1937–38 Boston Bruins season

1937–38 Boston Bruins
American Division champions
Division	1st American
1937–38 record	30–11–7
Goals for	142
Goals against	89
Team information
General manager	Art Ross
Coach	Art Ross
Captain	Cooney Weiland
Team leaders
Goals	Bobby Bauer (20)
Assists	Bill Cowley (22)
Points	Bill Cowley (39)
Penalty minutes	Flash Hollett (54)
Wins	Tiny Thompson (30)
Goals against average	Tiny Thompson (1.80)

The 1937–38 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 14th season in the NHL.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	48	30	11	7	142	89	67
New York Rangers	48	27	15	6	149	96	60
Chicago Black Hawks	48	14	25	9	97	139	37
Detroit Red Wings	48	12	25	11	99	133	35

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Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Vs. American Division 1937–38 NHL records[2] Team BOS CHI DET NYR Total Boston — 6–2 5–2–1 5–3 16–7–1 Chicago 2–6 — 3–4–1 3–4–1 6–14–2 Detroit 2–5–1 4–3–1 — 1–6–1 7–14–3 N.Y. Rangers 3–5 4–3–1 6–1–1 — 13–9–2

Vs. Canadian Division 1937–38 NHL records Team MTL MTM NYA TOR Total Boston 2–2–2 4–0–2 3–1–2 2–2–2 11–5–8 Chicago 1–3–2 4–2 0–4–2 1–2–3 6–11–7 Detroit 3–2–1 0–3–3 2–2–2 0–4–2 5–11–8 N.Y. Rangers 1–3–2 5–0–1 4–1–1 4–2 14–6–4

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	November 6, 1937	4–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	1–0–0
2	W	November 14, 1937	3–2	New York Rangers (1937–38)	2–0–0
3	W	November 16, 1937	1–0	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	3–0–0
4	W	November 18, 1937	2–1	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	4–0–0
5	W	November 20, 1937	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	5–0–0
6	W	November 21, 1937	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	6–0–0
7	T	November 23, 1937	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	6–0–1
8	T	November 28, 1937	3–3 OT	New York Americans (1937–38)	6–0–2
9	L	December 2, 1937	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	6–1–2
10	L	December 5, 1937	0–4	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	6–2–2
11	L	December 7, 1937	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	6–3–2
12	W	December 14, 1937	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	7–3–2
13	W	December 18, 1937	3–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	8–3–2
14	W	December 19, 1937	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	9–3–2
15	W	December 21, 1937	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	10–3–2
16	W	December 25, 1937	1–0	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	11–3–2
17	L	December 26, 1937	1–3	New York Americans (1937–38)	11–4–2
18	W	December 28, 1937	3–2	New York Rangers (1937–38)	12–4–2
19	L	December 31, 1937	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	12–5–2
20	W	January 2, 1938	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	13–5–2
21	W	January 4, 1938	6–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	14–5–2
22	L	January 8, 1938	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	14–6–2
23	W	January 11, 1938	6–2	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	15–6–2
24	W	January 16, 1938	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	16–6–2
25	W	January 18, 1938	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	17–6–2
26	W	January 22, 1938	9–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	18–6–2
27	L	January 23, 1938	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	18–7–2
28	L	January 25, 1938	2–3	New York Rangers (1937–38)	18–8–2
29	T	January 29, 1938	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	18–8–3
30	T	January 30, 1938	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	18–8–4
31	W	February 1, 1938	2–0	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	19–8–4
32	L	February 5, 1938	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	19–9–4
33	W	February 6, 1938	7–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	20–9–4
34	W	February 8, 1938	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	21–9–4
35	W	February 13, 1938	1–0 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	22–9–4
36	W	February 15, 1938	5–2	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	23–9–4
37	W	February 17, 1938	3–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	24–9–4
38	W	February 20, 1938	3–2 OT	New York Rangers (1937–38)	25–9–4
39	W	February 22, 1938	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	26–9–4
40	T	February 24, 1938	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	26–9–5
41	W	March 1, 1938	6–1	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	27–9–5
42	L	March 3, 1938	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	27–10–5
43	L	March 6, 1938	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	27–11–5
44	W	March 8, 1938	7–0	New York Americans (1937–38)	28–11–5
45	T	March 10, 1938	2–2 OT	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	28–11–6
46	W	March 13, 1938	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	29–11–6
47	T	March 15, 1938	4–4 OT	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	29–11–7
48	W	March 20, 1938	6–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	30–11–7

Playoffs

The Boston Bruins lost the semi-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs being swept three games to none.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bill Cowley	C	48	17	22	39	8
Bobby Bauer	RW	48	20	14	34	9
Charlie Sands	C/RW	46	17	12	29	12
Woody Dumart	LW	48	13	14	27	6
Milt Schmidt	C/D	44	13	14	27	15
Ray Getliffe	C/LW	36	11	13	24	16
Cooney Weiland	C	48	11	12	23	16
Leroy Goldsworthy	RW	46	9	10	19	14
Gord Pettinger	C	35	7	10	17	10
Eddie Shore	D	48	3	14	17	42
Dit Clapper	RW/D	46	6	9	15	24
Flash Hollett	D	48	4	10	14	54
Art Jackson	C	48	9	3	12	24
Jack Portland	D	48	0	5	5	26
Mel Hill	RW	6	2	0	2	2
Red Hamill	LW	6	0	1	1	2
Red Beattie	LW	14	0	0	0	0
Jack Crawford	D	2	0	0	0	0
Tiny Thompson	G	48	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Tiny Thompson	2970	48	30	11	7	89	1.80	7
Team:	2970	48	30	11	7	89	1.80	7

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bill Cowley	C	3	2	0	2	0
Charlie Sands	C/RW	3	1	1	2	0
Ray Getliffe	C/LW	3	0	1	1	2
Flash Hollett	D	3	0	1	1	0
Eddie Shore	D	3	0	1	1	6
Bobby Bauer	RW	3	0	0	0	2
Dit Clapper	RW/D	3	0	0	0	12
Woody Dumart	LW	3	0	0	0	0
Leroy Goldsworthy	RW	3	0	0	0	2
Mel Hill	RW	1	0	0	0	0
Art Jackson	C	3	0	0	0	0
Gord Pettinger	C	3	0	0	0	0
Jack Portland	D	3	0	0	0	4
Milt Schmidt	C/D	3	0	0	0	0
Tiny Thompson	G	3	0	0	0	0
Cooney Weiland	C	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Tiny Thompson	212	3	0	3	6	1.70	0
Team:	212	3	0	3	6	1.70	0

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

• 1937–38 NHL season

References

1. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
3. "1937-38 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.

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