2019–20 Boston Bruins season

2019–20 Boston Bruins
2019–20 Boston Bruins
Presidents' Trophy winners
Atlantic Division champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	1st Eastern
2019–20 record	44–14–12
Home record	22–4–9
Road record	22–10–3
Goals for	227
Goals against	174
Team information
General manager	Don Sweeney
Coach	Bruce Cassidy
Captain	Zdeno Chara
Alternate captains	David Backes (Oct–Jan); Patrice Bergeron; David Krejci
Arena	TD Garden
Minor league affiliate(s)	Providence Bruins (AHL); Atlanta Gladiators (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	David Pastrnak (48)
Assists	Brad Marchand (59)
Points	David Pastrnak (95)
Penalty minutes	Brad Marchand (82)
Plus/minus	Zdeno Chara (+26)
Wins	Tuukka Rask (26)
Goals against average	Tuukka Rask (2.12)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Boston Bruins season is the 96th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924.^[1] The Bruins entered the season as the defending Eastern Conference champions.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]^[3] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled, while the Bruins were awarded the Presidents' Trophy.^[4] The Bruins advanced to the playoffs and are scheduled to play in a round-robin tournament, which will determine the team's seed for the playoffs.

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	100
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	92
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	81
4	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	78
5	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	71
6	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	68
7	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	62
8	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	39

Source: National Hockey League^[5]
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	.714	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament^[6]
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	.657
3	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	.652
4	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	.645
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	.623	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round^[6]
6	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	.596
7	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	.588
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	.579
9	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	.579
10	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	.565
11	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	.564
12	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	.500
13	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	.493
14	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	.493
15	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	.437
16	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	.275

Source: National Hockey League^[7]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.^[8]

2019 preseason game log: 4–0–2 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–0–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 16	Boston	3–4	New Jersey	OT	Vladar	8,652	0–0–1	Recap
2	September 19	Boston	3–1	Philadelphia		Halak	16,826	1–0–1	Recap
3	September 21	Boston	2–3	Chicago	OT	Keyser	20,611	1–0–2	Recap
4	September 23	Philadelphia	3–4	Boston	OT	Vladar	17,565	2–0–2	Recap
5	September 25	New Jersey	0–2	Boston		Halak	17,565	3–0–2	Recap
6	September 28	Chicago	2–8	Boston		Rask	17,565	4–0–2	Recap

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.^[9]

2019–20 game log

October: 9–1–2 (Home: 5–0–1 ; Road: 4–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 3	Boston	2–1	Dallas		Rask	18,532	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 5	Boston	1–0	Arizona		Halak	17,125	2–0–0	4	Recap
3	October 8	Boston	4–3	Vegas		Rask	18,223	3–0–0	6	Recap
4	October 10	Boston	2–4	Colorado		Halak	18,045	3–1–0	6	Recap
5	October 12	New Jersey	0–3	Boston		Rask	17,193	4–1–0	8	Recap
6	October 14	Anaheim	2–4	Boston		Halak	17,193	5–1–0	10	Recap
7	October 17	Tampa Bay	4–3	Boston	SO	Rask	17,193	5–1–1	11	Recap
8	October 19	Boston	3–4	Toronto	OT	Halak	19,394	5–1–2	12	Recap
9	October 22	Toronto	2–4	Boston		Rask	17,193	6–1–2	14	Recap
10	October 26	St. Louis	0–3	Boston		Rask	17,193	7–1–2	16	Recap
11	October 27	Boston	7–4	NY Rangers		Halak	17,144	8–1–2	18	Recap
12	October 29	San Jose	1–5	Boston		Rask	17,193	9–1–2	20	Recap

November: 9–2–3 (Home: 5–0–3 ; Road: 4–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
13	November 2	Ottawa	2–5	Boston		Rask	17,191	10–1–2	22	Recap
14	November 4	Pittsburgh	4–6	Boston		Halak	17,193	11–1–2	24	Recap
15	November 5	Boston	4–5	Montreal		Rask	21,302	11–2–2	24	Recap
16	November 8	Boston	2–4	Detroit		Rask	19,515	11–3–2	24	Recap
17	November 10	Philadelphia	3–2	Boston	SO	Halak	17,193	11–3–3	25	Recap
18	November 12	Florida	5–4	Boston	SO	Rask	17,850	11–3–4	26	Recap
19	November 15	Boston	4–2	Toronto		Rask	19,434	12–3–4	28	Recap
20	November 16	Washington	3–2	Boston	SO	Halak	17,850	12–3–5	29	Recap
21	November 19	Boston	5–1	New Jersey		Rask	15,061	13–3–5	31	Recap
22	November 21	Buffalo	2–3	Boston		Rask	17,850	14–3–5	33	Recap
23	November 23	Minnesota	4–5	Boston	OT	Rask	17,850	15–3–5	35	Recap
24	November 26	Boston	8–1	Montreal		Halak	21,302	16–3–5	37	Recap
25	November 27	Boston	2–1	Ottawa		Rask	13,336	17–3–5	39	Recap
26	November 29	NY Rangers	2–3	Boston	OT	Halak	17,850	18–3–5	41	Recap

December: 6–4–5 (Home: 4–1–4 ; Road: 2–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
27	December 1	Montreal	1–3	Boston		Rask	17,850	19–3–5	43	Recap
28	December 3	Carolina	0–2	Boston		Halak	17,850	20–3–5	45	Recap
29	December 5	Chicago	4–3	Boston	OT	Rask	17,850	20–3–6	46	Recap
30	December 7	Colorado	4–1	Boston		Halak	17,850	20–4–6	46	Recap
31	December 9	Boston	2–5	Ottawa		Rask	13,894	20–5–6	46	Recap
32	December 11	Boston	2–3	Washington		Halak	18,573	20–6–6	46	Recap
33	December 12	Boston	2–3	Tampa Bay		Rask	19,092	20–7–6	46	Recap
34	December 14	Boston	4–2	Florida		Halak	15,157	21–7–6	48	Recap
35	December 17	Los Angeles	4–3	Boston	OT	Rask	17,850	21–7–7	49	Recap
36	December 19	NY Islanders	3–2	Boston	SO	Rask	17,850	21–7–8	50	Recap
37	December 21	Nashville	4–3	Boston	OT	Halak	17,850	21–7–9	51	Recap
38	December 23	Washington	3–7	Boston		Rask	17,850	22–7–9	53	Recap
39	December 27	Boston	3–0	Buffalo		Halak	19,070	23–7–9	55	Recap
40	December 29	Buffalo	2–3	Boston		Rask	17,850	24–7–9	57	Recap
41	December 31	Boston	2–3	New Jersey	SO	Halak	16,514	24–7–10	58	Recap

January: 6–3–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 3–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
42	January 2	Columbus	2–1	Boston	OT	Rask	17,850	24–7–11	59	Recap
43	January 4	Edmonton	4–1	Boston		Halak	17,850	24–8–11	59	Recap
44	January 7	Boston	6–2	Nashville		Rask	17,623	25–8–11	61	Recap
45	January 9	Winnipeg	4–5	Boston		Halak	17,850	26–8–11	63	Recap
46	January 11	Boston	3–2	NY Islanders	OT	Rask	14,962	27–8–11	65	Recap
47	January 13	Boston	5–6	Philadelphia	SO	Halak	19,246	27–8–12	66	Recap
48	January 14	Boston	0–3	Columbus		Halak	17,349	27–9–12	66	Recap
49	January 16	Pittsburgh	1–4	Boston		Halak	17,850	28–9–12	68	Recap
50	January 19	Boston	3–4	Pittsburgh		Halak	18,655	28–10–12	68	Recap
51	January 21	Vegas	2–3	Boston		Halak	17,850	29–10–12	70	Recap
52	January 31	Boston	2–1	Winnipeg		Rask	15,325	30–10–12	72	Recap

February: 11–3–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 6–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
53	February 1	Boston	6–1	Minnesota		Halak	18,009	31–10–12	74	Recap
54	February 4	Vancouver	0–4	Boston		Rask	17,850	32–10–12	76	Recap
55	February 5	Boston	2–1	Chicago	OT	Halak	21,472	33–10–12	78	Recap
56	February 8	Arizona	2–4	Boston		Rask	17,850	34–10–12	80	Recap
57	February 9	Boston	1–3	Detroit		Rask	19,515	34–11–12	80	Recap
58	February 12	Montreal	1–4	Boston		Rask	17,850	35–11–12	82	Recap
59	February 15	Detroit	1–4	Boston		Rask	17,850	36–11–12	84	Recap
60	February 16	Boston	3–1	NY Rangers		Halak	18,006	37–11–12	86	Recap
61	February 19	Boston	2–1	Edmonton	OT	Rask	17,804	38–11–12	88	Recap
62	February 21	Boston	4–3	Calgary		Halak	19,289	39–11–12	90	Recap
63	February 22	Boston	3–9	Vancouver		Rask	18,871	39–12–12	90	Recap
64	February 25	Calgary	5–2	Boston		Rask	17,850	39–13–12	90	Recap
65	February 27	Dallas	3–4	Boston		Halak	17,850	40–13–12	92	Recap
66	February 29	Boston	4–0	NY Islanders		Rask	13,917	41–13–12	94	Recap

March: 3–1–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
67	March 3	Boston	2–1	Tampa Bay		Rask	19,092	42–13–12	96	Recap
68	March 5	Boston	2–1	Florida	OT	Halak	15,577	43–13–12	98	Recap
69	March 7	Tampa Bay	5–3	Boston		Rask	17,850	43–14–12	98	Recap
70	March 10	Boston	2–0	Philadelphia		Rask	19,689	44–14–12	100	Recap

Cancelled games
#	Date	Visitor	Home
71	March 13	Boston	Buffalo
72	March 14	Toronto	Boston
73	March 16	Columbus	Boston
74	March 18	Boston	Anaheim
75	March 19	Boston	Los Angeles
76	March 21	Boston	San Jose
77	March 24	Detroit	Boston
78	March 26	Ottawa	Boston
79	March 28	Florida	Boston
80	March 31	Boston	Carolina
81	April 2	Boston	St. Louis
82	April 4	Carolina	Boston

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of March 10, 2020

Skaters

Regular season^[10]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
David Pastrnak	70	48	47	95	21	40
Brad Marchand	70	28	59	87	25	82
Patrice Bergeron	61	31	25	56	23	28
Torey Krug	61	9	40	49	−4	33
David Krejci	61	13	30	43	14	23
Charlie Coyle	70	16	21	37	9	21
Jake DeBrusk	65	19	16	35	−1	14
Charlie McAvoy	67	5	27	32	24	41
Sean Kuraly	69	6	17	23	−2	34
Danton Heinen^‡	58	7	15	22	3	8
Matt Grzelcyk	68	4	17	21	15	34
Anders Bjork	58	9	10	19	5	10
Brandon Carlo	67	4	15	19	16	33
Zdeno Chara	68	5	9	14	26	60
Chris Wagner	67	6	4	10	−8	47
Joakim Nordstrom	48	4	3	7	−6	17
Par Lindholm	40	3	3	6	6	4
Brett Ritchie	27	2	4	6	−3	21
Karson Kuhlman	25	1	5	6	3	13
John Moore	24	2	1	3	−2	11
David Backes^‡	16	1	2	3	−2	16
Connor Clifton	31	2	0	2	4	12
Jeremy Lauzon	19	1	1	2	5	29
Nick Ritchie^†	7	1	1	2	−2	19
Steven Kampfer	10	0	2	2	2	2
Zachary Senyshyn	4	0	2	2	1	0
Ondrej Kase^†	6	0	1	1	0	4
Jack Studnicka	2	0	1	1	2	2
Peter Cehlarik	3	0	1	1	−1	2
Brendan Gaunce	1	0	1	1	1	2
Trent Frederic	2	0	0	0	−1	0
Urho Vaakanainen	5	0	0	0	2	0
Paul Carey	1	0	0	0	−1	0
Anton Blidh	7	0	0	0	−1	0
Cameron Hughes	1	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[11]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Tuukka Rask	41	41	2,401:47	26	8	6	85	2.12	1,189	.929	5	0	2	0
Jaroslav Halak	31	29	1,833:22	18	6	6	73	2.39	905	.919	3	0	2	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Bruins. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Roster

Updated November 4, 2024^[12]^[13]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
19	John Beecher	C	L	23	2019	Elmira, New York
55	Justin Brazeau	RW	R	26	2024	New Liskeard, Ontario
25	Brandon Carlo	D	R	27	2015	Colorado Springs, Colorado
13	Charlie Coyle	C	R	32	2019	Weymouth, Massachusetts
11	Trent Frederic	LW	L	26	2016	St. Louis, Missouri
39	Morgan Geekie	RW	R	26	2023	Strathclair, Manitoba
90	Tyler Johnson	C	R	34	2024	Spokane, Washington
49	Max Jones	LW	L	26	2024	Rochester, Michigan
47	Mark Kastelic	C	R	25	2024	Phoenix, Arizona
45	Cole Koepke	LW	L	26	2024	Two Harbors, Minnesota
70	Joonas Korpisalo	G	L	30	2024	Pori, Finland
28	Elias Lindholm	C	R	29	2024	Boden, Sweden
27	Hampus Lindholm	D	L	30	2022	Helsingborg, Sweden
6	Mason Lohrei	D	L	23	2020	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
63	Brad Marchand (C)	LW	L	36	2006	Halifax, Nova Scotia
73	Charlie McAvoy (A)	D	R	26	2016	Long Beach, New York
88	David Pastrnak (A)	RW	R	28	2014	Havířov, Czech Republic
52	Andrew Peeke	D	R	26	2024	Parkland, Florida
51	Matt Poitras	C	R	20	2022	Ajax, Ontario
75	Alec Regula	D	R	24	2023	West Bloomfield, Michigan
1	Jeremy Swayman	G	L	25	2017	Anchorage, Alaska
29	Parker Wotherspoon	D	L	27	2023	Surrey, British Columbia
18	Pavel Zacha	C	L	27	2022	Brno, Czech Republic
91	Nikita Zadorov	D	L	29	2024	Moscow, Russia

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