2014–15 Boston Bruins season

2014–15 Boston Bruins
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	9th Eastern
2014–15 record	41–27–14
Home record	24–10–7
Road record	17–17–7
Goals for	213
Goals against	211
Team information
General Manager	Peter Chiarelli
Coach	Claude Julien
Captain	Zdeno Chara
Alternate captains	Patrice Bergeron Chris Kelly David Krejci
Arena	TD Garden
Average attendance	17,565(100%) (41 games)
Minor league affiliations	Providence Bruins (AHL) South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Brad Marchand (24)
Assists	Dougie Hamilton Patrice Bergeron (32)
Points	Patrice Bergeron (55)
Penalties in minutes	Brad Marchand (95)
Plus/minus	(+): Kevan Miller (20) (−): Daniel Paille (−9)
Wins	Tuukka Rask (34)
Goals against average	Tuukka Rask (2.30)
<2013–14	2015–16>

The 2014–15 Boston Bruins season was the 91st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924. Despite earning 96 points, the Bruins did not qualify for the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs, ending their seven-season playoff streak. This is 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.

Off-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."
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.

Standings

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Milan Lucic	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
Brad Marchand	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

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 23	Boston Bruins	2–3	Montreal Canadiens		Subban	21,287	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 24	Washington Capitals	0–2	Boston Bruins		Smith	17,215	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 26	Boston Bruins	4–5	Washington Capitals	OT	Svedberg	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	Rask	17,565	3–2–2	Recap
Notes: a Game was played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Regular season

2014–15 Game Log
October: 6–6–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Philadelphia Flyers 1–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 9 Boston Bruins 1–2 Detroit Red Wings Rask 20,027 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 11 Washington Capitals 4–0 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 13 Colorado Avalanche 2–1 Boston Bruins Svedberg 17,565 1–3–0 2 Recap 5 October 15 Boston Bruins 3–2 Detroit Red Wings SO Rask 20,027 2–3–0 4 Recap 6 October 16 Boston Bruins 4–6 Montreal Canadiens Rask 21,287 2–4–0 4 Recap 7 October 18 Boston Bruins 4–0 Buffalo Sabres Svedberg 18,685 3–4–0 6 Recap 8 October 21 San Jose Sharks 3–5 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 4–4–0 8 Recap 9 October 23 New York Islanders 3–2 Boston Bruins Svedberg 17,565 4–5–0 8 Recap 10 October 25 Boston Bruins 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs Rask 19,132 5–5–0 10 Recap 11 October 28 Minnesota Wild 4–3 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 5–6–0 10 Recap 12 October 30 Boston Bruins 3–2 Buffalo Sabres OT Svedberg 17,477 6–6–0 12 Recap
November: 7–3–1 (Home: 6–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Ottawa Senators 2–4 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 7–6–0 14 Recap 14 November 4 Florida Panthers 1–2 Boston Bruins OT Rask 17,565 8–6–0 16 Recap 15 November 6 Edmonton Oilers 2–5 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 9–6–0 18 Recap 16 November 10 New Jersey Devils 2–4 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 10–6–0 20 Recap 17 November 12 Boston Bruins 1–6 Toronto Maple Leafs Rask 19,264 10–7–0 20 Recap 18 November 13 Boston Bruins 1–5 Montreal Canadiens Svedberg 21,287 10–8–0 20 Recap 19 November 15 Carolina Hurricanes 1–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 11–8–0 22 Recap 20 November 18 St. Louis Blues 0–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 12–8–0 24 Recap 21 November 21 Boston Bruins 4–3 Columbus Blue Jackets SO Svedberg 15,030 13–8–0 26 Recap 22 November 22 Montreal Canadiens 2–0 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 13–9–0 26 Recap 23 November 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 Boston Bruins OT Rask 17,565 13–9–1 27 Recap 24 November 28 Winnipeg Jets 1–2 Boston Bruins OT Rask 17,565 14–9–1 29 Recap
December: 5–6–3 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 2–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Boston Bruins 2–3 Anaheim Ducks Rask 16,457 14–10–1 29 Recap 26 December 2 Boston Bruins 0–2 Los Angeles Kings Svedberg 18,230 14–11–1 29 Recap 27 December 4 Boston Bruins 4–7 San Jose Sharks Rask 17,404 14–12–1 29 Recap 28 December 6 Boston Bruins 5–2 Arizona Coyotes Rask 13,114 15–12–1 31 Recap 29 December 11 Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 15–13–1 31 Recap 30 December 13 Ottawa Senators 3–2 Boston Bruins SO Rask 17,565 15–13–2 32 Recap 31 December 16 Boston Bruins 2–3 Nashville Predators SO Rask 17,113 15–13–3 33 Recap 32 December 17 Boston Bruins 3–2 Minnesota Wild OT Svedberg 18,841 16–13–3 35 Recap 33 December 19 Boston Bruins 1–2 Winnipeg Jets Rask 15,016 16–14–3 35 Recap 34 December 21 Buffalo Sabres 3–4 Boston Bruins OT Rask 17,565 17–14–3 37 Recap 35 December 23 Nashville Predators 3–5 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 18–14–3 39 Recap 36 December 27 Boston Bruins 2–6 Columbus Blue Jackets Rask 16,795 18–15–3 39 Recap 37 December 29 Detroit Red Wings 2–5 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 19–15–3 41 Recap 38 December 31 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 Boston Bruins SO Rask 17,565 19–15–4 42 Recap
January: 8–1–3 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 4–0–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 3 Ottawa Senators 3–2 Boston Bruins OT Rask 17,565 19–15–5 43 Recap 40 January 4 Boston Bruins 1–2 Carolina Hurricanes SO Rask 17,212 19–15–6 44 Recap 41 January 7 Boston Bruins 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins OT Rask 18,650 20–15–6 46 Recap 42 January 8 New Jersey Devils 0–3 Boston Bruins Svedberg 17,565 21–15–6 48 Recap 43 January 10 Boston Bruins 3–1 Philadelphia Flyers Rask 19,907 22–15–6 50 Recap 44 January 13 Tampa Bay Lightning 3–4 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 23–15–6 52 Recap 45 January 15 New York Rangers 0–3 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 24–15–6 54 Recap 46 January 17 Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 24–16–6 54 Recap 47 January 20 Boston Bruins 3–1 Dallas Stars Rask 17,432 25–16–6 56 Recap 48 January 21 Boston Bruins 2–3 Colorado Avalanche SO Rask 16,832 25–16–7 57 Recap 49 January 29 Boston Bruins 5–2 New York Islanders Rask 16,170 26–16–7 59 Recap 50 January 31 Los Angeles Kings 1–3 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 27–16–7 61 Recap
February: 4–6–2 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 4 Boston Bruins 2–3 New York Rangers Rask 18,006 27–17–7 61 Recap 52 February 7 New York Islanders 1–2 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 28–17–7 63 Recap 53 February 8 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 28–18–7 63 Recap 54 February 10 Dallas Stars 5–3 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 28–19–7 63 Recap 55 February 13 Boston Bruins 2–5 Vancouver Canucks Rask 18,870 28–20–7 63 Recap 56 February 16 Boston Bruins 3–4 Calgary Flames OT Rask 19,289 28–20–8 64 Recap 57 February 18 Boston Bruins 3–4 Edmonton Oilers SO Rask 16,839 28–20–9 65 Recap 58 February 20 Boston Bruins 1–5 St. Louis Blues Subban 19,172 28–21–9 65 Recap 59 February 22 Boston Bruins 6–2 Chicago Blackhawks Rask 22,104 29–21–9 67 Recap 60 February 24 Vancouver Canucks 2–1 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 29–22–9 67 Recap 61 February 27 Boston Bruins 3–2 New Jersey Devils OT Svedberg 16,592 30–22–9 69 Recap 62 February 28 Arizona Coyotes 1–4 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 31–22–9 71 Recap
March: 8–3–4 (Home: 5–0–3 ; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 5 Calgary Flames 4–3 Boston Bruins SO Rask 19,289 31–22–10 72 Recap 64 March 7 Philadelphia Flyers 2–3 Boston Bruins OT Rask 17,565 32–22–10 74 Recap 65 March 8 Detroit Red Wings 3–5 Boston Bruins Svedberg 17,565 33–22–10 76 Recap 66 March 10 Boston Bruins 3–1 Ottawa Senators Rask 18,961 34–22–10 78 Recap 67 March 12 Tampa Bay Lightning 2–3 Boston Bruins SO Rask 17,565 35–22–10 80 Recap 68 March 14 Boston Bruins 2–0 Pittsburgh Penguins Rask 18,651 36–22–10 82 Recap 69 March 15 Boston Bruins 0–2 Washington Capitals Rask 18,506 36–23–10 82 Recap 70 March 17 Buffalo Sabres 2–1 Boston Bruins SO Svedberg 17,565 36–23–11 83 Recap 71 March 19 Boston Bruins 4–6 Ottawa Senators Rask 19,270 36–24–11 83 Recap 72 March 21 Boston Bruins 1–2 Florida Panthers SO Rask 17,044 36–24–12 84 Recap 73 March 22 Boston Bruins 3–5 Tampa Bay Lightning Rask 19,204 36–25–12 84 Recap 74 March 26 Anaheim Ducks 3–2 Boston Bruins OT Rask 17,565 36–25–13 85 Recap 75 March 28 New York Rangers 2–4 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 37–25–13 87 Recap 76 March 29 Boston Bruins 2–1 Carolina Hurricanes OT Rask 14,275 38–25–13 89 Recap 77 March 31 Florida Panthers 2–3 Boston Bruins Rask 17,565 39–25–13 91 Recap
April: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 2 Boston Bruins 3–2 Detroit Red Wings Rask 20,027 40–25–13 93 Recap 79 April 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–2 Boston Bruins SO Rask 17,565 41–25–13 95 Recap 80 April 8 Boston Bruins 0–3 Washington Capitals Rask 18,506 41–26–13 95 Recap 81 April 9 Boston Bruins 2–4 Florida Panthers Rask 11,778 41–27–13 95 Recap 82 April 11 Boston Bruins 2–3 Tampa Bay Lightning SO Rask 19,204 41–27–14 96 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player stats

Final

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Patrice Bergeron	81	23	32	55	2	44
Loui Eriksson	81	22	25	47	1	14
Carl Soderberg	82	13	31	44	10	26
Milan Lucic	81	18	26	44	13	81
Brad Marchand	77	24	18	42	5	95
Dougie Hamilton	72	10	32	42	−3	41
Reilly Smith	81	13	27	40	7	20
Torey Krug	78	12	27	39	13	20
David Krejci	47	7	24	31	7	22
Chris Kelly	80	7	21	28	6	48
David Pastrnak	46	10	17	27	12	8
Zdeno Chara	63	8	12	20	0	42
Ryan Spooner	29	8	10	18	2	2
Dennis Seidenberg	82	3	11	14	−1	34
Daniel Paille	71	6	7	13	−9	12
Gregory Campbell	70	6	6	12	1	45
Seth Griffith	30	6	4	10	−2	6
Adam McQuaid	63	1	6	7	−2	85
Kevan Miller	41	2	5	7	20	15
Zach Trotman	27	1	4	5	−2	0
Matt Bartkowski	47	0	4	4	−6	37
Simon Gagne	23	3	1	4	0	4
Max Talbot†	18	0	3	3	−3	2
Matt Fraser‡	24	3	0	3	−5	7
Craig Cunningham‡	32	2	1	3	−4	2
Brett Connolly†	5	0	2	2	−1	10
David Warsofsky	4	0	1	1	1	0
Brian Ferlin	7	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Morrow	15	1	0	1	3	4
Bobby Robins	3	0	0	0	0	14
Alexander Khokhlachev	3	0	0	0	−2	0
Matt Lindblad	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Caron‡	11	0	0	0	−1	16
Tuukka Rask(G)	70	0	0	0	—	8
Niklas Svedberg(G)	18	0	0	0	—	0
Malcolm Subban(G)	1	0	0	0	—	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Tuukka Rask	70	67	4063	34	21	13	156	2.30	2011	0.922	3
Niklas Svedberg	18	14	900	7	5	1	35	2.33	425	0.918	2
Malcolm Subban	1	1	31	0	1	0	3	5.81	6	0.500	0

• ^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Bruins. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
• ^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
• ^(G)Denotes goaltender.

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular Season

Player	Award	Awarded
P. Bergeron	NHL All-Star Game selection	January 10, 2015
T. Rask	NHL Third Star of the Month	February 2, 2015

Milestones

Regular Season

Player	Milestone	Reached
B. Robins	1st Career NHL Game	October 8, 2014
S. Griffith	1st Career NHL Game	October 13, 2014
M. Lucic	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
Z. Trotman	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	October 28, 2014
J. Morrow	1st Career NHL Game	October 30, 2014
L. Eriksson	400th Career NHL Point	October 30, 2014
D. Seidenberg	200th Career NHL Point	October 30, 2014
M. Lucic	500th Career NHL Game	November 6, 2014
B. Marchand	100th Career NHL Assist	November 15, 2014
C. Soderberg	100th Career NHL Game	November 21, 2014
T. Krug	100th Career NHL Game	November 22, 2014
D. Pastrnak	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
S. Gagne	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
C. Cunningham	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	December 13, 2014
M. Bartkowski	100th Career NHL Game	December 21, 2014
C. Kelly	700th Career NHL Game	January 8, 2015
P. Bergeron	700th Career NHL Game	January 8, 2015
D. Pastrnak	1st Career NHL Goal	January 10, 2015
D. Krejci	400th Career NHL Point	January 21, 2015
G. Campbell	700th Career NHL Game	February 10, 2015
B. Ferlin	1st Career NHL Game	February 20, 2015
M. Subban	1st Career NHL Game	February 20, 2015
P. Bergeron	200th Career NHL Goal	February 22, 2015
B. Ferlin	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	February 22, 2015
R. Spooner	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
R. Smith	100th Career NHL Point	April 2, 2015
R. Smith	200th Career NHL Game	April 4, 2015

Transactions

The Bruins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season:

Trades

October 4, 2014	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	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	To Colorado Avalanche Carl Soderberg (rights)	To Boston Bruins BOS's 6th-round pick in 2016

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014	Christopher Breen	Calgary Flames	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2014	Jeremy Smith	Springfield Falcons	1 year, $550,000
October 14, 2014	Simon Gagne	Philadelphia Flyers	1 year, $600,000
March 5, 2015	Justin Hickman	Seattle Thunderbirds	entry-level contract
March 12, 2015	Frank Vatrano	University of Massachusetts	entry-level contract
April 1, 2015	Austin Czarnik	Miami University (Ohio)	entry-level contract
May 21, 2015	Joonas Kemppainen	Karpat	1 year, $700,000
June 8, 2015	Noel Acciari	Providence College	entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014	Chad Johnson	New York Islanders	2 years, $2.6 million
July 1, 2014	Shawn Thornton	Florida Panthers	2 years, $2.4 million
July 1, 2014	Andrej Meszaros	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $4.125 million
July 1, 2014	Jarome Iginla	Colorado Avalanche	3 years, $16 million
July 1, 2014	Mike Moore	Washington Capitals	1 year, $550,000
September 5, 2014	Corey Potter	Calgary Flames	1 year

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date
Matt Fraser	Edmonton Oilers	December 29, 2014
Craig Cunningham	Arizona Coyotes	March 2, 2015

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 15, 2014	Matt Bartkowski	1 year, $1.25 million
July 15, 2014	David Pastrnak	3 year, $2.775 million entry-level contract
July 16, 2014	Jordan Caron	1 year, $600,000
July 18, 2014	Tommy Cross	1 year, $600,000
July 18, 2014	Craig Cunningham	1 year, $600,000
July 18, 2014	Justin Florek	1 year, $600,000
July 18, 2014	Tyler Randell	1 year, $575,000
July 18, 2014	Zach Trotman	2 years, $1.25 million
July 24, 2014	David Warsofsky	1 year, $600,000
September 4, 2014	David Krejci	6 years, $43.5 million contract extension
September 5, 2014	Matt Fraser	1 year, $625,000
September 29, 2014	Reilly Smith	1 year, $1.4 million
September 29, 2014	Torey Krug	1 year, $1.4 million
March 6, 2015	Reilly Smith	2 years, $6.85 million contract extension
March 6, 2015	Torey Krug	1 year, $3.4 million contract extension
May 29, 2015	Anton Blidh	3 years, entry-level contract
June 18, 2015	Tommy Cross	1 year, $600,000
June 18, 2015	Tyler Randell	1 year, $600,000
June 23, 2015	Zane McIntyre	2 years, entry-level contract

Other

Name	Date	Details
Joe Sacco	July 24, 2014	Named as an Assistant Coach

Draft picks

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.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
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.)

Draft notes

• Boston’s third-round pick will go to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014, that sent Andrej Meszaros to Boston in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Philadelphia will receive a third-round pick in 2014 if Meszaros does not re-sign with Boston prior to the 2014 NHL Entry Draft – was converted on June 27, 2014.
• Boston's sixth-round pick will go to the St. Louis Blues, as the result of a trade on April 3, 2013, that sent Wade Redden to Boston, in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – St. Louis will receive a sixth-round pick in 2014 if Redden appears in one playoff game in 2013 for the Bruins – was converted on May 1, 2013.

References