2017–18 Boston Bruins season

The 2017–18 Boston Bruins season was the 94th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on November 1, 1924.

Standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The Bruins announced their preseason schedule on June 1, 2017. 2017 preseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 0–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 18 Montreal 2–3 Boston — — 1–0–0 Recap 2 September 19 Detroit 2–4 Boston Khudobin 16,309 2–0–0 Recap 3 September 21 Philadelphia 1–2 Boston OT Rask 16,781 3–0–0 Recap 4 September 23 Boston 1–5 Detroit McIntyre 17,314 3–1–0 Recap 5 September 25 Chicago 2–4 Boston Subban 16,374 4–1–0 Recap 6 September 28 Boston 1–5 Philadelphia Rask 18,572 4–2–0 Recap 7 September 30 Boston 0–1 Chicago Khudobin 20,703 4–3–0 RecapNotes: Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.

Regular season The Bruins' regular season schedule was made public on June 22, 2017. 2017–18 game log October: 4–3–3 (Home: 3–1–2; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 5 Nashville 3–4 Boston Rask 17,565 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 9 Colorado 4–0 Boston Rask 17,565 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 11 Boston 3–6 Colorado Rask 18,011 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 14 Boston 6–2 Arizona Khudobin 14,810 2–2–0 4 recap 5 October 15 Boston 1–3 Vegas Rask 17,562 2–3–0 4 Recap 6 October 19 Vancouver 3–6 Boston Khudobin 17,565 3–3–0 6 Recap 7 October 21 Buffalo 5–4 Boston OT Khudobin 17,565 3–3–1 7 Recap 8 October 26 San Jose 1–2 Boston Khudobin 17,565 4–3–1 9 Recap 9 October 28 Los Angeles 2–1 Boston OT Rask 17,565 4–3–2 10 Recap 10 October 30 Boston 3–4 Columbus SO Rask 13,396 4–3–3 11 Recap November: 7–5–1 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 2 Vegas 1–2 Boston Rask 17,565 5–3–3 13 Recap 12 November 4 Washington 3–2 Boston Rask 17,565 5–4–3 13 Recap 13 November 6 Minnesota 3–5 Boston Rask 17,565 6–4–3 15 Recap 14 November 8 Boston 2–4 NY Rangers Rask 18,006 6–5–3 15 Recap 15 November 10 Boston 2–3 Toronto OT Khudobin 19,381 6–5–4 16 Recap 16 November 11 Toronto 4–1 Boston Rask 17,565 6–6–4 16 Recap 17 November 15 Boston 2–4 Anaheim Rask 15,089 6–7–4 16 Recap 18 November 16 Boston 2–1 Los Angeles Khudobin 18,230 7–7–4 18 Recap 19 November 18 Boston 3–1 San Jose Khudobin 17,442 8–7–4 20 Recap 20 November 22 Boston 3–2 New Jersey SO Khudobin 16,514 9–7–4 22 Recap 21 November 24 Pittsburgh 3–4 Boston Khudobin 17,565 10–7–4 24 Recap 22 November 26 Edmonton 4–2 Boston Rask 17,565 10–8–4 24 Recap 23 November 29 Tampa Bay 2–3 Boston Rask 17,565 11–8–4 26 Recap December: 10–2–2 (Home: 6–1–1; Road: 4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 2 Boston 3–0 Philadelphia Rask 19,274 12–8–4 28 Recap 25 December 4 Boston 3–5 Nashville Khudobin 17,113 12–9–4 28 Recap 26 December 7 Arizona 1–6 Boston Rask 17,565 13–9–4 30 Recap 27 December 9 NY Islanders 1–3 Boston Rask 17,565 14–9–4 32 Recap 28 December 13 Boston 3–2 Detroit OT Rask 19,515 15–9–4 34 Recap 29 December 14 Washington 5–3 Boston Khudobin 17,565 15–10–4 34 Recap 30 December 16 NY Rangers 3–2 Boston OT Rask 17,565 15–10–5 35 Recap 31 December 18 Columbus 2–7 Boston Rask 17,565 16–10–5 37 Recap 32 December 19 Boston 3–0 Buffalo Khudobin 17,811 17–10–5 39 Recap 33 December 21 Winnipeg 1–2 Boston SO Rask 17,565 18–10–5 41 Recap 34 December 23 Detroit 1–3 Boston Rask 17,565 19–10–5 43 Recap 35 December 27 Ottawa 1–5 Boston Rask 17,565 20–10–5 45 Recap 36 December 28 Boston 3–4 Washington SO Khudobin 18,506 20–10–6 46 Recap 37 December 30 Boston 5–0 Ottawa Rask 17,579 21–10–6 48 Recap January: 8–1–2 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 5–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 2 Boston 5–1 NY Islanders Rask 11,878 22–10–6 50 Recap — January 4 Florida — Boston Postponed due to the effects of the January 2018 nor'easter, rescheduled to April 8 39 January 6 Carolina 1–7 Boston Khudobin 17,565 23–10–6 52 Recap 40 January 7 Boston 5–6 Pittsburgh OT Rask 18,553 23–10–7 53 Recap 41 January 13 Boston 4–3 Montreal SO Rask 21,302 24–10–7 55 Recap 42 January 15 Dallas 3–2 Boston OT Khudobin 17,565 24–10–8 56 Recap 43 January 17 Montreal 1–4 Boston Rask 17,565 25–10–8 58 Recap 44 January 18 Boston 5–2 NY Islanders Khudobin 11,803 26–10–8 60 Recap 45 January 20 Boston 4–1 Montreal Rask 21,302 27–10–8 62 Recap 46 January 23 New Jersey 2–3 Boston Rask 17,565 28–10–8 64 Recap 47 January 25 Boston 3–2 Ottawa Rask 15,232 29–10–8 66 Recap 48 January 30 Anaheim 3–1 Boston Khudobin 17,565 29–11–8 66 Recap February: 9–4–0 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 5–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 February 1 St. Louis 1–3 Boston Rask 17,565 30–11–8 68 Recap 50 February 3 Toronto 1–4 Boston Rask 17,565 31–11–8 70 Recap 51 February 6 Boston 3–2 Detroit Rask 19,515 32–11–8 72 Recap 52 February 7 Boston 6–1 NY Rangers Khudobin 18,006 33–11–8 74 Recap 53 February 10 Buffalo 4–2 Boston Rask 17,565 33–12–8 74 Recap 54 February 11 Boston 5–3 New Jersey Khudobin 16,514 34–12–8 76 Recap 55 February 13 Calgary 2–5 Boston Rask 17,565 35–12–8 78 Recap 56 February 17 Boston 1–6 Vancouver Rask 18,865 35–13–8 78 Recap 57 February 19 Boston 2–1 Calgary OT Rask 19,289 36–13–8 80 Recap 58 February 20 Boston 3–2 Edmonton Khudobin 18,347 37–13–8 82 Recap 59 February 24 Boston 3–4 Toronto Rask 19,370 37–14–8 82 Recap 60 February 25 Boston 1–4 Buffalo Khudobin 18,522 37–15–8 82 Recap 61 February 27 Carolina 3–4 Boston OT Rask 17,565 38–15–8 84 Recap March: 11–2–3 (Home: 7–0–1; Road: 4–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 1 Pittsburgh 4–8 Boston Rask 17,565 39–15–8 86 Recap 63 March 3 Montreal 1–2 Boston OT Khudobin 17,565 40–15–8 88 Recap 64 March 6 Detroit 5–6 Boston OT Khudobin 17,565 41–15–8 90 Recap 65 March 8 Philadelphia 2–3 Boston Rask 17,565 42–15–8 92 Recap 66 March 10 Chicago 4–7 Boston Rask 17,565 43–15–8 94 Recap 67 March 11 Boston 1–3 Chicago Khudobin 21,819 43–16–8 94 Recap 68 March 13 Boston 6–4 Carolina Rask 13,081 44–16–8 96 Recap 69 March 15 Boston 0–3 Florida Khudobin 16,067 44–17–8 96 Recap 70 March 17 Boston 3–0 Tampa Bay Rask 19,092 45–17–8 98 Recap 71 March 19 Columbus 5–4 Boston OT Rask 17,565 45–17–9 99 Recap 72 March 21 Boston 1–2 St. Louis OT Khudobin 18,423 45–17–10 100 Recap 73 March 23 Boston 3–2 Dallas Rask 18,532 46–17–10 102 Recap 74 March 25 Boston 2–1 Minnesota OT Rask 19,183 47–17–10 104 Recap 75 March 27 Boston 4–5 Winnipeg SO Khudobin 15,321 47–17–11 105 Recap 76 March 29 Tampa Bay 2–4 Boston Rask 17,565 48–17–11 107 Recap 77 March 31 Florida 1–5 Boston Rask 17,565 49–17–11 109 Recap April: 1–3–1 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 0–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 1 Boston 3–4 Philadelphia OT Khudobin 19,904 49–17–12 110 Recap 79 April 3 Boston 0–4 Tampa Bay Rask 19,092 49–18–12 110 Recap 80 April 5 Boston 2–3 Florida Rask 14,860 49–19–12 110 Recap 81 April 7 Ottawa 2–5 Boston Khudobin 17,565 50–19–12 112 Recap 82 April 8 Florida 4–2 Boston Rask 17,565 50–20–12 112 RecapLegend:

Playoffs

2018 Stanley Cup playoffs Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A3) Toronto Maple Leafs: Boston won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 12 Toronto 1–5 Boston Rask 17,565 1–0 Recap 2 April 14 Toronto 3–7 Boston Rask 17,565 2–0 Recap 3 April 16 Boston 2–4 Toronto Rask 19,663 2–1 Recap 4 April 19 Boston 3–1 Toronto Rask 19,689 3–1 Recap 5 April 21 Toronto 4–3 Boston Rask 17,565 3–2 Recap 6 April 23 Boston 1–3 Toronto Rask 19,604 3–3 Recap 7 April 25 Toronto 4–7 Boston Rask 17,565 4–3 Recap Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (A1) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 28 Boston 6–2 Tampa Bay Rask 19,092 1–0 Recap 2 April 30 Boston 2–4 Tampa Bay Rask 19,092 1–1 Recap 3 May 2 Tampa Bay 4–1 Boston Rask 17,565 1–2 Recap 4 May 4 Tampa Bay 4–3 Boston OT Rask 17,565 1–3 Recap 5 May 6 Boston 1–3 Tampa Bay Rask 19,092 1–4 RecapLegend:

Player statistics Final Stats

Skaters

Regular season Player 68 34 51 85 25 63 82 35 45 80 10 37 64 30 33 63 21 26 76 14 45 59 0 36 77 16 31 47 10 16 64 17 27 44 10 18 70 16 27 43 13 19 76 15 26 41 16 18 57 14 19 33 2 53 63 7 25 32 20 53 ‡ 39 9 16 25 10 2 73 7 17 24 22 60 82 12 10 22 −5 42 68 1 15 16 16 70 61 3 12 15 21 22 75 6 8 14 −5 40 30 4 8 12 2 6 60 10 1 11 −6 9 12 5 4 9 2 2 20 2 5 7 −1 2 † 11 3 3 6 −4 4 76 0 6 6 10 45 † 18 2 3 5 −1 2 † 18 1 4 5 −2 0 38 1 3 4 −1 62 10 0 4 4 −1 0 12 0 3 3 −4 2 ‡ 25 2 0 2 −3 22 6 1 1 2 2 2 5 0 1 1 −1 4 14 0 1 1 −2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 ‡ 14 0 0 0 −8 17 ‡ 8 0 0 0 −5 0

Playoffs Player 12 6 14 20 2 8 12 4 13 17 4 16 11 6 10 16 6 2 11 3 9 12 −5 8 12 3 7 10 −4 6 12 6 2 8 −1 8 12 3 2 5 −7 10 12 1 4 5 2 6 12 2 2 4 5 2 12 1 3 4 2 4 12 2 1 3 −6 19 12 1 2 3 7 4 12 1 1 2 0 2 12 1 1 2 0 0 11 0 2 2 3 2 9 1 0 1 −1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 11 0 1 1 −2 4 9 0 1 1 −3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 −1 0 3 0 0 0 −3 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 54 53 3,173:05 34 14 5 125 2.36 1,513 .917 3 0 2 4 31 29 1,780:43 16 6 7 76 2.56 876 .913 1 0 2 2 Playoffs Player 12 12 686:50 5 7 33 2.88 339 .903 0 0 0 0 1 0 26:37 0 0 0 0.00 8 1.000 0 0 0 0 †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Bruins. Statistics reflect time with the Bruins only. ‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Bruins only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Awards and honors

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached 1st career NHL game1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point October 5, 2017 1st career NHL game1st career NHL goal1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point October 10, 2017 Anders Bjork 1st career NHL goal October 14, 2017 Danton Heinen 1st career NHL goal October 26, 2017 1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point November 22, 2017 Matt Grzelcyk 1st career NHL goal November 24, 2017 1,400th career NHL game February 3, 2018 Ryan Spooner 100th career NHL assist February 11, 2018 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point March 19, 2018

Records

Regular season Player Record Reached

Transactions The Bruins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To New York RangersRob O'Gara3rd-round pick in 2018 To Boston BruinsNick Holden To Florida PanthersFrank Vatrano To Boston Bruins3rd-round pick in 2018 To New York RangersMatt BeleskeyRyan LindgrenRyan Spooner1st-round pick in 20187th-round pick in 2019 To Boston BruinsRick Nash To Chicago BlackhawksConditional 5th-round pick in 2019 To Boston BruinsTommy Wingels Notes: Boston to retain 50% of salary as part of trade. New York to retain 50% of salary as part of trade.

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) Ref Kenny Agostino St. Louis Blues 1-year, $875,000 Paul Postma Winnipeg Jets 1-year, $725,000 Jordan Szwarz Providence Bruins 1-year, $650,000 Kyle Keyser Oshawa Generals 3-year, $2.15 million entry-level Brian Gionta Rochester Americans 1-year, $700,000 Chris Breen Providence Bruins 1-year, $650,000 Karson Kuhlman Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs 2-year, $1.525 million entry-level contract Connor Clifton Providence Bruins 2-year, $1.47 million entry-level contract Martin Bakos Mora IK 1-year, $700,000

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) Ref Chris Casto Vegas Golden Knights 1-year, $650,000 Brian Ferlin Edmonton Oilers 1-year Alex Grant Minnesota Wild 1-year, $700,000 Dominic Moore Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year, $1 million Joe Morrow Montreal Canadiens 1-year, $650,000 Zac Rinaldo Arizona Coyotes 1-year, $700,000 Drew Stafford New Jersey Devils 1-year, $800,000 Jimmy Hayes New Jersey Devils 1-year, $700,000 Justin Hickman Lillehammer Unknown