1940β41 Boston Bruins | |
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Stanley Cup champions | |
Prince of Wales Trophy winners | |
Division | 1st NHL |
1940β41 record | 27β8β13 |
Home record | 15β4β5 |
Road record | 12β4β8 |
Goals for | 168 (1st) |
Goals against | 102 (T-2nd) |
Team information | |
General manager | Art Ross |
Coach | Cooney Weiland |
Captain | Dit Clapper |
Arena | Boston Garden |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Roy Conacher (24) |
Assists | Bill Cowley (45) |
Points | Bill Cowley (62) |
Penalty minutes | Des Smith (61) |
Wins | Frank Brimsek (27) |
Goals against average | Frank Brimsek (2.01) |
The 1940β41 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 17th season in the National Hockey League, and they were coming off of a successful season in 1939β40, leading the NHL in points for the third season in a row, as they finished with a 31β12β5 record, accumulating 67 points. However, the Bruins lost to the New York Rangers in the NHL semifinals, ending their chances for a second-straight Stanley Cup. This year, the Bruins repeated as regular season champions and returned to the Stanley Cup Finals, defeating the Detroit Red Wings four games to none to win the organization's third Stanley Cup.
Boston would have a slow start to the season, going winless in their first 4 games (0β2β2), and sat with a 6β7β3 record 16 games into the season, fighting with the Chicago Black Hawks and New York Americans for 3rd place in the league. The Bruins would then go on a record breaking unbeaten streak, as they would have a 15β0β8 record in their next 23 games, and sit in 2nd place to the Toronto Maple Leafs. After a 2β0 loss to the New York Rangers, Boston would finish the season 6β0β2 to pass the Leafs, and finish with the most points in the NHL for the 4th straight year. Boston had an amazing 21β1β10 record to close out the season.
Bill Cowley would lead the NHL in scoring with 62 points, as he scored 17 goals and added 45 assists. Roy Conacher led the Bruins in goals with 24, and added 14 assists for a career high 38 points. Eddie Wiseman and Bobby Bauer had productive seasons, earning 40 and 39 points respectively, while Milt Schmidt finished with 38. Team captain Dit Clapper led the Boston blueline with 26 points, while Flash Hollett led the Bruins defense with 9 goals.
In goal, Frank Brimsek had another outstanding season, winning 27 games, while earning 6 shutouts and posting a 2.01 GAA.
GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | |
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Boston Bruins | 48 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 67 | 168 | 102 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 62 | 145 | 99 |
Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 53 | 112 | 102 |
New York Rangers | 48 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 50 | 143 | 125 |
Chicago Black Hawks | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 39 | 112 | 139 |
Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 38 | 121 | 147 |
New York Americans | 48 | 8 | 29 | 11 | 27 | 99 | 186 |
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
1940β41 NHL Records [2] | ||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYA | NYR | TOR | |||||
Boston | β | 4β2β2 | 3β0β5 | 5β2β1 | 7β0β1 | 4β2β2 | 4β2β2 | |||||
Chicago | 2β4β2 | β | 2β6 | 3β4β1 | 3β2β3 | 4β3β1 | 2β6 | |||||
Detroit | 0β3β5 | 6β2 | β | 4β3β1 | 5β1β2 | 3β2β3 | 3β5 | |||||
Montreal | 2β5β1 | 4β3β1 | 3β4β1 | β | 4β3β1 | 2β5β1 | 1β6β1 | |||||
N.Y. Americans | 0β7β1 | 2β3β3 | 1β5β2 | 3β4β1 | β | 1β6β1 | 1β4β3 | |||||
N.Y. Rangers | 2β4β2 | 3β4β1 | 2β3β2 | 5β2β1 | 6β1β1 | β | 3β5 | |||||
Toronto | 2β4β2 | 6β2 | 5β3 | 6β1β1 | 4β1β3 | 5β3 | β |
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Record | Pts |
1 | November 3 | Boston Bruins | 1β1 | Montreal Canadiens | 0β0β1 | 1 |
2 | November 12 | Chicago Black Hawks | 6β5 | Boston Bruins | 0β1β1 | 1 |
3 | November 17 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4β1 | Boston Bruins | 0β2β1 | 1 |
4 | November 19 | Detroit Red Wings | 4β4 | Boston Bruins | 0β2β2 | 2 |
5 | November 21 | Boston Bruins | 2β0 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β2β2 | 4 |
6 | November 23 | Boston Bruins | 2β1 | New York Rangers | 2β2β2 | 6 |
7 | November 24 | Boston Bruins | 1β1 | Detroit Red Wings | 2β2β3 | 7 |
8 | November 26 | Montreal Canadiens | 3β2 | Boston Bruins | 2β3β3 | 7 |
9 | December 1 | Boston Bruins | 10β3 | New York Americans | 3β3β3 | 9 |
10 | December 3 | New York Americans | 2β6 | Boston Bruins | 4β3β3 | 11 |
11 | December 7 | Boston Bruins | 2β3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4β4β3 | 11 |
12 | December 8 | Boston Bruins | 2β3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4β5β3 | 11 |
13 | December 10 | New York Rangers | 2β6 | Boston Bruins | 5β5β3 | 13 |
14 | December 17 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2β5 | Boston Bruins | 6β5β3 | 15 |
15 | December 19 | Boston Bruins | 3β5 | New York Rangers | 6β6β3 | 15 |
16 | December 21 | Boston Bruins | 1β3 | Montreal Canadiens | 6β7β3 | 15 |
17 | December 22 | Boston Bruins | 5β3 | Detroit Red Wings | 7β7β3 | 17 |
18 | December 25 | New York Americans | 1β8 | Boston Bruins | 8β7β3 | 19 |
19 | December 27 | Boston Bruins | 3β3 | New York Americans | 8β7β4 | 20 |
20 | December 31 | New York Rangers | 2β2 | Boston Bruins | 8β7β5 | 21 |
21 | January 5 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2β2 | Boston Bruins | 8β7β6 | 22 |
22 | January 7 | Detroit Red Wings | 1β1 | Boston Bruins | 8β7β7 | 23 |
23 | January 11 | Boston Bruins | 2β1 | Montreal Canadiens | 9β7β7 | 25 |
24 | January 12 | Montreal Canadiens | 5β7 | Boston Bruins | 10β7β7 | 27 |
25 | January 16 | Boston Bruins | 2β2 | New York Rangers | 10β7β8 | 28 |
26 | January 18 | Boston Bruins | 1β0 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 11β7β8 | 30 |
27 | January 19 | Boston Bruins | 4β4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 11β7β9 | 31 |
28 | January 21 | New York Rangers | 3β4 | Boston Bruins | 12β7β9 | 33 |
29 | January 26 | Boston Bruins | 6β1 | New York Americans | 13β7β9 | 35 |
30 | January 28 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2β3 | Boston Bruins | 14β7β9 | 37 |
31 | February 2 | New York Americans | 1β4 | Boston Bruins | 15β7β9 | 39 |
32 | February 4 | Montreal Canadiens | 3β5 | Boston Bruins | 16β7β9 | 41 |
33 | February 8 | Boston Bruins | 3β2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 17β7β9 | 43 |
34 | February 9 | Boston Bruins | 2β2 | Detroit Red Wings | 17β7β10 | 44 |
35 | February 11 | Detroit Red Wings | 0β4 | Boston Bruins | 18β7β10 | 46 |
36 | February 13 | New York Rangers | 3β5 | Boston Bruins | 19β7β10 | 48 |
37 | February 15 | Boston Bruins | 5β0 | Montreal Canadiens | 20β7β10 | 50 |
38 | February 18 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2β2 | Boston Bruins | 20β7β11 | 51 |
39 | February 23 | New York Americans | 1β3 | Boston Bruins | 21β7β11 | 53 |
40 | February 25 | New York Rangers | 2β0 | Boston Bruins | 21β8β11 | 53 |
41 | March 1 | Boston Bruins | 0β0 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 21β8β12 | 54 |
42 | March 2 | Boston Bruins | 4β3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 22β8β12 | 56 |
43 | March 4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2β3 | Boston Bruins | 23β8β12 | 58 |
44 | March 9 | Montreal Canadiens | 0β8 | Boston Bruins | 24β8β12 | 60 |
45 | March 11 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2β3 | Boston Bruins | 25β8β12 | 62 |
46 | March 13 | Boston Bruins | 8β3 | New York Americans | 26β8β12 | 64 |
47 | March 16 | Boston Bruins | 2β2 | Detroit Red Wings | 26β8β13 | 65 |
48 | March 18 | Detroit Red Wings | 1β4 | Boston Bruins | 27β8β13 | 67 |
In the playoffs, Boston would have a first-round bye, advancing straight to the NHL semi-finals, where they would face the second place Toronto Maple Leafs in a best of seven series. The Bruins finished 5 points ahead of the Leafs during the regular season. The series opened at the Boston Garden, with each team winning a game, before moving to Maple Leaf Gardens for games three and four. The Leafs took a 2β1 series lead with a big 7β2 victory, however, Boston evened the series up at two games each with a solid 2β1 win in game four. Game 5 shifted back to Boston, but it was Toronto who took a 3β2 series lead, with a 2β1 overtime victory. The series moved back to Toronto for the 6th game, and with Boston facing elimination, the Bruins would hold off the Leafs for a 2β1 win to force a 7th and deciding game in Boston. The Bruins once again would fend off Toronto, hanging on for a 2β1 win, to take the series 4β3, and earn a spot in the Stanley Cup final.
The Bruins opponent was the Detroit Red Wings, who finished the regular season with 53 points, 14 less than Boston. Detroit had defeated the New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks to earn a spot in the final. The series opened in Boston, with the Bruins winning the first 2 games by close scores of 3β2 and 2β1 to take a 2β0 series lead. The series moved to the Detroit Olympia for the next 2 games, but Boston would complete the sweep, winning games 3 and 4 by scores of 4β2 and 3β1 to become the first team in NHL history to sweep a 4-game series, and win their 2nd Stanley Cup in 3 seasons, and their 3rd in franchise history. It was also the last time the Bruins would win the Stanley Cup until 1970.
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Record |
1 | March 20 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0β3 | Boston Bruins | 1β0 |
2 | March 22 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 5β3 | Boston Bruins | 1β1 |
3 | March 25 | Boston Bruins | 2β7 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1β2 |
4 | March 27 | Boston Bruins | 2β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2β2 |
5 | March 29 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2β1 | Boston Bruins | 2β3 |
6 | April 1 | Boston Bruins | 2β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3β3 |
7 | April 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1β2 | Boston Bruins | 4β3 |
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Record |
1 | April 6 | Detroit Red Wings | 2β3 | Boston Bruins | 1β0 |
2 | April 8 | Detroit Red Wings | 1β2 | Boston Bruins | 2β0 |
3 | April 10 | Boston Bruins | 4β2 | Detroit Red Wings | 3β0 |
4 | April 12 | Boston Bruins | 3β1 | Detroit Red Wings | 4β0 |
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Bill Cowley | C | 46 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 16 |
Eddie Wiseman | RW | 48 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 10 |
Bobby Bauer | RW | 48 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 2 |
Roy Conacher | LW | 41 | 24 | 14 | 38 | 7 |
Milt Schmidt | C/D | 45 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 23 |
Woody Dumart | LW | 40 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 2 |
Art Jackson | C | 48 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 10 |
Dit Clapper | RW/D | 48 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 24 |
Flash Hollett | D | 41 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 23 |
Herb Cain | LW | 41 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 6 |
Des Smith | D | 48 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 61 |
Terry Reardon | C/RW | 34 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 |
Jack Crawford | D | 45 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 |
Mel Hill | RW | 41 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
Jack Shewchuk | D | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Gordie Bruce | LW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Red Hamill | LW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Pat McReavy | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Frank Brimsek | G | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
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Frank Brimsek | 3040 | 48 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 102 | 2.01 | 6 |
Team: | 3040 | 48 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 102 | 2.01 | 6 |
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Milt Schmidt | C/D | 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 |
Eddie Wiseman | RW | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Flash Hollett | D | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
Terry Reardon | C/RW | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
Roy Conacher | LW | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
Herb Cain | LW | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Dit Clapper | RW/D | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Bobby Bauer | RW | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Pat McReavy | C | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
Woody Dumart | LW | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
Art Jackson | C | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
Mel Hill | RW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Jack Crawford | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Des Smith | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
Frank Brimsek | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gordie Bruce | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Cowley | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
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Frank Brimsek | 678 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 2.04 | 1 |
Team: | 678 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 2.04 | 1 |
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1940β41 Boston Bruins | |
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Stanley Cup champions | |
Prince of Wales Trophy winners | |
Division | 1st NHL |
1940β41 record | 27β8β13 |
Home record | 15β4β5 |
Road record | 12β4β8 |
Goals for | 168 (1st) |
Goals against | 102 (T-2nd) |
Team information | |
General manager | Art Ross |
Coach | Cooney Weiland |
Captain | Dit Clapper |
Arena | Boston Garden |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Roy Conacher (24) |
Assists | Bill Cowley (45) |
Points | Bill Cowley (62) |
Penalty minutes | Des Smith (61) |
Wins | Frank Brimsek (27) |
Goals against average | Frank Brimsek (2.01) |
The 1940β41 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 17th season in the National Hockey League, and they were coming off of a successful season in 1939β40, leading the NHL in points for the third season in a row, as they finished with a 31β12β5 record, accumulating 67 points. However, the Bruins lost to the New York Rangers in the NHL semifinals, ending their chances for a second-straight Stanley Cup. This year, the Bruins repeated as regular season champions and returned to the Stanley Cup Finals, defeating the Detroit Red Wings four games to none to win the organization's third Stanley Cup.
Boston would have a slow start to the season, going winless in their first 4 games (0β2β2), and sat with a 6β7β3 record 16 games into the season, fighting with the Chicago Black Hawks and New York Americans for 3rd place in the league. The Bruins would then go on a record breaking unbeaten streak, as they would have a 15β0β8 record in their next 23 games, and sit in 2nd place to the Toronto Maple Leafs. After a 2β0 loss to the New York Rangers, Boston would finish the season 6β0β2 to pass the Leafs, and finish with the most points in the NHL for the 4th straight year. Boston had an amazing 21β1β10 record to close out the season.
Bill Cowley would lead the NHL in scoring with 62 points, as he scored 17 goals and added 45 assists. Roy Conacher led the Bruins in goals with 24, and added 14 assists for a career high 38 points. Eddie Wiseman and Bobby Bauer had productive seasons, earning 40 and 39 points respectively, while Milt Schmidt finished with 38. Team captain Dit Clapper led the Boston blueline with 26 points, while Flash Hollett led the Bruins defense with 9 goals.
In goal, Frank Brimsek had another outstanding season, winning 27 games, while earning 6 shutouts and posting a 2.01 GAA.
GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boston Bruins | 48 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 67 | 168 | 102 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 62 | 145 | 99 |
Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 53 | 112 | 102 |
New York Rangers | 48 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 50 | 143 | 125 |
Chicago Black Hawks | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 39 | 112 | 139 |
Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 38 | 121 | 147 |
New York Americans | 48 | 8 | 29 | 11 | 27 | 99 | 186 |
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
1940β41 NHL Records [2] | ||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYA | NYR | TOR | |||||
Boston | β | 4β2β2 | 3β0β5 | 5β2β1 | 7β0β1 | 4β2β2 | 4β2β2 | |||||
Chicago | 2β4β2 | β | 2β6 | 3β4β1 | 3β2β3 | 4β3β1 | 2β6 | |||||
Detroit | 0β3β5 | 6β2 | β | 4β3β1 | 5β1β2 | 3β2β3 | 3β5 | |||||
Montreal | 2β5β1 | 4β3β1 | 3β4β1 | β | 4β3β1 | 2β5β1 | 1β6β1 | |||||
N.Y. Americans | 0β7β1 | 2β3β3 | 1β5β2 | 3β4β1 | β | 1β6β1 | 1β4β3 | |||||
N.Y. Rangers | 2β4β2 | 3β4β1 | 2β3β2 | 5β2β1 | 6β1β1 | β | 3β5 | |||||
Toronto | 2β4β2 | 6β2 | 5β3 | 6β1β1 | 4β1β3 | 5β3 | β |
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Record | Pts |
1 | November 3 | Boston Bruins | 1β1 | Montreal Canadiens | 0β0β1 | 1 |
2 | November 12 | Chicago Black Hawks | 6β5 | Boston Bruins | 0β1β1 | 1 |
3 | November 17 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4β1 | Boston Bruins | 0β2β1 | 1 |
4 | November 19 | Detroit Red Wings | 4β4 | Boston Bruins | 0β2β2 | 2 |
5 | November 21 | Boston Bruins | 2β0 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β2β2 | 4 |
6 | November 23 | Boston Bruins | 2β1 | New York Rangers | 2β2β2 | 6 |
7 | November 24 | Boston Bruins | 1β1 | Detroit Red Wings | 2β2β3 | 7 |
8 | November 26 | Montreal Canadiens | 3β2 | Boston Bruins | 2β3β3 | 7 |
9 | December 1 | Boston Bruins | 10β3 | New York Americans | 3β3β3 | 9 |
10 | December 3 | New York Americans | 2β6 | Boston Bruins | 4β3β3 | 11 |
11 | December 7 | Boston Bruins | 2β3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4β4β3 | 11 |
12 | December 8 | Boston Bruins | 2β3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4β5β3 | 11 |
13 | December 10 | New York Rangers | 2β6 | Boston Bruins | 5β5β3 | 13 |
14 | December 17 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2β5 | Boston Bruins | 6β5β3 | 15 |
15 | December 19 | Boston Bruins | 3β5 | New York Rangers | 6β6β3 | 15 |
16 | December 21 | Boston Bruins | 1β3 | Montreal Canadiens | 6β7β3 | 15 |
17 | December 22 | Boston Bruins | 5β3 | Detroit Red Wings | 7β7β3 | 17 |
18 | December 25 | New York Americans | 1β8 | Boston Bruins | 8β7β3 | 19 |
19 | December 27 | Boston Bruins | 3β3 | New York Americans | 8β7β4 | 20 |
20 | December 31 | New York Rangers | 2β2 | Boston Bruins | 8β7β5 | 21 |
21 | January 5 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2β2 | Boston Bruins | 8β7β6 | 22 |
22 | January 7 | Detroit Red Wings | 1β1 | Boston Bruins | 8β7β7 | 23 |
23 | January 11 | Boston Bruins | 2β1 | Montreal Canadiens | 9β7β7 | 25 |
24 | January 12 | Montreal Canadiens | 5β7 | Boston Bruins | 10β7β7 | 27 |
25 | January 16 | Boston Bruins | 2β2 | New York Rangers | 10β7β8 | 28 |
26 | January 18 | Boston Bruins | 1β0 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 11β7β8 | 30 |
27 | January 19 | Boston Bruins | 4β4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 11β7β9 | 31 |
28 | January 21 | New York Rangers | 3β4 | Boston Bruins | 12β7β9 | 33 |
29 | January 26 | Boston Bruins | 6β1 | New York Americans | 13β7β9 | 35 |
30 | January 28 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2β3 | Boston Bruins | 14β7β9 | 37 |
31 | February 2 | New York Americans | 1β4 | Boston Bruins | 15β7β9 | 39 |
32 | February 4 | Montreal Canadiens | 3β5 | Boston Bruins | 16β7β9 | 41 |
33 | February 8 | Boston Bruins | 3β2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 17β7β9 | 43 |
34 | February 9 | Boston Bruins | 2β2 | Detroit Red Wings | 17β7β10 | 44 |
35 | February 11 | Detroit Red Wings | 0β4 | Boston Bruins | 18β7β10 | 46 |
36 | February 13 | New York Rangers | 3β5 | Boston Bruins | 19β7β10 | 48 |
37 | February 15 | Boston Bruins | 5β0 | Montreal Canadiens | 20β7β10 | 50 |
38 | February 18 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2β2 | Boston Bruins | 20β7β11 | 51 |
39 | February 23 | New York Americans | 1β3 | Boston Bruins | 21β7β11 | 53 |
40 | February 25 | New York Rangers | 2β0 | Boston Bruins | 21β8β11 | 53 |
41 | March 1 | Boston Bruins | 0β0 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 21β8β12 | 54 |
42 | March 2 | Boston Bruins | 4β3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 22β8β12 | 56 |
43 | March 4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2β3 | Boston Bruins | 23β8β12 | 58 |
44 | March 9 | Montreal Canadiens | 0β8 | Boston Bruins | 24β8β12 | 60 |
45 | March 11 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2β3 | Boston Bruins | 25β8β12 | 62 |
46 | March 13 | Boston Bruins | 8β3 | New York Americans | 26β8β12 | 64 |
47 | March 16 | Boston Bruins | 2β2 | Detroit Red Wings | 26β8β13 | 65 |
48 | March 18 | Detroit Red Wings | 1β4 | Boston Bruins | 27β8β13 | 67 |
In the playoffs, Boston would have a first-round bye, advancing straight to the NHL semi-finals, where they would face the second place Toronto Maple Leafs in a best of seven series. The Bruins finished 5 points ahead of the Leafs during the regular season. The series opened at the Boston Garden, with each team winning a game, before moving to Maple Leaf Gardens for games three and four. The Leafs took a 2β1 series lead with a big 7β2 victory, however, Boston evened the series up at two games each with a solid 2β1 win in game four. Game 5 shifted back to Boston, but it was Toronto who took a 3β2 series lead, with a 2β1 overtime victory. The series moved back to Toronto for the 6th game, and with Boston facing elimination, the Bruins would hold off the Leafs for a 2β1 win to force a 7th and deciding game in Boston. The Bruins once again would fend off Toronto, hanging on for a 2β1 win, to take the series 4β3, and earn a spot in the Stanley Cup final.
The Bruins opponent was the Detroit Red Wings, who finished the regular season with 53 points, 14 less than Boston. Detroit had defeated the New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks to earn a spot in the final. The series opened in Boston, with the Bruins winning the first 2 games by close scores of 3β2 and 2β1 to take a 2β0 series lead. The series moved to the Detroit Olympia for the next 2 games, but Boston would complete the sweep, winning games 3 and 4 by scores of 4β2 and 3β1 to become the first team in NHL history to sweep a 4-game series, and win their 2nd Stanley Cup in 3 seasons, and their 3rd in franchise history. It was also the last time the Bruins would win the Stanley Cup until 1970.
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Record |
1 | March 20 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0β3 | Boston Bruins | 1β0 |
2 | March 22 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 5β3 | Boston Bruins | 1β1 |
3 | March 25 | Boston Bruins | 2β7 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1β2 |
4 | March 27 | Boston Bruins | 2β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2β2 |
5 | March 29 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2β1 | Boston Bruins | 2β3 |
6 | April 1 | Boston Bruins | 2β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3β3 |
7 | April 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1β2 | Boston Bruins | 4β3 |
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Record |
1 | April 6 | Detroit Red Wings | 2β3 | Boston Bruins | 1β0 |
2 | April 8 | Detroit Red Wings | 1β2 | Boston Bruins | 2β0 |
3 | April 10 | Boston Bruins | 4β2 | Detroit Red Wings | 3β0 |
4 | April 12 | Boston Bruins | 3β1 | Detroit Red Wings | 4β0 |
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Cowley | C | 46 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 16 |
Eddie Wiseman | RW | 48 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 10 |
Bobby Bauer | RW | 48 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 2 |
Roy Conacher | LW | 41 | 24 | 14 | 38 | 7 |
Milt Schmidt | C/D | 45 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 23 |
Woody Dumart | LW | 40 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 2 |
Art Jackson | C | 48 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 10 |
Dit Clapper | RW/D | 48 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 24 |
Flash Hollett | D | 41 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 23 |
Herb Cain | LW | 41 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 6 |
Des Smith | D | 48 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 61 |
Terry Reardon | C/RW | 34 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 |
Jack Crawford | D | 45 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 |
Mel Hill | RW | 41 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
Jack Shewchuk | D | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Gordie Bruce | LW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Red Hamill | LW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Pat McReavy | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Frank Brimsek | G | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Brimsek | 3040 | 48 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 102 | 2.01 | 6 |
Team: | 3040 | 48 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 102 | 2.01 | 6 |
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Milt Schmidt | C/D | 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 |
Eddie Wiseman | RW | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Flash Hollett | D | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
Terry Reardon | C/RW | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
Roy Conacher | LW | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
Herb Cain | LW | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Dit Clapper | RW/D | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Bobby Bauer | RW | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Pat McReavy | C | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
Woody Dumart | LW | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
Art Jackson | C | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
Mel Hill | RW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Jack Crawford | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Des Smith | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
Frank Brimsek | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gordie Bruce | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Cowley | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Brimsek | 678 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 2.04 | 1 |
Team: | 678 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 2.04 | 1 |
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