League: | NHL |
Season: | 2014–15 |
Year: | 2014 |
Team: | Boston Bruins |
Conference: | Eastern |
Conferencerank: | 9th |
Division: | Atlantic |
Divisionrank: | 5th |
Record: | 41–27–14 |
Homerecord: | 24–10–7 |
Roadrecord: | 17–17–7 |
Goalsfor: | 213 |
Goalsagainst: | 211 |
Generalmanager: | Peter Chiarelli |
Coach: | Claude Julien |
Captain: | Zdeno Chara |
Altcaptain: | Patrice Bergeron Chris Kelly David Krejci |
Arena: | TD Garden |
Minorleague: | Providence Bruins (AHL) South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL) |
Attendance: | 17,565(100%)[1] (41 games) |
Goalsleader: | Brad Marchand (24) |
Assistsleader: | Dougie Hamilton and Patrice Bergeron (32) |
Pointsleader: | Patrice Bergeron (55) |
Plusminusleader: | Kevan Miller (+20) |
Pimleader: | Brad Marchand (95) |
Winsleader: | Tuukka Rask (34) |
Gaaleader: | Tuukka Rask (2.30) |
The 2014–15 Boston Bruins season was their 91st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924.[2] Despite earning 96 points, the Bruins did not qualify for the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs, ending their seven-season playoff streak. At the time, this was the most points ever by a team who did not qualify, surpassing the 95 points earned by the 2006–07 Colorado Avalanche and the 2010–11 Dallas Stars. The Bruins held this record for three seasons, until the 2017–18 Florida Panthers tied their record. The Montreal Canadiens achieved the same thing the next season.
On May 21, 2014, the Vancouver Canucks announced that Bruins assistant general manager Jim Benning had been hired as the Canucks' new general manager. Bruins' general manager Peter Chiarelli announced that he would be looking "internally and externally to replace that position".[3]
On June 27, Peter Chiarelli announced that club had promoted Scott Bradley to assistant general manager after he spent five seasons as the team's director of player personnel. Chiarelli also announced that Ryan Nadeau was promoted to director of hockey operations/analytics. The club also hired John Ferguson, Jr. as executive director of player personnel. Ferguson had previously been a part of the San Jose Sharks organization since 2008.[4]
Player | Explanation | Length | Salary | Date issued | |
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Making an obscene gesture during NHL Game No. 53 in Montreal on Thursday, October 16, 2014, at 19:40 of the third period. | – | $5,000.00 | October 17, 2014[5] | ||
Slew-footing New York Rangers forward Derick Brassard during NHL Game No. 644 in Boston on Thursday, January 15, 2015, at 14:30 of the second period. | 2 games | $48,387.10 | January 16, 2015[6] |
2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–1) | ||||||||||
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Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap | ||
1 | September 23 | Boston Bruins | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens | 21,287 | 0–1–0 | Recap | |||
2 | September 24 | Washington Capitals | 0–2 | Boston Bruins | 17,215 | 1–1–0 | Recap | |||
3 | September 26 | Boston Bruins | 4–5 | Washington Capitals | OT | 17,426 | 1–1–1 | Recap | ||
4 | September 27 | Boston Bruins | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings | Smith | 15,976 | 2–1–1 | Recap | ||
5 | September 30 | New York Islanders | 5–3 | Boston Bruins | Smith | 17,004 | 2–2–1 | Recap | ||
6 | October 3 | Boston Bruins | 6–1 | New York Islanders | Subban | 8,600 | 3–2–1 | Recap | ||
7 | October 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–3 | Boston Bruins | SO | 17,565 | 3–2–2 | Recap | ||
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Legend: |
Final
Player | data-sort-type="number" | ||||||
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81 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 2 | 44 | ||
81 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 1 | 14 | ||
81 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 13 | 81 | ||
82 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 10 | 26 | ||
77 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 5 | 95 | ||
72 | 10 | 32 | 42 | −3 | 41 | ||
81 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 7 | 20 | ||
78 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 13 | 20 | ||
47 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 7 | 22 | ||
80 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 6 | 48 | ||
46 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 12 | 8 | ||
63 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 42 | ||
29 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 2 | ||
82 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −1 | 34 | ||
71 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −9 | 12 | ||
70 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 45 | ||
30 | 6 | 4 | 10 | −2 | 6 | ||
41 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 15 | ||
63 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −2 | 85 | ||
27 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −2 | 0 | ||
23 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
47 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −6 | 37 | ||
‡ | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −5 | 7 | |
‡ | 32 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 2 | |
† | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 2 | |
† | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 10 | |
15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | ||
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
‡ | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 16 |
Player | |||||||||||||
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style=white-space:nowrap | 70 | 67 | 4063 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 156 | 2.30 | 2011 | 0.922 | 3 | ||
style=white-space:nowrap | 18 | 14 | 900 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 2.33 | 425 | 0.918 | 2 | ||
style=white-space:nowrap | 1 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5.81 | 6 | 0.500 | 0 |
Player | Award | Awarded | |
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NHL All-Star Game selection[8] | January 10, 2015 | ||
NHL Third Star of the Month[9] | February 2, 2015 |
Player | Milestone | Reached | |
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1st Career NHL Game | October 8, 2014 | ||
1st Career NHL Game | October 13, 2014 | ||
300th Career NHL Point | October 16, 2014 | ||
S. Griffith | 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | October 21, 2014 | |
S. Griffith | 1st Career NHL Assist | October 23, 2014 | |
1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point | October 28, 2014 | ||
1st Career NHL Game | October 30, 2014 | ||
400th Career NHL Point | October 30, 2014 | ||
200th Career NHL Point | October 30, 2014 | ||
M. Lucic | 500th Career NHL Game | November 6, 2014 | |
100th Career NHL Assist | November 15, 2014 | ||
100th Career NHL Game | November 21, 2014 | ||
100th Career NHL Game | November 22, 2014 | ||
1st Career NHL Game | November 24, 2014 | ||
J. Morrow | 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | November 24, 2014 | |
D. Pastrnak | 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point | December 1, 2014 | |
600th Career NHL Point | December 1, 2014 | ||
B. Marchand | 200th Career NHL Point | December 4, 2014 | |
B. Marchand | 100th Career NHL Goal | December 6, 2014 | |
1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | December 13, 2014 | ||
100th Career NHL Game | December 21, 2014 | ||
700th Career NHL Game | January 8, 2015 | ||
700th Career NHL Game | January 8, 2015 | ||
D. Pastrnak | 1st Career NHL Goal | January 10, 2015 | |
400th Career NHL Point | January 21, 2015 | ||
700th Career NHL Game | February 10, 2015 | ||
1st Career NHL Game | February 20, 2015 | ||
1st Career NHL Game | February 20, 2015 | ||
200th Career NHL Goal | February 22, 2015 | ||
1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point | February 22, 2015 | ||
1st Career NHL Goal | February 27, 2015 | ||
M. Lucic | 200th Career NHL Assist | March 10, 2015 | |
Z. Trotman | 1st Career NHL Goal | April 2, 2015 | |
100th Career NHL Point | April 2, 2015 | ||
R. Smith | 200th Career NHL Game | April 4, 2015 |
The Bruins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season:
October 4, 2014[10] | To New York Islanders Johnny Boychuk | To Boston Bruins PHI's 2nd-round pick in 2015 NYI's 2nd-round pick in 2016 conditional 3rd-round pick in 2015 | |
March 2, 2015[11] | To Tampa Bay Lightning 2nd-round pick in 2015 2nd-round pick in 2016 | To Boston Bruins Brett Connolly | |
March 2, 2015 | To Colorado Avalanche Jordan Caron 6th-round pick in 2016 | To Boston Bruins Maxime Talbot Paul Carey | |
March 2, 2015 | To Minnesota Wild Jared Knight | To Boston Bruins Zack Phillips | |
June 25, 2015[12] | To Colorado Avalanche Carl Soderberg (rights) | To Boston Bruins BOS's 6th-round pick in 2016 |
Date | Player | New team | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) | Ref | |
July 1, 2014 | 2 years, $2.6 million | [21] | |||
July 1, 2014 | 2 years, $2.4 million | [22] | |||
July 1, 2014 | 1 year, $4.125 million | [23] | |||
July 1, 2014 | 3 years, $16 million | [24] | |||
July 1, 2014 | 1 year, $550,000 | [25] | |||
September 5, 2014 | 1 year | [26] |
Player | New team | Date | |
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Matt Fraser[27] | December 29, 2014 | ||
Craig Cunningham[28] | March 2, 2015 |
Date | Player | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) | Ref | |
July 15, 2014 | 1 year, $1.25 million | [29] | ||
July 15, 2014 | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract | |||
July 16, 2014 | 1 year, $600,000 | [30] | ||
July 18, 2014 | 1 year, $600,000 | |||
July 18, 2014 | 1 year, $600,000 | |||
July 18, 2014 | 1 year, $600,000 | |||
July 18, 2014 | Tyler Randell | 1 year, $575,000 | ||
July 18, 2014 | 2 years, $1.25 million | |||
July 24, 2014 | 1 year, $600,000 | [31] | ||
September 4, 2014 | 6 years, $43.5 million contract extension | [32] | ||
September 5, 2014 | 1 year, $625,000 | [33] | ||
September 29, 2014 | 1 year, $1.4 million | [34] | ||
September 29, 2014 | 1 year, $1.4 million | |||
March 6, 2015 | Reilly Smith | 2 years, $6.85 million contract extension | [35] | |
March 6, 2015 | Torey Krug | 1 year, $3.4 million contract extension | ||
May 29, 2015 | 3 years, entry-level contract | [36] | ||
June 18, 2015 | 1 year, $600,000 | [37] | ||
June 18, 2015 | 1 year, $600,000 | |||
June 23, 2015 | 2 years, entry-level contract | [38] |
See also: List of Boston Bruins draft picks. Below are the Boston Bruins' selections made at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[40]
Round | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) | ||
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1 | 25 | David Pastrnak | (RW) | Czech Republic | Sodertalje SK (HockeyAllsvenskan) | |
2 | 56 | Ryan Donato | (C) | United States | Dexter School (USHS–MA) | |
4 | 116 | Danton Heinen | (F) | Canada | Surrey Eagles (BCHL) | |
5 | 146 | Anders Bjork | (LW) | United States | US NTDP (USHL) | |
7 | 206 | Emil Johansson | D | Sweden | HV71 Jr. (Sweden-Jr.) |