1974–75 Boston Bruins season

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1974–75 Boston Bruins
Division2nd Adams
ConferenceTBD
1974–75 record40-26-14
Home recordTBD
Road recordTBD
Goals for345
Goals against245
Team information
General managerHarry Sinden
CoachDon Cherry
CaptainJohnny Bucyk
Alternate captainsPhil Esposito
Bobby Orr
ArenaBoston Garden
Average attendanceTBD
Team leaders
GoalsPhil Esposito (61)
AssistsBobby Orr (89)
PointsBobby Orr (135)
Penalty minutesTerry O'Reilly (146)
Plus/minusTBD
WinsGilles Gilbert (23)
Goals against averageRoss Brooks (2.98)

The 1974–75 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 51st season in the NHL.

Offseason

Regular season

On December 22, 1974, Phil Esposito scored the 500th goal of his career.[1]

Divisional standings

Adams Division[2]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Buffalo Sabres 80 49 16 15 354 240 +114 113
2 Boston Bruins 80 40 26 14 345 245 +100 94
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 80 31 33 16 280 309 −29 78
4 California Golden Seals 80 19 48 13 212 316 −104 51

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 10, 1974 5–9 @ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 0–1–0
2 T October 13, 1974 2–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) 0–1–1
3 L October 16, 1974 0–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 0–2–1
4 W October 17, 1974 4–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 1–2–1
5 W October 20, 1974 5–0 California Golden Seals (1974–75) 2–2–1
6 T October 23, 1974 5–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 2–2–2
7 T October 24, 1974 4–4 St. Louis Blues (1974–75) 2–2–3
8 W October 27, 1974 8–2 Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 3–2–3
9 T October 30, 1974 3–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 3–2–4
10 L November 2, 1974 2–3 @ New York Islanders (1974–75) 3–3–4
11 W November 3, 1974 10–1 Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 4–3–4
12 T November 5, 1974 2–2 Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 4–3–5
13 W November 7, 1974 10–4 Washington Capitals (1974–75) 5–3–5
14 W November 10, 1974 4–3 Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 6–3–5
15 L November 12, 1974 3–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1974–75) 6–4–5
16 L November 14, 1974 1–4 Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 6–5–5
17 W November 16, 1974 7–5 Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 7–5–5
18 W November 17, 1974 5–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 8–5–5
19 W November 21, 1974 4–2 California Golden Seals (1974–75) 9–5–5
20 W November 23, 1974 5–2 @ New York Rangers (1974–75) 10–5–5
21 W November 24, 1974 7–4 Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 11–5–5
22 W November 27, 1974 3–1 @ California Golden Seals (1974–75) 12–5–5
23 L November 30, 1974 0–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 12–6–5
24 T December 4, 1974 4–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 12–6–6
25 L December 5, 1974 4–6 Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 12–7–6
26 W December 8, 1974 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 13–7–6
27 W December 10, 1974 6–2 @ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 14–7–6
28 W December 12, 1974 8–1 Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 15–7–6
29 W December 14, 1974 12–1 Washington Capitals (1974–75) 16–7–6
30 W December 15, 1974 5–2 New York Islanders (1974–75) 17–7–6
31 W December 17, 1974 5–3 Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 18–7–6
32 W December 19, 1974 11–3 New York Rangers (1974–75) 19–7–6
33 L December 21, 1974 4–8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) 19–8–6
34 W December 22, 1974 5–4 Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 20–8–6
35 L December 27, 1974 2–5 @ California Golden Seals (1974–75) 20–9–6
36 L December 28, 1974 4–6 @ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 20–10–6
37 W January 2, 1975 5–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 21–10–6
38 W January 4, 1975 8–0 @ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 22–10–6
39 T January 7, 1975 3–3 @ Washington Capitals (1974–75) 22–10–7
40 W January 9, 1975 5–1 Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 23–10–7
41 W January 11, 1975 5–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 24–10–7
42 L January 15, 1975 3–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 24–11–7
43 L January 16, 1975 1–4 Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 24–12–7
44 T January 18, 1975 4–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 24–12–8
45 W January 19, 1975 6–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) 25–12–8
46 L January 23, 1975 2–3 Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 25–13–8
47 T January 26, 1975 2–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 25–13–9
48 T January 27, 1975 3–3 @ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 25–13–10
49 W January 30, 1975 6–0 California Golden Seals (1974–75) 26–13–10
50 L February 1, 1975 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) 26–14–10
51 W February 2, 1975 5–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 27–14–10
52 T February 5, 1975 3–3 @ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 27–14–11
53 W February 6, 1975 3–2 Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 28–14–11
54 W February 8, 1975 8–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 29–14–11
55 W February 9, 1975 5–1 New York Islanders (1974–75) 30–14–11
56 L February 12, 1975 3–8 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 30–15–11
57 L February 13, 1975 1–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 30–16–11
58 L February 16, 1975 3–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 30–17–11
59 W February 18, 1975 3–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 31–17–11
60 L February 21, 1975 4–6 @ California Golden Seals (1974–75) 31–18–11
61 L February 22, 1975 0–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 31–19–11
62 W February 25, 1975 6–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 32–19–11
63 W February 27, 1975 9–4 Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 33–19–11
64 W March 2, 1975 6–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 34–19–11
65 W March 4, 1975 8–0 @ Washington Capitals (1974–75) 35–19–11
66 W March 7, 1975 4–2 @ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 36–19–11
67 W March 9, 1975 5–2 Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 37–19–11
68 W March 11, 1975 6–3 New York Rangers (1974–75) 38–19–11
69 L March 12, 1975 3–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 38–20–11
70 L March 15, 1975 1–3 @ New York Islanders (1974–75) 38–21–11
71 W March 16, 1975 7–2 St. Louis Blues (1974–75) 39–21–11
72 L March 19, 1975 1–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 39–22–11
73 W March 22, 1975 8–2 Washington Capitals (1974–75) 40–22–11
74 L March 23, 1975 5–7 @ New York Rangers (1974–75) 40–23–11
75 L March 26, 1975 1–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1974–75) 40–24–11
76 T March 29, 1975 1–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) 40–24–12
77 T March 30, 1975 2–2 Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 40–24–13
78 L April 1, 1975 1–3 Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 40–25–13
79 L April 3, 1975 2–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 40–26–13
80 T April 6, 1975 4–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) 40–26–14

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Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Bobby Orr D 80 46 89 135 101 80 16 2 4
Phil Esposito C 79 61 66 127 62 18 27 4 8
John Bucyk LW 78 29 52 81 10 11 9 0 4
Gregg Sheppard C 76 30 48 78 19 43 5 7 4
Carol Vadnais D 79 18 56 74 129 10 6 0 2
Ken Hodge RW 72 23 43 66 90 7 16 0 2
Don Marcotte LW 80 31 33 64 76 24 1 0 2
Bobby Schmautz RW 56 21 30 51 63 23 1 0 2
Andre Savard C 77 19 25 44 45 16 0 0 2
Terry O'Reilly RW 68 15 20 35 146 15 2 0 2
Wayne Cashman LW 42 11 22 33 24 7 2 0 3
Dave Forbes LW 69 18 12 30 80 22 0 0 2
Dallas Smith D 79 3 20 23 84 30 0 0 1
Al Sims D 75 4 8 12 73 29 0 0 0
Hank Nowak LW 21 4 7 11 26 8 0 0 1
Darryl Edestrand D 68 1 9 10 56 8 0 0 0
Walt McKechnie C 53 3 3 6 8 -6 0 1 0
Earl Anderson RW 19 2 4 6 4 5 0 0 1
Dave Hynes LW 19 4 0 4 2 3 0 0 0
Rod Graham LW 14 2 1 3 7 0 1 0 0
Gilles Gilbert G 53 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 0
Steve Langdon LW 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Broderick G 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Ross Brooks G 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gordie Clark RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Doak D 40 0 0 0 30 -3 0 0 0
Jake Rathwell RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Sarner RW 7 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Gilles Gilbert 3029 53 23 17 11 158 3.13 3
Ross Brooks 967 17 10 3 3 48 2.98 0
Ken Broderick 804 15 7 6 0 32 2.39 1
Team: 4800 80 40 26 14 238 2.97 4

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Bobby Orr D 3 1 5 6 2 0 1 0
Bobby Schmautz RW 3 1 5 6 6 0 0 0
Carol Vadnais D 3 1 5 6 0 0 0 0
Phil Esposito C 3 4 1 5 0 1 0 0
Gregg Sheppard C 3 3 1 4 5 0 0 0
Ken Hodge RW 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Andre Savard C 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 1
Wayne Cashman LW 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Dallas Smith D 3 0 2 2 4 0 0 0
John Bucyk LW 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Don Marcotte LW 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Hank Nowak LW 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Earl Anderson RW 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Darryl Edestrand D 3 0 1 1 7 0 0 0
Gary Doak D 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Dave Forbes LW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gilles Gilbert G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry O'Reilly RW 3 0 0 0 17 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Gilles Gilbert 188 3 1 2 12 3.83 0
Team: 188 3 1 2 12 3.83 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

Records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Player Former Team

Claimed from waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Draft picks

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)

Roster

See also

Farm teams

References

  1. ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 213, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
  2. ^ "1974-1975 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  3. ^ "1974-75 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.