1939–40 Boston Bruins season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1939–40
Year:	1939
Team:	Boston Bruins
Record:	31–12–5
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	1st
Powtrophy:	yes
Goalsleader:	Milt Schmidt (22) Woody Dumart (22)
Assistsleader:	Milt Schmidt (30)
Pointsleader:	Milt Schmidt (52)
Pimleader:	Jack Shewchuk (55)
Winsleader:	Frank Brimsek (31)
Gaaleader:	Frank Brimsek (1.99)

The 1939–40 Boston Bruins season was the Boston Bruins' 16th season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Bruins finished first over-all, but could not repeat as Stanley Cup champions, losing in the playoff semi-final to the New York Rangers.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 4, 1939	0–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	0–1–0
2	L	November 12, 1939	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	0–2–0
3	W	November 14, 1939	3–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	1–2–0
4	T	November 16, 1939	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	1–2–1
5	W	November 19, 1939	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	2–2–1
6	L	November 21, 1939	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	2–3–1
7	T	November 26, 1939	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1939–40)	2–3–2
8	W	November 28, 1939	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	3–3–2
9	W	December 3, 1939	6–2	@ New York Americans (1939–40)	4–3–2
10	W	December 5, 1939	2–1	New York Americans (1939–40)	5–3–2
11	W	December 8, 1939	3–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	6–3–2
12	L	December 10, 1939	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	6–4–2
13	W	December 12, 1939	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	7–4–2
14	T	December 14, 1939	1–1 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	7–4–3
15	W	December 17, 1939	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	8–4–3
16	W	December 19, 1939	3–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	9–4–3
17	W	December 21, 1939	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	10–4–3
18	W	December 24, 1939	3–2	@ New York Americans (1939–40)	11–4–3
19	W	December 25, 1939	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	12–4–3
20	L	December 29, 1939	0–4	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	12–5–3
21	W	December 31, 1939	6–1	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	13–5–3
22	L	January 2, 1940	4–6	New York Rangers (1939–40)	13–6–3
23	W	January 7, 1940	6–2	New York Americans (1939–40)	14–6–3
24	W	January 9, 1940	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	15–6–3
25	W	January 11, 1940	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	16–6–3
26	W	January 14, 1940	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	17–6–3
27	W	January 16, 1940	6–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	18–6–3
28	L	January 21, 1940	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	18–7–3
29	W	January 23, 1940	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	19–7–3
30	T	January 25, 1940	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	19–7–4
31	L	January 28, 1940	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	19–8–4
32	W	January 30, 1940	5–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	20–8–4
33	W	February 4, 1940	7–1	New York Americans (1939–40)	21–8–4
34	W	February 6, 1940	6–2	New York Rangers (1939–40)	22–8–4
35	W	February 11, 1940	4–2	@ New York Americans (1939–40)	23–8–4
36	W	February 13, 1940	10–3	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	24–8–4
37	W	February 20, 1940	5–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	25–8–4
38	L	February 24, 1940	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	25–9–4
39	L	February 25, 1940	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	25–10–4
40	W	February 27, 1940	6–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	26–10–4
41	W	February 29, 1940	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	27–10–4
42	L	March 3, 1940	3–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	27–11–4
43	W	March 5, 1940	7–2	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	28–11–4
44	W	March 7, 1940	2–1	@ New York Americans (1939–40)	29–11–4
45	L	March 9, 1940	2–4	New York Americans (1939–40)	29–12–4
46	W	March 12, 1940	2–1	New York Rangers (1939–40)	30–12–4
47	T	March 14, 1940	0–0 OT	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	30–12–5
48	W	March 17, 1940	7–2	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	31–12–5

Playoffs

The Boston Bruins lost the semi-finals to the New York Rangers 4–2

Boston Bruins 2, New York Rangers 4

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 19	Boston Bruins	0–4		0–1
2	March 21		3–4	Boston Bruins	1–1
3	March 24		2–4	Boston Bruins	2–1
4	March 26	Boston Bruins	0–1		2–2
5	March 28		1–0	Boston Bruins	2–3
6	March 30	Boston Bruins	1–4		2–4

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	C/D	48	22	30	52	37
	LW	48	22	21	43	16
	RW	48	17	26	43	2
	C	48	13	27	40	24
	LW	48	21	10	31	30
	LW	31	18	12	30	9
	RW/D	44	10	18	28	25
	D	44	10	18	28	18
	C	46	7	18	25	6
	RW	38	9	11	20	19
	LW	30	10	8	18	16
	C	24	2	6	8	2
	RW	18	2	6	8	0
	D	47	2	4	6	55
	D	35	1	4	5	26
	D	28	0	5	5	16
	D	20	2	2	4	23
	D	4	2	1	3	4
	G	48	0	0	0	0
	C	2	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2950	48	31	12	5	98	1.99	6
Team:	2950	48	31	12	5	98	1.99	6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	LW	6	1	3	4	2
	LW	6	2	1	3	0
	RW	6	2	1	3	2
	D	5	1	2	3	2
	C	5	1	2	3	0
	RW/D	5	0	2	2	2
	RW	6	1	0	1	2
	LW	6	1	0	1	0
	C	6	0	1	1	7
	LW	5	0	1	1	5
	C/RW	1	0	1	1	0
	G	6	0	0	0	0
	D	6	0	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	0	0	0
	C/D	6	0	0	0	0
	D	6	0	0	0	0
	D	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	360	6	2	4	15	2.50	0
Team:	360	6	2	4	15	2.50	0

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Awards and records

Lady Byng Trophy (Excellence and sportsmanship)	Bobby Bauer
Prince of Wales Trophy (Regular season champion)

All-Star teams

First Team	Position
Dit Clapper	align=center	D
Milt Schmidt	align=center	C
Second Team	Position
Frank Brimsek	align=center	G
Bobby Bauer	align=center	RW
Woody Dumart	align=center	LW

Transactions

October 10, 1939	To Boston Bruins Herb Cain	To Montreal Canadiens Ray Getliffe Charlie Sands	^[2]
November 29, 1939	To Boston Bruins George Brown	To Montreal Canadiens cash	^[3]
January 25, 1940	To Boston Bruins Ed Wiseman $5,000 cash	To New York Americans Eddie Shore	^[4]
January 27, 1940	To Boston Bruins Des Smith	To Chicago Black Hawks Jack Portland	^[5]

See also

• 1939–40 NHL season

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-11 . 1939-40 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.
2. Web site: Transactions . www.hockey-reference.com.
3. Web site: Transactions . www.hockey-reference.com.
4. Web site: Show Trades . www.hockeydb.com.
5. Web site: Transactions . www.hockey-reference.com.