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2018–19 Boston Bruins
DivisionTBD Atlantic
ConferenceTBD Eastern
2018–19 record28–17–7
Home record17–8–3
Road record11–10–4
Goals for149
Goals against135
Team information
General managerDon Sweeney
CoachBruce Cassidy
CaptainZdeno Chara
Alternate captainsPatrice Bergeron
David Krejci
ArenaTD Garden
Minor league affiliate(s)Providence Bruins (AHL)
Atlanta Gladiators (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsDavid Pastrnak (30)
AssistsBrad Marchand (38)
PointsDavid Pastrnak (62)
Penalty minutesBrad Marchand (82)
Plus/minusMatt Grzelcyk (+8)
WinsTuukka Rask (15)
Goals against averageTuukka Rask (2.35)

The 2018–19 Boston Bruins season is the 95th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924.[1]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Tampa Bay Lightning 82 62 16 4 56 325 222 +103 128
2 x – Boston Bruins 82 49 24 9 47 259 215 +44 107
3 x – Toronto Maple Leafs 82 46 28 8 46 286 251 +35 100
4 Montreal Canadiens 82 44 30 8 41 249 236 +13 96
5 Florida Panthers 82 36 32 14 33 267 280 −13 86
6 Buffalo Sabres 82 33 39 10 28 226 271 −45 76
7 Detroit Red Wings 82 32 40 10 29 227 277 −50 74
8 Ottawa Senators 82 29 47 6 29 242 302 −60 64
Source: National Hockey League[2]
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Conference standings

Template:2018–19 NHL Eastern Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on May 18, 2018.[3]

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[4]

2018–19 game log
February: 1–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 1–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
52 February 3 Boston 1–0 Washington Rask 18,506 28–17–7 63 Recap
53 February 5 NY Islanders Boston
54 February 6 Boston NY Rangers
55 February 9 Los Angeles Boston
56 February 10 Colorado Boston
57 February 12 Chicago Boston
58 February 15 Boston Anaheim
59 February 16 Boston Los Angeles
60 February 18 Boston San Jose
61 February 20 Boston Vegas
62 February 23 Boston St. Louis
63 February 26 San Jose Boston
64 February 28 Tampa Bay Boston

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

Player statistics

As of January 22, 2019[5]

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
David Pastrnak 49 27 29 56 –1 20
Brad Marchand 48 19 34 53 1 80
Patrice Bergeron 33 14 27 41 3 18
David Krejci 49 10 30 40 0 14
Torey Krug 38 5 27 32 −5 23
Jake DeBrusk 40 14 4 18 –5 10
Sean Kuraly 48 6 8 14 5 26
Danton Heinen 47 6 7 13 3 8
David Backes 40 5 8 13 –4 8
Matt Grzelcyk 46 1 12 13 7 50
Charlie McAvoy 22 1 11 12 2 14
Chris Wagner 46 6 5 11 0 31
Ryan Donato 34 6 3 9 −11 2
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson 28 3 6 9 1 2
John Moore 42 2 7 9 –3 18
Joakim Nordstrom 39 5 2 7 –4 11
Zdeno Chara 30 3 3 6 1 27
Colby Cave 20 1 4 5 –1 8
Noel Acciari 41 1 3 4 −8 19
Steven Kampfer 25 2 1 3 −6 20
Peter Cehlarik 3 2 1 3 3 4
Anders Bjork 20 1 2 3 –1 2
Brandon Carlo 40 1 2 3 5 27
Kevan Miller 23 0 3 3 6 22
Jeremy Lauzon 15 1 0 1 –1 2
Connor Clifton 9 0 0 0 2 11
Gemel Smith 3 0 0 0 –3 0
Urho Vaakanainen 2 0 0 0 −1 0
Jakub Zboril 2 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Tuukka Rask 26 25 1,457:21 14 8 3 59 2.43 731 .919 1 0 1 4
Jaroslav Halak 26 24 1,480:02 13 9 2 61 2.47 755 .919 3 0 3 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 June 24, 2024[6][7]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
53 United States Joey Abate LW L 25 2024 Bloomingdale, Illinois
19 United States John Beecher C L 23 2019 Elmira, New York
70 Sweden Jesper Boqvist C L 25 2023 Falun, Sweden
55 Canada Justin Brazeau RW R 26 2024 New Liskeard, Ontario
38 United States Patrick Brown C R 32 2023 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
30 United States Brandon Bussi G R 26 2022 Sound Beach, New York
79 United States Michael Callahan D L 24 2022 Franklin, Massachusetts
25 United States Brandon Carlo D R 27 2015 Colorado Springs, Colorado
13 United States Charlie Coyle C R 32 2019 Weymouth, Massachusetts
74 Canada Jake DeBrusk RW L 27 2015 Edmonton, Alberta
80 Canada Michael DiPietro G L 25 2022 Windsor, Ontario
28 United States Derek Forbort Injured Reserve D L 32 2021 Duluth, Minnesota
11 United States Trent Frederic LW L 26 2016 St. Louis, Missouri
39 Canada Morgan Geekie RW R 25 2023 Strathclair, Manitoba
48 United States Matt Grzelcyk D L 30 2012 Charlestown, Massachusetts
43 Canada Danton Heinen LW L 28 2023 Langley, British Columbia
United States Mark Kastelic C R 25 2024 Phoenix, Arizona
Finland Joonas Korpisalo G L 30 2024 Pori, Finland
95 United States Trevor Kuntar C L 23 2020 Buffalo, New York
94 Czech Republic Jakub Lauko LW L 24 2018 Prague, Czech Republic
27 Sweden Hampus Lindholm D L 30 2022 Helsingborg, Sweden
6 United States Mason Lohrei D L 23 2020 Baton Rouge, Louisiana
17 Canada Milan Lucic Injured Reserve LW L 36 2023 Vancouver, British Columbia
63 Canada Brad Marchand (C) LW L 36 2006 Halifax, Nova Scotia
61 United States Patrick Maroon LW L 36 2024 St. Louis, Missouri
73 United States Charlie McAvoy (A) D R 26 2016 Long Beach, New York
26 United States Marc McLaughlin C R 24 2022 North Billerica, Massachusetts
20 United States Jayson Megna C R 34 2023 Fort Lauderdale, Florida
42 Russia Georgii Merkulov C L 23 2022 Ryazan, Russia
14 Canada Ian Mitchell D R 25 2023 St. Albert, Alberta
88 Czech Republic David Pastrnak (A) RW R 28 2014 Havířov, Czech Republic
52 United States Andrew Peeke D R 26 2024 Parkland, Florida
51 Canada Matt Poitras Injured Reserve C R 20 2022 Ajax, Ontario
90 Canada Anthony Richard C L 27 2023 Trois-Rivières, Quebec
12 United States Kevin Shattenkirk D R 35 2023 New Rochelle, New York
62 Sweden Oskar Steen RW R 26 2016 Karlstad, Sweden
1 United States Jeremy Swayman G L 25 2017 Anchorage, Alaska
21 United States James van Riemsdyk LW L 35 2023 Middletown Township, New Jersey
29 Canada Parker Wotherspoon D L 26 2023 Surrey, British Columbia
18 Czech Republic Pavel Zacha C L 27 2022 Brno, Czech Republic

Transactions

The Bruins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
September 11, 2018 (2018-09-11) To New York Rangers
Adam McQuaid
To Boston Bruins
Steven Kampfer
4th-round pick in 2019
[8]
January 11, 2019 (2019-01-11) To Ottawa Senators
Cody Goloubef
To Boston Bruins
Paul Carey
[9]

Free agents

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
June 1, 2018 (2018-06-01) Justin Hickman to Lillehammer (GET-ligaen) Unknown [10]
June 30, 2018 (2018-06-30) Chris Breen to Providence Bruins (AHL) Unknown [11]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Kenny Agostino to Montreal Canadiens 1-year [12]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Tommy Cross to Columbus Blue Jackets 1-year [13]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Austin Czarnik to Calgary Flames 2-year [14]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Cody Goloubef from Calgary Flames 1-year [15]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Jaroslav Halak from New York Islanders 2-year [15]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Nick Holden to Vegas Golden Knights 2-year [16]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Anton Khudobin to Dallas Stars 2-year [17]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Mark McNeill from Nashville Predators 1-year [15]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) John Moore from New Jersey Devils 5-year [15]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Riley Nash to Columbus Blue Jackets 3-year [18]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Joakim Nordstrom from Carolina Hurricanes 2-year [15]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Tim Schaller to Vancouver Canucks 2-year [19]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Chris Wagner from New York Islanders 2-year [15]
August 15, 2018 (2018-08-15) Paul Postma to Ak Bars Kazan (KHL) 1-year [20]
August 15, 2018 (2018-08-15) Tommy Wingels to Genève-Servette (NL) 1-year [21]

Waivers

Date Player Team Ref
December 6, 2018 (2018-12-06) Gemel Smith from Dallas Stars [22][23]
January 15, 2019 (2019-01-15) Colby Cave to Edmonton Oilers [24]

Signings

Date Player Contract term Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Axel Andersson 3-year [15]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03) Anton Blidh 1-year [27]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03) Sean Kuraly 3-year [27]
July 14, 2018 (2018-07-14) Colby Cave 2-year [28]

Draft picks

Below are the Boston Bruins' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 57 Axel Andersson D  Sweden Djurgardens IF J20 (SuperElit)
3 771 Jakub Lauko C  Czech Republic Piráti Chomutov (ELH)
4 119 Curtis Hall C  United States Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
6 181 Dustyn McFaul D  Canada Pickering Panthers (OJHL)
7 212 Pavel Shen C  Russia Mamonty Yugry (MHL)

Notes:

  1. The Florida Panthers' third-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on February 22, 2018, that sent Frank Vatrano to Florida in exchange for this pick.[29]

References

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