	Boston 	 	Swayman 	17,850 	2–2 	
5 	May 10 	Boston 	1–5 	Carolina 	 	Swayman 	19,163 	2–3 	
6 	May 12 	Carolina 	2–5 	Boston 	 	Swayman 	17,850 	3–3 	
7 	May 14 	Boston 	2–3 	Carolina 	 	Swayman 	19,513 	3–4 	
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	70	32	48	80	+16	97
 	72	40	37	77	+13	20
 	73	25	40	65	+26	32
 	81	20	41	61	+11	42
 	78	10	46	56	+31	66
 	78	18	26	44	+19	47
 	82	16	28	44	−6 	32
 	77	25	17	42	+6 	10
 	74	16	20	36	+2 	28
 	73	4 	20	24	+22	24
 	60	8 	10	18	+10	57
 	70	4 	13	17	−1 	32
 	75	3 	14	17	−9 	32
 	70	8 	8 	16	−2 	16
 	79	6 	9 	15	+2 	31
 	76	4 	10	14	+2 	48
 	64	2 	11	13	−13	61
 	60	2 	8 	10	−2 	32
 	32	2 	7 	9 	−3 	24
 	20	2 	4 	6 	−1 	6
† 	10	0 	5 	5 	+10	4
‡ 	15	0 	4 	4 	0 	4
 	11	3 	0 	3 	−1 	8
 	10	0 	3 	3 	+1 	4
 	15	0 	3 	3 	−5 	4
‡ 	19	1 	1 	2 	0 	0
 	6 	1 	0 	1 	−3 	0
 	7 	1 	0 	1 	+4 	2
‡ 	7 	0 	1 	1 	+2 	4
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	2
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	7
† 	6 	0 	0 	0 	+2 	5
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	7	4	7	11	+3	10
 	7	3	4	7 	+3	4
 	7	3	3	6 	+1	2
 	7	2	4	6 	−7	2
 	6	0	5	5 	+2	4
 	7	2	2	4 	−7	2
 	7	2	2	4 	−6	8
 	7	1	2	3 	−4	8
 	7	1	1	2 	+1	8
 	7	0	2	2 	+1	0
 	7	1	0	1 	+1	2
 	7	1	0	1 	−1	12
 	7	0	1	1 	−5	6
 	7	0	1	1 	+2	4
 	4	0	0	0 	−2	16
 	1	0	0	0 	−2	0
 	5	0	0	0 	−6	6
 	4	0	0	0 	+2	0
 	5	0	0	0 	+1	2
 	3	0	0	0 	0 	0
 	7	0	0	0 	−5	2
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	41	39	2,330:26	26	10	2	95	2.45	1,140	.917	1	0	1	4
 	41	39	2,390:14	23	14	3	96	2.41	1,111	.914	3	0	0	6
 	4 	4 	196:21 	2 	2 	0	14	4.28	90 	.844	0	0	0	2
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	5	5	296:07	3	2	13	2.63	146	.911	0	0	0	0
 	2	2	115:15	0	2	8 	4.16	57 	.860	0	0	1	0
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Bruins. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
==Transactions==
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Calgary FlamesDan Vladar 	To Boston Bruins3rd round pick in 2022 	
 	To Arizona Coyotes7th-round pick in 2024 	To Boston BruinsMichael Callahan 	
 	To Anaheim DucksJohn MooreUrho Vaakanainen1st-round pick in 20222nd-round pick in 20232nd-round pick in 2024	To Boston BruinsHampus LindholmKodie Curran 	
 	To Ottawa SenatorsZach Senyshyn5th-round pick in 2022 	To Boston BruinsJosh BrownConditional 7th-round pick in 2022	
 	To St. Louis BluesBrady Lyle 	To Boston BruinsFuture considerations 	
Notes:
# Boston will receive a 6th-round pick in 2022 if Senyshyn plays at least 5 games with Ottawa during the 2021-22 season; otherwise Boston will receive a 7th-round pick in 2022.
===Players acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Samuel Asselin 	Providence Bruins (AHL) 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Troy Grosenick 	Los Angeles Kings 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Steven Fogarty 	Buffalo Sabres 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Nick Foligno 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Derek Forbort 	Winnipeg Jets 	3-year	Free agency	
 	Erik Haula 	Nashville Predators 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Tyler Lewington	Nashville Predators 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Tomas Nosek 	Vegas Golden Knights 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Linus Ullmark 	Buffalo Sabres 	4-year	Free agency	
 	Marc McLaughlin	Boston College Eagles (HE) 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Brandon Bussi 	Western Michigan Broncos (NCHC)	1-year	Free agency	
 	Georgi Merkulov	Ohio State Buckeyes (B1G) 	3-year	Free agency	
===Players lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Kevan Miller 	 	 	Retirement 	
 	Jeremy Lauzon 	Seattle Kraken 	 	Expansion draft	
 	Robert Lantosi	Rogle BK (SHL) 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Jaroslav Halak	Vancouver Canucks 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Sean Kuraly 	Columbus Blue Jackets	4-year	Free agency 	
 	Greg McKegg 	New York Rangers 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	David Krejci 	HC Olomouc (ELH) 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Karson Kuhlman	Seattle Kraken 	 	Waivers 	
 	Tuukka Rask 	 	 	Retirement 	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Term 	Contract type	Ref
 	Brandon Carlo 	6-year	Re-signing 	
 	Taylor Hall 	4-year	Re-signing 	
 	Nick Wolff 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Mike Reilly 	3-year	Re-signing 	
 	Callum Booth 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Fabian Lysell 	3-year	Entry-level 	
 	Zachary Senyshyn	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Charlie McAvoy 	8-year	Extension 	
 	Tuukka Rask 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Jake DeBrusk 	2-year	Extension 	
 	Oskar Steen 	2-year	Extension 	
 	John Beecher 	3-year	Entry-level 	
 	Jakub Zboril 	2-year	Extension 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Boston Bruins' selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on July 23 and 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club (League)
1 	21 	Fabian Lysell 	RW 	 	Luleå HF (SHL)
3 	85 	Brett Harrison 	C 	 	Koovee (Mestis)
4 	117 	Philip Svedeback	G 	 	Växjö Lakers U20 (J20 SuperElit)
5 	149 	Oskar Jellvik 	C 	 	Djurgårdens IF Hockey (SHL)
6 	181 	Ryan Mast 	D 	 	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
7 	213 	Andre Gasseau 	C 	 	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
7 	2171	Ty Gallagher 	LW 	 	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
Notes:
# The Toronto Maple Leafs' seventh-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2020 (213th overall) to Toronto in exchange for this pick.
==References==
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