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1939–40 Boston Bruins season

August 26, 2023

The 1939–40 Boston Bruins season was the Boston Bruins' 16th season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Bruins finished first over-all, but could not repeat as Stanley Cup champions, losing in the playoff semi-final to the New York Rangers.

1939–40 Boston Bruins
Division1st NHL
1939–40 record31–12–5
Team information
General managerArt Ross
CoachCooney Weiland
CaptainDit Clapper
Team leaders
GoalsMilt Schmidt (22)
Woody Dumart (22)
AssistsMilt Schmidt (30)
PointsMilt Schmidt (52)
Penalty minutesJack Shewchuk (55)
WinsFrank Brimsek (31)
Goals against averageFrank Brimsek (1.99)

Offseason Edit

Regular season Edit

Final standings Edit

National Hockey League
GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
Boston Bruins 48 31 12 5 170 98 330 67
New York Rangers 48 27 11 10 136 77 520 64
Toronto Maple Leafs 48 25 17 6 134 110 485 56
Chicago Black Hawks 48 23 19 6 112 120 351 52
Detroit Red Wings 48 16 26 6 90 126 250 38
New York Americans 48 15 29 4 106 140 236 34
Montreal Canadiens 48 10 33 5 90 167 338 25

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Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalty Minutes, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents Edit

1939-40 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYA NYR TOR
Boston — 6–1–1 5–3 6–1–1 7–1 2–4–2 5–2–1
Chicago 1–6–1 — 6–0–2 5–2–1 3–4–1 4–4 4–3–1
Detroit 3–5 0–6–2 — 5–3 5–3 2–3–2 1–6–1
Montreal 1–6–1 2–5–1 3–5 — 2–4–2 1–6–1 1–7
N.Y. Americans 1–7 4–3–1 3–5 4–2–2 — 1–6–1 2–6
N.Y. Rangers 4–2–2 4–4 3–2–2 6–1–1 6–1–1 — 4–1–3
Toronto 2–5–1 3–4–1 6–1–1 7–1 6–2 1–4–3 —

Schedule and results Edit

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L November 4, 1939 0–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 0–1–0
2 L November 12, 1939 1–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 0–2–0
3 W November 14, 1939 3–1 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 1–2–0
4 T November 16, 1939 3–3 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 1–2–1
5 W November 19, 1939 2–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 2–2–1
6 L November 21, 1939 1–2 Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 2–3–1
7 T November 26, 1939 2–2 OT New York Rangers (1939–40) 2–3–2
8 W November 28, 1939 6–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 3–3–2
9 W December 3, 1939 6–2 @ New York Americans (1939–40) 4–3–2
10 W December 5, 1939 2–1 New York Americans (1939–40) 5–3–2
11 W December 8, 1939 3–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 6–3–2
12 L December 10, 1939 2–3 @ New York Rangers (1939–40) 6–4–2
13 W December 12, 1939 3–1 Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 7–4–2
14 T December 14, 1939 1–1 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 7–4–3
15 W December 17, 1939 4–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 8–4–3
16 W December 19, 1939 3–2 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 9–4–3
17 W December 21, 1939 3–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 10–4–3
18 W December 24, 1939 3–2 @ New York Americans (1939–40) 11–4–3
19 W December 25, 1939 6–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 12–4–3
20 L December 29, 1939 0–4 @ New York Rangers (1939–40) 12–5–3
21 W December 31, 1939 6–1 Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 13–5–3
22 L January 2, 1940 4–6 New York Rangers (1939–40) 13–6–3
23 W January 7, 1940 6–2 New York Americans (1939–40) 14–6–3
24 W January 9, 1940 3–1 Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 15–6–3
25 W January 11, 1940 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 16–6–3
26 W January 14, 1940 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 17–6–3
27 W January 16, 1940 6–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 18–6–3
28 L January 21, 1940 2–4 @ New York Rangers (1939–40) 18–7–3
29 W January 23, 1940 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 19–7–3
30 T January 25, 1940 2–2 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 19–7–4
31 L January 28, 1940 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 19–8–4
32 W January 30, 1940 5–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 20–8–4
33 W February 4, 1940 7–1 New York Americans (1939–40) 21–8–4
34 W February 6, 1940 6–2 New York Rangers (1939–40) 22–8–4
35 W February 11, 1940 4–2 @ New York Americans (1939–40) 23–8–4
36 W February 13, 1940 10–3 Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 24–8–4
37 W February 20, 1940 5–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 25–8–4
38 L February 24, 1940 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40) 25–9–4
39 L February 25, 1940 1–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 25–10–4
40 W February 27, 1940 6–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40) 26–10–4
41 W February 29, 1940 4–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 27–10–4
42 L March 3, 1940 3–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 27–11–4
43 W March 5, 1940 7–2 Detroit Red Wings (1939–40) 28–11–4
44 W March 7, 1940 2–1 @ New York Americans (1939–40) 29–11–4
45 L March 9, 1940 2–4 New York Americans (1939–40) 29–12–4
46 W March 12, 1940 2–1 New York Rangers (1939–40) 30–12–4
47 T March 14, 1940 0–0 OT @ New York Rangers (1939–40) 30–12–5
48 W March 17, 1940 7–2 Montreal Canadiens (1939–40) 31–12–5

Playoffs Edit

The Boston Bruins lost the Semi-Finals to the New York Rangers 4–2

Boston Bruins 2, New York Rangers 4 Edit

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 March 19 Boston Bruins 0–4 New York Rangers 0–1
2 March 21 New York Rangers 3–4 Boston Bruins 1–1
3 March 24 New York Rangers 2–4 Boston Bruins 2–1
4 March 26 Boston Bruins 0–1 New York Rangers 2–2
5 March 28 New York Rangers 1–0 Boston Bruins 2–3
6 March 30 Boston Bruins 1–4 New York Rangers 2–4

Player statistics Edit

Regular season Edit

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Milt Schmidt C/D 48 22 30 52 37
Woody Dumart LW 48 22 21 43 16
Bobby Bauer RW 48 17 26 43 2
Bill Cowley C 48 13 27 40 24
Herb Cain LW 48 21 10 31 30
Roy Conacher LW 31 18 12 30 9
Dit Clapper RW/D 44 10 18 28 25
Flash Hollett D 44 10 18 28 18
Art Jackson C 46 7 18 25 6
Mel Hill RW 38 9 11 20 19
Red Hamill LW 30 10 8 18 16
Gord Pettinger C 24 2 6 8 2
Eddie Wiseman RW 18 2 6 8 0
Jack Shewchuk D 47 2 4 6 55
Jack Crawford D 35 1 4 5 26
Jack Portland D 28 0 5 5 16
Des Smith D 20 2 2 4 23
Eddie Shore D 4 2 1 3 4
Frank Brimsek G 48 0 0 0 0
Pat McReavy C 2 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Frank Brimsek 2950 48 31 12 5 98 1.99 6
Team: 2950 48 31 12 5 98 1.99 6

Playoffs Edit

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Herb Cain LW 6 1 3 4 2
Roy Conacher LW 6 2 1 3 0
Eddie Wiseman RW 6 2 1 3 2
Flash Hollett D 5 1 2 3 2
Art Jackson C 5 1 2 3 0
Dit Clapper RW/D 5 0 2 2 2
Bobby Bauer RW 6 1 0 1 2
Woody Dumart LW 6 1 0 1 0
Bill Cowley C 6 0 1 1 7
Red Hamill LW 5 0 1 1 5
Terry Reardon C/RW 1 0 1 1 0
Frank Brimsek G 6 0 0 0 0
Jack Crawford D 6 0 0 0 0
Mel Hill RW 3 0 0 0 0
Milt Schmidt C/D 6 0 0 0 0
Jack Shewchuk D 6 0 0 0 0
Des Smith D 6 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Frank Brimsek 360 6 2 4 15 2.50 0
Team: 360 6 2 4 15 2.50 0

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records Edit

Transactions Edit

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. ^ "1939-40 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.

August 26, 2023
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The 1939 40 Boston Bruins season was the Boston Bruins 16th season of operation in the National Hockey League The Bruins finished first over all but could not repeat as Stanley Cup champions losing in the playoff semi final to the New York Rangers 1939 40 Boston BruinsPrince of Wales Trophy winnersDivision1st NHL1939 40 record31 12 5Team informationGeneral managerArt RossCoachCooney WeilandCaptainDit ClapperTeam leadersGoalsMilt Schmidt 22 Woody Dumart 22 AssistsMilt Schmidt 30 PointsMilt Schmidt 52 Penalty minutesJack Shewchuk 55 WinsFrank Brimsek 31 Goals against averageFrank Brimsek 1 99 1938 391940 41 Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2 1 Final standings 2 2 Record vs opponents 3 Schedule and results 4 Playoffs 4 1 Boston Bruins 2 New York Rangers 4 5 Player statistics 5 1 Regular season 5 2 Playoffs 6 Awards and records 7 Transactions 8 See also 9 ReferencesOffseason EditThis section is empty You can help by adding to it January 2011 Regular season EditFinal standings Edit National Hockey League GP W L T GF GA PIM PtsBoston Bruins 48 31 12 5 170 98 330 67New York Rangers 48 27 11 10 136 77 520 64Toronto Maple Leafs 48 25 17 6 134 110 485 56Chicago Black Hawks 48 23 19 6 112 120 351 52Detroit Red Wings 48 16 26 6 90 126 250 38New York Americans 48 15 29 4 106 140 236 34Montreal Canadiens 48 10 33 5 90 167 338 25 1 Note GP Games Played W Wins L Losses T Ties GF Goals For GA Goals Against PIM Penalty Minutes Pts Points Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold Record vs opponents Edit 1939 40 NHL RecordsTeam BOS CHI DET MTL NYA NYR TORBoston 6 1 1 5 3 6 1 1 7 1 2 4 2 5 2 1Chicago 1 6 1 6 0 2 5 2 1 3 4 1 4 4 4 3 1Detroit 3 5 0 6 2 5 3 5 3 2 3 2 1 6 1Montreal 1 6 1 2 5 1 3 5 2 4 2 1 6 1 1 7N Y Americans 1 7 4 3 1 3 5 4 2 2 1 6 1 2 6N Y Rangers 4 2 2 4 4 3 2 2 6 1 1 6 1 1 4 1 3Toronto 2 5 1 3 4 1 6 1 1 7 1 6 2 1 4 3 Schedule and results EditRegular season schedule No R Date Score Opponent Record1 L November 4 1939 0 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 1939 40 0 1 02 L November 12 1939 1 2 Detroit Red Wings 1939 40 0 2 03 W November 14 1939 3 1 OT Chicago Black Hawks 1939 40 1 2 04 T November 16 1939 3 3 OT Montreal Canadiens 1939 40 1 2 15 W November 19 1939 2 0 Chicago Black Hawks 1939 40 2 2 16 L November 21 1939 1 2 Montreal Canadiens 1939 40 2 3 17 T November 26 1939 2 2 OT New York Rangers 1939 40 2 3 28 W November 28 1939 6 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 1939 40 3 3 29 W December 3 1939 6 2 New York Americans 1939 40 4 3 210 W December 5 1939 2 1 New York Americans 1939 40 5 3 211 W December 8 1939 3 0 Detroit Red Wings 1939 40 6 3 212 L December 10 1939 2 3 New York Rangers 1939 40 6 4 213 W December 12 1939 3 1 Detroit Red Wings 1939 40 7 4 214 T December 14 1939 1 1 OT Toronto Maple Leafs 1939 40 7 4 315 W December 17 1939 4 2 Chicago Black Hawks 1939 40 8 4 316 W December 19 1939 3 2 OT Toronto Maple Leafs 1939 40 9 4 317 W December 21 1939 3 2 Montreal Canadiens 1939 40 10 4 318 W December 24 1939 3 2 New York Americans 1939 40 11 4 319 W December 25 1939 6 3 Chicago Black Hawks 1939 40 12 4 320 L December 29 1939 0 4 New York Rangers 1939 40 12 5 321 W December 31 1939 6 1 Montreal Canadiens 1939 40 13 5 322 L January 2 1940 4 6 New York Rangers 1939 40 13 6 323 W January 7 1940 6 2 New York Americans 1939 40 14 6 324 W January 9 1940 3 1 Detroit Red Wings 1939 40 15 6 325 W January 11 1940 5 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 1939 40 16 6 326 W January 14 1940 4 2 Montreal Canadiens 1939 40 17 6 327 W January 16 1940 6 1 Montreal Canadiens 1939 40 18 6 328 L January 21 1940 2 4 New York Rangers 1939 40 18 7 329 W January 23 1940 4 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 1939 40 19 7 330 T January 25 1940 2 2 OT Chicago Black Hawks 1939 40 19 7 431 L January 28 1940 2 4 Detroit Red Wings 1939 40 19 8 432 W January 30 1940 5 0 Chicago Black Hawks 1939 40 20 8 433 W February 4 1940 7 1 New York Americans 1939 40 21 8 434 W February 6 1940 6 2 New York Rangers 1939 40 22 8 435 W February 11 1940 4 2 New York Americans 1939 40 23 8 436 W February 13 1940 10 3 Detroit Red Wings 1939 40 24 8 437 W February 20 1940 5 0 Toronto Maple Leafs 1939 40 25 8 438 L February 24 1940 1 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 1939 40 25 9 439 L February 25 1940 1 3 Chicago Black Hawks 1939 40 25 10 440 W February 27 1940 6 0 Chicago Black Hawks 1939 40 26 10 441 W February 29 1940 4 2 Montreal Canadiens 1939 40 27 10 442 L March 3 1940 3 6 Detroit Red Wings 1939 40 27 11 443 W March 5 1940 7 2 Detroit Red Wings 1939 40 28 11 444 W March 7 1940 2 1 New York Americans 1939 40 29 11 445 L March 9 1940 2 4 New York Americans 1939 40 29 12 446 W March 12 1940 2 1 New York Rangers 1939 40 30 12 447 T March 14 1940 0 0 OT New York Rangers 1939 40 30 12 548 W March 17 1940 7 2 Montreal Canadiens 1939 40 31 12 5Playoffs EditThe Boston Bruins lost the Semi Finals to the New York Rangers 4 2 Boston Bruins 2 New York Rangers 4 Edit Date Visitor Score Home Record1 March 19 Boston Bruins 0 4 New York Rangers 0 12 March 21 New York Rangers 3 4 Boston Bruins 1 13 March 24 New York Rangers 2 4 Boston Bruins 2 14 March 26 Boston Bruins 0 1 New York Rangers 2 25 March 28 New York Rangers 1 0 Boston Bruins 2 36 March 30 Boston Bruins 1 4 New York Rangers 2 4Player statistics EditRegular season Edit ScoringPlayer Pos GP G A Pts PIMMilt Schmidt C D 48 22 30 52 37Woody Dumart LW 48 22 21 43 16Bobby Bauer RW 48 17 26 43 2Bill Cowley C 48 13 27 40 24Herb Cain LW 48 21 10 31 30Roy Conacher LW 31 18 12 30 9Dit Clapper RW D 44 10 18 28 25Flash Hollett D 44 10 18 28 18Art Jackson C 46 7 18 25 6Mel Hill RW 38 9 11 20 19Red Hamill LW 30 10 8 18 16Gord Pettinger C 24 2 6 8 2Eddie Wiseman RW 18 2 6 8 0Jack Shewchuk D 47 2 4 6 55Jack Crawford D 35 1 4 5 26Jack Portland D 28 0 5 5 16Des Smith D 20 2 2 4 23Eddie Shore D 4 2 1 3 4Frank Brimsek G 48 0 0 0 0Pat McReavy C 2 0 0 0 2GoaltendingPlayer MIN GP W L T GA GAA SOFrank Brimsek 2950 48 31 12 5 98 1 99 6Team 2950 48 31 12 5 98 1 99 6Playoffs Edit ScoringPlayer Pos GP G A Pts PIMHerb Cain LW 6 1 3 4 2Roy Conacher LW 6 2 1 3 0Eddie Wiseman RW 6 2 1 3 2Flash Hollett D 5 1 2 3 2Art Jackson C 5 1 2 3 0Dit Clapper RW D 5 0 2 2 2Bobby Bauer RW 6 1 0 1 2Woody Dumart LW 6 1 0 1 0Bill Cowley C 6 0 1 1 7Red Hamill LW 5 0 1 1 5Terry Reardon C RW 1 0 1 1 0Frank Brimsek G 6 0 0 0 0Jack Crawford D 6 0 0 0 0Mel Hill RW 3 0 0 0 0Milt Schmidt C D 6 0 0 0 0Jack Shewchuk D 6 0 0 0 0Des Smith D 6 0 0 0 0GoaltendingPlayer MIN GP W L GA GAA SOFrank Brimsek 360 6 2 4 15 2 50 0Team 360 6 2 4 15 2 50 0 2 Note Pos Position GPI Games played in G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes Plus minus PPG Power play goals SHG Short handed goals GWG Game winning goals Min TOI Minutes played W Wins L Losses T T OT Ties OTL Overtime losses GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SO Shutouts SA Shots against SV Shots saved SV Save percentage Awards and records EditThis section is empty You can help by adding to it January 2011 Transactions EditThis section is empty You can help by adding to it January 2011 See also Edit1939 40 NHL seasonReferences Edit Standings NHL Public Relations Department 2008 Dave McCarthy et al eds THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide amp Record Book 2009 National Hockey League p 147 ISBN 978 1 894801 14 0 1939 40 Boston Bruins Statistics Hockey Reference com hockey reference com Retrieved June 11 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1939 40 Boston Bruins season amp oldid 1172131312, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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