The 2022–23 Boston Bruins season was the 99th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on November 1, 1924. In the offseason, the organization fired Bruce Cassidy, the team's head coach for the previous six seasons, and replaced him with Jim Montgomery. The season also saw the return of long-time Bruin David Krejci, who spent the previous season playing in the Czech Extraliga. The Bruins acquired players such as Pavel Zacha, via trade, and Tomas Nosek, via free agency, during the offseason, while also making trades for Dmitry Orlov, Garnet Hathaway, and Tyler Bertuzzi near the mid-season trade deadline to bolster their roster.

Regarded as one of the most, if not the most, successful regular season an NHL team has ever experienced, the Bruins finished the season as Atlantic Division winners, their third such title, and Presidents' Trophy winners for the fourth time in franchise history with a record-setting 135 points from 65 wins, 12 losses, and 5 overtime losses, with their 65 wins also serving as a new NHL win record. The Bruins set many additional records during the season, including the most consecutive home wins to start the season (14), the fastest team to reach both 80 and 100 points, and the fastest team to reach 50 wins. The Bruins also went 22 straight home games without a regulation loss to start the season before losing 3–0 to the Seattle Kraken.

Despite having an impressive regular season and securing home-ice advantage for the playoffs, the Bruins were upset in the first round by the eighth-seeded Florida Panthers in seven games after surrendering a 3–1 lead. Thus they joined the 2007 New England Patriots, 2001 Seattle Mariners, 1906 Chicago Cubs, and 2015–16 Golden State Warriors as all-time winningest regular season teams not to win their respective league's championship. Unlike those teams, however, the Bruins lost in the first round of the playoffs, while the Mariners reached the ALCS and the Patriots, Cubs, and Warriors all reached their respective championship series or game. This season served as the last for Krejci and fellow long-time Bruin Patrice Bergeron as they would retire during the ensuing offseason.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Regular season 2022–23 game logOctober: 8–1–0 (home: 6–0–0; road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 Boston 5–2 Washington Ullmark 18,573 1–0–0 2 2 October 15 Arizona 3–6 Boston Swayman 17,850 2–0–0 4 3 October 17 Florida 3–5 Boston Ullmark 17,850 3–0–0 6 4 October 18 Boston 5–7 Ottawa Swayman 19,811 3–1–0 6 5 October 20 Anaheim 1–2 Boston SO Ullmark 17,850 4–1–0 8 6 October 22 Minnesota 3–4 Boston OT Ullmark 17,850 5–1–0 10 7 October 25 Dallas 1–3 Boston Ullmark 17,850 6–1–0 12 8 October 27 Detroit 1–5 Boston Swayman 17,850 7–1–0 14 9 October 28 Boston 4–0 Columbus Ullmark 16,162 8–1–0 16 November: 11–2–0 (home: 7–0–0; road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Boston 6–5 Pittsburgh OT Ullmark 17,629 9–1–0 18 11 November 3 Boston 5–2 NY Rangers Ullmark 18,006 10–1–0 20 12 November 5 Boston 1–2 Toronto Ullmark 18,926 10–2–0 20 13 November 7 St. Louis 1–3 Boston Ullmark 17,850 11–2–0 22 14 November 10 Calgary 1–3 Boston Ullmark 17,850 12–2–0 24 15 November 12 Boston 3–1 Buffalo Kinkaid 19,070 13–2–0 26 16 November 13 Vancouver 2–5 Boston Ullmark 17,850 14–2–0 28 17 November 17 Philadelphia 1–4 Boston Ullmark 17,850 15–2–0 30 18 November 19 Chicago 1–6 Boston Swayman 17,850 16–2–0 32 19 November 21 Boston 5–3 Tampa Bay Ullmark 19,092 17–2–0 34 20 November 23 Boston 2–5 Florida Swayman 17,511 17–3–0 34 21 November 25 Carolina 2–3 Boston OT Swayman 17,850 18–3–0 36 22 November 29 Tampa Bay 1–3 Boston Swayman 17,850 19–3–0 38 December: 9–1–4 (home: 5–0–3; road: 4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 3 Colorado 1–5 Boston Ullmark 17,850 20–3–0 40 24 December 5 Vegas 4–3 Boston SO Swayman 17,850 20–3–1 41 25 December 7 Boston 4–0 Colorado Ullmark 18,119 21–3–1 43 26 December 9 Boston 3–4 Arizona Swayman 4,600 21–4–1 43 27 December 11 Boston 3–1 Vegas Ullmark 18,114 22–4–1 45 28 December 13 NY Islanders 3–4 Boston SO Ullmark 17,850 23–4–1 47 29 December 15 Los Angeles 3–2 Boston SO Ullmark 17,850 23–4–2 48 30 December 17 Columbus 2–4 Boston Swayman 17,850 24–4–2 50 31 December 19 Florida 3–7 Boston Ullmark 17,850 25–4–2 52 32 December 22 Winnipeg 2–3 Boston Swayman 17,850 26–4–2 54 33 December 23 Boston 4–3 New Jersey Ullmark 16,514 27–4–2 56 34 December 27 Boston 2–3 Ottawa SO Swayman 20,016 27–4–3 57 35 December 28 Boston 3–1 New Jersey Ullmark 16,514 28–4–3 59 36 December 31 Buffalo 4–3 Boston OT Swayman 17,850 28–4–4 60 January: 10–3–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 6–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 2 Pittsburgh 1–2 Boston Ullmark 39,243(outdoors) 29–4–4 62 38 January 5 Boston 5–2 Los Angeles Swayman 18,230 30–4–4 64 39 January 7 Boston 4–2 San Jose Ullmark 17,562 31–4–4 66 40 January 8 Boston 7–1 Anaheim Swayman 16,127 32–4–4 68 41 January 12 Seattle 3–0 Boston Ullmark 17,850 32–5–4 68 42 January 14 Toronto 3–4 Boston Ullmark 17,850 33–5–4 70 43 January 16 Philadelphia 0–6 Boston Swayman 17,850 34–5–4 72 44 January 18 Boston 4–1 NY Islanders Ullmark 17,255 35–5–4 74 45 January 19 Boston 3–1 NY Rangers Swayman 18,006 36–5–4 76 46 January 22 San Jose 0–4 Boston Ullmark 17,850 37–5–4 78 47 January 24 Boston 4–2 Montreal Swayman 21,105 38–5–4 80 48 January 26 Boston 2–3 Tampa Bay Ullmark 19,092 38–6–4 80 49 January 28 Boston 3–4 Florida OT Swayman 18,058 38–6–5 81 50 January 29 Boston 1–4 Carolina Ullmark 18,959 38–7–5 81 February: 9–1–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 7–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 1 Boston 5–2 Toronto Ullmark 18,973 39–7–5 83 52 February 11 Washington 2–1 Boston Swayman 17,850 39–8–5 83 53 February 14 Boston 3–2 Dallas OT Ullmark 18,532 40–8–5 85 54 February 16 Boston 5–0 Nashville Swayman 17,159 41–8–5 87 55 February 18 NY Islanders 2–6 Boston Ullmark 17,850 42–8–5 89 56 February 20 Ottawa 1–3 Boston Ullmark 17,850 43–8–5 91 57 February 23 Boston 6–5 Seattle Swayman 17,151 44–8–5 93 58 February 25 Boston 3–1 Vancouver Ullmark 18,722 45–8–5 95 59 February 27 Boston 3–2 Edmonton Swayman 18,347 46–8–5 97 60 February 28 Boston 4–3 Calgary OT Ullmark 18,420 47–8–5 99 March: 11–4–0 (home: 7–2–0; road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 2 Buffalo 1–7 Boston Swayman 17,850 48–8–5 101 62 March 4 NY Rangers 2–4 Boston Ullmark 17,850 49–8–5 103 63 March 9 Edmonton 3–2 Boston Swayman 17,850 49–9–5 103 64 March 11 Detroit 2–3 Boston Ullmark 17,850 50–9–5 105 65 March 12 Boston 3–5 Detroit Swayman 19,515 50–10–5 105 66 March 14 Boston 3–6 Chicago Ullmark 20,188 50–11–5 105 67 March 16 Boston 3–0 Winnipeg Swayman 14,555 51–11–5 107 68 March 18 Boston 5–2 Minnesota Ullmark 19,329 52–11–5 109 69 March 19 Boston 7–0 Buffalo Swayman 19,070 53–11–5 111 70 March 21 Ottawa 1–2 Boston Ullmark 17,850 54–11–5 113 71 March 23 Montreal 2–4 Boston Swayman 17,850 55–11–5 115 72 March 25 Tampa Bay 1–2 Boston Ullmark 17,850 56–11–5 117 73 March 26 Boston 4–3 Carolina SO Swayman 18,958 57–11–5 119 74 March 28 Nashville 2–1 Boston Ullmark 17,850 57–12–5 119 75 March 30 Columbus 1–2 Boston OT Ullmark 17,850 58–12–5 121 April: 7–0–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 4–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 1 Boston 4–3 Pittsburgh Swayman 18,322 59–12–5 123 77 April 2 Boston 4–3 St. Louis SO Ullmark 18,096 60–12–5 125 78 April 6 Toronto 1–2 Boston OT Swayman 17,850 61–12–5 127 79 April 8 New Jersey 1–2 Boston Ullmark 17,850 62–12–5 129 80 April 9 Boston 5–3 Philadelphia Swayman 18,776 63–12–5 131 81 April 11 Washington 2–5 Boston Ullmark 17,850 64–12–5 133 82 April 13 Boston 5–4 Montreal Swayman 21,105 65–12–5 135 Legend:

Playoffs

2023 Stanley Cup playoffsEastern Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Florida Panthers: Florida won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 17 Florida 1–3 Boston Ullmark 17,850 1–0 2 April 19 Florida 6–3 Boston Ullmark 17,850 1–1 3 April 21 Boston 4–2 Florida Ullmark 19,910 2–1 4 April 23 Boston 6–2 Florida Ullmark 19,771 3–1 5 April 26 Florida 4–3 Boston OT Ullmark 17,850 3–2 6 April 28 Boston 5–7 Florida Ullmark 18,911 3–3 7 April 30 Florida 4–3 Boston OT Swayman 17,850 3–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 82 61 52 113 +34 38 73 21 46 67 +27 74 78 27 31 58 +35 22 82 21 36 57 +26 16 70 16 40 56 +23 20 80 10 43 53 +49 56 67 7 45 52 +29 54 64 27 23 50 +26 16 82 16 29 45 +29 30 61 16 20 36 +11 24 79 17 14 31 +28 57 60 10 16 26 +18 45 75 4 22 26 +46 28 78 5 18 23 +20 60 66 7 11 18 +9 48 † 23 4 13 17 +10 12 † 21 4 12 16 +4 6 75 3 13 16 +44 38 61 5 7 12 +9 114 54 5 7 12 +12 23 ‡ 42 4 6 10 +4 14 23 4 3 7 +2 11 † 25 4 2 6 −1 17 22 1 3 4 −1 6 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 1 +3 0 10 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 −1 2 ‡ 1 0 0 0 −1 4 1 0 0 0 −1 0 1 0 0 0 −3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 −3 2

Playoffs Player 7 5 5 10 −4 26 7 4 6 10 −6 2 7 5 3 8 +4 2 7 0 8 8 −3 2 7 4 2 6 −1 10 7 0 6 6 +1 2 7 5 0 5 −2 0 7 0 5 5 −3 8 4 1 3 4 −3 0 7 0 4 4 +2 4 6 1 2 3 0 18 7 1 1 2 −1 4 7 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 −6 0 3 0 1 1 +1 4 7 0 1 1 −1 10 7 0 1 1 −1 21 5 0 0 0 −2 10 3 0 0 0 −4 2 4 0 0 0 −1 0 7 0 0 0 +2 4

Goaltenders Regular season Player 49 48 2,882:12 40 6 1 91 1.89 1,457 .938 2 1 0 2 37 33 2,012:59 24 6 4 76 2.27 953 .920 4 0 0 2 ‡ 1 1 59:54 1 0 0 1 1.00 31 .968 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 6 6 359:51 3 3 20 3.33 192 .896 0 0 1 10 2 1 71:46 0 1 4 3.34 32 .875 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.

Transactions The Bruins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.

Key:

Contract is entry-level. Contract initially takes effect in the 2023–24 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Seattle KrakenCGY 3rd-round pick in 2022 To Boston BruinsWSH 4th-round pick in 20225th-round pick in 2022 To Los Angeles Kings7th-round pick in 2022 To Boston Bruins7th-round pick in 2023 To New Jersey DevilsErik Haula To Boston BruinsPavel Zacha To Vancouver CanucksJack StudnickaTo Boston BruinsMichael DiPietroJonathan Myrenberg To Washington CapitalsCraig Smith1st-round pick in 20233rd-round pick in 20242nd-round pick in 2025 To Boston BruinsGarnet HathawayAndrei Svetlakov To Minnesota Wild5th-round pick in 2023 To Boston BruinsDmitry Orlov To Colorado AvalancheKeith Kinkaid To Boston BruinsShane Bowers To Detroit Red Wingsconditional 1st-round pick in 2024 4th-round pick in 2025 To Boston BruinsTyler Bertuzzi To Chicago BlackhawksNick FolignoTaylor Hall To Boston BruinsIan MitchellAlec Regula

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Connor Carrick Seattle Kraken 1-year Free agency A. J. Greer New Jersey Devils 2-year Keith Kinkaid New York Rangers 1-year Vinni Lettieri Anaheim Ducks Dan Renouf Detroit Red Wings 2-year David Krejci HC Olomouc (ELH) 1-year Anton Stralman Arizona Coyotes Mitchell Miller Tri-City Storm (USHL) 3-year

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Josh Brown Arizona Coyotes 2-year Free agency Steven Fogarty Minnesota Wild 2-year Free agency Jesper Froden Seattle Kraken 1-year Free agency Troy Grosenick Philadelphia Flyers 1-year Free agency Cameron Hughes Seattle Kraken 2-year Free agency Curtis Lazar Vancouver Canucks 3-year Free agency Anton Blidh Colorado Avalanche 1-year Free agency Kodie Curran Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL) 1-year Free agency Callum Booth Coachella Valley Firebirds (AHL) 1-year Free agency Victor Berglund Contract termination HIFK (Liiga) 1-year Free agency Kai Wissmann Eisbären Berlin (DEL) N/A Free agency

Signings