2019–20 Boston Bruins season

The 2019–20 Boston Bruins season is the 96th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924.[1] The Bruins entered the season as the defending Eastern Conference champions.

2019–20 Boston Bruins
Presidents' Trophy winners
Atlantic Division champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	1st Eastern
2019–20 record	44–14–12
Home record	22–4–9
Road record	22–10–3
Goals for	227
Goals against	174
Team information
General Manager	Don Sweeney
Coach	Bruce Cassidy
Captain	Zdeno Chara
Alternate captains	David Backes (Oct–Jan) Patrice Bergeron David Krejci
Arena	TD Garden
Minor league affiliate(s)	Providence Bruins (AHL) Atlanta Gladiators (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	David Pastrnak (48)
Assists	Brad Marchand (59)
Points	David Pastrnak (95)
Penalty minutes	Brad Marchand (82)
Plus/minus	Zdeno Chara (+26)
Wins	Tuukka Rask (26)
Goals against average	Tuukka Rask (2.12)

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled, while the Bruins were awarded the Presidents' Trophy.[4]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	100
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	92
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	81
4	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	78
5	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	71
6	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	68
7	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	62
8	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	39

Source: National Hockey League[5]
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy.

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	.714	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[6]
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	.657
3	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	.652
4	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	.645
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	.623	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[6]
6	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	.596
7	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	.588
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	.579
9	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	.579
10	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	.565
11	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	.564
12	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	.500
13	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	.493
14	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	.493
15	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	.437
16	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	.275

Source: NHL Eastern Conference Points percentage

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.[7]

2019 preseason game log: 4–0–2 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–0–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 16	Boston	3–4	New Jersey	OT	Vladar	8,652	0–0–1	Recap
2	September 19	Boston	3–1	Philadelphia		Halak	16,826	1–0–1	Recap
3	September 21	Boston	2–3	Chicago	OT	Keyser	20,611	1–0–2	Recap
4	September 23	Philadelphia	3–4	Boston	OT	Vladar	17,565	2–0–2	Recap
5	September 25	New Jersey	0–2	Boston		Halak	17,565	3–0–2	Recap
6	September 28	Chicago	2–8	Boston		Rask	17,565	4–0–2	Recap

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.[8]

2019–20 game log
October: 9–1–2 (Home: 5–0–1 ; Road: 4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Boston 2–1 Dallas Rask 18,532 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 5 Boston 1–0 Arizona Halak 17,125 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 8 Boston 4–3 Vegas Rask 18,223 3–0–0 6 Recap 4 October 10 Boston 2–4 Colorado Halak 18,045 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 12 New Jersey 0–3 Boston Rask 17,193 4–1–0 8 Recap 6 October 14 Anaheim 2–4 Boston Halak 17,193 5–1–0 10 Recap 7 October 17 Tampa Bay 4–3 Boston SO Rask 17,193 5–1–1 11 Recap 8 October 19 Boston 3–4 Toronto OT Halak 19,394 5–1–2 12 Recap 9 October 22 Toronto 2–4 Boston Rask 17,193 6–1–2 14 Recap 10 October 26 St. Louis 0–3 Boston Rask 17,193 7–1–2 16 Recap 11 October 27 Boston 7–4 NY Rangers Halak 17,144 8–1–2 18 Recap 12 October 29 San Jose 1–5 Boston Rask 17,193 9–1–2 20 Recap
November: 9–2–3 (Home: 5–0–3 ; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 2 Ottawa 2–5 Boston Rask 17,191 10–1–2 22 Recap 14 November 4 Pittsburgh 4–6 Boston Halak 17,193 11–1–2 24 Recap 15 November 5 Boston 4–5 Montreal Rask 21,302 11–2–2 24 Recap 16 November 8 Boston 2–4 Detroit Rask 19,515 11–3–2 24 Recap 17 November 10 Philadelphia 3–2 Boston SO Halak 17,193 11–3–3 25 Recap 18 November 12 Florida 5–4 Boston SO Rask 17,850 11–3–4 26 Recap 19 November 15 Boston 4–2 Toronto Rask 19,434 12–3–4 28 Recap 20 November 16 Washington 3–2 Boston SO Halak 17,850 12–3–5 29 Recap 21 November 19 Boston 5–1 New Jersey Rask 15,061 13–3–5 31 Recap 22 November 21 Buffalo 2–3 Boston Rask 17,850 14–3–5 33 Recap 23 November 23 Minnesota 4–5 Boston OT Rask 17,850 15–3–5 35 Recap 24 November 26 Boston 8–1 Montreal Halak 21,302 16–3–5 37 Recap 25 November 27 Boston 2–1 Ottawa Rask 13,336 17–3–5 39 Recap 26 November 29 NY Rangers 2–3 Boston OT Halak 17,850 18–3–5 41 Recap
December: 6–4–5 (Home: 4–1–4 ; Road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 1 Montreal 1–3 Boston Rask 17,850 19–3–5 43 Recap 28 December 3 Carolina 0–2 Boston Halak 17,850 20–3–5 45 Recap 29 December 5 Chicago 4–3 Boston OT Rask 17,850 20–3–6 46 Recap 30 December 7 Colorado 4–1 Boston Halak 17,850 20–4–6 46 Recap 31 December 9 Boston 2–5 Ottawa Rask 13,894 20–5–6 46 Recap 32 December 11 Boston 2–3 Washington Halak 18,573 20–6–6 46 Recap 33 December 12 Boston 2–3 Tampa Bay Rask 19,092 20–7–6 46 Recap 34 December 14 Boston 4–2 Florida Halak 15,157 21–7–6 48 Recap 35 December 17 Los Angeles 4–3 Boston OT Rask 17,850 21–7–7 49 Recap 36 December 19 NY Islanders 3–2 Boston SO Rask 17,850 21–7–8 50 Recap 37 December 21 Nashville 4–3 Boston OT Halak 17,850 21–7–9 51 Recap 38 December 23 Washington 3–7 Boston Rask 17,850 22–7–9 53 Recap 39 December 27 Boston 3–0 Buffalo Halak 19,070 23–7–9 55 Recap 40 December 29 Buffalo 2–3 Boston Rask 17,850 24–7–9 57 Recap 41 December 31 Boston 2–3 New Jersey SO Halak 16,514 24–7–10 58 Recap
January: 6–3–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 2 Columbus 2–1 Boston OT Rask 17,850 24–7–11 59 Recap 43 January 4 Edmonton 4–1 Boston Halak 17,850 24–8–11 59 Recap 44 January 7 Boston 6–2 Nashville Rask 17,623 25–8–11 61 Recap 45 January 9 Winnipeg 4–5 Boston Halak 17,850 26–8–11 63 Recap 46 January 11 Boston 3–2 NY Islanders OT Rask 14,962 27–8–11 65 Recap 47 January 13 Boston 5–6 Philadelphia SO Halak 19,246 27–8–12 66 Recap 48 January 14 Boston 0–3 Columbus Halak 17,349 27–9–12 66 Recap 49 January 16 Pittsburgh 1–4 Boston Halak 17,850 28–9–12 68 Recap 50 January 19 Boston 3–4 Pittsburgh Halak 18,655 28–10–12 68 Recap 51 January 21 Vegas 2–3 Boston Halak 17,850 29–10–12 70 Recap 52 January 31 Boston 2–1 Winnipeg Rask 15,325 30–10–12 72 Recap
February: 11–3–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 6–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 1 Boston 6–1 Minnesota Halak 18,009 31–10–12 74 Recap 54 February 4 Vancouver 0–4 Boston Rask 17,850 32–10–12 76 Recap 55 February 5 Boston 2–1 Chicago OT Halak 21,472 33–10–12 78 Recap 56 February 8 Arizona 2–4 Boston Rask 17,850 34–10–12 80 Recap 57 February 9 Boston 1–3 Detroit Rask 19,515 34–11–12 80 Recap 58 February 12 Montreal 1–4 Boston Rask 17,850 35–11–12 82 Recap 59 February 15 Detroit 1–4 Boston Rask 17,850 36–11–12 84 Recap 60 February 16 Boston 3–1 NY Rangers Halak 18,006 37–11–12 86 Recap 61 February 19 Boston 2–1 Edmonton OT Rask 17,804 38–11–12 88 Recap 62 February 21 Boston 4–3 Calgary Halak 19,289 39–11–12 90 Recap 63 February 22 Boston 3–9 Vancouver Rask 18,871 39–12–12 90 Recap 64 February 25 Calgary 5–2 Boston Rask 17,850 39–13–12 90 Recap 65 February 27 Dallas 3–4 Boston Halak 17,850 40–13–12 92 Recap 66 February 29 Boston 4–0 NY Islanders Rask 13,917 41–13–12 94 Recap
March: 3–1–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 67 March 3 Boston 2–1 Tampa Bay Rask 19,092 42–13–12 96 Recap 68 March 5 Boston 2–1 Florida OT Halak 15,577 43–13–12 98 Recap 69 March 7 Tampa Bay 5–3 Boston Rask 17,850 43–14–12 98 Recap 70 March 10 Boston 2–0 Philadelphia Rask 19,689 44–14–12 100 Recap
Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 71 March 13 Boston Buffalo 72 March 14 Toronto Boston 73 March 16 Columbus Boston 74 March 18 Boston Anaheim 75 March 19 Boston Los Angeles 76 March 21 Boston San Jose 77 March 24 Detroit Boston 78 March 26 Ottawa Boston 79 March 28 Florida Boston 80 March 31 Boston Carolina 81 April 2 Boston St. Louis 82 April 4 Carolina Boston
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Bruins played in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed for the playoffs. Boston finished with a 0–3–0 record to clinch the fourth seed for the playoffs.[9]

The Bruins will face the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round.[10]

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference Seeding Round-robin # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 1 August 2 Philadelphia 4–1 Boston Halak 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 August 5 Tampa Bay 3–2 Boston Rask 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 August 9 Boston 1–2 Washington Rask 0–3–0 0 Recap
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (5) Carolina Hurricanes: Boston leads 3–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 12 Carolina 3–4 Boston 2OT Rask 1–0 Recap 2 August 13 Carolina 3–2 Boston Rask 1–1 Recap 3 August 15 Boston 3–1 Carolina Halak 2–1 Recap 4 August 17 Boston 4–3 Carolina Halak 3–1 Recap 5 August 19 Carolina – Boston 6 August 20 Boston – Carolina (if necessary) 7 August 23 Carolina – Boston (if necessary)
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of August 9, 2020

Skaters

Regular season[11] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM David Pastrnak 70 48 47 95 21 40 Brad Marchand 70 28 59 87 25 82 Patrice Bergeron 61 31 25 56 23 28 Torey Krug 61 9 40 49 −4 33 David Krejci 61 13 30 43 14 23 Charlie Coyle 70 16 21 37 9 21 Jake DeBrusk 65 19 16 35 −1 14 Charlie McAvoy 67 5 27 32 24 41 Sean Kuraly 69 6 17 23 −2 34 Danton Heinen^‡ 58 7 15 22 3 8 Matt Grzelcyk 68 4 17 21 15 34 Anders Bjork 58 9 10 19 5 10 Brandon Carlo 67 4 15 19 16 33 Zdeno Chara 68 5 9 14 26 60 Chris Wagner 67 6 4 10 −8 47 Joakim Nordstrom 48 4 3 7 −6 17 Par Lindholm 40 3 3 6 6 4 Brett Ritchie 27 2 4 6 −3 21 Karson Kuhlman 25 1 5 6 3 13 John Moore 24 2 1 3 −2 11 David Backes^‡ 16 1 2 3 −2 16 Connor Clifton 31 2 0 2 4 12 Jeremy Lauzon 19 1 1 2 5 29 Nick Ritchie^† 7 1 1 2 −2 19 Steven Kampfer 10 0 2 2 2 2 Zachary Senyshyn 4 0 2 2 1 0 Ondrej Kase^† 6 0 1 1 0 4 Jack Studnicka 2 0 1 1 2 2 Peter Cehlarik 3 0 1 1 −1 2 Brendan Gaunce 1 0 1 1 1 2 Trent Frederic 2 0 0 0 −1 0 Urho Vaakanainen 5 0 0 0 2 0 Paul Carey 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Anton Blidh 7 0 0 0 −1 0 Cameron Hughes 1 0 0 0 −1 0

Playoffs[12] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Chris Wagner 3 2 0 2 0 0 Charlie McAvoy 3 1 1 2 −1 4 Jake DeBrusk 3 1 0 1 1 2 Ondrej Kase 1 0 1 1 1 0 Torey Krug 3 0 1 1 −2 7 Sean Kuraly 3 0 1 1 −1 2 Joakim Nordstrom 3 0 1 1 0 0 David Krejci 3 0 1 1 0 2 Patrice Bergeron 3 0 1 1 −1 0 Zdeno Chara 3 0 1 1 −2 0 Charlie Coyle 3 0 0 0 −2 0 Brad Marchand 3 0 0 0 −3 0 Nick Ritchie 2 0 0 0 0 0 David Pastrnak 3 0 0 0 −3 0 Anders Bjork 3 0 0 0 −2 0 Brandon Carlo 3 0 0 0 −1 4 Jeremy Lauzon 3 0 0 0 −1 14 Karson Kuhlman 2 0 0 0 −1 0 Matt Grzelcyk 2 0 0 0 −1 0 Connor Clifton 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Jack Studnicka 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season[13]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Tuukka Rask	41	41	2,401:47	26	8	6	85	2.12	1,189	.929	5	0	2	0
Jaroslav Halak	31	29	1,833:22	18	6	6	73	2.39	905	.919	3	0	2	0

Playoffs[14]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Tuukka Rask	2	2	117:35	0	2	0	5	2.55	60	.917	0	0	0	0
Jaroslav Halak	1	1	55:49	0	1	0	4	4.30	29	.862	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Bruins. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Roster

Updated August 1, 2020[15][16]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
37		Patrice Bergeron (A)	C	R	35	2003	L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec
10		Anders Bjork	LW	L	24	2014	Mequon, Wisconsin
25		Brandon Carlo	D	R	23	2015	Colorado Springs, Colorado
33		Zdeno Chara (C)	D	L	43	2006	Trenčín, Czechoslovakia
75		Connor Clifton	D	R	25	2018	Long Branch, New Jersey
13		Charlie Coyle	C	R	28	2019	Weymouth, Massachusetts
74		Jake DeBrusk	LW	L	23	2015	Edmonton, Alberta
82		Trent Frederic	C	L	22	2016	St. Louis, Missouri
48		Matt Grzelcyk	D	L	26	2012	Charlestown, Massachusetts
41		Jaroslav Halak	G	L	35	2018	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
28		Ondrej Kase	RW	R	24	2020	Kadaň, Czech Republic
46		David Krejci (A)	C	R	34	2004	Šternberk, Czechoslovakia
47		Torey Krug	D	L	29	2012	Livonia, Michigan
83		Karson Kuhlman	C	R	24	2018	Esko, Minnesota
52		Sean Kuraly	C	L	27	2015	Dublin, Ohio
35		Maxime Lagace	G	L	27	2019	Longueuil, Quebec
79		Jeremy Lauzon	D	L	23	2015	Val-d'Or, Quebec
26		Par Lindholm	C	L	28	2019	Kusmark, Sweden
63		Brad Marchand	LW	L	32	2006	Halifax, Nova Scotia
73		Charlie McAvoy	D	R	22	2016	Long Beach, New York
86		Kevan Miller	D	R	32	2011	Santa Clarita, California
27		John Moore	D	L	29	2018	Chicago, Illinois
20		Joakim Nordstrom	C	L	28	2018	Stockholm, Sweden
88		David Pastrnak	RW	R	24	2014	Havířov, Czech Republic
40		Tuukka Rask	G	L	33	2006	Savonlinna, Finland
21		Nick Ritchie	LW	L	24	2020	Orangeville, Ontario
19		Zachary Senyshyn	RW	R	23	2015	Ottawa, Ontario
68		Jack Studnicka	C	R	21	2017	Windsor, Ontario
58		Urho Vaakanainen	D	L	21	2017	Joensuu, Finland
80		Dan Vladar	G	L	22	2015	Prague, Czech Republic
14		Chris Wagner	RW	R	29	2018	Walpole, Massachusetts
67		Jakub Zboril	D	L	23	2015	Brno, Czech Republic

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