1942–43 Boston Bruins season

The 1942–43 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 19th season in the NHL.

1942–43 Boston Bruins
League	2nd NHL
1942–43 record	24–17–9
Home record	17–3–5
Road record	7–14–4
Goals for	195
Goals against	176
Team information
General manager	Art Ross
Coach	Art Ross
Captain	Dit Clapper
Arena	Boston Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Cowley (27)
Assists	Bill Cowley (45)
Points	Bill Cowley (72)
Penalty minutes	Murph Chamberlain (67)
Wins	Frank Brimsek (24)
Goals against average	Frank Brimsek (3.52)
← 1941–42 1943–44 →

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]

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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	50	25	14	11	169	124	+45	61
2	Boston Bruins	50	24	17	9	195	176	+19	57
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	50	22	19	9	198	159	+39	53
4	Montreal Canadiens	50	19	19	12	181	191	−10	50
5	Chicago Black Hawks	50	17	18	15	179	180	−1	49
6	New York Rangers	50	11	31	8	161	253	−92	30

Record vs. opponents

1942–43 NHL Records [2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	3–4–3	4–4–2	5–4–1	8–2	4–3–3
Chicago	4–3–3	—	2–4–4	1–4–5	4–4–2	6–3–1
Detroit	4–4–2	4–2–4	—	5–3–2	7–1–2	5–4–1
Montreal	4–5–1	4–1–5	3–5–2	—	6–2–2	2–6–2
New York	2–8	4–4–2	1–7–2	2–6–2	—	2–6–2
Toronto	3–4–3	3–6–1	4–5–1	6–2–2	6–2–2	—

Schedule and results

1942–43 regular season[3]
October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 1 L October 31, 1942 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 0–1–0
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 2 L November 1, 1942 0–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) 0–2–0 3 L November 5, 1942 1–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 0–3–0 4 L November 12, 1942 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 0–4–0 5 W November 14, 1942 5–3 New York Rangers (1942–43) 1–4–0 6 W November 15, 1942 4–3 @ New York Rangers (1942–43) 2–4–0 7 W November 17, 1942 4–1 Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 3–4–0 8 W November 22, 1942 7–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 4–4–0 9 T November 24, 1942 5–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 4–4–1 10 W November 28, 1942 6–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 5–4–1 11 L November 29, 1942 2–3 @ New York Rangers (1942–43) 5–5–1
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 12 W December 1, 1942 5–2 Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) 6–5–1 13 W December 6, 1942 5–4 New York Rangers (1942–43) 7–5–1 14 W December 8, 1942 9–6 Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 8–5–1 15 W December 12, 1942 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 9–5–1 16 T December 13, 1942 1–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) 9–5–2 17 W December 15, 1942 3–2 Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) 10–5–2 18 W December 17, 1942 7–3 @ New York Rangers (1942–43) 11–5–2 19 T December 19, 1942 3–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 11–5–3 20 T December 20, 1942 4–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 11–5–4 21 T December 22, 1942 4–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 11–5–5 22 L December 26, 1942 2–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 11–6–5 23 L December 27, 1942 2–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 11–7–5 24 L December 29, 1942 3–5 New York Rangers (1942–43) 11–8–5
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 25 T January 1, 1943 2–2 Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) 11–8–6 26 W January 3, 1943 3–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) 12–8–6 27 L January 9, 1943 2–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 12–9–6 28 W January 10, 1943 5–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 13–9–6 29 W January 12, 1943 3–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 14–9–6 30 W January 16, 1943 7–5 New York Rangers (1942–43) 15–9–6 31 W January 17, 1943 6–3 @ New York Rangers (1942–43) 16–9–6 32 W January 19, 1943 5–2 Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 17–9–6 33 L January 21, 1943 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) 17–10–6 34 L January 24, 1943 3–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 17–11–6 35 L January 26, 1943 3–5 Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) 17–12–6 36 W January 30, 1943 5–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 18–12–6 37 W January 31, 1943 7–2 @ New York Rangers (1942–43) 19–12–6
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 38 W February 2, 1943 5–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 20–12–6 39 L February 6, 1943 3–8 @ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 20–13–6 40 W February 7, 1943 7–1 Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 21–13–6 41 W February 9, 1943 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 22–13–6 42 L February 14, 1943 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 22–14–6 43 L February 20, 1943 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 22–15–6 44 L February 21, 1943 0–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) 22–16–6 45 L February 23, 1943 5–7 Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 22–17–6 46 T February 28, 1943 4–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43) 22–17–7
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 47 W March 2, 1943 3–1 Detroit Red Wings (1942–43) 23–17–7 48 T March 9, 1943 5–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43) 23–17–8 49 T March 14, 1943 4–4 Montreal Canadiens (1942–43) 23–17–9 50 W March 16, 1943 11–5 New York Rangers (1942–43) 24–17–9
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

The Boston Bruins defeated the Montreal Canadiens in the semi-finals 4–1, but were swept in four games by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1943 Stanley Cup Finals.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bill Cowley	C	48	27	45	72	10
Art Jackson	C	50	22	31	53	20
Buzz Boll	LW	43	25	27	52	20
Flash Hollett	D	50	19	25	44	19
Herb Cain	LW	45	18	18	36	19
Busher Jackson	LW	44	19	15	34	38
Don Gallinger	C	48	14	20	34	16
Murph Chamberlain	LW	45	9	24	33	67
Dit Clapper	RW/D	38	5	18	23	12
Jack Crawford	D	49	5	18	23	24
Bep Guidolin	LW	42	7	15	22	43
Jack Schmidt	LW	45	6	7	13	6
Irwin Boyd	RW	20	6	5	11	6
Jack Shewchuk	D	48	2	6	8	50
Ab DeMarco	C	3	4	1	5	0
Bill Shill	RW	7	4	1	5	4
Oscar Aubuchon	LW	3	3	0	3	0
Norm Calladine	C	3	0	1	1	0
Frank Brimsek	G	50	0	0	0	0
Dutch Hiller	LW	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Frank Brimsek	3000	50	24	17	9	176	3.52	1
Team:	3000	50	24	17	9	176	3.52	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Art Jackson	C	9	6	3	9	7
Flash Hollett	D	9	0	9	9	4
Bill Cowley	C	9	1	7	8	4
Herb Cain	LW	7	4	2	6	0
Dit Clapper	RW/D	9	2	3	5	9
Don Gallinger	C	9	3	1	4	10
Bep Guidolin	LW	9	0	4	4	12
Ab DeMarco	C	9	3	0	3	2
Busher Jackson	LW	9	1	2	3	10
Murph Chamberlain	LW	6	1	1	2	12
Jack Crawford	D	6	1	1	2	10
Oscar Aubuchon	LW	6	1	0	1	0
Irwin Boyd	RW	5	0	1	1	4
Bill Anderson	D	1	0	0	0	0
Frank Brimsek	G	9	0	0	0	0
Jack Schmidt	LW	5	0	0	0	0
Jack Shewchuk	D	9	0	0	0	12

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Frank Brimsek	560	9	4	5	33	3.54	0
Team:	560	9	4	5	33	3.54	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;

See also

• 1942–43 NHL season