The 1984–85 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 61st season.
Regular season
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
|1||W||October 11, 1984||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||1–0–0
|2||L||October 13, 1984||2–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) ||1–1–0
|3||W||October 14, 1984||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1984–85) ||2–1–0
|4||L||October 16, 1984||2–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) ||2–2–0
|5||L||October 19, 1984||2–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1984–85) ||2–3–0
|6||L||October 21, 1984||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) ||2–4–0
|7||W||October 24, 1984||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) ||3–4–0
|8||W||October 27, 1984||8–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1984–85) ||4–4–0
|9||W||October 28, 1984||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1984–85) ||5–4–0
|10||W||November 1, 1984||7–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) ||6–4–0
|11||L||November 3, 1984||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) ||6–5–0
|12||W||November 4, 1984||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1984–85) ||7–5–0
|13||W||November 8, 1984||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) ||8–5–0
|14||W||November 10, 1984||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) ||9–5–0
|15||T||November 11, 1984||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1984–85) ||9–5–1
|16||L||November 14, 1984||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) ||9–6–1
|17||W||November 15, 1984||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1984–85) ||10–6–1
|18||L||November 17, 1984||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||10–7–1
|19||L||November 21, 1984||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||10–8–1
|20||L||November 24, 1984||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) ||10–9–1
|21||W||November 25, 1984||7–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) ||11–9–1
|22||L||November 29, 1984||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) ||11–10–1
|23||L||December 1, 1984||4–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||11–11–1
|24||T||December 3, 1984||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) ||11–11–2
|25||T||December 5, 1984||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) ||11–11–3
|26||L||December 6, 1984||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) ||11–12–3
|27||L||December 8, 1984||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) ||11–13–3
|28||T||December 12, 1984||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1984–85) ||11–13–4
|29||T||December 13, 1984||5–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) ||11–13–5
|30||W||December 15, 1984||2–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) ||12–13–5
|31||W||December 18, 1984||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) ||13–13–5
|32||L||December 19, 1984||5–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) ||13–14–5
|33||L||December 22, 1984||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) ||13–15–5
|34||W||December 23, 1984||4–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) ||14–15–5
|35||T||December 27, 1984||6–6 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) ||14–15–6
|36||W||December 29, 1984||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) ||15–15–6
|37||W||December 30, 1984||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) ||16–15–6
|38||L||January 1, 1985||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||16–16–6
|39||T||January 5, 1985||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1984–85) ||16–16–7
|40||W||January 7, 1985||5–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) ||17–16–7
|41||W||January 9, 1985||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) ||18–16–7
|42||L||January 10, 1985||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) ||18–17–7
|43||W||January 12, 1985||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) ||19–17–7
|44||W||January 15, 1985||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) ||20–17–7
|45||L||January 17, 1985||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1984–85) ||20–18–7
|46||L||January 19, 1985||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) ||20–19–7
|47||W||January 21, 1985||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) ||21–19–7
|48||W||January 24, 1985||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) ||22–19–7
|49||L||January 26, 1985||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1984–85) ||22–20–7
|50||W||January 27, 1985||8–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) ||23–20–7
|51||L||January 30, 1985||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) ||23–21–7
|52||W||January 31, 1985||6–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) ||24–21–7
|53||L||February 2, 1985||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) ||24–22–7
|54||W||February 7, 1985||7–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1984–85) ||25–22–7
|55||L||February 9, 1985||5–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) ||25–23–7
|56||L||February 10, 1985||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) ||25–24–7
|57||T||February 14, 1985||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) ||25–24–8
|58||L||February 16, 1985||2–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) ||25–25–8
|59||W||February 20, 1985||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) ||26–25–8
|60||L||February 23, 1985||1–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1984–85) ||26–26–8
|61||W||February 28, 1985||6–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||27–26–8
|62||W||March 2, 1985||5–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) ||28–26–8
|63||L||March 5, 1985||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) ||28–27–8
|64||W||March 7, 1985||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1984–85) ||29–27–8
|65||L||March 9, 1985||5–6 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||29–28–8
|66||W||March 10, 1985||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||30–28–8
|67||W||March 13, 1985||7–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||31–28–8
|68||W||March 14, 1985||7–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) ||32–28–8
|69||L||March 16, 1985||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1984–85) ||32–29–8
|70||L||March 18, 1985||4–8 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) ||32–30–8
|71||T||March 21, 1985||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1984–85) ||32–30–9
|72||L||March 23, 1985||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) ||32–31–9
|73||W||March 24, 1985||4–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) ||33–31–9
|74||L||March 26, 1985||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) ||33–32–9
|75||W||March 28, 1985||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) ||34–32–9
|76||L||March 30, 1985||3–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) ||34–33–9
|77||L||April 2, 1985||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) ||34–34–9
|78||W||April 4, 1985||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) ||35–34–9
|79||T||April 6, 1985||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) ||35–34–10
|80||W||April 7, 1985||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) ||36–34–10
Legend:
Playoffs
| 1 || April 10 || Boston Bruins || 5–3 || Montreal Canadiens || 1–0
| 2 || April 11 || Boston Bruins || 3–5 || Montreal Canadiens || 1–1
| 3 || April 13 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–2 || Boston Bruins || 1–2
| 4 || April 14 || Montreal Canadiens || 6–7 || Boston Bruins || 2–2
| 5 || April 16 || Boston Bruins || 0–1 || Montreal Canadiens || 2–3
Legend:
Player statistics
Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG D 73 20 66 86 53301011 RW 80 30 46 76 621233 C 74 25 49 74 12622515 C 79 30 43 73 7514402 RW 79 32 38 70 152311401 LW 63 33 30 63 35141205 D 78 15 40 55 643802 C 77 16 24 40 33-12051 C 39 13 21 34 6-8222 RW 70 12 19 31 45-2002 RW 63 13 17 30 168-18012 LW 64 12 16 28 82-3001 LW 35 14 13 27 27-1205 D 73 5 13 18 99002 D 75 3 13 16 2630000 D 78 3 13 16 152-6010 C 38 6 8 14 46-1011 LW 22 5 8 13 217001 RW 29 7 5 12 223000 C 22 4 8 12 10-11020 RW 33 3 8 11 410000 RW 49 1 9 10 62-11000 D 43 1 5 6 26-1000 LW 26 0 4 4 36-1000 D 56 0 1 1 158-8000 G 8 0 0 0 00000 RW 6 0 0 0 0-1000 G 25 0 0 0 60000 C 6 0 0 0 20000 RW 1 0 0 0 20000 G 51 0 0 0 200000 G 3 0 0 0 20000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 2975 51 19 26 4 172 3.47 1 1497 25 16 6 3 82 3.29 1 289 8 1 2 1 24 4.98 0 102 3 0 0 2 6 3.53 0 Team: 4863 80 36 34 10 284 3.50 2
Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 5 4 6 10 86001 D 5 1 5 6 01100 RW 4 3 2 5 193001 LW 5 2 2 4 25000 RW 5 3 0 3 01000 RW 5 1 2 3 9-2000 D 5 0 3 3 41000 C 5 1 1 2 01000 LW 5 0 2 2 7-3000 C 5 1 0 1 9-4000 LW 5 1 0 1 00000 D 5 0 1 1 2-1000 D 5 0 0 0 132000 C 1 0 0 0 00000 C 5 0 0 0 4-1000 G 4 0 0 0 00000 LW 1 0 0 0 00000 LW 1 0 0 0 00000 D 5 0 0 0 104000 G 1 0 0 0 00000 RW 5 0 0 0 4-1000 D 5 0 0 0 6-3000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 240 4 2 2 15 3.75 0 60 1 0 1 4 4.00 0 Team: 300 5 2 3 19 3.80 0
Draft picks Boston's draft picks at the 1984 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.
Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)119Dave PasinPrince Albert Raiders (WHL)240Ray PodloskiPortland Winter Hawks (WHL)361Jeff CorneliusToronto Marlboros (OHL)482Bob JoyceNotre Dame Hounds (SJHL)5103Mike BishopLondon Knights (OHL)6124Randy OswaldMichigan Technological University (WCHA)7145Mark ThietkeSaskatoon Blades (WHL)8166Don SweeneySt. Paul's School (USHS-NH)9186Kevin HeffernanWeymouth High School (USHS-MA)10207J. D. UrbanicWindsor Spitfires (OHL)11227Bill KopeckyAustin Preparatory School (USHS-MA)12248Jim NewhouseMatignon High School (USHS-MA)
See also 1984–85 NHL season
References