The 2021–22 Boston Bruins season was the 98th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on November 1, 1924. The Bruins returned to the Atlantic Division after playing in the East Division in 2020–21, due to the Canadian government's COVID-19 border restrictions. On April 16, 2022, the Bruins clinched a playoff spot after a 2–1 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins. They were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Carolina Hurricanes, in seven games.

Standings

Divisional standings

Eastern Conference

Schedule and results

Regular season 2021–22 game logOctober: 4–3–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 1–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 16 Dallas 1–3 Boston Swayman 17,850 1–0–0 2 2 October 20 Boston 3–6 Philadelphia Swayman 15,310 1–1–0 2 3 October 22 Boston 4–1 Buffalo Ullmark 7,820 2–1–0 4 4 October 24 San Jose 3–4 Boston Ullmark 17,850 3–1–0 6 5 October 27 Boston 1–4 Florida Ullmark 12,306 3–2–0 6 6 October 28 Boston 0–3 Carolina Swayman 16,093 3–3–0 6 7 October 30 Florida 2–3 Boston SO Ullmark 17,850 4–3–0 8 November: 7–5–0 (home: 4–4–0; road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 8 November 4 Detroit 1–5 Boston Swayman 17,850 5–3–0 10 9 November 6 Boston 2–5 Toronto Ullmark 19,077 5–4–0 10 10 November 9 Ottawa 2–3 Boston Swayman 17,850 6–4–0 12 11 November 11 Edmonton 5–3 Boston Ullmark 17,850 6–5–0 12 12 November 13 Boston 5–2 New Jersey Swayman 16,514 7–5–0 14 13 November 14 Montreal 2–5 Boston Swayman 17,850 8–5–0 16 14 November 20 Boston 5–2 Philadelphia Ullmark 19,644 9–5–0 18 15 November 21 Calgary 4–0 Boston Swayman 17,850 9–6–0 18 16 November 24 Boston 5–1 Buffalo Swayman 9,416 10–6–0 20 17 November 26 NY Rangers 5–2 Boston Swayman 17,850 10–7–0 20 18 November 28 Vancouver 2–3 Boston Ullmark 17,850 11–7–0 22 19 November 30 Detroit 2–1 Boston Ullmark 17,850 11–8–0 22 December: 3–2–2 (home: 0–1–1; road: 3–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 20 December 2 Boston 2–0 Nashville Swayman 17,159 12–8–0 24 21 December 4 Tampa Bay 3–2 Boston OT Swayman 17,850 12–8–1 25 22 December 8 Boston 1–2 Vancouver SO Swayman 18,403 12–8–2 26 23 December 9 Boston 3–2 Edmonton Ullmark 16,112 13–8–2 28 24 December 11 Boston 4–2 Calgary Ullmark 16,190 14–8–2 30 25 December 14 Vegas 4–1 Boston Swayman 17,850 14–9–2 30 26 December 16 Boston 1–3 NY Islanders Ullmark 17,255 14–10–2 30 — December 18 Boston – Montreal Postponed due to COVID-19. — December 19 Boston – Ottawa Postponed due to COVID-19. — December 21 Carolina – Boston Postponed due to COVID-19. — December 23 Colorado – Boston Postponed due to COVID-19. — December 27 Pittsburgh – Boston Postponed due to COVID-19. — December 29 Boston – Ottawa Postponed due to COVID-19.January: 11–4–1 (home: 7–3–0; road: 4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 January 1 Buffalo 3–4 Boston OT Ullmark 17,850 15–10–2 32 28 January 2 Boston 5–1 Detroit Swayman 17,973 16–10–2 34 29 January 4 New Jersey 3–5 Boston Ullmark 17,850 17–10–2 36 30 January 6 Minnesota 3–2 Boston Swayman 17,850 17–11–2 36 31 January 8 Boston 5–2 Tampa Bay Ullmark 19,092 18–11–2 38 32 January 10 Boston 7–3 Washington Ullmark 18,573 19–11–2 40 33 January 12 Montreal 1–5 Boston Ullmark 17,850 20–11–2 42 34 January 13 Philadelphia 2–3 Boston Rask 17,850 21–11–2 44 35 January 15 Nashville 3–4 Boston OT Ullmark 17,850 22–11–2 46 36 January 18 Carolina 7–1 Boston Rask 17,850 22–12–2 46 37 January 20 Washington 3–4 Boston Ullmark 17,850 23–12–2 48 38 January 22 Winnipeg 2–3 Boston Rask 17,850 24–12–2 50 39 January 24 Anaheim 5–3 Boston Rask 17,850 24–13–2 50 40 January 26 Boston 3–4 Colorado OT Ullmark 18,041 24–13–3 51 41 January 28 Boston 2–1 Arizona Ullmark 12,994 25–13–3 53 42 January 30 Boston 1–6 Dallas Ullmark 17,954 25–14–3 53 February: 7–3–1 (home: 2–2–0; road: 5–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 43 February 1 Seattle 2–3 Boston Ullmark 17,850 26–14–3 55 44 February 8 Pittsburgh 4–2 Boston Swayman 17,850 26–15–3 55 45 February 10 Carolina 6–0 Boston Ullmark 17,850 26–16–3 55 46 February 12 Boston 2–0 Ottawa Swayman 500 27–16–3 57 47 February 15 Boston 1–2 NY Rangers SO Swayman 15,403 27–16–4 58 48 February 17 Boston 1–4 NY Islanders Ullmark 16,518 27–17–4 58 49 February 19 Boston 3–2 Ottawa OT Swayman 5,212 28–17–4 60 50 February 21 Colorado 1–5 Boston Swayman 17,850 29–17–4 62 51 February 24 Boston 3–2 Seattle OT Ullmark 17,151 30–17–4 64 52 February 26 Boston 3–1 San Jose Swayman 17,260 31–17–4 66 53 February 28 Boston 7–0 Los Angeles Swayman 16,067 32–17–4 68 March: 10–3–1 (home: 5–1–1; road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 March 1 Boston 3–4 Anaheim Ullmark 11,567 32–18–4 68 55 March 3 Boston 5–2 Vegas Swayman 18,109 33–18–4 70 56 March 5 Boston 5–4 Columbus SO Swayman 19,434 34–18–4 72 57 March 7 Los Angeles 3–2 Boston OT Ullmark 17,850 34–18–5 73 58 March 10 Chicago 3–4 Boston Swayman 17,850 35–18–5 75 59 March 12 Arizona 2–3 Boston Swayman 17,850 36–18–5 77 60 March 15 Boston 2–1 Chicago OT Ullmark 19,629 37–18–5 79 61 March 16 Boston 2–4 Minnesota Swayman 17,956 37–19–5 79 62 March 18 Boston 4–2 Winnipeg Ullmark 14,191 38–19–5 81 63 March 21 Boston 3–2 Montreal OT Swayman 20,922 39–19–5 83 64 March 24 Tampa Bay 2–3 Boston Swayman 17,850 40–19–5 85 65 March 26 NY Islanders 3–6 Boston Ullmark 17,850 41–19–5 87 66 March 29 Toronto 6–4 Boston Swayman 17,850 41–20–5 87 67 March 31 New Jersey 1–8 Boston Ullmark 17,850 42–20–5 89 April: 9–6–0 (home: 5–1–0; road: 4–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 68 April 2 Columbus 2–5 Boston Swayman 17,850 43–20–5 91 69 April 4 Boston 3–2 Columbus OT Ullmark 16,396 44–20–5 93 70 April 5 Boston 3–5 Detroit Swayman 15,734 44–21–5 93 71 April 8 Boston 2–1 Tampa Bay OT Ullmark 19,092 45–21–5 95 72 April 10 Boston 2–4 Washington Ullmark 18,573 45–22–5 95 73 April 12 St. Louis 4–2 Boston Swayman 17,850 45–23–5 95 74 April 14 Ottawa 3–2 Boston Swayman 17,850 45–24–5 95 75 April 16 Pittsburgh 1–2 Boston Swayman 17,850 46–24–5 97 76 April 19 Boston 3–2 St. Louis OT Swayman 18,096 47–24–5 99 77 April 21 Boston 0–4 Pittsburgh Swayman 18,350 47–25–5 99 78 April 23 NY Rangers 1–3 Boston Ullmark 17,850 48–25–5 101 79 April 24 Boston 5–3 Montreal Swayman 21,105 49–25–5 103 80 April 26 Florida 2–4 Boston Ullmark 17,850 50–25–5 105 81 April 28 Buffalo 0–5 Boston Ullmark 17,850 51–25–5 107 82 April 29 Boston 2–5 Toronto Swayman 18,219 51–26–5 107 Legend:

Playoffs

2022 Stanley Cup playoffsEastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 2 Boston 1–5 Carolina Ullmark 18,680 0–1 2 May 4 Boston 2–5 Carolina Ullmark 18,880 0–2 3 May 6 Carolina 2–4 Boston Swayman 17,850 1–2 4 May 8 Carolina 2–5 Boston Swayman 17,850 2–2 5 May 10 Boston 1–5 Carolina Swayman 19,163 2–3 6 May 12 Carolina 2–5 Boston Swayman 17,850 3–3 7 May 14 Boston 2–3 Carolina Swayman 19,513 3–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 70 32 48 80 +16 97 72 40 37 77 +13 20 73 25 40 65 +26 32 81 20 41 61 +11 42 78 10 46 56 +31 66 78 18 26 44 +19 47 82 16 28 44 −6 32 77 25 17 42 +6 10 74 16 20 36 +2 28 73 4 20 24 +22 24 60 8 10 18 +10 57 70 4 13 17 −1 32 75 3 14 17 −9 32 70 8 8 16 −2 16 79 6 9 15 +2 31 76 4 10 14 +2 48 64 2 11 13 −13 61 60 2 8 10 −2 32 32 2 7 9 −3 24 20 2 4 6 −1 6 † 10 0 5 5 +10 4 ‡ 15 0 4 4 0 4 11 3 0 3 −1 8 10 0 3 3 +1 4 15 0 3 3 −5 4 ‡ 19 1 1 2 0 0 6 1 0 1 −3 0 7 1 0 1 +4 2 ‡ 7 0 1 1 +2 4 1 0 0 0 −1 0 2 0 0 0 −2 2 2 0 0 0 −1 7 † 6 0 0 0 +2 5

Playoffs Player 7 4 7 11 +3 10 7 3 4 7 +3 4 7 3 3 6 +1 2 7 2 4 6 −7 2 6 0 5 5 +2 4 7 2 2 4 −7 2 7 2 2 4 −6 8 7 1 2 3 −4 8 7 1 1 2 +1 8 7 0 2 2 +1 0 7 1 0 1 +1 2 7 1 0 1 −1 12 7 0 1 1 −5 6 7 0 1 1 +2 4 4 0 0 0 −2 16 1 0 0 0 −2 0 5 0 0 0 −6 6 4 0 0 0 +2 0 5 0 0 0 +1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 −5 2

Goaltenders Regular season Player 41 39 2,330:26 26 10 2 95 2.45 1,140 .917 1 0 1 4 41 39 2,390:14 23 14 3 96 2.41 1,111 .914 3 0 0 6 4 4 196:21 2 2 0 14 4.28 90 .844 0 0 0 2

Playoffs Player 5 5 296:07 3 2 13 2.63 146 .911 0 0 0 0 2 2 115:15 0 2 8 4.16 57 .860 0 0 1 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.

Transactions

Trades Date Details Ref To Calgary FlamesDan Vladar To Boston Bruins3rd round pick in 2022 To Arizona Coyotes7th-round pick in 2024 To Boston BruinsMichael Callahan To Anaheim DucksJohn MooreUrho Vaakanainen1st-round pick in 20222nd-round pick in 20232nd-round pick in 2024 To Boston BruinsHampus LindholmKodie Curran To Ottawa SenatorsZachary Senyshyn5th-round pick in 2022To Boston BruinsJosh BrownConditional 7th-round pick in 2022 To St. Louis BluesBrady LyleTo Boston BruinsFuture considerations Notes: Boston will receive a 6th-round pick in 2022 if Senyshyn plays at least 5 games with Ottawa during the 2021-22 season; otherwise Boston will receive a 7th-round pick in 2022.

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Samuel Asselin Providence Bruins (AHL) 2-year Free agency Troy Grosenick Los Angeles Kings 1-year Free agency Steven Fogarty Buffalo Sabres 1-year Free agency Nick Foligno Toronto Maple Leafs 2-year Free agency Derek Forbort Winnipeg Jets 3-year Free agency Erik Haula Nashville Predators 2-year Free agency Tyler Lewington Nashville Predators 1-year Free agency Tomas Nosek Vegas Golden Knights 2-year Free agency Linus Ullmark Buffalo Sabres 4-year Free agency Marc McLaughlin Boston College Eagles (HE) 2-year Free agency Brandon Bussi Western Michigan Broncos (NCHC) 1-year Free agency Georgi Merkulov Ohio State Buckeyes (B1G) 3-year Free agency Kai Wissmann Eisbaren Berlin (DEL) 1-year Free agency

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Kevan Miller Retirement Jeremy Lauzon Seattle Kraken Expansion draft Robert Lantosi Rogle BK (SHL) 1-year Free agency Jaroslav Halak Vancouver Canucks 1-year Free agency Sean Kuraly Columbus Blue Jackets 4-year Free agency Greg McKegg New York Rangers 1-year Free agency David Krejci HC Olomouc (ELH) 1-year Free agency Karson Kuhlman Seattle Kraken Waivers Tuukka Rask Retirement Tyler Lewington EHC Red Bull München (DEL) Unknown Free agency

Signings Date Player Term Contract type Ref Brandon Carlo 6-year Re-signing Taylor Hall 4-year Re-signing Nick Wolff 1-year Re-signing Mike Reilly 3-year Re-signing Callum Booth 1-year Re-signing Fabian Lysell 3-year Entry-level Zachary Senyshyn 1-year Re-signing Charlie McAvoy 8-year Extension Tuukka Rask 1-year Re-signing Jake DeBrusk 2-year Extension Oskar Steen 2-year Extension John Beecher 3-year Entry-level Jakub Zboril 2-year Extension Joona Koppanen 1-year Extension Kyle Keyser 1-year Extension Nick Wolff 1-year Extension

Draft picks

Below are the Boston Bruins' selections at the 2021 NHL entry draft, which was held on July 23 and 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club (League)121 Fabian Lysell RW Lulea HF (SHL)385 Brett Harrison C Koovee (Mestis)4117 Philip Svedeback G Vaxjo Lakers U20 (J20 SuperElit)5149 Oskar Jellvik C Djurgardens IF (SHL)6181 Ryan Mast D Sarnia Sting (OHL)7213 Andre Gasseau C U.S. NTDP (USHL)72171 Ty Gallagher LW U.S. NTDP (USHL)

Notes: The Toronto Maple Leafs' seventh-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2020 (213th overall) to Toronto in exchange for this pick.

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