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

Offseason

Regular season

On December 22, 1974, Phil Esposito scored the 500th goal of his career.[1]

Divisional standings

Adams Division[2]
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 78
4 California Golden Seals 80 19 48 13 212 316 −104 51

Record vs. opponents

Adams Division record vs. opponents


Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

April 8 Chicago Blackhawks 2–8 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 08:38 – Johnny Bucyk (1)
15:03 – Carol Vadnais (1)
15:12 – Andre Savard (1)
No scoring Second period 10:39 – Phil Esposito (1)
16:01 – Gregg Sheppard (1)
16:50 – Gregg Sheppard (2)
Dick Redmond (1) – pp – 04:20
John Marks (1) – 19:59 		Third period 01:29 – pp – Phil Esposito (2)
11:03 – Phil Esposito (3)
Tony Esposito, Michel Dumas Goalie stats Gilles Gilbert
April 10 Boston Bruins 3–4 OT Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
No scoring First period 03:15 – Ivan Boldirev (1)
14:37 – pp – Stan Mikita (1)
Don Marcotte (1) – 04:35
Ken Hodge (1) – pp – 13:32 		Second period 15:39 – Dale Tallon (1)
Bobby Orr (1) – sh – 01:31 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 07:33 – Ivan Boldirev (2)
Gilles Gilbert Goalie stats Tony Esposito
April 11 Chicago Blackhawks 6–4 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Keith Magnuson (1) – 01:26
Cliff Koroll (1) – pp – 19:13 		First period No scoring
J.P. Bordeleau (1) – 02:27
Cliff Koroll (2) – pp – 15:34
John Marks (2) – 18:24 		Second period 07:16 – Bobby Schmautz (1)
09:32 – Hank Nowak (1)
18:58 – Gregg Sheppard (3)
J.P. Bordeleau (2) – 11:27 Third period 15:55 – Phil Esposito (4)
Tony Esposito Goalie stats Gilles Gilbert
Chicago won series 2–1


Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Bobby Orr D 80 46 89 135 101 80 16 2 4
Phil Esposito C 79 61 66 127 62 18 27 4 8
John Bucyk LW 78 29 52 81 10 11 9 0 4
Gregg Sheppard C 76 30 48 78 19 43 5 7 4
Carol Vadnais D 79 18 56 74 129 10 6 0 2
Ken Hodge RW 72 23 43 66 90 7 16 0 2
Don Marcotte LW 80 31 33 64 76 24 1 0 2
Bobby Schmautz RW 56 21 30 51 63 23 1 0 2
Andre Savard C 77 19 25 44 45 16 0 0 2
Terry O'Reilly RW 68 15 20 35 146 15 2 0 2
Wayne Cashman LW 42 11 22 33 24 7 2 0 3
Dave Forbes LW 69 18 12 30 80 22 0 0 2
Dallas Smith D 79 3 20 23 84 30 0 0 1
Al Sims D 75 4 8 12 73 29 0 0 0
Hank Nowak LW 21 4 7 11 26 8 0 0 1
Darryl Edestrand D 68 1 9 10 56 8 0 0 0
Walt McKechnie C 53 3 3 6 8 −6 0 1 0
Earl Anderson RW 19 2 4 6 4 5 0 0 1
Dave Hynes LW 19 4 0 4 2 3 0 0 0
Rod Graham LW 14 2 1 3 7 0 1 0 0
Gilles Gilbert G 53 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 0
Steve Langdon LW 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Broderick G 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Ross Brooks G 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gordie Clark RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Doak D 40 0 0 0 30 −3 0 0 0
Jake Rathwell RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Sarner RW 7 0 0 0 0 −3 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Gilles Gilbert 3029 53 23 17 11 158 3.13 3
Ross Brooks 967 17 10 3 3 48 2.98 0
Ken 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
Bobby Orr D 3 1 5 6 2 0 1 0
Bobby Schmautz RW 3 1 5 6 6 0 0 0
Carol Vadnais D 3 1 5 6 0 0 0 0
Phil Esposito C 3 4 1 5 0 1 0 0
Gregg Sheppard C 3 3 1 4 5 0 0 0
Ken Hodge RW 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Andre Savard C 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 1
Wayne Cashman LW 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Dallas Smith D 3 0 2 2 4 0 0 0
John Bucyk LW 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Don Marcotte LW 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Hank Nowak LW 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Earl Anderson RW 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Darryl Edestrand D 3 0 1 1 7 0 0 0
Gary Doak D 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Dave Forbes LW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gilles Gilbert G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry O'Reilly RW 3 0 0 0 17 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Gilles Gilbert 188 3 1 2 12 3.83 0
Team: 188 3 1 2 12 3.83 0

[4]

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

Records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached

Transactions

Trades

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)
1 18 Don Larway Right wing  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WCHL)
2 25 Mark Howe Left wing  United States Houston Aeros (WHA)
2 36 Peter Sturgeon Left wing  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
3 54 Tom Edur Defense  Canada Cleveland Crusaders (WHA)
4 72 Bill Reed Defense  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
5 90 Jamie Bateman Left wing  Canada Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6 108 Bill Best Left wing  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
7 126 Ray Maluta Defense  Canada Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
8 143 Daryl Drader Defense  Canada University of North Dakota (WCHA)
9 160 Pete Roberts Center  United States St. Cloud Junior Blues (MWJHL)
10 175 Peter Waselovich Goaltender  United States University of North Dakota (WCHA)

See also

Farm teams

References

  1. ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 213, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
  2. ^ "1974-1975 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "1974-75 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
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