The Bruins preseason and regular season schedules were announced on July 14, 2004.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
2004–05 schedule
Game
Date
Opponent
1
September 24
@ Pittsburgh Penguins
2
September 26
@ Detroit Red Wings
3
September 28
@ Montreal Canadiens
4
September 29
@ Montreal Canadiens
5
September 30
Detroit Red Wings
6
October 2
New York Rangers
7
October 5
@ New York Rangers
8
October 9
New York Islanders
Game
Date
Opponent
1
October 16
@ Dallas Stars
2
October 17
@ Colorado Avalanche
3
October 19
@ New York Islanders
4
October 21
Florida Panthers
5
October 23
San Jose Sharks
6
October 28
New York Islanders
7
October 30
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
8
November 1
@ Ottawa Senators
9
November 3
@ New York Rangers
10
November 4
Buffalo Sabres
11
November 6
@ Toronto Maple Leafs
12
November 11
@ Philadelphia Flyers
13
November 13
Toronto Maple Leafs
14
November 16
@ Montreal Canadiens
15
November 18
Tampa Bay Lightning
16
November 20
Atlanta Thrashers
17
November 24
@ Buffalo Sabres
18
November 26
Ottawa Senators
19
November 27
@ Montreal Canadiens
20
December 1
@ Carolina Hurricanes
21
December 2
Ottawa Senators
22
December 4
Montreal Canadiens
23
December 7
@ Toronto Maple Leafs
24
December 9
@ Buffalo Sabres
25
December 11
Buffalo Sabres
26
December 12
@ New York Rangers
27
December 15
@ Philadelphia Flyers
28
December 16
Philadelphia Flyers
29
December 18
@ Ottawa Senators
30
December 21
Toronto Maple Leafs
31
December 23
St. Louis Blues
32
December 27
@ Tampa Bay Lightning
33
December 29
@ Florida Panthers
34
December 31
@ Pittsburgh Penguins
35
January 1
Toronto Maple Leafs
36
January 4
@ Toronto Maple Leafs
37
January 6
Montreal Canadiens
38
January 8
New York Rangers
39
January 11
Detroit Red Wings
40
January 14
@ New Jersey Devils
41
January 15
New Jersey Devils
42
January 17
Colorado Avalanche
43
January 19
@ Tampa Bay Lightning
44
January 21
@ Florida Panthers
45
January 24
Florida Panthers
46
January 27
Washington Capitals
47
January 29
Tampa Bay Lightning
48
January 30
Buffalo Sabres
49
February 1
@ Montreal Canadiens
50
February 3
Los Angeles Kings
51
February 5
Chicago Blackhawks
52
February 6
@ Washington Capitals
53
February 8
@ Atlanta Thrashers
54
February 10
Montreal Canadiens
55
February 15
Washington Capitals
56
February 17
@ Phoenix Coyotes
57
February 19
@ San Jose Sharks
58
February 22
@ Vancouver Canucks
59
February 25
@ Edmonton Oilers
60
February 26
@ Calgary Flames
61
February 28
New York Islanders
62
March 2
@ New Jersey Devils
63
March 3
@ Ottawa Senators
64
March 5
Philadelphia Flyers
65
March 7
Columbus Blue Jackets
66
March 9
@ Buffalo Sabres
67
March 10
Pittsburgh Penguins
68
March 13
@ New York Islanders
69
March 15
@ Atlanta Thrashers
70
March 17
Nashville Predators
71
March 19
Carolina Hurricanes
72
March 21
Ottawa Senators
73
March 23
@ Columbus Blue Jackets
74
March 24
@ Carolina Hurricanes
75
March 26
@ Minnesota Wild
76
March 28
Carolina Hurricanes
77
March 31
@ Washington Capitals
78
April 2
New Jersey Devils
79
April 4
Atlanta Thrashers
80
April 7
Pittsburgh Penguins
81
April 9
New York Rangers
82
April 10
@ Pittsburgh Penguins
The Bruins were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals , through February 16, 2005, the day the 2004–05 season was officially cancelled.[ 4]
^ In parentheses is the player’s free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[ 7]
^ Gellard retired.[ 9]
^ McGillis was inactive during the 2004–05 season.[ 10]
^ Potvin retired.[ 11]
^ The Bruins retained Huml’s NHL rights through the 2005–06 season.[ 23]
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^ "BOSTON BRUINS 2004-05 SCHEDULE" . Boston Bruins. Archived from the original on August 7, 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2022 .
^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results" . Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved June 12, 2018 .
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^ "Bruins agree to terms with Tom Fitzgerald" . Boston Bruins. July 28, 2004. Archived from the original on August 3, 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2022 .
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^ Rich Brennan at Hockey-Reference.com , retrieved April 11, 2022
^ Mike Gellard career statistics at EliteProspects.com , retrieved April 12, 2022
^ Dan McGillis career statistics at EliteProspects.com , retrieved April 11, 2022
^ Felix Potvin career statistics at EliteProspects.com , retrieved April 11, 2022
^ "Flyers Sign Mike Knuble and Turner Stevenson" . Philadelphia Flyers. July 3, 2004. Archived from the original on July 8, 2004. Retrieved October 28, 2013 .
^ "Donato named coach of Harvard" . Boston Bruins. July 6, 2004. Archived from the original on July 8, 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2022 .
^ "Blue-liner gets three-year, $6M deal" . ESPN.com. July 6, 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2022 .
^ "Wild sign free agent Brian Rolston" . CBC. July 8, 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2022 .
^ Andy Delmore at Hockey-Reference.com , retrieved April 11, 2022
^ Matt Herr at Hockey-Reference.com , retrieved April 11, 2022
^ "Rangers sign center Nylander" . Chicago Tribune. August 11, 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2022 .
^ "Michal Grosek" . Genève-Servette HC. August 18, 2004. Archived from the original on April 11, 2005. Retrieved April 11, 2022 .
^ Jiri Slegr at Hockey-Reference.com , retrieved April 11, 2022
^ "NHL Star zum EHC Basel" . EHC Basel. August 23, 2004. Archived from the original on August 27, 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2022 .
^ "Coyotes Sign Six Players to AHL Contracts" . OurSports Central. September 2, 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2022 .
^ "List of Available Free Agents" . NHL.com . July 1, 2006. Retrieved May 1, 2022 .
^ Ivan Huml at Hockey-Reference.com , retrieved April 11, 2022
^ "FALCONS SIGN PAIR OF OFFENSIVE STALWARTS" . Fresno Falcons. September 9, 2004. Archived from the original on September 17, 2004. Retrieved April 12, 2022 .
^ "Craig MacDonald assigned to Lowell" . Lowell Lock Monsters. September 28, 2004. Archived from the original on October 10, 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2022 .
^ "League Transactions" . TheAHL.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2004. Retrieved April 12, 2022 .
^ a b "PROVIDENCE BRUINS SIGN CORAZZINI, LEAHY" . Providence Bruins. October 1, 2004. Archived from the original on December 14, 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2022 .
^ "Grizzlies Re-Call Peter Metcalf From Idaho" . OurSports Central. November 26, 2004. Retrieved April 12, 2022 .
^ "The Jackals-Roster" . Elmira Jackals. Archived from the original on December 14, 2004. Retrieved April 12, 2022 . Van Oene signed with the Jackals on 10/29/04 as a free agent.
^ "Bruins sign Girard" . Boston Bruins. June 30, 2004. Archived from the original on July 8, 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2022 .
^ "Bruins re-sign Moran" . Boston Bruins. July 7, 2004. Archived from the original on August 3, 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2022 .
^ "Bruins agree to terms with Sergei Samsonov" . Boston Bruins. July 20, 2004. Archived from the original on July 26, 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2022 .
^ "Bruins agree to terms with Hal Gill" . Boston Bruins. July 21, 2004. Archived from the original on August 2, 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2022 .
^ a b "Bruins D Gonchar receives $5.5 million arbitration ruling" . ESPN.com. August 3, 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2022 .
^ "Thornton award accepted" . Boston Bruins. August 17, 2004. Archived from the original on August 20, 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2022 .
^ "2004 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com" . hockeyDB.com. Retrieved August 2, 2016 .