The 1953–54 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 30th season in the NHL.
Regular season
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
|1||W||October 11, 1953||4–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||1–0–0
|2||L||October 15, 1953||1–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||1–1–0
|3||L||October 17, 1953||2–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||1–2–0
|4||W||October 18, 1953||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||2–2–0
|5||L||October 22, 1953||3–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||2–3–0
|6||W||October 24, 1953||3–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||3–3–0
|7||W||October 25, 1953||4–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||4–3–0
|8||W||October 31, 1953||3–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||5–3–0
|9||T||November 1, 1953||0–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||5–3–1
|10||W||November 5, 1953||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||6–3–1
|11||L||November 7, 1953||2–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||6–4–1
|12||W||November 8, 1953||2–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||7–4–1
|13||T||November 11, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||7–4–2
|14||L||November 14, 1953||0–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||7–5–2
|15||T||November 15, 1953||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||7–5–3
|16||L||November 19, 1953||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||7–6–3
|17||W||November 20, 1953||2–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||8–6–3
|18||T||November 22, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||8–6–4
|19||L||November 25, 1953||3–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||8–7–4
|20||W||November 26, 1953||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||9–7–4
|21||W||November 29, 1953||2–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||10–7–4
|22||W||December 3, 1953||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||11–7–4
|23||L||December 5, 1953||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||11–8–4
|24||L||December 6, 1953||2–7 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||11–9–4
|25||W||December 10, 1953||6–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||12–9–4
|26||L||December 12, 1953||1–7 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||12–10–4
|27||T||December 13, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||12–10–5
|28||L||December 16, 1953||3–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||12–11–5
|29||W||December 17, 1953||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||13–11–5
|30||L||December 19, 1953||3–7 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||13–12–5
|31||L||December 20, 1953||2–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||13–13–5
|32||W||December 25, 1953||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||14–13–5
|33||L||December 27, 1953||1–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||14–14–5
|34||W||December 29, 1953||6–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||15–14–5
|35||L||January 1, 1954||1–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||15–15–5
|36||T||January 2, 1954||1–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||15–15–6
|37||L||January 7, 1954||1–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||15–16–6
|38||L||January 9, 1954||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||15–17–6
|39||W||January 10, 1954||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||16–17–6
|40||L||January 14, 1954||1–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||16–18–6
|41||L||January 16, 1954||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||16–19–6
|42||W||January 17, 1954||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||17–19–6
|43||L||January 20, 1954||3–8 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||17–20–6
|44||W||January 21, 1954||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||18–20–6
|45||L||January 23, 1954||3–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||18–21–6
|46||W||January 24, 1954||2–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||19–21–6
|47||W||January 28, 1954||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||20–21–6
|48||L||January 30, 1954||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||20–22–6
|49||W||January 31, 1954||2–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||21–22–6
|50||L||February 4, 1954||0–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||21–23–6
|51||L||February 6, 1954||2–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||21–24–6
|52||T||February 7, 1954||1–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||21–24–7
|53||W||February 10, 1954||3–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||22–24–7
|54||L||February 11, 1954||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||22–25–7
|55||W||February 13, 1954||1–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||23–25–7
|56||W||February 14, 1954||4–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||24–25–7
|57||L||February 17, 1954||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||24–26–7
|58||L||February 20, 1954||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||24–27–7
|59||W||February 21, 1954||4–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||25–27–7
|60||W||February 24, 1954||5–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||26–27–7
|61||T||March 4, 1954||1–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||26–27–8
|62||T||March 6, 1954||3–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||26–27–9
|63||W||March 7, 1954||6–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||27–27–9
|64||W||March 11, 1954||1–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||28–27–9
|65||W||March 13, 1954||2–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||29–27–9
|66||W||March 14, 1954||3–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||30–27–9
|67||W||March 16, 1954||4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||31–27–9
|68||T||March 18, 1954||3–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||31–27–10
|69||L||March 19, 1954||0–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||31–28–10
|70||W||March 21, 1954||9–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||32–28–10
Legend:
Playoffs
Player statistics
Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM LW 70 16 31 47 42 C 67 15 32 47 60 RW 68 21 19 40 55 C 69 20 20 40 27 LW 70 20 17 37 27 RW 68 16 19 35 57 C 70 14 20 34 62 C/D 62 14 18 32 28 LW/D 70 13 14 27 27 D 68 3 17 20 38 D 58 3 16 19 29 D 45 0 17 17 6 D 70 5 9 14 71 D 64 2 10 12 81 LW 69 4 3 7 6 D 35 1 6 7 39 C 14 3 3 6 10 LW 14 4 1 5 2 RW 37 0 5 5 24 G 70 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 4200 70 32 28 10 181 2.59 8 Team: 4200 70 32 28 10 181 2.59 8
Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM C 4 1 1 2 0 C 4 1 1 2 8 LW/D 4 1 0 1 4 C/D 4 1 0 1 20 D 4 0 1 1 0 RW 4 0 1 1 8 D 4 0 1 1 0 LW 3 0 1 1 4 C 1 0 0 0 0 RW 4 0 0 0 2 C 4 0 0 0 0 LW 4 0 0 0 0 C 2 0 0 0 2 D 4 0 0 0 4 G 4 0 0 0 0 LW 4 0 0 0 0 D 2 0 0 0 0 RW 4 0 0 0 2 D 4 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 240 4 0 4 16 4.00 0 Team: 240 4 0 4 16 4.00 0
See also 1953–54 NHL season
References