2024–25 Boston Bruins season

The 2024–25 Boston Bruins season was the 101st season (100th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on November 1, 1924.

On April 5, 2025, the Bruins, despite a 5–1 victory against the Carolina Hurricanes, were eliminated from playoff contention, missing the playoffs for the first time since their 2015–16 season following their rival Montreal Canadiens' victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. This was the first time since the 2006–07 season that the Bruins finished with a losing record and this snaps a streak of 17 winning seasons starting from 2007–08 season to 2023–24 season for the first time since 1996–97, they finished second-last in the Eastern Conference, avoiding the last place due to regulation wins tiebreaker with the Philadelphia Flyers. Despite a decent start to the season with a 20–14–4 record, the Bruins fell apart, suffering a 13–25–6 record the rest of the season.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The Boston Bruins preseason season schedule was released on June 17, 2024. 2024 preseason game log: 2–4–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record 1 September 22 NY Rangers 3–2 Boston DiPietro TD Garden 17,850 0–1–0 2 September 24 Washington 2–4 Boston Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 1–1–0 3 September 26 Boston 2–5 NY Rangers Bussi Madison Square Garden 16,205 1–2–0 4 September 28 Boston 2–3 Philadelphia OT Korpisalo Wells Fargo Center 13,863 1–2–1 5 October 1 Philadelphia 1–4 Boston Bussi TD Garden 17,850 2–2–1 6 October 3 Boston 1–4 Los Angeles Korpisalo Videotron Centre() 17,334 2–3–1 7 October 5 Boston 0–2 Washington Bussi Capital One Arena 13,224 2–4–1

Regular season The Boston Bruins regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024. 2024–25 game logOctober: 4–6–1 (home: 3–3–0; road: 1–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Boston 4–6 Florida Korpisalo Amerant Bank Arena 19,813 0–1–0 0 2 October 10 Montreal 4–6 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 1–1–0 2 3 October 12 Los Angeles 1–2 Boston OT Swayman TD Garden 17,850 2–1–0 4 4 October 14 Florida 4–3 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 2–2–0 4 5 October 16 Boston 5–3 Colorado Korpisalo Ball Arena 18,024 3–2–0 6 6 October 19 Boston 1–2 Utah OT Swayman Delta Center 11,131 3–2–1 7 7 October 22 Boston 0–4 Nashville Swayman Bridgestone Arena 17,184 3–3–1 7 8 October 24 Dallas 5–2 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 3–4–1 7 9 October 26 Toronto 3–4 Boston OT Swayman TD Garden 17,850 4–4–1 9 10 October 29 Philadelphia 2–0 Boston Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 4–5–1 9 11 October 31 Boston 2–8 Carolina Swayman Lenovo Center 18,700 4–6–1 9 November: 7–5–2 (home: 3–3–2; road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 2 Boston 3–0 Philadelphia Korpisalo Wells Fargo Center 17,429 5–6–1 11 13 November 3 Seattle 0–2 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 6–6–1 13 14 November 5 Boston 0–4 Toronto Swayman Scotiabank Arena 18,730 6–7–1 13 15 November 7 Calgary 3–4 Boston OT Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 7–7–1 15 16 November 9 Ottawa 3–2 Boston OT Swayman TD Garden 17,850 7–7–2 16 17 November 12 Boston 3–2 St. Louis Swayman Enterprise Center 18,096 8–7–2 18 18 November 14 Boston 2–7 Dallas Swayman American Airlines Center 18,532 8–8–2 18 19 November 16 St. Louis 3–2 Boston OT Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 8–8–3 19 20 November 18 Columbus 5–1 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 8–9–3 19 21 November 21 Utah 0–1 Boston Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 9–9–3 21 22 November 23 Boston 2–1 Detroit Swayman Little Caesars Arena 19,515 10–9–3 23 23 November 26 Vancouver 2–0 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 10–10–3 23 24 November 27 Boston 6–3 NY Islanders Korpisalo UBS Arena 16,145 11–10–3 25 25 November 29 Pittsburgh 2–1 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 11–11–3 25 December: 9–4–1 (home: 6–0–0; road: 3–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 1 Montreal 3–6 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 12–11–3 27 27 December 3 Detroit 2–3 Boston OT Korpisalo TD Garden 17,950 13–11–3 29 28 December 4 Boston 4–2 Chicago Swayman United Center 19,179 14–11–3 31 29 December 7 Philadelphia 3–4 Boston OT Swayman TD Garden 17,850 15–11–3 33 30 December 10 Boston 1–8 Winnipeg Swayman Canada Life Centre 12,921 15–12–3 33 31 December 12 Boston 1–5 Seattle Korpisalo Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 15–13–3 33 32 December 14 Boston 5–1 Vancouver Swayman Rogers Arena 18,787 16–13–3 35 33 December 17 Boston 4–3 Calgary OT Swayman Scotiabank Saddledome 17,536 17–13–3 37 34 December 19 Boston 2–3 Edmonton OT Swayman Rogers Place 18,347 17–13–4 38 35 December 21 Buffalo 1–3 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 18–13–4 40 36 December 23 Washington 1–4 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 19–13–4 42 37 December 27 Boston 2–6 Columbus Swayman Nationwide Arena 18,821 19–14–4 42 38 December 28 Columbus 0–4 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 20–14–4 44 39 December 31 Boston 1–3 Washington Swayman Capital One Arena 18,573 20–15–4 44 January: 5–7–2 (home: 4–2–1; road: 1–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 2 Boston 1–2 NY Rangers Swayman Madison Square Garden 18,006 20–16–4 44 41 January 4 Boston 4–6 Toronto Swayman Scotiabank Arena 18,996 20–17–4 44 42 January 5 NY Islanders 5–4 Boston OT Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 20–17–5 45 43 January 7 Edmonton 4–0 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 20–18–5 45 44 January 9 Boston 1–4 Tampa Bay Swayman Amalie Arena 19,092 20–19–5 45 45 January 11 Boston 4–3 Florida OT Swayman Amerant Bank Arena 19,687 21–19–5 47 46 January 14 Tampa Bay 2–6 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 22–19–5 49 47 January 18 Boston 5–6 Ottawa SO Swayman Canadian Tire Centre 18,768 22–19–6 50 48 January 20 San Jose 3–6 Boston Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 23–19–6 52 49 January 22 Boston 1–5 New Jersey Swayman Prudential Center 16,025 23–20–6 52 50 January 23 Ottawa 0–2 Boston Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 24–20–6 54 51 January 25 Colorado 1–3 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 25–20–6 56 52 January 28 Boston 2–7 Buffalo Swayman KeyBank Center 15,607 25–21–6 56 53 January 30 Winnipeg 6–2 Boston Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 25–22–6 56 February: 2–3–2 (home: 2–2–2; road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 February 1 NY Rangers 3–6 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 26–22–6 58 55 February 4 Minnesota 0–3 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 27–22–6 60 56 February 5 Boston 2–3 NY Rangers Korpisalo Madison Square Garden 18,006 27–23–6 60 57 February 8 Vegas 4–3 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 27–24–6 60 58 February 22 Anaheim 3–2 Boston OT Swayman TD Garden 17,850 27–24–7 61 59 February 25 Toronto 5–4 Boston OT Swayman TD Garden 17,850 27–24–8 62 60 February 27 NY Islanders 2–1 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 27–25–8 62 March: 3–10–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 2–8–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 1 Boston 3–2 Pittsburgh Korpisalo PPG Paints Arena 17,320 28–25–8 64 62 March 2 Boston 0–1 Minnesota Swayman Xcel Energy Center 18,447 28–26–8 64 63 March 4 Nashville 6–3 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 28–27–8 64 64 March 6 Boston 2–3 Carolina Korpisalo Lenovo Center 18,700 28–28–8 64 65 March 8 Boston 4–0 Tampa Bay Swayman Amalie Arena 19,092 29–28–8 66 66 March 11 Florida 2–3 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 30–28–8 68 67 March 13 Boston 3–6 Ottawa Swayman Canadian Tire Centre 17,458 30–29–8 68 68 March 15 Tampa Bay 6–2 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 30–30–8 68 69 March 17 Buffalo 3–2 Boston OT Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 30–30–9 69 70 March 20 Boston 1–5 Vegas Swayman T-Mobile Arena 18,225 30–31–9 69 71 March 22 Boston 1–3 San Jose Korpisalo SAP Center 17,435 30–32–9 69 72 March 23 Boston 2–7 Los Angeles Swayman Crypto.com Arena 18,145 30–33–9 69 73 March 26 Boston 2–6 Anaheim Korpisalo Honda Center 16,387 30–34–9 69 74 March 29 Boston 1–2 Detroit Swayman Little Caesars Arena 19,515 30–35–9 69 April: 3–4–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 75 April 1 Washington 4–3 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 30–36–9 69 76 April 3 Boston 1–4 Montreal Swayman Bell Centre 21,105 30–37–9 69 77 April 5 Carolina 1–5 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 31–37–9 71 78 April 6 Boston 3–6 Buffalo Korpisalo KeyBank Center 15,653 31–38–9 71 79 April 8 Boston 7–2 New Jersey Swayman Prudential Center 15,507 32–38–9 73 80 April 10 Chicago 5–2 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 32–39–9 73 81 April 13 Boston 4–1 Pittsburgh Korpisalo PPG Paints Arena 15,976 33–39–9 75 82 April 15 New Jersey 5–4 Boston OT Swayman TD Garden 17,850 33–39–10 76 Legend:

Player statistics Skaters Regular season Player 82 43 63 106 0 42 77 33 24 57 +3 22 ‡ 61 21 26 47 −8 62 82 17 30 47 −4 14 82 14 33 47 −8 21 77 5 28 33 −43 16 50 7 16 23 0 46 ‡ 64 15 7 22 −14 18 81 4 18 22 +25 145 ‡ 57 10 10 20 −6 16 73 10 7 17 +1 17 76 1 16 17 −10 15 ‡ 57 8 7 15 −14 44 61 5 9 14 −3 106 78 3 8 11 −9 26 33 1 10 11 −5 8 ‡ 63 1 8 9 +2 24 17 3 4 7 −4 4 55 1 6 7 −10 10 † 18 4 2 6 −17 4 ‡ 22 1 5 6 +3 2 26 3 2 5 −9 6 ‡ 18 3 2 5 −5 6 ‡ 18 2 3 5 −8 20 ‡ 18 0 4 4 +7 2 12 1 2 3 −4 6 ‡ 12 2 0 2 −1 0 † 16 1 1 2 0 28 9 0 2 2 −1 10 17 1 0 1 −5 7 1 1 0 1 +1 0 † 6 1 0 1 −1 2 15 0 1 1 −2 8 15 0 1 1 −2 2 6 0 1 1 −1 2 6 0 0 0 −3 4 ‡ 7 0 0 0 −4 8 5 0 0 0 −1 14 2 0 0 0 −1 2 1 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 58 58 3390:35 22 29 7 176 3.11 1,632 .892 4 0 0 2 27 24 1529:42 11 10 3 74 2.90 693 .893 3 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 transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key:

Contract is entry-level. Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Trades Date Details Ref June 29, 2024 To Minnesota WildJakub Lauko4th-round pick in 2024 To Boston BruinsVinni Lettieri4th-round pick in 2024 March 4, 2025To New Jersey DevilsTrent FredericTo Boston BruinsPetr HauserMarch 4, 2025To Edmonton OilersMax Jones Petr HauserTo Boston BruinsMax Wanner2nd-round pick in 2025 (from St. Louis) 4th-round pick in 2026March 6, 2025To Minnesota Wild Justin BrazeauTo Boston Bruins Marat Khusnutdinov Jakub Lauko 6th-round pick in 2026 (from Boston)March 7, 2025To Toronto Maple LeafsBrandon CarloTo Boston BruinsFraser Minten Conditional 1st-round pick in 2026 4th-round pick in 2025March 7, 2025To Colorado Avalanche Charlie Coyle 5th-round pick in 2026To Boston Bruins Casey Mittelstadt Will Zellers conditional 2nd-round pick in 2025March 7, 2025To Florida Panthers Brad MarchandTo Boston Bruins conditional 2nd-round pick in 2027March 7, 2025To Buffalo Sabres 4th-round pick in 2026 (from Edmonton)To Boston Bruins Henri JokiharjuMarch 7, 2025To New Jersey Devils Marc McLaughlinTo Boston Bruins Daniil Misyul

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Max Jones Anaheim Ducks 2-year Free agency Cole Koepke Tampa Bay Lightning 1-year Free agency Elias Lindholm Vancouver Canucks 7-year Free agency Jordan Oesterle Calgary Flames 2-year Free agency Billy Sweezey Columbus Blue Jackets 2-year Free agency Riley Tufte Colorado Avalanche 1-year Free agency Jeffrey Viel Winnipeg Jets 2-year Free agency Nikita Zadorov Vancouver Canucks 6-year Free agency Jiri Patera Waivers Tyler Johnson Chicago Blackhawks 1-year Free agency Tyler Pitlick Providence Bruins (AHL) 1-year Free agency

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Patrick Maroon Chicago Blackhawks 1-year Free agency Kyle Keyser Kunlun Red Star (KHL) 1-year Free agency

Signings Date Player Term Ref Michael Callahan 1-year Alec Regula 1-year Marc McLaughlin 1-year Jeremy Swayman 8-year

Draft picks