2019–20 Boston Bruins season

The 2019–20 Boston Bruins season was the 96th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on November 1, 1924. The Bruins entered the season as the defending Eastern Conference champions.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled, while the Bruins were awarded the Presidents' Trophy. The Bruins advanced to the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. However, in the second round, they were defeated by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning in five games.

Standings

Divisional standings

Eastern Conference

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019. 2019 preseason game log: 4–0–2 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–0–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 16 Boston 3–4 New Jersey OT Vladar 8,652 0–0–1 2 September 19 Boston 3–1 Philadelphia Halak 16,826 1–0–1 3 September 21 Boston 2–3 Chicago OT Keyser 20,611 1–0–2 4 September 23 Philadelphia 3–4 Boston OT Vladar 17,565 2–0–2 5 September 25 New Jersey 0–2 Boston Halak 17,565 3–0–2 6 September 28 Chicago 2–8 Boston Rask 17,565 4–0–2

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019. 2019–20 game logOctober: 9–1–2 (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Boston 2–1 Dallas Rask 18,532 1–0–0 2 2 October 5 Boston 1–0 Arizona Halak 17,125 2–0–0 4 3 October 8 Boston 4–3 Vegas Rask 18,223 3–0–0 6 4 October 10 Boston 2–4 Colorado Halak 18,045 3–1–0 6 5 October 12 New Jersey 0–3 Boston Rask 17,193 4–1–0 8 6 October 14 Anaheim 2–4 Boston Halak 17,193 5–1–0 10 7 October 17 Tampa Bay 4–3 Boston SO Rask 17,193 5–1–1 11 8 October 19 Boston 3–4 Toronto OT Halak 19,394 5–1–2 12 9 October 22 Toronto 2–4 Boston Rask 17,193 6–1–2 14 10 October 26 St. Louis 0–3 Boston Rask 17,193 7–1–2 16 11 October 27 Boston 7–4 NY Rangers Halak 17,144 8–1–2 18 12 October 29 San Jose 1–5 Boston Rask 17,193 9–1–2 20 November: 9–2–3 (Home: 5–0–3; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 2 Ottawa 2–5 Boston Rask 17,193 10–1–2 22 14 November 4 Pittsburgh 4–6 Boston Halak 17,193 11–1–2 24 15 November 5 Boston 4–5 Montreal Rask 21,302 11–2–2 24 16 November 8 Boston 2–4 Detroit Rask 19,515 11–3–2 24 17 November 10 Philadelphia 3–2 Boston SO Halak 17,193 11–3–3 25 18 November 12 Florida 5–4 Boston SO Rask 17,850 11–3–4 26 19 November 15 Boston 4–2 Toronto Rask 19,434 12–3–4 28 20 November 16 Washington 3–2 Boston SO Halak 17,850 12–3–5 29 21 November 19 Boston 5–1 New Jersey Rask 15,061 13–3–5 31 22 November 21 Buffalo 2–3 Boston Rask 17,850 14–3–5 33 23 November 23 Minnesota 4–5 Boston OT Rask 17,850 15–3–5 35 24 November 26 Boston 8–1 Montreal Halak 21,302 16–3–5 37 25 November 27 Boston 2–1 Ottawa Rask 13,336 17–3–5 39 26 November 29 NY Rangers 2–3 Boston OT Halak 17,850 18–3–5 41 December: 6–4–5 (Home: 4–1–4; Road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 1 Montreal 1–3 Boston Rask 17,850 19–3–5 43 28 December 3 Carolina 0–2 Boston Halak 17,850 20–3–5 45 29 December 5 Chicago 4–3 Boston OT Rask 17,850 20–3–6 46 30 December 7 Colorado 4–1 Boston Halak 17,850 20–4–6 46 31 December 9 Boston 2–5 Ottawa Rask 13,894 20–5–6 46 32 December 11 Boston 2–3 Washington Halak 18,573 20–6–6 46 33 December 12 Boston 2–3 Tampa Bay Rask 19,092 20–7–6 46 34 December 14 Boston 4–2 Florida Halak 15,157 21–7–6 48 35 December 17 Los Angeles 4–3 Boston OT Rask 17,850 21–7–7 49 36 December 19 NY Islanders 3–2 Boston SO Rask 17,850 21–7–8 50 37 December 21 Nashville 4–3 Boston OT Halak 17,850 21–7–9 51 38 December 23 Washington 3–7 Boston Rask 17,850 22–7–9 53 39 December 27 Boston 3–0 Buffalo Halak 19,070 23–7–9 55 40 December 29 Buffalo 2–3 Boston Rask 17,850 24–7–9 57 41 December 31 Boston 2–3 New Jersey SO Halak 16,514 24–7–10 58 January: 6–3–2 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 2 Columbus 2–1 Boston OT Rask 17,850 24–7–11 59 43 January 4 Edmonton 4–1 Boston Halak 17,850 24–8–11 59 44 January 7 Boston 6–2 Nashville Rask 17,623 25–8–11 61 45 January 9 Winnipeg 4–5 Boston Halak 17,850 26–8–11 63 46 January 11 Boston 3–2 NY Islanders OT Rask 14,962 27–8–11 65 47 January 13 Boston 5–6 Philadelphia SO Halak 19,246 27–8–12 66 48 January 14 Boston 0–3 Columbus Halak 17,349 27–9–12 66 49 January 16 Pittsburgh 1–4 Boston Halak 17,850 28–9–12 68 50 January 19 Boston 3–4 Pittsburgh Halak 18,655 28–10–12 68 51 January 21 Vegas 2–3 Boston Halak 17,850 29–10–12 70 52 January 31 Boston 2–1 Winnipeg Rask 15,325 30–10–12 72 February: 11–3–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 6–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 1 Boston 6–1 Minnesota Halak 18,009 31–10–12 74 54 February 4 Vancouver 0–4 Boston Rask 17,850 32–10–12 76 55 February 5 Boston 2–1 Chicago OT Halak 21,472 33–10–12 78 56 February 8 Arizona 2–4 Boston Rask 17,850 34–10–12 80 57 February 9 Boston 1–3 Detroit Rask 19,515 34–11–12 80 58 February 12 Montreal 1–4 Boston Rask 17,850 35–11–12 82 59 February 15 Detroit 1–4 Boston Rask 17,850 36–11–12 84 60 February 16 Boston 3–1 NY Rangers Halak 18,006 37–11–12 86 61 February 19 Boston 2–1 Edmonton OT Rask 17,804 38–11–12 88 62 February 21 Boston 4–3 Calgary Halak 19,289 39–11–12 90 63 February 22 Boston 3–9 Vancouver Rask 18,871 39–12–12 90 64 February 25 Calgary 5–2 Boston Rask 17,850 39–13–12 90 65 February 27 Dallas 3–4 Boston Halak 17,850 40–13–12 92 66 February 29 Boston 4–0 NY Islanders Rask 13,917 41–13–12 94 March: 3–1–0 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 67 March 3 Boston 2–1 Tampa Bay Rask 19,092 42–13–12 96 68 March 5 Boston 2–1 Florida OT Halak 15,577 43–13–12 98 69 March 7 Tampa Bay 5–3 Boston Rask 17,850 43–14–12 98 70 March 10 Boston 2–0 Philadelphia Rask 19,689 44–14–12 100 Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 71 March 13 Boston Buffalo 72 March 14 Toronto Boston 73 March 16 Columbus Boston 74 March 18 Boston Anaheim 75 March 19 Boston Los Angeles 76 March 21 Boston San Jose 77 March 24 Detroit Boston 78 March 26 Ottawa Boston 79 March 28 Florida Boston 80 March 31 Boston Carolina 81 April 2 Boston St. Louis 82 April 4 Carolina BostonLegend:

Playoffs

The Bruins played in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed for the playoffs. Boston finished with a 0–3–0 record to clinch the fourth seed for the playoffs.

The Bruins faced the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round, defeating them in five games.

In the second round, the Bruins faced the Tampa Bay Lightning, and lost in five games. 2020 Stanley Cup playoffsEastern Conference Seeding Round-robin # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 1 August 2 Philadelphia 4–1 Boston Halak 0–1–0 0 2 August 5 Tampa Bay 3–2 Boston Rask 0–2–0 0 3 August 9 Boston 1–2 Washington Rask 0–3–0 0 Eastern Conference First Round vs. (5) Carolina Hurricanes: Boston won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 12 Carolina 3–4 Boston 2OT Rask 1–0 2 August 13 Carolina 3–2 Boston Rask 1–1 3 August 15 Boston 3–1 Carolina Halak 2–1 4 August 17 Boston 4–3 Carolina Halak 3–1 5 August 19 Carolina 1–2 Boston Halak 4–1 Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 23 Boston 3–2 Tampa Bay Halak 1–0 2 August 25 Boston 3–4 Tampa Bay OT Halak 1–1 3 August 26 Tampa Bay 7–1 Boston Halak 1–2 4 August 29 Tampa Bay 3–1 Boston Halak 1–3 5 August 31 Boston 2–3 Tampa Bay 2OT Halak 1–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 70 48 47 95 21 40 70 28 59 87 25 82 61 31 25 56 23 28 61 9 40 49 −4 33 61 13 30 43 14 23 70 16 21 37 9 21 65 19 16 35 −1 14 67 5 27 32 24 41 69 6 17 23 −2 34 ‡ 58 7 15 22 3 8 68 4 17 21 15 34 58 9 10 19 5 10 67 4 15 19 16 33 68 5 9 14 26 60 67 6 4 10 −8 47 48 4 3 7 −6 17 40 3 3 6 6 4 27 2 4 6 −3 21 25 1 5 6 3 13 24 2 1 3 −2 11 ‡ 16 1 2 3 −2 16 31 2 0 2 4 12 19 1 1 2 5 29 † 7 1 1 2 −2 19 10 0 2 2 2 2 4 0 2 2 1 0 † 6 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 1 1 −1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 −1 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 −1 0 7 0 0 0 −1 0 1 0 0 0 −1 0

Playoffs Player 13 7 5 12 0 2 13 4 8 12 −5 6 10 3 7 10 −3 2 13 2 6 8 2 6 13 0 6 6 −6 22 13 3 2 5 −4 2 13 4 0 4 −3 2 13 1 3 4 −6 24 11 0 4 4 −1 2 12 2 1 3 −5 4 10 1 2 3 −4 4 8 1 2 3 −1 6 13 0 2 2 −6 2 13 0 2 2 −4 8 8 1 0 1 −3 16 12 0 1 1 −5 4 10 0 1 1 −3 6 13 0 1 1 0 8 5 0 0 0 −1 2 5 0 0 0 −2 0 6 0 0 0 −2 2 6 0 0 0 −3 18 1 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 41 41 2,401:47 26 8 6 85 2.12 1,189 .929 5 0 2 0 31 29 1,833:22 18 6 6 73 2.39 905 .919 3 0 2 0

Playoffs Player 9 9 543:12 4 5 0 25 2.76 256 .902 0 0 0 0 4 4 257:10 1 3 0 11 2.57 114 .904 0 0 0 0 1 0 28:42 0 0 0 3 6.27 15 .800 0 0 0 0 †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Bruins. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only. ‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

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