1948–49 Boston Bruins season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1948–49
Year:	1948
Team:	Boston Bruins
Record:	29–23–8
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	2nd
Goalsfor:	178
Goalsagainst:	163
Goalsleader:	Johnny Pierson (22)
Assistsleader:	Paul Ronty (29)
Pointsleader:	Paul Ronty (49)
Pimleader:	Pat Egan (92)
Winsleader:	Frank Brimsek (26)
Gaaleader:	Frank Brimsek (2.72)

The 1948–49 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 25th season in the NHL.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 16, 1948	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	1–0–0
2	W	October 20, 1948	8–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	2–0–0
3	W	October 24, 1948	4–1	New York Rangers (1948–49)	3–0–0
4	W	October 28, 1948	5–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	4–0–0
5	T	October 30, 1948	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	4–0–1
6	L	October 31, 1948	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	4–1–1
7	L	November 7, 1948	3–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	4–2–1
8	W	November 11, 1948	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	5–2–1
9	W	November 14, 1948	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	6–2–1
10	W	November 17, 1948	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	7–2–1
11	T	November 20, 1948	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	7–2–2
12	L	November 21, 1948	1–4	New York Rangers (1948–49)	7–3–2
13	W	November 24, 1948	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	8–3–2
14	W	November 27, 1948	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	9–3–2
15	W	November 28, 1948	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	10–3–2
16	W	December 1, 1948	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	11–3–2
17	L	December 4, 1948	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	11–4–2
18	W	December 5, 1948	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	12–4–2
19	T	December 7, 1948	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	12–4–3
20	L	December 8, 1948	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	12–5–3
21	L	December 11, 1948	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	12–6–3
22	L	December 12, 1948	3–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	12–7–3
23	L	December 15, 1948	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	12–8–3
24	L	December 19, 1948	2–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	12–9–3
25	W	December 22, 1948	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	13–9–3
26	L	December 23, 1948	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	13–10–3
27	W	December 25, 1948	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	14–10–3
28	L	December 29, 1948	2–10	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	14–11–3
29	T	December 31, 1948	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	14–11–4
30	W	January 1, 1949	4–1	New York Rangers (1948–49)	15–11–4
31	L	January 5, 1949	0–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	15–12–4
32	W	January 6, 1949	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	16–12–4
33	L	January 9, 1949	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	16–13–4
34	L	January 12, 1949	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	16–14–4
35	W	January 16, 1949	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	17–14–4
36	W	January 19, 1949	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	18–14–4
37	L	January 22, 1949	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	18–15–4
38	W	January 23, 1949	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	19–15–4
39	L	January 26, 1949	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	19–16–4
40	L	January 30, 1949	0–4	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	19–17–4
41	W	February 2, 1949	5–3	New York Rangers (1948–49)	20–17–4
42	W	February 5, 1949	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	21–17–4
43	L	February 6, 1949	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	21–18–4
44	W	February 9, 1949	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	22–18–4
45	W	February 12, 1949	4–2	New York Rangers (1948–49)	23–18–4
46	T	February 13, 1949	4–4	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	23–18–5
47	L	February 16, 1949	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	23–19–5
48	L	February 19, 1949	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	23–20–5
49	T	February 21, 1949	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	23–20–6
50	W	February 23, 1949	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	24–20–6
51	T	February 27, 1949	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	24–20–7
52	T	March 2, 1949	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	24–20–8
53	L	March 5, 1949	0–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	24–21–8
54	L	March 6, 1949	0–1	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	24–22–8
55	W	March 9, 1949	8–1	New York Rangers (1948–49)	25–22–8
56	W	March 12, 1949	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	26–22–8
57	W	March 13, 1949	6–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	27–22–8
58	W	March 15, 1949	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	28–22–8
59	L	March 16, 1949	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	28–23–8
60	W	March 20, 1949	7–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	29–23–8

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	C	60	20	29	49	11
	RW	59	22	21	43	45
	LW	59	20	20	40	6
	RW	58	22	15	37	14
	LW	56	16	20	36	57
	LW	58	19	14	33	34
	C/D	44	10	22	32	25
	RW	60	16	15	31	8
	D	60	6	18	24	92
	LW	59	11	12	23	6
	D	60	4	12	16	62
	D	55	2	13	15	14
	D	60	2	9	11	28
	C/LW	59	5	5	10	20
	C	12	1	3	4	0
	D	36	1	3	4	10
	RW	5	1	1	2	0
	D	10	0	1	1	0
	G	54	0	0	0	2
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	G	4	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3240	54	26	20	8	147	2.72	1
	240	4	2	2	0	12	3.00	0
	60	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
	60	1	0	1	0	4	4.00	0
Team:	3600	60	29	23	8	163	2.72	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	RW	5	3	1	4	4
	LW	5	1	3	4	2
	LW	5	3	0	3	0
	C	5	1	2	3	2
	RW	5	2	0	2	0
	C/D	4	0	2	2	8
	LW	5	0	2	2	4
	D	5	0	1	1	8
	D	5	0	1	1	2
	D	5	0	1	1	2
	RW	4	0	1	1	0
	LW	4	0	0	0	2
	G	5	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	0
	C	3	0	0	0	0
	D	5	0	0	0	16
	C/LW	4	0	0	0	0
	RW	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	316	5	1	4	16	3.04	0
Team:	316	5	1	4	16	3.04	0

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See also

• 1948–49 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1948–49 Boston Bruins Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-11 . 1948-49 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.