1943–44 Boston Bruins season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1943–44
Year:	1943
Team:	Boston Bruins
Record:	19–26–5
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	5th
Coach:	Art Ross
Goalsleader:	Herb Cain (36)
Assistsleader:	Herb Cain (46)
Pointsleader:	Herb Cain (82)
Pimleader:	Bep Guidolin (58)
Winsleader:	Bert Gardiner (17)
Gaaleader:	Bert Gardiner (5.17)

The 1943–44 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 20th season in the NHL.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 30, 1943	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	0–0–1
2	W	November 6, 1943	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	1–0–1
3	L	November 7, 1943	4–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	1–1–1
4	L	November 11, 1943	4–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	1–2–1
5	W	November 13, 1943	6–2	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	2–2–1
6	T	November 16, 1943	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	2–2–2
7	L	November 18, 1943	3–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	2–3–2
8	L	November 21, 1943	4–13	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	2–4–2
9	W	November 23, 1943	8–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	3–4–2
10	W	November 25, 1943	6–2	New York Rangers (1943–44)	4–4–2
11	L	November 27, 1943	4–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	4–5–2
12	L	November 28, 1943	4–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	4–6–2
13	W	November 30, 1943	6–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	5–6–2
14	W	December 5, 1943	5–4	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	6–6–2
15	T	December 7, 1943	6–6	Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	6–6–3
16	W	December 11, 1943	9–6	New York Rangers (1943–44)	7–6–3
17	L	December 12, 1943	4–6	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	7–7–3
18	W	December 14, 1943	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	8–7–3
19	L	December 19, 1943	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	8–8–3
20	W	December 21, 1943	8–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	9–8–3
21	T	December 26, 1943	4–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	9–8–4
22	W	December 28, 1943	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	10–8–4
23	L	January 1, 1944	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	10–9–4
24	W	January 2, 1944	13–3	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	11–9–4
25	W	January 4, 1944	6–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	12–9–4
26	L	January 8, 1944	3–12	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	12–10–4
27	W	January 15, 1944	7–5	New York Rangers (1943–44)	13–10–4
28	L	January 16, 1944	6–8	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	13–11–4
29	L	January 18, 1944	2–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	13–12–4
30	L	January 22, 1944	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	13–13–4
31	L	January 23, 1944	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	13–14–4
32	L	January 25, 1944	3–6	Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	13–15–4
33	L	January 29, 1944	1–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	13–16–4
34	L	February 1, 1944	0–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	13–17–4
35	W	February 5, 1944	7–2	New York Rangers (1943–44)	14–17–4
36	W	February 8, 1944	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	15–17–4
37	W	February 10, 1944	5–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	16–17–4
38	L	February 13, 1944	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	16–18–4
39	L	February 19, 1944	4–10	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	16–19–4
40	L	February 20, 1944	5–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	16–20–4
41	L	February 26, 1944	2–10	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	16–21–4
42	L	February 29, 1944	3–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	16–22–4
43	L	March 2, 1944	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	16–23–4
44	W	March 4, 1944	10–9	New York Rangers (1943–44)	17–23–4
45	T	March 5, 1944	4–4	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	17–23–5
46	L	March 7, 1944	4–8	Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	17–24–5
47	W	March 12, 1944	6–5	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	18–24–5
48	W	March 14, 1944	6–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	19–24–5
49	L	March 16, 1944	9–10	@ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	19–25–5
50	L	March 18, 1944	2–10	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	19–26–5

Playoffs

The Bruins failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	LW	48	36	46	82	4
	C	36	30	41	71	12
	C	49	28	41	69	8
	LW	39	19	25	44	2
	C	49	16	27	43	8
	LW	47	17	25	42	58
	LW	42	11	21	32	25
	RW/D	50	6	25	31	13
	D	25	11	13	24	55
	D	34	4	16	20	8
	C	23	13	5	18	6
	D	25	9	7	16	4
	C	24	7	9	16	0
	W	19	3	7	10	0
	RW	24	6	3	9	4
	D	15	2	7	9	2
	RW	11	2	1	3	2
	LW/C	9	1	1	2	6
	LW	9	1	0	1	0
	RW	7	1	0	1	2
	RW	5	0	1	1	0
	G	41	0	1	1	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	G	6	0	0	0	0
	C	3	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0
	D	9	0	0	0	6

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2460	41	17	19	5	212	5.17	1
	360	6	2	4	0	33	5.50	0
	60	1	0	1	0	7	7.00	0
	60	1	0	1	0	6	6.00	0
	60	1	0	1	0	10	10.00	0
Team:	3000	50	19	26	5	268	5.36	1

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See also

• 1943–44 NHL season

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-11 . 1943-44 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.