1948–49 Boston Bruins season

1948–49 Boston Bruins
1948–49 Boston Bruins
Division	2nd NHL
1948–49 record	29–23–8
Goals for	178
Goals against	163
Team information
General manager	Art Ross
Coach	Dit Clapper
Captain	Milt Schmidt
Team leaders
Goals	Johnny Pierson (22)
Assists	Paul Ronty (29)
Points	Paul Ronty (49)
Penalty minutes	Pat Egan (92)
Wins	Frank Brimsek (26)
Goals against average	Frank Brimsek (2.72)
	← 1947–48 1949–50 →

The 1948–49 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 25th season in the NHL.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	60	34	19	7	195	145	+50	75
2	Boston Bruins	60	29	23	8	178	163	+15	66
3	Montreal Canadiens	60	28	23	9	152	126	+26	65
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	60	22	25	13	147	161	−14	57
5	Chicago Black Hawks	60	21	31	8	173	211	−38	50
6	New York Rangers	60	18	31	11	133	172	−39	47

Record vs. opponents

1948–49 NHL Records ^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	6–5–1	5–4–3	5–6–1	8–2–2	5–6–1
Chicago	5–6–1	—	3–9	3–7–2	6–5–1	4–4–4
Detroit	4–5–3	9–3	—	7–4–1	7–4–1	7–3–2
Montreal	6–5–1	7–3–2	4–7–1	—	5–4–3	6–4–2
New York	2–8–2	5–6–1	4–7–1	4–5–3	—	3–5–4
Toronto	6–5–1	4–4–4	3–7–2	4–6–2	5–3–4	—

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 16, 1948	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	1–0–0
2	W	October 20, 1948	8–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	2–0–0
3	W	October 24, 1948	4–1	New York Rangers (1948–49)	3–0–0
4	W	October 28, 1948	5–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	4–0–0
5	T	October 30, 1948	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	4–0–1
6	L	October 31, 1948	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	4–1–1
7	L	November 7, 1948	3–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	4–2–1
8	W	November 11, 1948	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	5–2–1
9	W	November 14, 1948	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	6–2–1
10	W	November 17, 1948	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	7–2–1
11	T	November 20, 1948	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	7–2–2
12	L	November 21, 1948	1–4	New York Rangers (1948–49)	7–3–2
13	W	November 24, 1948	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	8–3–2
14	W	November 27, 1948	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	9–3–2
15	W	November 28, 1948	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	10–3–2
16	W	December 1, 1948	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	11–3–2
17	L	December 4, 1948	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	11–4–2
18	W	December 5, 1948	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	12–4–2
19	T	December 7, 1948	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	12–4–3
20	L	December 8, 1948	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	12–5–3
21	L	December 11, 1948	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	12–6–3
22	L	December 12, 1948	3–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	12–7–3
23	L	December 15, 1948	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	12–8–3
24	L	December 19, 1948	2–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	12–9–3
25	W	December 22, 1948	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	13–9–3
26	L	December 23, 1948	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	13–10–3
27	W	December 25, 1948	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	14–10–3
28	L	December 29, 1948	2–10	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	14–11–3
29	T	December 31, 1948	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	14–11–4
30	W	January 1, 1949	4–1	New York Rangers (1948–49)	15–11–4
31	L	January 5, 1949	0–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	15–12–4
32	W	January 6, 1949	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	16–12–4
33	L	January 9, 1949	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	16–13–4
34	L	January 12, 1949	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	16–14–4
35	W	January 16, 1949	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	17–14–4
36	W	January 19, 1949	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	18–14–4
37	L	January 22, 1949	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	18–15–4
38	W	January 23, 1949	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	19–15–4
39	L	January 26, 1949	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	19–16–4
40	L	January 30, 1949	0–4	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	19–17–4
41	W	February 2, 1949	5–3	New York Rangers (1948–49)	20–17–4
42	W	February 5, 1949	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	21–17–4
43	L	February 6, 1949	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	21–18–4
44	W	February 9, 1949	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	22–18–4
45	W	February 12, 1949	4–2	New York Rangers (1948–49)	23–18–4
46	T	February 13, 1949	4–4	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	23–18–5
47	L	February 16, 1949	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	23–19–5
48	L	February 19, 1949	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	23–20–5
49	T	February 21, 1949	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	23–20–6
50	W	February 23, 1949	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	24–20–6
51	T	February 27, 1949	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	24–20–7
52	T	March 2, 1949	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	24–20–8
53	L	March 5, 1949	0–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	24–21–8
54	L	March 6, 1949	0–1	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	24–22–8
55	W	March 9, 1949	8–1	New York Rangers (1948–49)	25–22–8
56	W	March 12, 1949	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	26–22–8
57	W	March 13, 1949	6–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	27–22–8
58	W	March 15, 1949	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	28–22–8
59	L	March 16, 1949	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	28–23–8
60	W	March 20, 1949	7–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	29–23–8

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Paul Ronty	C	60	20	29	49	11
Johnny Peirson	RW	59	22	21	43	45
Ken Smith	LW	59	20	20	40	6
Grant Warwick	RW	58	22	15	37	14
Ed Sandford	LW	56	16	20	36	57
Pete Babando	LW	58	19	14	33	34
Milt Schmidt	C/D	44	10	22	32	25
Jimmy Peters	RW	60	16	15	31	8
Pat Egan	D	60	6	18	24	92
Woody Dumart	LW	59	11	12	23	6
Fern Flaman	D	60	4	12	16	62
Jack Crawford	D	55	2	13	15	14
Murray Henderson	D	60	2	9	11	28
Ed Harrison	C/LW	59	5	5	10	20
Dave Creighton	C	12	1	3	4	0
Ed Kryzanowski	D	36	1	3	4	10
Zellio Toppazzini	RW	5	1	1	2	0
Cliff Thompson	D	10	0	1	1	0
Frank Brimsek	G	54	0	0	0	2
Les Colvin	G	1	0	0	0	0
Jack Gelineau	G	4	0	0	0	0
Gord Henry	G	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Frank Brimsek	3240	54	26	20	8	147	2.72	1
Jack Gelineau	240	4	2	2	0	12	3.00	0
Gord Henry	60	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
Les Colvin	60	1	0	1	0	4	4.00	0
Team:	3600	60	29	23	8	163	2.72	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Johnny Peirson	RW	5	3	1	4	4
Ed Sandford	LW	5	1	3	4	2
Woody Dumart	LW	5	3	0	3	0
Paul Ronty	C	5	1	2	3	2
Grant Warwick	RW	5	2	0	2	0
Milt Schmidt	C/D	4	0	2	2	8
Ken Smith	LW	5	0	2	2	4
Fern Flaman	D	5	0	1	1	8
Murray Henderson	D	5	0	1	1	2
Ed Kryzanowski	D	5	0	1	1	2
Jimmy Peters	RW	4	0	1	1	0
Pete Babando	LW	4	0	0	0	2
Frank Brimsek	G	5	0	0	0	0
Jack Crawford	D	3	0	0	0	0
Dave Creighton	C	3	0	0	0	0
Pat Egan	D	5	0	0	0	16
Ed Harrison	C/LW	4	0	0	0	0
Zellio Toppazzini	RW	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Frank Brimsek	316	5	1	4	16	3.04	0
Team:	316	5	1	4	16	3.04	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

Transactions

References

^ "1948–1949 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1948-49 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.

"1948–49 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2009.

External links

[standings-div-1] "1948–1949 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

[2] "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[3] "1948-49 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.

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Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

External links