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1991–92 Boston Bruins
Division2nd Adams
Conference6th Wales
1991–92 record36–32–12
Home record23–11–6
Road record13–21–6
Goals for270
Goals against275
Team information
General managerHarry Sinden
CoachRick Bowness
CaptainRay Bourque
Alternate captainsCraig Janney (Oct–Feb)
Cam Neely
Dave Poulin (Feb–May)
Glen Wesley (Feb–May)
ArenaBoston Garden
Team leaders
GoalsVladimír Růžička (39)
AssistsRay Bourque (60)
PointsRay Bourque (81)
Penalty minutesChris Nilan (186)
Plus/minusRay Bourque (+11)
WinsAndy Moog (28)
Goals against averageDaniel Berthiaume (3.14)

The 1991–92 Boston Bruins season saw the Bruins finish in second place in the Adams Division with a record of 36 wins, 32 losses, and 12 ties for 84 points. They defeated the Buffalo Sabres in seven games in the Division Semi-final and swept the Montreal Canadiens in the Division Finals before being swept themselves in the Wales Conference Finals by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins.

Regular season

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Final standings

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Adams Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Montreal Canadiens 80 41 28 11 267 207 93
Boston Bruins 80 36 32 12 270 275 84
Buffalo Sabres 80 31 37 12 289 299 74
Hartford Whalers 80 26 41 13 247 283 65
Quebec Nordiques 80 20 48 12 255 318 52
Wales Conference[2]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 p – New York Rangers PAT 80 50 25 5 321 246 105
2 Washington Capitals PAT 80 45 27 8 330 257 98
3 Montreal Canadiens ADM 80 41 28 11 267 207 93
4 Pittsburgh Penguins PAT 80 39 32 9 343 308 87
5 New Jersey Devils PAT 80 38 31 11 289 259 87
6 Boston Bruins ADM 80 36 32 12 270 275 84
7 New York Islanders PAT 80 34 35 11 291 299 79
8 Philadelphia Flyers PAT 80 32 37 11 252 273 75
9 Buffalo Sabres ADM 80 31 37 12 289 299 74
10 Hartford Whalers ADM 80 26 41 13 247 283 65
11 Quebec Nordiques ADM 80 20 48 12 255 318 52

Divisions: ADM – Adams, PAT – Patrick

p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy
bold – Qualified for playoffs


Schedule and results

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Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 3, 1991 5–3 New York Rangers (1991–92) 1–0–0
2 L October 5, 1991 3–4 New York Islanders (1991–92) 1–1–0
3 L October 7, 1991 1–2 OT @ New York Rangers (1991–92) 1–2–0
4 T October 9, 1991 4–4 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 1–2–1
5 L October 12, 1991 0–6 Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 1–3–1
6 T October 17, 1991 3–3 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 1–3–2
7 W October 19, 1991 4–1 @ San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 2–3–2
8 L October 24, 1991 5–6 @ St. Louis Blues (1991–92) 2–4–2
9 L October 26, 1991 0–4 @ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 2–5–2
10 W October 27, 1991 6–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 3–5–2
11 L October 31, 1991 2–4 Los Angeles Kings (1991–92) 3–6–2
12 W November 2, 1991 4–1 Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 4–6–2
13 L November 4, 1991 4–6 @ New York Islanders (1991–92) 4–7–2
14 T November 5, 1991 5–5 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 4–7–3
15 T November 7, 1991 4–4 OT Calgary Flames (1991–92) 4–7–4
16 W November 9, 1991 4–0 New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 5–7–4
17 W November 14, 1991 5–2 Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 6–7–4
18 W November 16, 1991 5–4 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 7–7–4
19 L November 20, 1991 1–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 7–8–4
20 L November 22, 1991 3–6 @ Washington Capitals (1991–92) 7–9–4
21 W November 23, 1991 7–4 Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 8–9–4
22 L November 25, 1991 3–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 8–10–4
23 W November 27, 1991 3–2 @ New York Islanders (1991–92) 9–10–4
24 W November 29, 1991 5–4 OT Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 10–10–4
25 W December 1, 1991 5–4 Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 11–10–4
26 T December 5, 1991 2–2 OT Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 11–10–5
27 L December 7, 1991 3–5 Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 11–11–5
28 L December 8, 1991 0–4 @ New York Rangers (1991–92) 11–12–5
29 L December 10, 1991 2–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 11–13–5
30 W December 12, 1991 5–2 Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 12–13–5
31 W December 14, 1991 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 13–13–5
32 L December 19, 1991 4–6 Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 13–14–5
33 W December 21, 1991 6–3 Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 14–14–5
34 L December 22, 1991 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 14–15–5
35 W December 26, 1991 3–2 Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 15–15–5
36 L December 27, 1991 1–8 @ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 15–16–5
37 W December 29, 1991 6–3 @ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 16–16–5
38 W December 31, 1991 5–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 17–16–5
39 L January 2, 1992 1–3 Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 17–17–5
40 W January 4, 1992 4–2 Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 18–17–5
41 L January 8, 1992 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 18–18–5
42 W January 9, 1992 5–4 Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 19–18–5
43 W January 11, 1992 5–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 20–18–5
44 W January 15, 1992 4–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 21–18–5
45 W January 16, 1992 4–3 OT Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 22–18–5
46 W January 22, 1992 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 23–18–5
47 L January 23, 1992 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 23–19–5
48 T January 25, 1992 4–4 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 23–19–6
49 W January 27, 1992 3–2 Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 24–19–6
50 W January 28, 1992 4–2 @ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 25–19–6
51 W January 30, 1992 3–1 Calgary Flames (1991–92) 26–19–6
52 T February 1, 1992 2–2 OT Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 26–19–7
53 T February 4, 1992 3–3 OT @ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 26–19–8
54 L February 6, 1992 1–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 26–20–8
55 L February 8, 1992 4–6 New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 26–21–8
56 W February 9, 1992 6–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 27–21–8
57 L February 13, 1992 0–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1991–92) 27–22–8
58 L February 17, 1992 3–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (1991–92) 27–23–8
59 L February 19, 1992 4–6 @ Calgary Flames (1991–92) 27–24–8
60 W February 21, 1992 5–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 28–24–8
61 L February 23, 1992 1–2 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 28–25–8
62 W February 27, 1992 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 29–25–8
63 T February 29, 1992 5–5 OT Washington Capitals (1991–92) 29–25–9
64 W March 1, 1992 4–1 @ Washington Capitals (1991–92) 30–25–9
65 L March 3, 1992 0–4 @ Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 30–26–9
66 T March 5, 1992 2–2 OT Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 30–26–10
67 L March 7, 1992 1–2 Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 30–27–10
68 L March 8, 1992 0–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 30–28–10
69 L March 11, 1992 3–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 30–29–10
70 W March 14, 1992 5–4 OT @ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 31–29–10
71 W March 15, 1992 5–1 Los Angeles Kings (1991–92) 32–29–10
72 L March 19, 1992 1–4 St. Louis Blues (1991–92) 32–30–10
73 L March 21, 1992 3–4 Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 32–31–10
74 W March 23, 1992 7–6 San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 33–31–10
75 L March 26, 1992 2–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 33–32–10
76 W March 28, 1992 4–3 OT Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 34–32–10
77 W March 31, 1992 5–4 OT @ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 35–32–10
78 T April 12, 1992 1–1 OT Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 35–32–11
79 W April 13, 1992 6–3 Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 36–32–11
80 T April 15, 1992 4–4 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 36–32–12

Playoffs

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Adams Division Semifinals

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Boston Bruins 4, Buffalo Sabres 3

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# Date Visitor Score Home Attendance Record
1 April 19 Buffalo Sabres 3–2 Boston Bruins 12,681 0–1
2 April 21 Buffalo Sabres 2–3 (OT) Boston Bruins 12,897 1–1
3 April 23 Boston Bruins 3–2 Buffalo Sabres 14,207 2–1
4 April 25 Boston Bruins 5–4 (OT) Buffalo Sabres 16,325 3–1
5 April 27 Buffalo Sabres 2–0 Boston Bruins 14,448 3–2
6 April 29 Boston Bruins 3–9 Buffalo Sabres 13,537 3–3
7 May 1 Buffalo Sabres 2–3 Boston Bruins 14,109 4–3

Adams Division Finals

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Boston Bruins 4, Montreal Canadiens 0

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# Date Visitor Score Home Attendance Record
1 May 3 Boston Bruins 6–4 Montreal Canadiens 16,535 1–0
2 May 5 Boston Bruins 3–2 (OT) Montreal Canadiens 17,033 2–0
3 May 7 Montreal Canadiens 2–3 Boston Bruins 14,448 3–0
4 May 9 Montreal Canadiens 0–2 Boston Bruins 14,448 4–0

Wales Conference Finals

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Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Boston Bruins 0

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# Date Visitor Score Home Attendance Record
1 May 17 Boston Bruins 3–4 (OT) Pittsburgh Penguins 16,164 0–1
2 May 19 Boston Bruins 2–5 Pittsburgh Penguins 16,164 0–2
3 May 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 Boston Bruins 14,448 0–3
4 May 23 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 Boston Bruins 14,448 0–4

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Ray Bourque D 80 21 60 81 56 11 7 1 2
Vladimír Růžička C 77 39 36 75 48 -10 18 0 6
Stephen Leach RW 78 31 29 60 147 -8 12 0 4
Craig Janney C 53 12 39 51 20 1 3 0 1
Bobby Carpenter C 60 25 23 48 46 -3 6 1 6
Glen Wesley D 78 9 37 46 54 -9 4 0 1
Brent Ashton LW 61 17 22 39 47 -4 6 1 1
Adam Oates C 26 10 20 30 10 -5 3 0 1
Andy Brickley LW/C 23 10 17 27 2 6 5 0 1
Peter Douris RW 54 10 13 23 10 9 0 0 1
Bob Sweeney C/RW 63 6 14 20 103 -9 0 1 1
Joé Juneau C 14 5 14 19 4 6 2 0 0
Ken Hodge Jr. C/RW 42 6 11 17 10 -8 3 1 3
Dave Reid LW 43 7 7 14 27 5 2 1 0
Stéphane Quintal D 49 4 10 14 77 -8 0 0 0
Don Sweeney D 75 3 11 14 74 -9 0 0 1
Garry Galley D 38 2 12 14 83 -3 1 0 0
Cam Neely RW 9 9 3 12 16 9 1 0 2
Chris Nilan RW 39 5 5 10 186 -5 0 0 0
Jeff Lazaro LW 27 3 6 9 31 4 0 0 0
Nevin Markwart LW 18 3 6 9 44 2 0 0 0
Gord Murphy D 42 3 6 9 51 2 0 0 0
Barry Pederson C 32 3 6 9 8 -5 1 0 0
Jim Wiemer D 47 1 8 9 84 10 0 0 0
Scott Arniel LW 29 5 3 8 20 5 0 0 1
Dave Poulin C 18 4 4 8 18 -2 0 1 1
Steve Heinze RW 14 3 4 7 6 -1 0 0 2
Bob Beers D 31 0 5 5 29 -13 0 0 0
Gord Hynes D 15 0 5 5 6 8 0 0 0
Glen Murray RW 5 3 1 4 0 2 1 0 0
Chris Winnes RW 24 1 3 4 6 -6 0 0 0
Lou Crawford LW 19 2 1 3 9 -6 0 0 0
Ted Donato LW 10 1 2 3 8 -1 0 0 0
Andy Moog G 62 0 3 3 52 0 0 0 0
Wes Walz C 15 0 3 3 12 -3 0 0 0
Lyndon Byers RW 31 1 1 2 129 -5 0 0 0
Brent Hughes LW 8 1 1 2 38 1 0 0 1
John Byce C 3 1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0
Brian Dobbin RW 7 1 0 1 22 0 0 0 0
Glen Featherstone D 7 1 0 1 20 -2 0 0 0
Petri Skriko RW 9 1 0 1 6 -3 1 0 0
Jozef Stümpel C 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ralph Barahona C 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Clark Donatelli LW 10 0 1 1 22 -8 0 0 0
Matt Hervey D 16 0 1 1 55 -5 0 0 0
Réjean Lemelin G 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Shayne Stevenson RW 5 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
Dave Thomlinson LW 12 0 1 1 17 -2 0 0 0
Daniel Berthiaume G 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Capuano D 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Matt DelGuidice G 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Matt Glennon LW 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Petr Prajsler D 3 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Alan Stewart LW 4 0 0 0 17 -1 0 0 0
Jim Vesey C/RW 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Andy Moog 3640 62 28 22 9 196 3.23 1 1727 1531 .887
Réjean Lemelin 407 8 5 1 0 23 3.39 0 210 187 .890
Matt DelGuidice 424 10 2 5 1 28 3.96 0 239 211 .883
Daniel Berthiaume 399 8 1 4 2 21 3.16 0 156 135 .865
Team: 4870 80 36 32 12 268 3.30 1 2332 2064 .885

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Adam Oates C 15 5 14 19 4 -6 3 0 2
Joé Juneau C 15 4 8 12 21 -3 2 0 0
Ray Bourque D 12 3 6 9 12 -10 2 0 0
Ted Donato LW 15 3 4 7 4 0 0 0 1
Dave Reid LW 15 2 5 7 4 2 0 0 1
Glen Murray RW 15 4 2 6 10 -1 1 0 0
Dave Poulin C 15 3 3 6 22 2 1 0 1
Glen Wesley D 15 2 4 6 16 3 0 0 0
Peter Douris RW 7 2 3 5 0 2 0 0 1
Vladimír Růžička C 13 2 3 5 2 -7 2 0 0
Stephen Leach RW 15 4 0 4 10 -2 0 0 1
Jim Wiemer D 15 1 3 4 14 3 0 0 1
Gord Hynes D 12 1 2 3 6 -3 0 0 0
Steve Heinze RW 7 0 3 3 17 3 0 0 0
Brent Hughes LW 10 2 0 2 20 -3 0 0 0
Gord Murphy D 15 1 0 1 12 -1 0 0 0
Bob Sweeney C/RW 14 1 0 1 25 -7 0 1 0
Bobby Carpenter C 8 0 1 1 6 -1 0 0 0
Jeff Lazaro LW 9 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Andy Moog G 15 0 1 1 17 0 0 0 0
Bob Beers D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lyndon Byers RW 5 0 0 0 12 -3 0 0 0
Clark Donatelli LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Hervey D 5 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0
Réjean Lemelin G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Sweeney D 15 0 0 0 10 -3 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Andy Moog 866 15 8 7 46 3.19 1 385 339 .881
Réjean Lemelin 54 2 0 0 3 3.33 0 23 20 .870
Team: 920 15 8 7 49 3.20 1 408 359 .880

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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;

Draft picks

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Boston's draft picks at the 1991 NHL Entry Draft held at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 18 Glen Murray  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2 40 Jozef Stumpel  Czechoslovakia HK Nitra (Czechoslovakia)
3 62 Marcel Cousineau  Canada Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
4 84 Brad Tiley  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
5 106 Mariusz Czerkawski  Poland GKS Tychy (Poland)
7 150 Gary Golczewski  United States Trinity-Pawling School (USHS–NY)
8 172 Jay Moser  United States Park High School (USHS–MN)
9 194 Dan Hodge  United States Merrimack College (Hockey East)
10 216 Steve Norton  Canada Michigan State University (CCHA)
11 238 Steve Lombardi  United States Deerfield Academy (USHS–MA)
12 260 Torsten Kienass  Germany Dynamo Berlin (East Germany)
S 24 Peter Allen  Canada Yale University (ECAC)

References

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  1. ^ "1991-1992 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  2. ^ "1991-1992 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  3. ^ "1991-92 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
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