1937–38 Boston Bruins season

1937–38 Boston Bruins
American Division Champions
Division	1st American
1937–38 record	30–11–7
Goals for	142
Goals against	89
Team information
General Manager	Art Ross
Coach	Art Ross
Captain	Dit Clapper
Team leaders
<1936–37	1938–39>

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	48	30	11	7	142	89	67
New York Rangers	48	27	15	6	149	96	60
Chicago Black Hawks	48	14	25	9	97	139	37
Detroit Red Wings	48	12	25	11	99	133	35

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

Game log

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	November 6, 1937	4–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	1–0–0
2	W	November 14, 1937	3–2	New York Rangers (1937–38)	2–0–0
3	W	November 16, 1937	1–0	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	3–0–0
4	W	November 18, 1937	2–1	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	4–0–0
5	W	November 20, 1937	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	5–0–0
6	W	November 21, 1937	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	6–0–0
7	T	November 23, 1937	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	6–0–1
8	T	November 28, 1937	3–3 OT	New York Americans (1937–38)	6–0–2
9	L	December 2, 1937	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	6–1–2
10	L	December 5, 1937	0–4	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	6–2–2
11	L	December 7, 1937	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	6–3–2
12	W	December 14, 1937	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	7–3–2
13	W	December 18, 1937	3–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	8–3–2
14	W	December 19, 1937	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	9–3–2
15	W	December 21, 1937	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	10–3–2
16	W	December 25, 1937	1–0	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	11–3–2
17	L	December 26, 1937	1–3	New York Americans (1937–38)	11–4–2
18	W	December 28, 1937	3–2	New York Rangers (1937–38)	12–4–2
19	L	December 31, 1937	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	12–5–2
20	W	January 2, 1938	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	13–5–2
21	W	January 4, 1938	6–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	14–5–2
22	L	January 8, 1938	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	14–6–2
23	W	January 11, 1938	6–2	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	15–6–2
24	W	January 16, 1938	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	16–6–2
25	W	January 18, 1938	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	17–6–2
26	W	January 22, 1938	9–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	18–6–2
27	L	January 23, 1938	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	18–7–2
28	L	January 25, 1938	2–3	New York Rangers (1937–38)	18–8–2
29	T	January 29, 1938	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	18–8–3
30	T	January 30, 1938	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	18–8–4
31	W	February 1, 1938	2–0	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	19–8–4
32	L	February 5, 1938	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	19–9–4
33	W	February 6, 1938	7–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	20–9–4
34	W	February 8, 1938	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	21–9–4
35	W	February 13, 1938	1–0 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	22–9–4
36	W	February 15, 1938	5–2	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	23–9–4
37	W	February 17, 1938	3–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	24–9–4
38	W	February 20, 1938	3–2 OT	New York Rangers (1937–38)	25–9–4
39	W	February 22, 1938	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	26–9–4
40	T	February 24, 1938	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	26–9–5
41	W	March 1, 1938	6–1	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	27–9–5
42	L	March 3, 1938	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	27–10–5
43	L	March 6, 1938	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	27–11–5
44	W	March 8, 1938	7–0	New York Americans (1937–38)	28–11–5
45	T	March 10, 1938	2–2 OT	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	28–11–6
46	W	March 13, 1938	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	29–11–6
47	T	March 15, 1938	4–4 OT	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	29–11–7
48	W	March 20, 1938	6–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	30–11–7

Playoffs

The Boston Bruins lost the Semi-Finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs being swept three games to none.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cowley, BillBill Cowley	C	48	17	22	39	8
Bauer, BobbyBobby Bauer	RW	48	20	14	34	9
Sands, CharlieCharlie Sands	C/RW	46	17	12	29	12
Dumart, WoodyWoody Dumart	LW	48	13	14	27	6
Schmidt, MiltMilt Schmidt	C/D	44	13	14	27	15
Getliffe, RayRay Getliffe	C/LW	36	11	13	24	16
Weiland, CooneyCooney Weiland	C	48	11	12	23	16
Goldsworthy, LeroyLeroy Goldsworthy	RW	46	9	10	19	14
Pettinger, GordGord Pettinger	C	35	7	10	17	10
Shore, EddieEddie Shore	D	48	3	14	17	42
Clapper, DitDit Clapper	RW/D	46	6	9	15	24
Hollett, FlashFlash Hollett	D	48	4	10	14	54
Jackson, ArtArt Jackson	C	48	9	3	12	24
Portland, JackJack Portland	D	48	0	5	5	26
Hill, MelMel Hill	RW	6	2	0	2	2
Hamill, RedRed Hamill	LW	6	0	1	1	2
Beattie, RedRed Beattie	LW	14	0	0	0	0
Crawford, JackJack Crawford	D	2	0	0	0	0
Thompson, TinyTiny Thompson	G	48	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Thompson, TinyTiny Thompson	2970	48	30	11	7	89	1.80	7
Team:	2970	48	30	11	7	89	1.80	7

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cowley, BillBill Cowley	C	3	2	0	2	0
Sands, CharlieCharlie Sands	C/RW	3	1	1	2	0
Getliffe, RayRay Getliffe	C/LW	3	0	1	1	2
Hollett, FlashFlash Hollett	D	3	0	1	1	0
Shore, EddieEddie Shore	D	3	0	1	1	6
Bauer, BobbyBobby Bauer	RW	3	0	0	0	2
Clapper, DitDit Clapper	RW/D	3	0	0	0	12
Dumart, WoodyWoody Dumart	LW	3	0	0	0	0
Goldsworthy, LeroyLeroy Goldsworthy	RW	3	0	0	0	2
Hill, MelMel Hill	RW	1	0	0	0	0
Jackson, ArtArt Jackson	C	3	0	0	0	0
Pettinger, GordGord Pettinger	C	3	0	0	0	0
Portland, JackJack Portland	D	3	0	0	0	4
Schmidt, MiltMilt Schmidt	C/D	3	0	0	0	0
Thompson, TinyTiny Thompson	G	3	0	0	0	0
Weiland, CooneyCooney Weiland	C	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Thompson, TinyTiny Thompson	212	3	0	3	6	1.70	0
Team:	212	3	0	3	6	1.70	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

Transactions

Roster

See also

• 1937–38 NHL season

References

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