1948–49 Boston Bruins season

The 1948–49 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 25th season in the NHL.

1948–49 Boston Bruins
Division2nd NHL
1948–49 record29–23–8
Goals for178
Goals against163
Team information
General managerArt Ross
CoachDit Clapper
CaptainMilt Schmidt
Team leaders
GoalsJohnny Pierson (22)
AssistsPaul Ronty (29)
PointsPaul Ronty (49)
Penalty minutesPat Egan (92)
WinsFrank Brimsek (26)
Goals against averageFrank Brimsek (2.72)

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Detroit Red Wings 60 34 19 7 195 145 +50 75
2 Boston Bruins 60 29 23 8 178 163 +15 66
3 Montreal Canadiens 60 28 23 9 152 126 +26 65
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 60 22 25 13 147 161 −14 57
5 Chicago Black Hawks 60 21 31 8 173 211 −38 50
6 New York Rangers 60 18 31 11 133 172 −39 47

Record vs. opponents

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1948–49 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston 6–5–1 5–4–3 5–6–1 8–2–2 5–6–1
Chicago 5–6–1 3–9 3–7–2 6–5–1 4–4–4
Detroit 4–5–3 9–3 7–4–1 7–4–1 7–3–2
Montreal 6–5–1 7–3–2 4–7–1 5–4–3 6–4–2
New York 2–8–2 5–6–1 4–7–1 4–5–3 3–5–4
Toronto 6–5–1 4–4–4 3–7–2 4–6–2 5–3–4


Schedule and results

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Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 16, 1948 4–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 1–0–0
2 W October 20, 1948 8–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 2–0–0
3 W October 24, 1948 4–1 New York Rangers (1948–49) 3–0–0
4 W October 28, 1948 5–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 4–0–0
5 T October 30, 1948 3–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 4–0–1
6 L October 31, 1948 0–2 @ New York Rangers (1948–49) 4–1–1
7 L November 7, 1948 3–7 @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 4–2–1
8 W November 11, 1948 4–1 Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 5–2–1
9 W November 14, 1948 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 6–2–1
10 W November 17, 1948 2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 7–2–1
11 T November 20, 1948 2–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 7–2–2
12 L November 21, 1948 1–4 New York Rangers (1948–49) 7–3–2
13 W November 24, 1948 5–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 8–3–2
14 W November 27, 1948 2–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 9–3–2
15 W November 28, 1948 6–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 10–3–2
16 W December 1, 1948 5–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 11–3–2
17 L December 4, 1948 2–3 Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 11–4–2
18 W December 5, 1948 2–1 Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 12–4–2
19 T December 7, 1948 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1948–49) 12–4–3
20 L December 8, 1948 3–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 12–5–3
21 L December 11, 1948 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 12–6–3
22 L December 12, 1948 3–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 12–7–3
23 L December 15, 1948 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 12–8–3
24 L December 19, 1948 2–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 12–9–3
25 W December 22, 1948 5–2 Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 13–9–3
26 L December 23, 1948 2–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 13–10–3
27 W December 25, 1948 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 14–10–3
28 L December 29, 1948 2–10 @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 14–11–3
29 T December 31, 1948 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1948–49) 14–11–4
30 W January 1, 1949 4–1 New York Rangers (1948–49) 15–11–4
31 L January 5, 1949 0–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 15–12–4
32 W January 6, 1949 3–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 16–12–4
33 L January 9, 1949 2–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 16–13–4
34 L January 12, 1949 3–5 Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 16–14–4
35 W January 16, 1949 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 17–14–4
36 W January 19, 1949 5–2 @ New York Rangers (1948–49) 18–14–4
37 L January 22, 1949 2–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 18–15–4
38 W January 23, 1949 3–0 Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 19–15–4
39 L January 26, 1949 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 19–16–4
40 L January 30, 1949 0–4 Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 19–17–4
41 W February 2, 1949 5–3 New York Rangers (1948–49) 20–17–4
42 W February 5, 1949 3–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 21–17–4
43 L February 6, 1949 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 21–18–4
44 W February 9, 1949 5–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 22–18–4
45 W February 12, 1949 4–2 New York Rangers (1948–49) 23–18–4
46 T February 13, 1949 4–4 Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 23–18–5
47 L February 16, 1949 1–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 23–19–5
48 L February 19, 1949 2–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 23–20–5
49 T February 21, 1949 2–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 23–20–6
50 W February 23, 1949 3–2 @ New York Rangers (1948–49) 24–20–6
51 T February 27, 1949 2–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 24–20–7
52 T March 2, 1949 1–1 Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 24–20–8
53 L March 5, 1949 0–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 24–21–8
54 L March 6, 1949 0–1 Montreal Canadiens (1948–49) 24–22–8
55 W March 9, 1949 8–1 New York Rangers (1948–49) 25–22–8
56 W March 12, 1949 2–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 26–22–8
57 W March 13, 1949 6–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49) 27–22–8
58 W March 15, 1949 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1948–49) 28–22–8
59 L March 16, 1949 3–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49) 28–23–8
60 W March 20, 1949 7–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49) 29–23–8

Playoffs

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Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Paul Ronty C 60 20 29 49 11
Johnny Peirson RW 59 22 21 43 45
Ken Smith LW 59 20 20 40 6
Grant Warwick RW 58 22 15 37 14
Ed Sandford LW 56 16 20 36 57
Pete Babando LW 58 19 14 33 34
Milt Schmidt C/D 44 10 22 32 25
Jimmy Peters RW 60 16 15 31 8
Pat Egan D 60 6 18 24 92
Woody Dumart LW 59 11 12 23 6
Fern Flaman D 60 4 12 16 62
Jack Crawford D 55 2 13 15 14
Murray Henderson D 60 2 9 11 28
Ed Harrison C/LW 59 5 5 10 20
Dave Creighton C 12 1 3 4 0
Ed Kryzanowski D 36 1 3 4 10
Zellio Toppazzini RW 5 1 1 2 0
Cliff Thompson D 10 0 1 1 0
Frank Brimsek G 54 0 0 0 2
Les Colvin G 1 0 0 0 0
Jack Gelineau G 4 0 0 0 0
Gord Henry G 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Frank Brimsek 3240 54 26 20 8 147 2.72 1
Jack Gelineau 240 4 2 2 0 12 3.00 0
Gord Henry 60 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Les Colvin 60 1 0 1 0 4 4.00 0
Team: 3600 60 29 23 8 163 2.72 2

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Johnny Peirson RW 5 3 1 4 4
Ed Sandford LW 5 1 3 4 2
Woody Dumart LW 5 3 0 3 0
Paul Ronty C 5 1 2 3 2
Grant Warwick RW 5 2 0 2 0
Milt Schmidt C/D 4 0 2 2 8
Ken Smith LW 5 0 2 2 4
Fern Flaman D 5 0 1 1 8
Murray Henderson D 5 0 1 1 2
Ed Kryzanowski D 5 0 1 1 2
Jimmy Peters RW 4 0 1 1 0
Pete Babando LW 4 0 0 0 2
Frank Brimsek G 5 0 0 0 0
Jack Crawford D 3 0 0 0 0
Dave Creighton C 3 0 0 0 0
Pat Egan D 5 0 0 0 16
Ed Harrison C/LW 4 0 0 0 0
Zellio Toppazzini RW 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Frank Brimsek 316 5 1 4 16 3.04 0
Team: 316 5 1 4 16 3.04 0

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1948–1949 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1948-49 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
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