2018–19 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season

2018–19 Boston Bruins
Eastern Conference champions
Division2nd Atlantic
Conference2nd Eastern
2018–19 record49–24–9
Home record29–9–3
Road record20–15–6
Goals for259
Goals against215
Team information
General managerDon Sweeney
CoachBruce Cassidy
CaptainZdeno Chara
Alternate captainsPatrice Bergeron
David Krejci
ArenaTD Garden
Average attendance17,565[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Providence Bruins (AHL)
Atlanta Gladiators (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsDavid Pastrnak (38 goals)
AssistsBrad Marchand (64)
PointsBrad Marchand (100 points)
Penalty minutesBrad Marchand (96)
Plus/minusPatrice Bergeron (+23)
WinsTuukka Rask (27)
Goals against averageJaroslav Halak (2.34)

The 2018–19 Boston Bruins season was the 95th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924.[2] The Bruins clinched a playoff spot on March 23, 2019, after a 7–3 win over the Florida Panthers.[3]

On May 16, 2019, the Bruins advanced to the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals with a 4–0 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes,[4] marking their first Stanley Cup Finals appearance since 2013.[5] They would lose in seven games to the St. Louis Blues.[6]

Standings

Atlantic Division
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Tampa Bay Lightning 82 62 16 4 56 325 222 +103 128
2 x – Boston Bruins 82 49 24 9 47 259 215 +44 107
3 x – Toronto Maple Leafs 82 46 28 8 46 286 251 +35 100
4 Montreal Canadiens 82 44 30 8 41 249 236 +13 96
5 Florida Panthers 82 36 32 14 33 267 280 −13 86
6 Buffalo Sabres 82 33 39 10 28 226 271 −45 76
7 Detroit Red Wings 82 32 40 10 29 227 277 −50 74
8 Ottawa Senators 82 29 47 6 29 242 302 −60 64
Source: National Hockey League[7]
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on May 18, 2018.[8]

2018 preseason game log: 5–1–2 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap
1[a] September 15 Boston 4–3 Calgary SO Halak — 1–0–0 Recap
2 September 16 Washington 1–2 Boston SO McIntyre 17,565 2–0–0 Recap
3 September 18 Boston 5–2 Washington Vladar 14,952 3–0–0 Recap
4[b] September 19 Calgary 1–3 Boston Rask — 4–0–0 Recap
5 September 22 Boston 3–4 Detroit OT McIntyre 16,855 4–0–1 Recap
6 September 24 Boston 4–3 Philadelphia Vladar 18,955 5–0–1 Recap
7 September 26 Detroit 3–2 Boston OT Halak 17,565 5–0–2 Recap
8 September 29 Philadelphia 4–1 Boston Rask 17,565 5–1–2 Recap

Notes:
a Game was played at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China.
b Game was played at Cadillac Arena in Beijing, China.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[9]

2018–19 game log
October: 7–3–2 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–2)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 October 3 Boston 0–7 Washington Rask 18,506 0–1–0 0 Recap
2 October 4 Boston 4–0 Buffalo Halak 19,070 1–1–0 2 Recap
3 October 8 Ottawa 3–6 Boston Rask 17,565 2–1–0 4 Recap
4 October 11 Edmonton 1–4 Boston Halak 17,565 3–1–0 6 Recap
5 October 13 Detroit 2–8 Boston Rask 17,565 4–1–0 8 Recap
6 October 17 Boston 2–5 Calgary Rask 17,641 4–2–0 8 Recap
7 October 18 Boston 2–3 Edmonton OT Halak 18,347 4–2–1 9 Recap
8 October 20 Boston 1–2 Vancouver OT Halak 17,871 4–2–2 10 Recap
9 October 23 Boston 4–1 Ottawa Rask 15,265 5–2–2 12 Recap
10 October 25 Philadelphia 0–3 Boston Halak 17,565 6–2–2 14 Recap
11 October 27 Montreal 3–0 Boston Rask 17,565 6–3–2 14 Recap
12 October 30 Boston 3–2 Carolina Halak 11,357 7–3–2 16 Recap
November: 7–4–2 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 2–3–2)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
13 November 3 Boston 0–1 Nashville Halak 17,535 7–4–2 16 Recap
14 November 5 Dallas 1–2 Boston OT Rask 17,565 8–4–2 18 Recap
15 November 8 Vancouver 8–5 Boston Rask 17,565 8–5–2 18 Recap
16 November 10 Toronto 1–5 Boston Halak 17,565 9–5–2 20 Recap
17 November 11 Vegas 1–4 Boston Halak 17,565 10–5–2 22 Recap
18 November 14 Boston 3–6 Colorado Halak 16,124 10–6–2 22 Recap
19 November 16 Boston 0–1 Dallas OT Rask 18,532 10–6–3 23 Recap
20 November 17 Boston 2–1 Arizona Halak 16,386 11–6–3 25 Recap
21 November 21 Boston 2–3 Detroit OT Rask 19,515 11–6–4 26 Recap
22 November 23 Pittsburgh 1–2 Boston OT Halak 17,565 12–6–4 28 Recap
23 November 24 Boston 3–2 Montreal Rask 21,302 13–6–4 30 Recap
24 November 26 Boston 2–4 Toronto Halak 19,286 13–7–4 30 Recap
25 November 29 NY Islanders 1–2 Boston SO Rask 17,565 14–7–4 32 Recap
December: 7–7–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 3–4–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
26 December 1 Detroit 4–2 Boston Rask 17,565 14–8–4 32 Recap
27 December 4 Boston 0–5 Florida Halak 12,058 14–9–4 32 Recap
28 December 6 Boston 2–3 Tampa Bay Rask 19,092 14–10–4 32 Recap
29 December 8 Toronto 3–6 Boston Halak 17,565 15–10–4 34 Recap
30 December 9 Boston 2–1 Ottawa OT Rask 13,148 16–10–4 36 Recap
31 December 11 Arizona 3–4 Boston Rask 17,565 17–10–4 38 Recap
32 December 14 Boston 3–5 Pittsburgh Halak 18,549 17–11–4 38 Recap
33 December 16 Buffalo 4–2 Boston Rask 17,565 17–12–4 38 Recap
34 December 17 Boston 4–0 Montreal Halak 21,302 18–12–4 40 Recap
35 December 20 Anaheim 1–3 Boston Halak 17,565 19–12–4 42 Recap
36 December 22 Nashville 2–5 Boston Halak 17,565 20–12–4 44 Recap
37 December 23 Boston 3–5 Carolina Rask 17,409 20–13–4 44 Recap
38 December 27 New Jersey 5–2 Boston Halak 17,565 20–14–4 44 Recap
39 December 29 Boston 3–2 Buffalo OT Rask 19,070 21–14–4 46 Recap
January: 6–3–3 (Home: 4–2–3 ; Road: 2–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
40 January 1 Boston 4–2 Chicago Rask 76,126
(outdoors)		 22–14–4 48 Recap
41 January 3 Calgary 4–6 Boston Halak 17,565 23–14–4 50 Recap
42 January 5 Buffalo 1–2 Boston Rask 17,565 24–14–4 52 Recap
43 January 8 Minnesota 0–4 Boston Rask 17,565 25–14–4 54 Recap
44 January 10 Washington 4–2 Boston Halak 17,565 25–15–4 54 Recap
45 January 12 Boston 3–2 Toronto Rask 19,305 26–15–4 56 Recap
46 January 14 Montreal 3–2 Boston OT Rask 17,565 26–15–5 57 Recap
47 January 16 Boston 3–4 Philadelphia Halak 19,297 26–16–5 57 Recap
48 January 17 St. Louis 2–5 Boston Rask 17,565 27–16–5 59 Recap
49 January 19 NY Rangers 3–2 Boston Halak 17,565 27–17–5 59 Recap
50 January 29 Winnipeg 4–3 Boston SO Halak 17,565 27–17–6 60 Recap
51 January 31 Philadelphia 3–2 Boston OT Rask 17,565 27–17–7 61 Recap
February: 11–0–2 (Home: 6–0–0 ; Road: 5–0–2)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
52 February 3 Boston 1–0 Washington Rask 18,506 28–17–7 63 Recap
53 February 5 NY Islanders 1–3 Boston Rask 17,565 29–17–7 65 Recap
54 February 6 Boston 3–4 NY Rangers SO Halak 16,848 29–17–8 66 Recap
55 February 9 Los Angeles 4–5 Boston OT Rask 17,565 30–17–8 68 Recap
56 February 10 Colorado 1–2 Boston OT Halak 17,565 31–17–8 70 Recap
57 February 12 Chicago 3–6 Boston Rask 17,565 32–17–8 72 Recap
58 February 15 Boston 3–0 Anaheim Halak 17,174 33–17–8 74 Recap
59 February 16 Boston 4–2 Los Angeles Rask 18,230 34–17–8 76 Recap
60 February 18 Boston 6–5 San Jose OT Rask 17,562 35–17–8 78 Recap
61 February 20 Boston 3–2 Vegas SO Halak 18,222 36–17–8 80 Recap
62 February 23 Boston 1–2 St. Louis SO Rask 18,425 36–17–9 81 Recap
63 February 26 San Jose 1–4 Boston Halak 17,565 37–17–9 83 Recap
64 February 28 Tampa Bay 1–4 Boston Rask 17,565 38–17–9 85 Recap
March: 9–6–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 3–5–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
65 March 2 New Jersey 0–1 Boston Rask 17,565 39–17–9 87 Recap
66 March 5 Carolina 3–4 Boston OT Halak 17,565 40–17–9 89 Recap
67 March 7 Florida 3–4 Boston Rask 17,565 41–17–9 91 Recap
68 March 9 Ottawa 2–3 Boston Rask 17,565 42–17–9 93 Recap
69 March 10 Boston 2–4 Pittsburgh Halak 18,578 42–18–9 93 Recap
70 March 12 Boston 4–7 Columbus Rask 16,554 42–19–9 93 Recap
71 March 14 Boston 3–4 Winnipeg Rask 15,321 42–20–9 93 Recap
72 March 16 Columbus 1–2 Boston OT Halak 17,565 43–20–9 95 Recap
73 March 19 Boston 5–0 NY Islanders Rask 13,917 44–20–9 97 Recap
74 March 21 Boston 5–1 New Jersey Rask 14,649 45–20–9 99 Recap
75 March 23 Boston 7–3 Florida Halak 17,129 46–20–9 101 Recap
76 March 25 Boston 4–5 Tampa Bay Rask 19,092 46–21–9 101 Recap
77 March 27 NY Rangers 3–6 Boston Halak 17,565 47–21–9 103 Recap
78 March 30 Florida 4–1 Boston Rask 17,565 47–22–9 103 Recap
79 March 31 Boston 3–6 Detroit Halak 19,515 47–23–9 103 Recap
April: 2–1–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 2–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
80 April 2 Boston 6–2 Columbus Rask 18,890 48–23–9 105 Recap
81 April 4 Boston 3–0 Minnesota Halak 19,074 49–23–9 107 Recap
82 April 6 Tampa Bay 6–3 Boston Rask 17,565 49–24–9 107 Recap

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

Playoffs

The Bruins faced the Toronto Maple Leafs in the First Round of the playoffs,[10] and defeated them in seven games.[11][12] They played against each other in the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Bruins defeated the Maple Leafs in the First Round in seven games.[13]

The Bruins faced the Columbus Blue Jackets in the Second Round of the playoffs,[14] defeating them in six games.[15]

The Bruins faced the Carolina Hurricanes in the Conference Finals,[16] and swept the series in four games.[17] They played against each other in the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Bruins lost to the Hurricanes in the Conference Semifinals in seven games.[18]

The Bruins faced the St. Louis Blues in the Stanley Cup Finals,[19] where the Bruins lost to the Blues in seven games.[6] This marked the first time since 1990 that they had home ice advantage in the final round.[20]

2019 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A3) Toronto Maple Leafs: Boston won 4–3
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 April 11 Toronto 4–1 Boston Rask 17,565 0–1 Recap
2 April 13 Toronto 1–4 Boston Rask 17,565 1–1 Recap
3 April 15 Boston 2–3 Toronto Rask 19,611 1–2 Recap
4 April 17 Boston 6–4 Toronto Rask 19,638 2–2 Recap
5 April 19 Toronto 2–1 Boston Rask 17,565 2–3 Recap
6 April 21 Boston 4–2 Toronto Rask 19,683 3–3 Recap
7 April 23 Toronto 1–5 Boston Rask 17,565 4–3 Recap
Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (WC2) Columbus Blue Jackets: Boston won 4–2
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 April 25 Columbus 2–3 Boston OT Rask 17,565 1–0 Recap
2 April 27 Columbus 3–2 Boston 2OT Rask 17,565 1–1 Recap
3 April 30 Boston 1–2 Columbus Rask 19,337 1–2 Recap
4 May 2 Boston 4–1 Columbus Rask 19,431 2–2 Recap
5 May 4 Columbus 3–4 Boston Rask 17,565 3–2 Recap
6 May 6 Boston 3–0 Columbus Rask 19,219 4–2 Recap
Eastern Conference Finals vs. (WC1) Carolina Hurricanes: Boston won 4–0
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 May 9 Carolina 2–5 Boston Rask 17,565 1–0 Recap
2 May 12 Carolina 2–6 Boston Rask 17,565 2–0 Recap
3 May 14 Boston 2–1 Carolina Rask 18,768 3–0 Recap
4 May 16 Boston 4–0 Carolina Rask 19,041 4–0 Recap
Stanley Cup Finals vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–3
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 May 27 St. Louis 2–4 Boston Rask 17,565 1–0 Recap
2 May 29 St. Louis 3–2 Boston OT Rask 17,565 1–1 Recap
3 June 1 Boston 7–2 St. Louis Rask 18,789 2–1 Recap
4 June 3 Boston 2–4 St. Louis Rask 18,805 2–2 Recap
5 June 6 St. Louis 2–1 Boston Rask 17,565 2–3 Recap
6 June 9 Boston 5–1 St. Louis Rask 18,890 3–3 Recap
7 June 12 St. Louis 4–1 Boston Rask 17,565 3–4 Recap

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

As of June 12, 2019[21]

Skaters

Regular season[22]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Brad Marchand 79 36 64 100 15 96
David Pastrnak 66 38 43 81 6 32
Patrice Bergeron 65 32 47 79 23 30
David Krejci 81 20 53 73 7 16
Torey Krug 64 6 47 53 –2 33
Jake DeBrusk 68 27 15 42 2 18
Danton Heinen 77 11 23 34 13 16
Charlie McAvoy 54 7 21 28 14 45
Sean Kuraly 71 8 13 21 6 38
David Backes 70 7 13 20 0 31
Chris Wagner 76 12 7 19 3 51
Matt Grzelcyk 66 3 15 18 9 68
Noel Acciari 72 6 8 14 –3 47
Zdeno Chara 62 5 9 14 22 57
John Moore 61 4 9 13 0 26
Joakim Nordstrom 70 7 5 12 0 13
Brandon Carlo 72 2 8 10 22 47
Ryan Donato‡ 34 6 3 9 –11 2
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson 28 3 6 9 1 2
Kevan Miller 39 0 7 7 8 35
Peter Cehlarik 20 4 2 6 3 6
Steven Kampfer 35 3 3 6 –6 22
Charlie Coyle† 21 2 4 6 –2 4
Karson Kuhlman 11 3 2 5 5 2
Colby Cave‡ 20 1 4 5 –1 8
Marcus Johansson† 10 1 2 3 –1 0
Anders Bjork 20 1 2 3 –1 2
Jeremy Lauzon 16 1 0 1 –1 2
Zachary Senyshyn 2 1 0 1 0 0
Connor Clifton 19 0 1 1 5 15
Anton Blidh 1 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Carey† 2 0 0 0 0 0
Gemel Smith† 3 0 0 0 –3 0
Trent Frederic 15 0 0 0 –4 15
Urho Vaakanainen 2 0 0 0 –1 0
Lee Stempniak 2 0 0 0 –1 0
Jakub Zboril 2 0 0 0 0 0
Playoffs[23]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Brad Marchand 24 9 14 23 4 14
David Pastrnak 24 9 10 19 0 4
Torey Krug 24 2 16 18 4 10
Patrice Bergeron 24 9 8 17 4 12
Charlie Coyle 24 9 7 16 8 12
David Krejci 24 4 12 16 5 8
Jake DeBrusk 24 4 7 11 4 10
Marcus Johansson 22 4 7 11 0 0
Sean Kuraly 20 4 6 10 4 8
Matt Grzelcyk 20 4 4 8 –3 6
Joakim Nordstrom 23 3 5 8 2 4
Charlie McAvoy 23 2 6 8 4 16
Danton Heinen 24 2 6 8 7 2
Zdeno Chara 23 2 4 6 11 16
David Backes 15 2 3 5 1 2
Connor Clifton 18 2 3 5 2 16
Brandon Carlo 24 2 2 4 10 6
Noel Acciari 19 2 2 4 2 0
Karson Kuhlman 8 1 2 3 1 0
Chris Wagner 12 2 0 2 –3 2
Steven Kampfer 3 1 0 1 0 0
John Moore 10 0 0 0 –3 0

Goaltenders

Regular season[24]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Tuukka Rask 46 45 2,635:09 27 13 5 109 2.48 1,245 .912 4 0 2 4
Jaroslav Halak 40 37 2,308:07 22 11 4 90 2.34 1,158 .922 5 0 4 0
Playoffs[25]
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Tuukka Rask 24 24 1,458:50 15 9 49 2.02 742 .934 2 0 0 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.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.


Transactions

The Bruins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
September 11, 2018 (2018-09-11) To New York Rangers
Adam McQuaid 		To Boston Bruins
Steven Kampfer
4th-round pick in 2019 		[26]
January 11, 2019 (2019-01-11) To Ottawa Senators
Cody Goloubef 		To Boston Bruins
Paul Carey 		[27]
February 20, 2019 (2019-02-20) To Minnesota Wild
Ryan Donato
Conditional 5th-round pick in 2019 		To Boston Bruins
Charlie Coyle 		[28]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25) To New Jersey Devils
2nd-round pick in 2019
4th-round pick in 2020 		To Boston Bruins
Marcus Johansson 		[29]

Free agents

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
June 30, 2018 (2018-06-30) Chris Breen to Providence Bruins (AHL) Unknown [30]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Kenny Agostino to Montreal Canadiens 1-year [31]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Tommy Cross to Columbus Blue Jackets 1-year [32]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Austin Czarnik to Calgary Flames 2-year [33]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Cody Goloubef from Calgary Flames 1-year [34]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Jaroslav Halak from New York Islanders 2-year [34]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Nick Holden to Vegas Golden Knights 2-year [35]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Anton Khudobin to Dallas Stars 2-year [36]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Mark McNeill from Nashville Predators 1-year [34]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) John Moore from New Jersey Devils 5-year [34]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Riley Nash to Columbus Blue Jackets 3-year [37]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Joakim Nordstrom from Carolina Hurricanes 2-year [34]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Tim Schaller to Vancouver Canucks 2-year [38]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Chris Wagner from New York Islanders 2-year [34]
August 15, 2018 (2018-08-15) Paul Postma to Ak Bars Kazan (KHL) 1-year [39]
August 15, 2018 (2018-08-15) Tommy Wingels to Genève-Servette (NL) 1-year [40]
February 24, 2019 (2019-02-24) Lee Stempniak from Providence Bruins (AHL) 1-year [41]
May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13) Emil Johansson to HV71 (SHL) 3-year [42]
May 21, 2019 (2019-05-21) Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson to Växjö Lakers (SHL) 2-year [43]

Waivers

Date Player Team Ref
December 6, 2018 (2018-12-06) Gemel Smith from Dallas Stars [44][45]
January 15, 2019 (2019-01-15) Colby Cave to Edmonton Oilers [46]

Contract terminations

Date Player Via Ref
December 11, 2018 (2018-12-11) Martin Bakos Mutual termination [47]
April 17, 2019 (2019-04-17) Jesse Gabrielle Mutual termination [48]

Retirement

Date Player Ref
September 24, 2018 (2018-09-24) Brian Gionta [49]

Signings

Date Player Contract term Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Axel Andersson 3-year [34]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03) Anton Blidh 1-year [50]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03) Sean Kuraly 3-year [50]
July 14, 2018 (2018-07-14) Colby Cave 2-year [51]
March 23, 2019 (2019-03-23) Zdeno Chara 1-year [52]
March 26, 2019 (2019-03-26) Paul Carey 2-year [53]
May 1, 2019 (2019-05-01) Anton Blidh 2-year [54]
May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03) Oskar Steen 3-year [55]

Draft picks

Below are the Boston Bruins' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
2 57 Axel Andersson D  Sweden Djurgardens IF J20 (SuperElit)
3 771 Jakub Lauko C  Czech Republic Piráti Chomutov (ELH)
4 119 Curtis Hall C  United States Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
6 181 Dustyn McFaul D  Canada Pickering Panthers (OJHL)
7 212 Pavel Shen C  Russia Mamonty Yugry (MHL)

Notes:

  1. The Florida Panthers' third-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on February 22, 2018, that sent Frank Vatrano to Florida in exchange for this pick.[56]

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