1957–58 Boston Bruins season

1957–58 Boston Bruins
League4th NHL
1957–58 record27–28–15
Home record15–14–6
Road record12–14–9
Goals for199
Goals against194
Team information
General managerLynn Patrick
CoachMilt Schmidt
CaptainFernie Flaman
ArenaBoston Garden
Team leaders
GoalsBronco Horvath (30)
AssistsFleming MacKell (40)
PointsBronco Horvath (66)
Penalty minutesFleming MacKell (72)
WinsDon Simmons (15)
Goals against averageDon Simmons (2.42)

The 1957–58 Boston Bruins season saw the Bruins finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 27 wins, 28 losses, and 15 ties for 69 points. They defeated the New York Rangers in six games in the Semi-finals before losing the Stanley Cup Finals, also in six games, to the Montreal Canadiens.

Offseason

Regular season

Willie O'Ree

Midway through his second minor-league season with the Quebec Aces, O'Ree was called up to the Boston Bruins of the NHL to replace an injured player. O'Ree made his NHL debut with the Bruins on January 18, 1958, against the Montreal Canadiens, becoming the first black player in league history. He played in only two games that year.

Season standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 43 17 10 250 158 +92 96
2 New York Rangers 70 32 25 13 195 188 +7 77
3 Detroit Red Wings 70 29 29 12 176 207 −31 70
4 70 27 28 15 199 194 +5 69
5 Chicago Black Hawks 70 24 39 7 163 202 −39 55
6 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 21 38 11 192 226 −34 53

Record vs. opponents

1957–58 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
— 7–3–4 8–5–1 3–9–2 6–5–3 3–6–5
Chicago 3–7–4 — 7–7 3–10–1 4–9–1 7–6–1
Detroit 5–8–1 7–7 — 3–7–4 4–5–5 10–2–2
Montreal 9–3–2 10–3–1 7–3–4 — 6–6–2 11–2–1
New York 5–6–3 9–4–1 5–4–5 6–6–2 — 7–5–2
Toronto 6–3–5 6–7–1 2–10–2 2–11–1 5–7–2 —


Schedule and results

1957–58 regular season[3]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 12, 1957 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 1–0–0
2 W October 13, 1957 3–1 New York Rangers (1957–58) 2–0–0
3 W October 16, 1957 6–2 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 3–0–0
4 W October 17, 1957 5–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 4–0–0
5 L October 19, 1957 0–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 4–1–0
6 L October 22, 1957 1–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 4–2–0
7 L October 24, 1957 3–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 4–3–0
8 L October 26, 1957 3–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 4–4–0
9 L October 31, 1957 0–3 New York Rangers (1957–58) 4–5–0
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
10 L November 2, 1957 0–5 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 4–6–0
11 W November 3, 1957 4–0 Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 5–6–0
12 L November 7, 1957 3–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 5–7–0
13 L November 9, 1957 2–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 5–8–0
14 W November 10, 1957 4–2 Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 6–8–0
15 W November 14, 1957 5–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 7–8–0
16 W November 16, 1957 4–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 8–8–0
17 T November 17, 1957 2–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 8–8–1
18 L November 23, 1957 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 8–9–1
19 T November 24, 1957 2–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 8–9–2
20 W November 27, 1957 5–2 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 9–9–2
21 W November 28, 1957 1–0 New York Rangers (1957–58) 10–9–2
22 L November 30, 1957 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 10–10–2
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
23 L December 1, 1957 1–4 Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 10–11–2
24 W December 5, 1957 7–2 Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 11–11–2
25 T December 7, 1957 2–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 11–11–3
26 W December 8, 1957 3–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 12–11–3
27 L December 12, 1957 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 12–12–3
28 T December 14, 1957 1–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 12–12–4
29 L December 15, 1957 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 12–13–4
30 T December 19, 1957 3–3 New York Rangers (1957–58) 12–13–5
31 T December 21, 1957 3–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 12–13–6
32 L December 22, 1957 1–4 Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 12–14–6
33 W December 25, 1957 4–1 Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 13–14–6
34 T December 28, 1957 0–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 13–14–7
35 T December 29, 1957 2–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 13–14–8
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
36 L January 1, 1958 3–4 Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 13–15–8
37 W January 4, 1958 7–4 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 14–15–8
38 L January 5, 1958 3–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 14–16–8
39 L January 9, 1958 1–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 14–17–8
40 T January 11, 1958 2–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 14–17–9
41 L January 12, 1958 3–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 14–18–9
42 L January 16, 1958 2–3 New York Rangers (1957–58) 14–19–9
43 W January 18, 1958 3–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 15–19–9
44 L January 19, 1958 2–6 Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 15–20–9
45 W January 23, 1958 4–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 16–20–9
46 W January 25, 1958 5–3 Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 17–20–9
47 T January 26, 1958 3–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 17–20–10
48 T January 29, 1958 1–1 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 17–20–11
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
49 L February 1, 1958 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 17–21–11
50 W February 2, 1958 4–3 New York Rangers (1957–58) 18–21–11
51 L February 6, 1958 1–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 18–22–11
52 W February 8, 1958 7–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 19–22–11
53 L February 9, 1958 0–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 19–23–11
54 W February 13, 1958 5–0 Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 20–23–11
55 T February 15, 1958 2–2 Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 20–23–12
56 L February 16, 1958 2–3 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 20–24–12
57 L February 20, 1958 0–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 20–25–12
58 L February 22, 1958 1–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 20–26–12
59 W February 23, 1958 2–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 21–26–12
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
60 W March 1, 1958 3–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 22–26–12
61 W March 4, 1958 2–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 23–26–12
62 T March 6, 1958 4–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 23–26–13
63 T March 8, 1958 3–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 23–26–14
64 W March 9, 1958 7–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1957–58) 24–26–14
65 W March 13, 1958 7–3 Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 25–26–14
66 L March 15, 1958 0–4 New York Rangers (1957–58) 25–27–14
67 L March 16, 1958 3–6 Detroit Red Wings (1957–58) 25–28–14
68 T March 19, 1958 1–1 @ New York Rangers (1957–58) 25–28–15
69 W March 22, 1958 8–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1957–58) 26–28–15
70 W March 23, 1958 7–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1957–58) 27–28–15

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

See also: 1958 Stanley Cup Finals

Boston defeated the New York Rangers (4–2) in the semi-final to advance to the Cup Finals against the Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens, in the middle of their five-year Cup champion run, defeated the Bruins four games to two.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Bronco Horvath C 67 30 36 66 71
Fleming MacKell C 70 20 40 60 72
Don McKenney C 70 28 30 58 22
Vic Stasiuk LW 70 21 35 56 55
John Bucyk LW 68 21 31 52 57
Jerry Toppazzini RW 64 25 24 49 51
Larry Regan RW 59 11 28 39 22
Allan Stanley D 69 6 25 31 37
Larry Hillman D 70 3 19 22 60
Leo Labine RW 62 7 14 21 60
Doug Mohns LW/D 54 5 16 21 28
Real Chevrefils LW 44 9 9 18 21
Fern Flaman D 66 0 15 15 71
Buddy Boone RW 34 5 3 8 28
Norm Johnson C 15 2 3 5 8
Bob Armstrong D 47 1 4 5 66
Jack Bionda D 42 1 4 5 50
Johnny Peirson RW 53 2 2 4 10
Leo Boivin D 33 0 4 4 54
Jack Caffery C 7 1 0 1 2
Gerry Ehman RW 1 1 0 1 0
Bob Beckett C 9 0 0 0 2
Claude Evans G 1 0 0 0 0
Harry Lumley G 24 0 0 0 2
Al Millar G 6 0 0 0 0
Willie O'Ree W 2 0 0 0 0
Harry Pidhirny C 2 0 0 0 0
Don Simmons G 39 0 0 0 0
Lefty Wilson G 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Don Simmons 2288 39 15 14 9 92 2.41 5
Harry Lumley 1440 24 11 10 3 70 2.92 3
Al Millar 360 6 1 4 1 25 4.17 0
Claude Evans 60 1 0 0 1 4 4.00 0
Lefty Wilson 52 1 0 0 1 1 1.15 0
Team: 4200 70 27 28 15 192 2.74 8

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Fleming MacKell C 12 5 14 19 12
Don McKenney C 12 9 8 17 0
Doug Mohns LW/D 12 3 10 13 18
Jerry Toppazzini RW 12 9 3 12 2
Larry Regan RW 12 3 8 11 6
Bronco Horvath C 12 5 3 8 8
Vic Stasiuk LW 12 0 5 5 13
Norm Johnson C 12 4 0 4 6
Fern Flaman D 12 2 2 4 10
Allan Stanley D 12 1 3 4 6
John Bucyk LW 12 0 4 4 16
Leo Boivin D 12 0 3 3 21
Buddy Boone RW 12 1 1 2 13
Larry Hillman D 11 0 2 2 6
Leo Labine RW 11 0 2 2 10
Johnny Peirson RW 5 0 1 1 0
Real Chevrefils LW 1 0 0 0 0
Harry Lumley G 1 0 0 0 0
Don Simmons G 11 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Don Simmons 671 11 6 5 25 2.24 1
Harry Lumley 60 1 0 1 5 5.00 0
Team: 731 12 6 6 30 2.46 1

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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 honors

Milestones

  Player is still active or individual record
Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached
Willie O'Ree 1st NHL Game January 18, 1958

References

  1. ^ "1957–1958 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1957-58 Boston Bruins Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  4. ^ "1957-58 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
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