2020–21 Boston Bruins season

The 2020–21 Boston Bruins season was the 97th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924. The Bruins entered the season as defending Presidents' Trophy and Atlantic Division champions. On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada–United States border. As a result of this realignment, the Bruins played this season in the East Division, only facing opponents from within the new division in a shortened 56-game regular season, and the first two rounds of the playoffs.
On March 25, spectators were allowed back into the TD Garden with a limited capacity of 2,200. This was the first time fans were in attendance at a Bruins home game since March 7th of the previous year. The capacity at the Garden was increased to 25% on May 10. Starting May 29, the venue was able to host fans at full capacity.
On May 3, the Bruins clinched a playoff berth after a 3–0 win against the New Jersey Devils. In the playoffs, they eliminated the Washington Capitals in the First Round in five games. The Bruins would lose to the New York Islanders in the Second Round in six games.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	January 14 	Boston 	3–2 	New Jersey 	SO 	Rask 	0 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	January 16 	Boston 	1–2 	New Jersey 	OT 	Halak 	0 	1–0–1 	3 	Recap
3 	January 18 	Boston 	0–1 	NY Islanders 	 	Rask 	0 	1–1–1 	3 	Recap
4 	January 21 	Philadelphia 	4–5 	Boston 	SO 	Rask 	0 	2–1–1 	5 	Recap
5 	January 23 	Philadelphia 	1–6 	Boston 	 	Halak 	0 	3–1–1 	7 	Recap
6 	January 26 	Pittsburgh 	2–3 	Boston 	OT 	Rask 	0 	4–1–1 	9 	Recap
7 	January 28 	Pittsburgh 	1–4 	Boston 	 	Halak 	0 	5–1–1 	11 	Recap
8 	January 30 	Boston 	3–4 	Washington 	OT 	Rask 	0 	5–1–2 	12 	Recap
===Playoffs===
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East Division First Round vs. (E2) Washington Capitals: Boston won 4–1	East Division First Round vs. (E2) Washington Capitals: Boston won 4–1	East Division First Round vs. (E2) Washington Capitals: Boston won 4–1	East Division First Round vs. (E2) Washington Capitals: Boston won 4–1	East Division First Round vs. (E2) Washington Capitals: Boston won 4–1	East Division First Round vs. (E2) Washington Capitals: Boston won 4–1	East Division First Round vs. (E2) Washington Capitals: Boston won 4–1	East Division First Round vs. (E2) Washington Capitals: Boston won 4–1	East Division First Round vs. (E2) Washington Capitals: Boston won 4–1	East Division First Round vs. (E2) Washington Capitals: Boston won 4–1
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	May 15 	Boston 	2–3 	Washington 	OT 	Rask 	5,333 	0–1 	Recap
2 	May 17 	Boston 	4–3 	Washington 	OT 	Rask 	5,333 	1–1 	Recap
3 	May 19 	Washington 	2–3 	Boston 	2OT 	Rask 	4,565 	2–1 	Recap
4 	May 21 	Washington 	1–4 	Boston 	 	Rask 	4,565 	3–1 	Recap
5 	May 23 	Boston 	3–1 	Washington 	 	Rask 	5,333 	4–1 	Recap
==Draft picks==
Below are the Boston Bruins' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The rescheduled draft was held October 6–7, 2020 virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 	58 	Mason Lohrei 	D 	United States	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
3 	89 	Trevor Kuntar 	C 	United States	Boston College (H-East)
5 	151	Mason Langenbrunner	D 	United States	Eden Prairie (USHS-MN)
6 	182	Riley Duran 	C 	United States	Lawrence Academy (USHS-MA)
==Notes==
==References==
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