1942–43 Boston Bruins season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1942–43
Year:	1942
Team:	Boston Bruins
Record:	24–17–9
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	2nd
Coach:	Art Ross
Goalsleader:	Bill Cowley (27)
Assistsleader:	Bill Cowley (45)
Pointsleader:	Bill Cowley (72)
Pimleader:	Murph Chamberlain (67)
Winsleader:	Frank Brimsek (24)
Gaaleader:	Frank Brimsek (3.52)

The 1942–43 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 19th season in the NHL.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 31, 1942	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	0–1–0
2	L	November 1, 1942	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	0–2–0
3	L	November 5, 1942	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	0–3–0
4	L	November 12, 1942	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	0–4–0
5	W	November 14, 1942	5–3	New York Rangers (1942–43)	1–4–0
6	W	November 15, 1942	4–3	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	2–4–0
7	W	November 17, 1942	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	3–4–0
8	W	November 22, 1942	7–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	4–4–0
9	T	November 24, 1942	5–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	4–4–1
10	W	November 28, 1942	6–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	5–4–1
11	L	November 29, 1942	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	5–5–1
12	W	December 1, 1942	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	6–5–1
13	W	December 6, 1942	5–4	New York Rangers (1942–43)	7–5–1
14	W	December 8, 1942	9–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	8–5–1
15	W	December 12, 1942	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	9–5–1
16	T	December 13, 1942	1–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	9–5–2
17	W	December 15, 1942	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	10–5–2
18	W	December 17, 1942	7–3	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	11–5–2
19	T	December 19, 1942	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	11–5–3
20	T	December 20, 1942	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	11–5–4
21	T	December 22, 1942	4–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	11–5–5
22	L	December 26, 1942	2–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	11–6–5
23	L	December 27, 1942	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	11–7–5
24	L	December 29, 1942	3–5	New York Rangers (1942–43)	11–8–5
25	T	January 1, 1943	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	11–8–6
26	W	January 3, 1943	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	12–8–6
27	L	January 9, 1943	2–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	12–9–6
28	W	January 10, 1943	5–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	13–9–6
29	W	January 12, 1943	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	14–9–6
30	W	January 16, 1943	7–5	New York Rangers (1942–43)	15–9–6
31	W	January 17, 1943	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	16–9–6
32	W	January 19, 1943	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	17–9–6
33	L	January 21, 1943	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	17–10–6
34	L	January 24, 1943	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	17–11–6
35	L	January 26, 1943	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	17–12–6
36	W	January 30, 1943	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	18–12–6
37	W	January 31, 1943	7–2	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	19–12–6
38	W	February 2, 1943	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	20–12–6
39	L	February 6, 1943	3–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	20–13–6
40	W	February 7, 1943	7–1	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	21–13–6
41	W	February 9, 1943	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	22–13–6
42	L	February 14, 1943	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	22–14–6
43	L	February 20, 1943	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	22–15–6
44	L	February 21, 1943	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	22–16–6
45	L	February 23, 1943	5–7	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	22–17–6
46	T	February 28, 1943	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	22–17–7
47	W	March 2, 1943	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	23–17–7
48	T	March 9, 1943	5–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	23–17–8
49	T	March 14, 1943	4–4	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	23–17–9
50	W	March 16, 1943	11–5	New York Rangers (1942–43)	24–17–9

Playoffs

The Boston Bruins defeated the Montreal Canadiens in the semi-finals 4–1, but were swept in four games by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1943 Stanley Cup Finals.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	C	48	27	45	72	10
	C	50	22	31	53	20
	LW	43	25	27	52	20
	D	50	19	25	44	19
	LW	45	18	18	36	19
	LW	44	19	15	34	38
	C	48	14	20	34	16
	LW	45	9	24	33	67
	RW/D	38	5	18	23	12
	D	49	5	18	23	24
	LW	42	7	15	22	43
	LW	45	6	7	13	6
	RW	20	6	5	11	6
	D	48	2	6	8	50
	C	3	4	1	5	0
	RW	7	4	1	5	4
	LW	3	3	0	3	0
	C	3	0	1	1	0
	G	50	0	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3000	50	24	17	9	176	3.52	1
Team:	3000	50	24	17	9	176	3.52	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	C	9	6	3	9	7
	D	9	0	9	9	4
	C	9	1	7	8	4
	LW	7	4	2	6	0
	RW/D	9	2	3	5	9
	C	9	3	1	4	10
	LW	9	0	4	4	12
	C	9	3	0	3	2
	LW	9	1	2	3	10
	LW	6	1	1	2	12
	D	6	1	1	2	10
	LW	6	1	0	1	0
	RW	5	0	1	1	4
	D	1	0	0	0	0
	G	9	0	0	0	0
	LW	5	0	0	0	0
	D	9	0	0	0	12

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	560	9	4	5	33	3.54	0
Team:	560	9	4	5	33	3.54	0

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See also

• 1942–43 NHL season

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-11 . 1942-43 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.