2015–16 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season

2015–16 Boston Bruins
Division4th Atlantic
Conference9th Eastern
2015–16 record42–31–9
Home record17–18–6
Road record25–13–3
Goals for240
Goals against230
Team information
General managerDon Sweeney
CoachClaude Julien
CaptainZdeno Chara
Alternate captainsPatrice Bergeron
Chris Kelly
David Krejci
ArenaTD Garden
Average attendance17,565
Minor league affiliate(s)Providence Bruins (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsBrad Marchand (37)
AssistsDavid Krejci (46)
PointsPatrice Bergeron (68)
Penalty minutesBrad Marchand (90)
Plus/minusBrad Marchand (+21)
WinsTuukka Rask (31)
Goals against averageTuukka Rask (2.56)

The 2015–16 Boston Bruins season was the 92nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924.[1] The season began its regular games on October 8, 2015, against the Winnipeg Jets with a 6–2 loss.[2] One all-time franchise achievement the Bruins attained this season is shared by only their greatest rival, the Canadiens - a total of 3,000 wins in the team's existence, achieved by the Bruins on January 8, 2016, in a 4–1 road victory against the New Jersey Devils. However, the Bruins missed the playoffs for the second straight season, and missed the playoffs in back-to-back years for the first time in a decade.[3] As of 2023, this represents the most recent season not making the Stanley Cup playoffs for the Bruins.

Standings

Atlantic Division
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Florida Panthers 82 47 26 9 40 239 203 +36 103
2 x – Tampa Bay Lightning 82 46 31 5 43 227 201 +26 97
3 x – Detroit Red Wings 82 41 30 11 39 211 224 −13 93
4 Boston Bruins 82 42 31 9 38 240 230 +10 93
5 Ottawa Senators 82 38 35 9 32 236 247 −11 85
6 Montreal Canadiens 82 38 38 6 33 221 236 −15 82
7 Buffalo Sabres 82 35 36 11 33 201 222 −21 81
8 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 29 42 11 23 198 246 −48 69
Source: National Hockey League[4]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division
Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME x – New York Islanders 82 45 27 10 40 232 216 +16 100
2 ME x – Philadelphia Flyers 82 41 27 14 38 214 218 −4 96
3 AT Boston Bruins 82 42 31 9 38 240 230 +10 93
4 ME Carolina Hurricanes 82 35 31 16 33 198 226 −28 86
5 AT Ottawa Senators 82 38 35 9 32 236 247 −11 85
6 ME New Jersey Devils 82 38 36 8 36 184 208 −24 84
7 AT Montreal Canadiens 82 38 38 6 33 221 236 −15 82
8 AT Buffalo Sabres 82 35 36 11 33 201 222 −21 81
9 ME Columbus Blue Jackets 82 34 40 8 28 219 252 −33 76
10 AT Toronto Maple Leafs 82 29 42 11 23 198 246 −48 69
Source: National Hockey League[5]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)[6]
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap
1 September 20 New Jersey Devils 0–2 Boston Bruins Gustavsson –– 1–0–0 Recap
2 September 22 Washington Capitals 1–2 Boston Bruins OT McIntyre 16,460 2–0–0 Recap
3 September 24 New York Rangers 3–4 Boston Bruins SO Smith 16,803 3–0–0 Recap
4 September 26 Boston Bruins 4–3 Detroit Red Wings OT Subban –– 4–0–0 Recap
5 September 28 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 Boston Bruins Rask 16,681 4–1–0 Recap
6 September 30 Boston Bruins 2–3 New York Rangers Gustavsson 18,006 4–2–0 Recap
7 October 2 Boston Bruins 1–2 Washington Capitals SO Smith 16,243 4–2–1 Recap

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log[6]
October: 6–3–1 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 5–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 October 8 Winnipeg Jets 6–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 0–1–0 0 Recap
2 October 10 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 0–2–0 0 Recap
3 October 12 Tampa Bay Lightning 6–3 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 0–3–0 0 Recap
4 October 14 Boston Bruins 6–2 Colorado Avalanche Gustavsson 15,082 1–3–0 2 Recap
5 October 17 Boston Bruins 5–3 Arizona Coyotes Rask 13,411 2–3–0 4 Recap
6 October 21 Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 Boston Bruins OT Rask 17,565 2–3–1 5 Recap
7 October 23 Boston Bruins 5–3 New York Islanders Gustavsson 13,113 3–3–1 7 Recap
8 October 27 Arizona Coyotes 0–6 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 4–3–1 9 Recap
9 October 30 Boston Bruins 3–1 Florida Panthers Rask 14,112 5–3–1 11 Recap
10 October 31 Boston Bruins 3–1 Tampa Bay Lightning Gustavsson 19,092 6–3–1 13 Recap
November: 7–5–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
11 November 3 Dallas Stars 5–3 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 6–4–1 13 Recap
12 November 5 Boston Bruins 1–4 Washington Capitals Rask 18,506 6–5–1 13 Recap
13 November 7 Boston Bruins 2–4 Montreal Canadiens Gustavsson 21,288 6–6–1 13 Recap
14 November 8 Boston Bruins 2–1 New York Islanders Rask 13,197 7–6–1 15 Recap
15 November 12 Colorado Avalanche 3–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 7–7–1 15 Recap
16 November 14 Detroit Red Wings 1–3 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 8–7–1 17 Recap
17 November 17 San Jose Sharks 5–4 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 8–8–1 17 Recap
18 November 19 Minnesota Wild 2–4 Boston Bruins Gustavsson 17,565 9–8–1 19 Recap
19 November 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 10–8–1 21 Recap
20 November 23 Boston Bruins 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs SO Rask 19,609 11–8–1 23 Recap
21 November 25 Boston Bruins 3–2 Detroit Red Wings OT Gustavsson 20,027 12–8–1 25 Recap
22 November 27 New York Rangers 3–4 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 13–8–1 27 Recap
December: 7–4–3 (Home: 4–3–1 ; Road: 3–1–2)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
23 December 2 Boston Bruins 2–3 Edmonton Oilers SO Rask 16,839 13–8–2 28 Recap
24 December 4 Boston Bruins 4–5 Calgary Flames OT Rask 19,289 13–8–3 29 Recap
25 December 5 Boston Bruins 4–0 Vancouver Canucks Rask 18,570 14–8–3 31 Recap
26 December 7 Nashville Predators 3–2 Boston Bruins Gustavsson 17,565 14–9–3 31 Recap
27 December 9 Boston Bruins 3–1 Montreal Canadiens Rask 21,288 15–9–3 33 Recap
28 December 12 Florida Panthers 1–3 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 16–9–3 35 Recap
29 December 14 Edmonton Oilers 3–2 Boston Bruins OT Gustavsson 17,565 16–9–4 36 Recap
30 December 16 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–3 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 17–9–4 38 Recap
31 December 18 Boston Bruins 6–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Rask 18,585 18–9–4 40 Recap
32 December 20 New Jersey Devils 1–2 Boston Bruins SO Gustavsson 17,565 19–9–4 42 Recap
33 December 22 St. Louis Blues 2–0 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 19–10–4 42 Recap
34 December 26 Buffalo Sabres 6–3 Boston Bruins Gustavsson 17,565 19–11–4 42 Recap
35 December 27 Boston Bruins 1–3 Ottawa Senators Rask 20,061 19–12–4 42 Recap
36 December 29 Ottawa Senators 3–7 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 20–12–4 44 Recap
January: 6–6–1 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 4–2–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
37 January 1 Montreal Canadiens 5–1 Boston Bruins Rask 67,246 20–13–4 44 Recap
38 January 5 Washington Capitals 3–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 20–14–4 44 Recap
39 January 8 Boston Bruins 4–1 New Jersey Devils Gustavsson 16,514 21–14–4 46 Recap
40 January 9 Boston Bruins 1–2 Ottawa Senators OT Rask 19,125 21–14–5 47 Recap
41 January 11 Boston Bruins 1–2 New York Rangers Rask 18,006 21–15–5 47 Recap
42 January 13 Boston Bruins 2–3 Philadelphia Flyers Rask 19,704 21–16–5 47 Recap
43 January 15 Boston Bruins 4–1 Buffalo Sabres Gustavsson 18,704 22–16–5 49 Recap
44 January 16 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–3 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 23–16–5 51 Recap
45 January 19 Boston Bruins 4–1 Montreal Canadiens Rask 21,288 24–16–5 53 Recap
46 January 21 Vancouver Canucks 4–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 24–17–5 53 Recap
47 January 23 Columbus Blue Jackets 2–3 Boston Bruins SO Gustavsson 17,565 25–17–5 55 Recap
48 January 25 Boston Bruins 3–2 Philadelphia Flyers Rask 19,738 26–17–5 57 Recap
49 January 26 Anaheim Ducks 6–2 Boston Bruins Gustavsson 17,565 26–18–5 57 Recap
February: 8–5–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 6–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
50 February 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 Boston Bruins OT Rask 17,565 26–18–6 58 Recap
51 February 4 Boston Bruins 3–2 Buffalo Sabres SO Rask 18,845 27–18–6 60 Recap
52 February 6 Buffalo Sabres 1–2 Boston Bruins OT Rask 17,565 28–18–6 62 Recap
53 February 9 Los Angeles Kings 9–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 28–19–6 62 Recap
54 February 11 Boston Bruins 6–2 Winnipeg Jets Rask 15,294 29–19–6 64 Recap
55 February 13 Boston Bruins 4–2 Minnesota Wild Gustavsson 19,191 30–19–6 66 Recap
56 February 14 Boston Bruins 5–6 Detroit Red Wings Gustavsson 20,027 30–20–6 66 Recap
57 February 16 Boston Bruins 2–1 Columbus Blue Jackets OT Rask 13,140 31–20–6 68 Recap
58 February 18 Boston Bruins 0–2 Nashville Predators Rask 17,113 31–21–6 68 Recap
59 February 20 Boston Bruins 7–3 Dallas Stars Rask 18,532 32–21–6 70 Recap
60 February 22 Columbus Blue Jackets 4–6 Boston Bruins Gustavsson 17,565 32–22–6 70 Recap
61 February 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–5 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 33–22–6 72 Recap
62 February 26 Boston Bruins 4–1 Carolina Hurricanes Rask 17,917 34–22–6 74 Recap
63 February 28 Tampa Bay Lightning 4–1 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 34–23–6 74 Recap
March: 6–6–2 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 3–5–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
64 March 1 Calgary Flames 1–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 35–23–6 76 Recap
65 March 3 Chicago Blackhawks 2–4 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 36–23–6 78 Recap
66 March 5 Washington Capitals 2–1 Boston Bruins OT Rask 17,565 36–23–7 79 Recap
67 March 7 Boston Bruins 5–4 Florida Panthers OT Rask 19,194 37–23–7 81 Recap
68 March 8 Boston Bruins 1–0 Tampa Bay Lightning OT Gustavsson 19,092 38–23–7 83 Recap
69 March 10 Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 Boston Bruins OT Rask 17,565 38–23–8 84 Recap
70 March 12 New York Islanders 1–3 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 39–23–8 86 Recap
71 March 15 Boston Bruins 2–3 San Jose Sharks Rask 16,624 39–24–8 86 Recap
72 March 18 Boston Bruins 0–4 Anaheim Ducks Gustavsson 16,707 39–25–8 86 Recap
73 March 19 Boston Bruins 1–2 Los Angeles Kings Rask 18,373 39–26–8 86 Recap
74 March 23 Boston Bruins 2–5 New York Rangers Gustavsson 18,006 39–27–8 86 Recap
75 March 24 Florida Panthers 4–1 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 39–28–8 86 Recap
76 March 26 Boston Bruins 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs Rask 19,185 40–28–8 88 Recap
77 March 29 Boston Bruins 1–2 New Jersey Devils Rask 15,486 40–29–8 88 Recap
April: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
78 April 1 Boston Bruins 6–5 St. Louis Blues Rask 19,202 41–29–8 90 Recap
79 April 3 Boston Bruins 4–6 Chicago Blackhawks Gustavsson 22,156 41–30–8 90 Recap
80 April 5 Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 Boston Bruins SO Rask 17,565 41–30–9 91 Recap
81 April 7 Detroit Red Wings 2–5 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 42–30–9 93 Recap
82 April 9 Ottawa Senators 6–1 Boston Bruins Gustavsson 17,565 42–31–9 93 Recap

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player stats

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season[7]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Patrice Bergeron 80 32 36 68 12 49
Loui Eriksson 82 30 33 63 13 12
David Krejci 72 17 46 63 4 32
Brad Marchand 77 37 24 61 21 90
Ryan Spooner 80 13 36 49 −9 35
Torey Krug 81 4 40 44 9 33
Matt Beleskey 80 15 22 37 6 65
Zdeno Chara 80 9 28 37 12 71
Jimmy Hayes 75 13 16 29 −12 60
David Pastrnak 51 15 11 26 3 20
Brett Connolly 71 9 16 25 −1 20
Kevan Miller 71 5 13 18 15 53
Colin Miller 42 3 13 16 0 39
Dennis Seidenberg 61 1 11 12 −1 24
Frank Vatrano 39 8 3 11 −3 14
Landon Ferraro† 58 5 5 10 −8 20
Lee Stempniak† 19 3 7 10 1 4
Adam McQuaid 64 1 8 9 6 89
Maxime Talbot 38 2 5 7 −11 15
Zach Trotman 38 2 5 7 3 22
Joe Morrow 33 1 6 7 −7 4
Tyler Randell 27 6 0 6 −2 47
John-Michael Liles† 17 0 6 6 −7 2
Joonas Kemppainen 44 2 3 5 −6 4
Zac Rinaldo 52 1 2 3 −5 83
Chris Kelly 11 2 0 2 3 0
Tommy Cross 3 0 1 1 −1 0
Seth Griffith 4 0 1 1 −4 4
Noel Acciari 19 0 1 1 −4 8
Matt Irwin 2 0 0 0 −5 0
Alexander Khokhlachev 5 0 0 0 −2 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season[8]
Player GP GS MIN W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Tuukka Rask 64 62 3678 31 22 8 157 2.56 1854 .915 4 0 1 0
Jonas Gustavsson 24 20 1258 11 9 1 57 2.72 622 .908 1 0 0 0
  • †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Bruins. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
  • ‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.

Suspensions/fines

Player Explanation Length Salary Date issued
Brad Marchand Roughing Colorado Avalanche forward Gabriel Landeskog during NHL Game No. 230 in Boston on Thursday, November 12, 2015, at 5:46 of the second period. — $5,000 November 13, 2015[9]
Maxime Talbot Interference against New Jersey Devils forward Jiri Tlusty during NHL Game No. 494 in Boston on Sunday, December 20, 2015, at 14:30 of the second period. 2 games $19,354.84 December 21, 2015[10]
Brad Marchand Clipping Ottawa Senators defenseman Mark Borowiecki during NHL Game No. 541 in Boston on Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at 8:41 of the first period. 3 games $164,634.15 December 30, 2015[11]

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season
Player Award Awarded
B. Marchand NHL First Star of the Week[12] November 2, 2015
D. Krejci NHL Third Star of the Month[13] November 2, 2015
P. Bergeron NHL All-Star game selection[14] January 6, 2016
B. Marchand NHL Third Star of the Week[15] February 15, 2016

Milestones

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached
J. Kemppainen 1st Career NHL Game October 8, 2015
C. Miller 1st Career NHL Game October 10, 2015
T. Randell 1st Career NHL Game
1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Point		 October 14, 2015
T. Cross 1st Career NHL Game October 14, 2015
C. Miller 1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point		 October 14, 2015
T. Cross 1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point		 October 17, 2015
Z. Chara 1,200th Career NHL Game October 23, 2015
J. Kemppainen 1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point		 October 23, 2015
D. Krejci 300th Career NHL Assist October 30, 2015
C. Miller 1st Career NHL Goal November 3, 2015
K. Miller 100th Career NHL Game November 5, 2015
F. Vatrano 1st Career NHL Game
1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Point		 November 7, 2015
D. Seidenberg 700th Career NHL Game November 16, 2015
A. McQuaid 300th Career NHL Game November 16, 2015
B. Marchand First-ever Bruins game-winning
penalty shot in overtime		 February 6, 2016[16]
C. Julien Total wins as Bruins coach
reaches 387 games, matching Art Ross		 March 3, 2016[17]


Transactions

The Bruins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:

Trades

Date
Details
 Ref
June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26) To Calgary Flames
Dougie Hamilton (rights) 		To Boston Bruins
1st-round pick in 2015
Two 2nd-round picks in 2015 		[18]
June 26, 2015 To Los Angeles Kings
Milan Lucic 		To Boston Bruins
Martin Jones
Colin Miller
1st-round pick in 2015 		[19]
June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26) To Minnesota Wild
5th-round pick in 2015
To Boston Bruins
5th-round pick in 2016 		[20]
June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29) To Philadelphia Flyers
3rd-round pick in 2017 		To Boston Bruins
Zac Rinaldo 		[21]
June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30) To San Jose Sharks
Martin Jones 		To Boston Bruins
Sean Kuraly
1st-round pick in 2016 		[22]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) To Florida Panthers
Reilly Smith
Marc Savard (rights) 		To Boston Bruins
Jimmy Hayes (rights) 		[23]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) To New Jersey Devils
4th-round pick in 2016
2nd-round pick in 2017 		To Boston Bruins
Lee Stempniak 		[24]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) To Carolina Hurricanes
Anthony Camara
3rd-round pick in 2016
5th-round pick in 2017 		To Boston Bruins
John-Michael Liles 		[24]
March 4, 2016 (2016-03-04) To St. Louis Blues
Zack Phillips 		To Boston Bruins
Future considerations 		[25]

Free agents acquired

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Matt Beleskey Anaheim Ducks 5 years, $19 million [23]
July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06) Brandon DeFazio Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $575,000 [26]
July 10, 2015 (2015-07-10) Matt Irwin San Jose Sharks 1 year, $800,000 [27]
October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04) Jonas Gustavsson Detroit Red Wings 1 year, $750,000 [28]

Free agents lost

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Matt Bartkowski Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $1.75 million [29]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) David Warsofsky Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $600,000 [30]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Matt Lindblad New York Rangers 1 year, $600,000 [31]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Gregory Campbell Columbus Blue Jackets 2 years, $3 million [32]
July 8, 2015 (2015-07-08) Paul Carey Washington Capitals 1 year, $575,000 [33]
January 21, 2016 (2016-01-21) Daniel Paille New York Rangers 1 year, $575,000 [34]

Claimed via waivers

Player Previous team Date
Landon Ferraro[35] Detroit Red Wings November 22, 2015

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date


Player signings

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30) Adam McQuaid 4 years, $11 million [36]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Ryan Spooner 2 years, $1.9 million [23]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Jeremy Smith 1 year, $600,000 [23]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Christopher Breen 1 year, $600,000 [37]
July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06) Jimmy Hayes 3 years, $6.9 million [26]
July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06) Brett Connolly 1 year, $1.025 million [26]
July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15) Jakub Zboril 3 years, entry-level contract [38]
September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25) Brandon Carlo 3 years, entry-level contract [39]
November 12, 2015 (2015-11-12) Jake DeBrusk entry-level contract [40]
November 12, 2015 (2015-11-12) Jeremy Lauzon entry-level contract [40]
November 12, 2015 (2015-11-12) Zachary Senyshyn entry-level contract [40]
March 29, 2016 (2016-03-29) Rob O'Gara 2 years, entry-level contract [41]
March 29, 2016 (2016-03-29) Sean Kuraly entry-level contract [41]
April 1, 2016 (2016-04-01) Matt Grzelcyk 2 years, entry-level contract [42]
April 11, 2016 (2016-04-11) Danton Heinen 3 years, entry-level contract [43]
April 26, 2016 (2016-04-26) Dan Vladar 3 years, entry-level contract [44]
May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24) Kevan Miller 4 years, $10 million contract extension [45]
May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24) Seth Griffith 1 year, $625,000 [45]
June 16, 2016 (2016-06-16) Peter Cehlarik 3 years, entry-level contract [46]

Draft picks

Below are the Boston Bruins' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015, at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 13[a] Jakub Zboril (D) Czech Republic Czech Republic Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
1 14 Jake DeBrusk (LW) Canada Canada Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
1 15[b] Zachary Senyshyn (RW) Canada Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
2 37[c] Brandon Carlo (D) United States United States Tri-City Americans (WHL)
2 45 [b] Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (C) Sweden Sweden Omaha Lancers (USHL)
2 52 [d] Jeremy Lauzon (D) Canada Canada Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
3 75 Dan Vladar (G) Czech Republic Czech Republic HC Kladno (Czech 1. Liga)
4 105 Jesse Gabrielle (LW) Canada Canada Regina Pats (WHL)
6 165 Cameron Hughes (C) Canada Canada University of Wisconsin–Madison (B1G)
7 195 Jack Becker (C) United States United States Mahtomedi Senior High School (High-MN)
Draft notes[47]
  • a The Los Angeles Kings' first round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015, that sent Milan Lucic to Los Angeles in exchange for Martin Jones, Colin Miller and this pick.[48]
  • b The Calgary Flames' first and second-round picks went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015, that sent Dougie Hamilton to Calgary in exchange for Calgary and Washington's second-round picks in 2015 (45th and 52nd overall) and this pick.[49]
  • c The Philadelphia Flyers' second-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on October 4, 2014, that sent Johnny Boychuk to New York in exchange for a second-round pick in 2016, a conditional third-round pick in 2015 and this pick.[50]
  • The Boston Bruins' second-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015, that sent Brett Connolly to Boston in exchange for a second-round pick in 2016 and this pick.[51]
  • d The Washington Capitals' second-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent Dougie Hamilton to Calgary in exchange for a first and second-round pick in 2015 (15th and 45th overall) and this pick.[49]
    Calgary previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent Curtis Glencross to Washington in exchange for a third-round pick in 2015 and this pick.[52]
  • The Boston Bruins' fifth-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015, that exchanged Minnesota's fifth-round pick in 2016 for this pick.

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