1974–75 Boston Bruins season

1974–75 Boston Bruins
Division	2nd Adams
Conference	TBD
1974–75 record	40-26-14
Home record	TBD
Road record	TBD
Goals for	345
Goals against	245
Team information
General Manager	Harry Sinden
Coach	Don Cherry
Captain	Johnny Bucyk
Alternate captains	Bobby Orr
Arena	Boston Garden
Average attendance	TBD
Team leaders
Goals	Phil Esposito (61)
Assists	Bobby Orr (89)
Points	Bobby Orr (135)
Penalties in minutes	Terry O'Reilly (146)
Plus/minus	TBD
Wins	Gilles Gilbert (23)
Goals against average	Ross Brooks (2.98)
<1973–74	1975–76>

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

Regular season

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

Divisional standings

Adams Division

		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 −29	78
4	California Golden Seals	80	19	48	13	212	316	-104 −104	51

Game log

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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Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	D	80	46	89	135	101	80	16	2	4
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	C	79	61	66	127	62	18	27	4	8
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	78	29	52	81	10	11	9	0	4
Sheppard, GreggGregg Sheppard	C	76	30	48	78	19	43	5	7	4
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	79	18	56	74	129	10	6	0	2
Hodge, KenKen Hodge	RW	72	23	43	66	90	7	16	0	2
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	80	31	33	64	76	24	1	0	2
Schmautz, BobbyBobby Schmautz	RW	56	21	30	51	63	23	1	0	2
Savard, AndreAndre Savard	C	77	19	25	44	45	16	0	0	2
O'Reilly, TerryTerry O'Reilly	RW	68	15	20	35	146	15	2	0	2
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	42	11	22	33	24	7	2	0	3
Forbes, DaveDave Forbes	LW	69	18	12	30	80	22	0	0	2
Smith, DallasDallas Smith	D	79	3	20	23	84	30	0	0	1
Sims, AlAl Sims	D	75	4	8	12	73	29	0	0	0
Nowak, HankHank Nowak	LW	21	4	7	11	26	8	0	0	1
Edestrand, DarrylDarryl Edestrand	D	68	1	9	10	56	8	0	0	0
McKechnie, WaltWalt McKechnie	C	53	3	3	6	8	-6	0	1	0
Anderson, EarlEarl Anderson	RW	19	2	4	6	4	5	0	0	1
Hynes, DaveDave Hynes	LW	19	4	0	4	2	3	0	0	0
Graham, RodRod Graham	LW	14	2	1	3	7	0	1	0	0
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	G	53	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0
Langdon, SteveSteve Langdon	LW	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Broderick, KenKen Broderick	G	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Brooks, RossRoss Brooks	G	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clark, GordieGordie Clark	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doak, GaryGary Doak	D	40	0	0	0	30	-3	0	0	0
Rathwell, JakeJake Rathwell	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sarner, CraigCraig Sarner	RW	7	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	3029	53	23	17	11	158	3.13	3
Brooks, RossRoss Brooks	967	17	10	3	3	48	2.98	0
Broderick, KenKen 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
Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	D	3	1	5	6	2	0	1	0
Schmautz, BobbyBobby Schmautz	RW	3	1	5	6	6	0	0	0
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	3	1	5	6	0	0	0	0
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	C	3	4	1	5	0	1	0	0
Sheppard, GreggGregg Sheppard	C	3	3	1	4	5	0	0	0
Hodge, KenKen Hodge	RW	3	1	1	2	0	1	0	0
Savard, AndreAndre Savard	C	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	1
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Smith, DallasDallas Smith	D	3	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Nowak, HankHank Nowak	LW	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Anderson, EarlEarl Anderson	RW	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Edestrand, DarrylDarryl Edestrand	D	3	0	1	1	7	0	0	0
Doak, GaryGary Doak	D	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Forbes, DaveDave Forbes	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
O'Reilly, TerryTerry O'Reilly	RW	3	0	0	0	17	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	188	3	1	2	12	3.83	0
Team:	188	3	1	2	12	3.83	0

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

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached

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)

See also

• 1974–75 NHL season

References

• Bruins on Hockey Database