1965–66 Boston Bruins season

The 1965–66 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 42nd season in the NHL The Bruins missed the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season for the first time in franchise history.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||L||October 24, 1965||2–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||0–1–0

|2||L||October 27, 1965||1–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||0–2–0

|3||L||October 30, 1965||2–8 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||0–3–0

|4||T||November 3, 1965||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||0–3–1

|5||L||November 4, 1965||1–8 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||0–4–1

|6||W||November 6, 1965||3–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||1–4–1

|7||L||November 7, 1965||2–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||1–5–1

|8||T||November 10, 1965||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||1–5–2

|9||W||November 14, 1965||2–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||2–5–2

|10||L||November 20, 1965||2–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||2–6–2

|11||W||November 21, 1965||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||3–6–2

|12||L||November 24, 1965||1–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||3–7–2

|13||W||November 25, 1965||6–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||4–7–2

|14||W||November 27, 1965||2–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||5–7–2

|15||L||November 28, 1965||3–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||5–8–2

|16||L||December 1, 1965||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||5–9–2

|17||L||December 2, 1965||2–10 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||5–10–2

|18||L||December 4, 1965||1–10 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||5–11–2

|19||T||December 5, 1965||4–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||5–11–3

|20||L||December 8, 1965||3–8 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||5–12–3

|21||L||December 11, 1965||3–8 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||5–13–3

|22||L||December 12, 1965||3–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||5–14–3

|23||L||December 15, 1965||4–8 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||5–15–3

|24||L||December 16, 1965||0–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||5–16–3

|25||L||December 18, 1965||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||5–17–3

|26||L||December 19, 1965||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||5–18–3

|27||W||December 25, 1965||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||6–18–3

|28||L||December 26, 1965||4–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||6–19–3

|29||L||December 28, 1965||0–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||6–20–3

|30||L||January 1, 1966||3–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||6–21–3

|31||L||January 2, 1966||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||6–22–3

|32||L||January 6, 1966||3–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||6–23–3

|33||L||January 8, 1966||0–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||6–24–3

|34||W||January 9, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||7–24–3

|35||T||January 13, 1966||1–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||7–24–4

|36||L||January 15, 1966||1–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||7–25–4

|37||L||January 16, 1966||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||7–26–4

|38||W||January 20, 1966||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||8–26–4

|39||W||January 22, 1966||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||9–26–4

|40||W||January 23, 1966||2–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||10–26–4

|41||W||January 27, 1966||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||11–26–4

|42||L||January 29, 1966||3–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||11–27–4

|43||L||January 30, 1966||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||11–28–4

|44||L||February 3, 1966||2–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||11–29–4

|45||W||February 5, 1966||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||12–29–4

|46||T||February 6, 1966||3–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||12–29–5

|47||W||February 10, 1966||2–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||13–29–5

|48||L||February 12, 1966||2–9 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||13–30–5

|49||T||February 13, 1966||4–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||13–30–6

|50||W||February 16, 1966||5–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||14–30–6

|51||W||February 19, 1966||5–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||15–30–6

|52||L||February 20, 1966||1–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||15–31–6

|53||L||February 23, 1966||2–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||15–32–6

|54||L||February 26, 1966||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||15–33–6

|55||L||February 27, 1966||1–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||15–34–6

|56||L||March 2, 1966||3–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||15–35–6

|57||L||March 3, 1966||4–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||15–36–6

|58||L||March 6, 1966||3–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||15–37–6

|59||W||March 9, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||16–37–6

|60||L||March 12, 1966||0–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||16–38–6

|61||L||March 13, 1966||4–8 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||16–39–6

|62||W||March 16, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||17–39–6

|63||L||March 17, 1966||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1965–66) ||17–40–6

|64||W||March 20, 1966||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||18–40–6

|65||W||March 23, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||19–40–6

|66||L||March 26, 1966||2–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||19–41–6

|67||L||March 27, 1966||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||19–42–6

|68||L||March 29, 1966||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||19–43–6

|69||W||March 31, 1966||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||20–43–6

|70||W||April 3, 1966||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||21–43–6

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG C 70 18 42 60 30503 LW 63 27 30 57 12305 RW 70 16 22 38 31103 RW 70 20 16 36 17402 D/RW 59 9 21 30 42210 LW 50 7 22 29 10301 C 41 16 11 27 10201 RW 36 13 9 22 36201 C 53 7 13 20 18001 D 51 3 17 20 52200 D 68 2 17 19 75001 D 27 5 13 18 113200 D 65 4 10 14 54000 C 29 6 4 10 6110 D/LW 34 4 6 10 42001 C 50 4 6 10 55011 D 20 0 8 8 28000 D 70 4 3 7 74200 D 46 0 5 5 34000 RW 13 3 1 4 6000 C 24 2 2 4 6100 LW 8 1 3 4 6000 C 9 2 1 3 2000 D 14 0 3 3 14000 RW 2 1 1 2 2001 RW 10 0 1 1 2000 LW 2 0 1 1 0000 D 3 0 1 1 2000 D 2 0 0 0 0000 G 7 0 0 0 0000 C 3 0 0 0 0000 D 1 0 0 0 0000 G 33 0 0 0 2000 C 2 0 0 0 0000 LW 1 0 0 0 0000 G 39 0 0 0 4000 LW 3 0 0 0 0000 G 1 0 0 0 0000 C 2 0 0 0 0000 D 2 0 0 0 2000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 2083 39 11 20 3 128 3.69 1 1744 33 10 19 2 108 3.72 1 340 7 0 4 1 34 6.00 0 33 1 0 0 0 4 7.27 0 Team: 4200 70 21 43 6 274 3.91 2

Draft picks Boston's draft picks at the 1965 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)14 Joe Bailey St. Thomas Stars (WOJHL)29 Bill Ramsay Winnipeg Monarchs (MJHL)

See also 1965–66 NHL season

References