1973–74 Boston Bruins season

1973–74 Boston Bruins
East Division champions
Division1st East
1973–74 record52–17–9
Home record33–4–2
Road record19–13–7
Goals for349
Goals against221
Team information
General managerHarry Sinden
CoachBep Guidolin
CaptainJohnny Bucyk
Alternate captainsBobby Orr
Dallas Smith
ArenaBoston Garden
Team leaders
GoalsPhil Esposito (68)
AssistsBobby Orr (90)
PointsPhil Esposito (145)
Penalty minutesCarol Vadnais (123)
WinsGilles Gilbert (34)
Goals against averageRoss Brooks (2.36)

The 1973–74 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 50th season in the NHL. They made it back to the Stanley Cup Finals, but lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in six games.

Offseason

NHL draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/junior/club team
1 6 Andre Savard Center  Canada Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
2 31 Jimmy Jones Right wing  Canada Peterborough Petes (OHA)
3 36 Doug Gibson Center  Canada Peterborough Petes (OHA)
3 47 Al Sims Defense  Canada Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
4 63 Steve Langdon Left wing  Canada London Knights (OHA)
5 79 Peter Crosbie Goaltender  Canada London Knights (OHA)
6 95 Jean-Pierre Burgoyne Defense  Canada Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)
7 111 Walter Johnson Right wing  United States Oshawa Generals (OHA)
8 127 Virgil Gates Defense  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WCHL)
9 142 Jim Pettie Goaltender  Canada St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
10 157 Yvan Bouillon Center  Canada Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)

Regular season

Season standings

East Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 78 52 17 9 349 221 +128 113
2 Montreal Canadiens 78 45 24 9 293 240 +53 99
3 New York Rangers 78 40 24 14 300 251 +49 94
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 78 35 27 16 274 230 +44 86
5 Buffalo Sabres 78 32 34 12 242 250 −8 76
6 Detroit Red Wings 78 29 39 10 255 319 −64 68
7 Vancouver Canucks 78 24 43 11 224 296 −72 59
8 New York Islanders 78 19 41 18 182 247 −65 56

Record vs. opponents


Schedule and results

1973–74 regular season[3]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 10, 1973 6–4 Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 1–0–0
2 W October 13, 1973 9–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 2–0–0
3 W October 14, 1973 3–2 New York Islanders (1973–74) 3–0–0
4 L October 17, 1973 3–4 @ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 3–1–0
5 W October 21, 1973 8–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 4–1–0
6 L October 23, 1973 2–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 4–2–0
7 W October 25, 1973 9–4 Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 5–2–0
8 W October 27, 1973 3–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 6–2–0
9 T October 28, 1973 3–3 Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 6–2–1
10 W October 31, 1973 5–0 @ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 7–2–1
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
11 L November 3, 1973 4–6 @ New York Islanders (1973–74) 7–3–1
12 W November 4, 1973 4–1 California Golden Seals (1973–74) 8–3–1
13 L November 7, 1973 3–7 @ New York Rangers (1973–74) 8–4–1
14 W November 8, 1973 2–1 Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 9–4–1
15 W November 11, 1973 4–2 Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 10–4–1
16 W November 14, 1973 4–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 11–4–1
17 W November 15, 1973 10–2 New York Rangers (1973–74) 12–4–1
18 W November 17, 1973 8–0 Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 13–4–1
19 W November 18, 1973 5–2 Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 14–4–1
20 W November 22, 1973 4–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 15–4–1
21 W November 25, 1973 3–1 Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 16–4–1
22 T November 28, 1973 3–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 16–4–2
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
23 W December 2, 1973 5–3 New York Islanders (1973–74) 17–4–2
24 W December 8, 1973 5–2 Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 18–4–2
25 T December 9, 1973 3–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 18–4–3
26 W December 13, 1973 4–2 Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 19–4–3
27 W December 15, 1973 7–2 Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 20–4–3
28 W December 16, 1973 5–3 California Golden Seals (1973–74) 21–4–3
29 W December 20, 1973 6–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 22–4–3
30 L December 22, 1973 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 22–5–3
31 W December 23, 1973 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 23–5–3
32 L December 29, 1973 1–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 23–6–3
33 W December 30, 1973 8–1 @ California Golden Seals (1973–74) 24–6–3
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
34 T January 1, 1974 2–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 24–6–4
35 W January 4, 1974 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1973–74) 25–6–4
36 W January 5, 1974 6–2 @ New York Islanders (1973–74) 26–6–4
37 T January 10, 1974 2–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 26–6–5
38 L January 12, 1974 3–7 Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 26–7–5
39 W January 13, 1974 5–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 27–7–5
40 T January 16, 1974 5–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 27–7–6
41 W January 19, 1974 8–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 28–7–6
42 W January 20, 1974 5–2 Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 29–7–6
43 W January 22, 1974 1–0 @ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 30–7–6
44 L January 24, 1974 1–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 30–8–6
45 W January 26, 1974 4–0 @ New York Islanders (1973–74) 31–8–6
46 W January 27, 1974 5–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 32–8–6
47 W January 31, 1974 4–2 Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 33–8–6
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
48 L February 2, 1974 2–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 33–9–6
49 W February 3, 1974 5–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 34–9–6
50 W February 7, 1974 5–3 St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 35–9–6
51 W February 9, 1974 5–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 36–9–6
52 W February 10, 1974 4–0 Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 37–9–6
53 W February 13, 1974 9–6 @ California Golden Seals (1973–74) 38–9–6
54 W February 15, 1974 4–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 39–9–6
55 W February 16, 1974 5–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 40–9–6
56 T February 20, 1974 5–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 40–9–7
57 W February 23, 1974 6–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 41–9–7
58 L February 24, 1974 2–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 41–10–7
59 W February 28, 1974 8–1 Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 42–10–7
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
60 T March 2, 1974 4–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 42–10–8
61 L March 3, 1974 4–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 42–11–8
62 L March 5, 1974 1–4 @ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 42–12–8
63 W March 6, 1974 8–0 @ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 43–12–8
64 T March 9, 1974 4–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 43–12–9
65 L March 10, 1974 2–6 @ California Golden Seals (1973–74) 43–13–9
66 W March 12, 1974 4–0 Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 44–13–9
67 W March 14, 1974 4–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 45–13–9
68 W March 16, 1974 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 46–13–9
69 W March 17, 1974 5–2 New York Rangers (1973–74) 47–13–9
70 W March 21, 1974 7–0 St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 48–13–9
71 L March 23, 1974 3–4 Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 48–14–9
72 W March 24, 1974 6–3 Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 49–14–9
73 W March 27, 1974 3–2 @ New York Rangers (1973–74) 50–14–9
74 L March 30, 1974 3–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 50–15–9
75 W March 31, 1974 6–1 Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 51–15–9
April
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
76 L April 3, 1974 2–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 51–16–9
77 L April 6, 1974 2–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 51–17–9
78 W April 7, 1974 6–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 52–17–9

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

Notable games

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Boston Bruins vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
Date Visitors Score Home Score Notes
April 10 Toronto 0 Boston 1
April 11 Toronto 3 Boston 6
April 13 Boston 6 Toronto 3
April 14 Boston 4 Toronto 3 OT

Semifinals

Boston Bruins vs. Chicago Blackhawks
Date Visitors Score Home Score Notes
April 18 Chicago 4 Boston 2
April 21 Chicago 6 Boston 8
April 23 Boston 3 Chicago 4 OT
April 25 Boston 5 Chicago 2
April 28 Chicago 2 Boston 6
April 30 Boston 4 Chicago 2

Stanley Cup Finals

The Bruins returned to the Stanley Cup, but were defeated by the Flyers in six games.

Boston Bruins vs. Philadelphia Flyers
Date Visitors Score Home Score Notes
May 7 Philadelphia 2 Boston 3
May 9 Philadelphia 3 Boston 2 OT
May 12 Boston 1 Philadelphia 4
May 14 Boston 2 Philadelphia 4
May 16 Philadelphia 1 Boston 5
May 19 Boston 0 Philadelphia 1

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
= Indicates league leader
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Phil Esposito C 78 68 77 145 58 51 14 4 9
Bobby Orr D 74 32 90 122 82 84 11 0 4
Ken Hodge RW 76 50 55 105 43 40 15 0 11
Wayne Cashman LW 78 30 59 89 111 49 5 2 2
John Bucyk LW 76 31 44 75 8 13 12 0 9
Carol Vadnais D 78 16 43 59 123 35 6 0 1
Don Marcotte LW 78 24 26 50 18 44 0 3 3
Gregg Sheppard C 75 16 31 47 21 23 0 3 3
Terry O'Reilly RW 76 11 24 35 94 30 0 0 1
Andre Savard C 72 16 14 30 39 16 0 0 1
Dallas Smith D 77 6 21 27 64 26 0 0 0
Dave Forbes LW 63 10 16 26 41 9 0 0 1
Chris Oddleifson C 49 10 11 21 25 16 0 0 1
Derek Sanderson C 29 8 12 20 48 17 0 0 1
Bobby Schmautz RW 27 7 13 20 31 6 1 0 1
Fred O'Donnell RW 43 5 7 12 43 3 0 0 1
Al Sims D 76 3 9 12 22 64 0 0 1
Darryl Edestrand D 52 3 8 11 20 19 1 0 2
Rich LeDuc C 28 3 3 6 12 3 0 0 0
Gary Doak D 69 0 4 4 44 −2 0 0 0
Ken Broderick G 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gilles Gilbert G 54 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 0
Doug Roberts RW 7 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
Nick Beverley D 1 0 0 0 0 −1 0 0 0
Ross Brooks G 21 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Doug Gibson C 2 0 0 0 0 −1 0 0 0
Bob Gryp LW 1 0 0 0 0 −2 0 0 0
Dave Hynes LW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Simmons D 3 0 0 0 0 −1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Gilles Gilbert 3210 54 34 12 8 158 2.95 6
Ross Brooks 1170 21 16 3 0 46 2.36 3
Ken Broderick 300 5 2 2 1 16 3.20 0
Team: 4680 78 52 17 9 220 2.82 9

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Gregg Sheppard C 16 11 8 19 4 0 2 2
John Bucyk LW 16 8 10 18 4 3 0 1
Bobby Orr D 16 4 14 18 28 1 0 2
Ken Hodge RW 16 6 10 16 16 2 0 1
Phil Esposito C 16 9 5 14 25 4 0 2
Wayne Cashman LW 16 5 9 14 46 1 0 1
Carol Vadnais D 16 1 12 13 42 1 0 0
Bobby Schmautz RW 16 3 6 9 44 0 0 0
Dallas Smith D 16 1 7 8 20 0 0 0
Terry O'Reilly RW 16 2 5 7 38 0 0 0
Don Marcotte LW 16 4 2 6 8 0 0 1
Andre Savard C 16 3 2 5 24 0 0 0
Darryl Edestrand D 16 1 2 3 15 0 0 0
Gilles Gilbert G 16 0 3 3 8 0 0 0
Dave Forbes LW 16 0 2 2 6 0 0 0
Doug Gibson C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rich LeDuc C 5 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
Al Simmons D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Sims D 16 0 0 0 12 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Gilles Gilbert 977 16 10 6 43 2.64 1
Team: 977 16 10 6 43 2.64 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 records

See also

References

  1. ^ "1973–1974 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1973-74 Boston Bruins Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  4. ^ "1973-74 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
  5. ^ a b c National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 204, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5.
  6. ^ "Orr scores three goals, assists on four in Bruins' lopsided win". The Globe and Mail. November 16, 1973. p. 35.
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