2024–25 Boston Bruins season

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

2024–25 Boston Bruins
Division	Atlantic
Conference	Eastern
2024–25 record	4–6–1
Home record	3–3–0
Road record	1–3–1
Goals for	29
Goals against	42
Team information
General manager	Don Sweeney
Coach	Jim Montgomery
Captain	Brad Marchand
Alternate captains	Charlie McAvoy David Pastrnak
Arena	TD Garden
Minor league affiliate(s)	Providence Bruins (AHL) Maine Mariners (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	David Pastrnak (6)
Assists	Brad Marchand (5)
Points	David Pastrnak (10)
Penalty minutes	Nikita Zadorov (23)
Plus/minus	Cole Koepke (+10)
Wins	Jeremy Swayman (3)
Goals against average	Joonas Korpisalo (2.48)
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Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Florida Panthers	14	10	3	1	9	54	43	+11	21
2	Toronto Maple Leafs	15	8	5	2	8	46	40	+6	18
3	Tampa Bay Lightning	14	7	6	1	6	49	45	+4	15
4	Boston Bruins	15	7	7	1	4	38	49	−11	15
5	Detroit Red Wings	13	6	6	1	6	34	39	−5	13
6	Buffalo Sabres	14	6	7	1	6	47	44	+3	13
7	Ottawa Senators	13	6	7	0	5	45	42	+3	12
8	Montreal Canadiens	14	4	8	2	4	38	58	−20	10

Updated to game(s) played on November 8, 2024. Source: National Hockey League^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	New York Rangers	12	8	3	1	8	45	30	+15	17
2	AT	Boston Bruins	15	7	7	1	4	38	49	−11	15
3	ME	New York Islanders	14	6	6	2	3	36	42	−6	14
4	ME	Pittsburgh Penguins	16	6	8	2	4	46	61	−15	14
5	AT	Detroit Red Wings	13	6	6	1	6	34	39	−5	13
6	AT	Buffalo Sabres	14	6	7	1	6	47	44	+3	13
7	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	12	5	5	2	5	40	40	0	12
8	AT	Ottawa Senators	13	6	7	0	5	45	42	+3	12
9	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	14	5	8	1	3	37	51	−14	11
10	AT	Montreal Canadiens	14	4	8	2	4	38	58	−20	10

Updated to game(s) played on November 8, 2024. Source: National Hockey League^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Boston Bruins preseason season schedule was released on June 17, 2024.

2024 Pre-Season Game Log: 2–4–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–3–1)[4]
#	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 (Quebec City)	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.^[5][6]

2024–25 game log
October: 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 [7] 2 October 10 Montreal 4–6 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 1–1–0 2 [8] 3 October 12 Los Angeles 1–2 Boston OT Swayman TD Garden 17,850 2–1–0 4 [9] 4 October 14 Florida 4–3 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 2–2–0 4 [10] 5 October 16 Boston 5–3 Colorado Korpisalo Ball Arena 18,024 3–2–0 6 [11] 6 October 19 Boston 1–2 Utah OT Swayman Delta Center 16,007 3–2–1 7 [12] 7 October 22 Boston 0–4 Nashville Swayman Bridgestone Arena 17,184 3–3–1 7 [13] 8 October 24 Dallas 5–2 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 3–4–1 7 [14] 9 October 26 Toronto 3–4 Boston OT Swayman TD Garden 17,850 4–4–1 9 [15] 10 October 29 Philadelphia 2–0 Boston Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 4–5–1 9 [16] 11 October 31 Boston 2–8 Carolina Swayman Lenovo Center 18,700 4–6–1 9 [17]
November: 3–1–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 1–1–0) # 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 [18] 13 November 3 Seattle 0–2 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 6–6–1 13 [19] 14 November 5 Boston 0–4 Toronto Swayman Scotiabank Arena 18,730 6–7–1 13 [20] 15 November 7 Calgary 3–4 Boston OT Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 7–7–1 15 [21] 16 November 9 Ottawa Boston TD Garden 17 November 12 Boston St. Louis Enterprise Center 18 November 14 Boston Dallas American Airlines Center 19 November 16 St. Louis Boston TD Garden 20 November 18 Columbus Boston TD Garden 21 November 21 Utah Boston TD Garden 22 November 23 Boston Detroit Little Caesars Arena 23 November 26 Vancouver Boston TD Garden 24 November 27 Boston NY Islanders UBS Arena 25 November 29 Pittsburgh Boston TD Garden
December: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 1 Montreal Boston TD Garden 27 December 3 Detroit Boston TD Garden 28 December 4 Boston Chicago United Center 29 December 7 Philadelphia Boston TD Garden 30 December 10 Boston Winnipeg Canada Life Centre 31 December 12 Boston Seattle Climate Pledge Arena 32 December 14 Boston Vancouver Rogers Arena 33 December 17 Boston Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 34 December 19 Boston Edmonton Rogers Place 35 December 21 Buffalo Boston TD Garden 36 December 23 Washington Boston TD Garden 37 December 27 Boston Columbus Nationwide Arena 38 December 28 Columbus Boston TD Garden 39 December 31 Boston Washington Capital One Arena
January: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 2 Boston NY Rangers Madison Square Garden 41 January 4 Boston Toronto Scotiabank Arena 42 January 5 NY Islanders Boston TD Garden 43 January 7 Edmonton Boston TD Garden 44 January 9 Boston Tampa Bay Amalie Arena 45 January 11 Boston Florida Amerant Bank Arena 46 January 14 Tampa Bay Boston TD Garden 47 January 18 Boston Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre 48 January 20 San Jose Boston TD Garden 49 January 22 Boston New Jersey Prudential Center 50 January 23 Ottawa Boston TD Garden 51 January 25 Colorado Boston TD Garden 52 January 28 Boston Buffalo KeyBank Center 53 January 30 Winnipeg Boston TD Garden
February: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 February 1 NY Rangers Boston TD Garden 55 February 4 Minnesota Boston TD Garden 56 February 5 Boston NY Rangers Madison Square Garden 57 February 8 Vegas Boston TD Garden 58 February 22 Anaheim Boston TD Garden 59 February 25 Toronto Boston TD Garden 60 February 27 NY Islanders Boston TD Garden
March: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 1 Boston Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 62 March 2 Boston Minnesota Xcel Energy Center 63 March 4 Nashville Boston TD Garden 64 March 6 Boston Carolina Lenovo Center 65 March 8 Boston Tampa Bay Amalie Arena 66 March 11 Florida Boston TD Garden 67 March 13 Boston Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre 68 March 15 Tampa Bay Boston TD Garden 69 March 17 Buffalo Boston TD Garden 70 March 20 Boston Vegas T-Mobile Arena 71 March 22 Boston San Jose SAP Center 72 March 23 Boston Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 73 March 26 Boston Anaheim Honda Center 74 March 29 Boston Detroit Little Caesars Arena
April: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 75 April 1 Washington Boston TD Garden 76 April 3 Boston Montreal Bell Centre 77 April 5 Carolina Boston TD Garden 78 April 6 Boston Buffalo KeyBank Center 79 April 8 Boston New Jersey Prudential Center 80 April 10 Chicago Boston TD Garden 81 April 13 Boston Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 82 April 15 New Jersey Boston TD Garden
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Players

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Updated November 7, 2024^[22][23]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
19		John Beecher	C	L	23	2019	Elmira, New York
55		Justin Brazeau	RW	R	26	2024	New Liskeard, Ontario
25		Brandon Carlo	D	R	27	2015	Colorado Springs, Colorado
13		Charlie Coyle	C	R	32	2019	Weymouth, Massachusetts
11		Trent Frederic	LW	L	26	2016	St. Louis, Missouri
39		Morgan Geekie	RW	R	26	2023	Strathclair, Manitoba
90		Tyler Johnson	C	R	34	2024	Spokane, Washington
47		Mark Kastelic	C	R	25	2024	Phoenix, Arizona
45		Cole Koepke	LW	L	26	2024	Two Harbors, Minnesota
70		Joonas Korpisalo	G	L	30	2024	Pori, Finland
28		Elias Lindholm	C	R	29	2024	Boden, Sweden
27		Hampus Lindholm	D	L	30	2022	Helsingborg, Sweden
6		Mason Lohrei	D	L	23	2020	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
63		Brad Marchand (C)	LW	L	36	2006	Halifax, Nova Scotia
73		Charlie McAvoy (A)	D	R	26	2016	Long Beach, New York
88		David Pastrnak (A)	RW	R	28	2014	Havířov, Czech Republic
52		Andrew Peeke	D	R	26	2024	Parkland, Florida
51		Matt Poitras	C	R	20	2022	Ajax, Ontario
75		Alec Regula	D	R	24	2023	West Bloomfield, Michigan
1		Jeremy Swayman	G	L	25	2017	Anchorage, Alaska
29		Parker Wotherspoon	D	L	27	2023	Surrey, British Columbia
18		Pavel Zacha	C	L	27	2022	Brno, Czech Republic
91		Nikita Zadorov	D	L	29	2024	Moscow, Russia

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 Wild Jakub Lauko 4th-round pick in 2024	To Boston Bruins Vinni Lettieri 4th-round pick in 2024	[24]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Max Jones	Anaheim Ducks	2-year	Free agency	[25]
	Cole Koepke	Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	Free agency	[26]
	Elias Lindholm	Vancouver Canucks	7-year	Free agency	[27]
	Jordan Oesterle	Calgary Flames	2-year	Free agency	[28]
	Billy Sweezey	Columbus Blue Jackets	2-year	Free agency	[29]
	Riley Tufte	Colorado Avalanche	1-year	Free agency	[30]
	Jeffrey Viel	Winnipeg Jets	2-year	Free agency	[31]
	Nikita Zadorov	Vancouver Canucks	6-year	Free agency	[32]
October 2, 2024 (2024-10-02)	Jiri Patera			Waivers	[33]
November 4, 2024 (2024-11-04)	Tyler Johnson	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	[34]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Patrick Maroon	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	[35]
July 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)	Kyle Keyser	Kunlun Red Star	1-year	Free agency	[36]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
July 12, 2024 (2024-07-12)	Alec Regula	1-year	[37]
July 12, 2024 (2024-07-12)	Michael Callahan	1-year	[38]
July 16, 2024 (2024-07-16)	Marc McLaughlin	1-year	[39]

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	25	Dean Letourneau	C	Canada	St. Andrew's College Saints (CISAA)
4	110	Elliott Groenewold	D	United States	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
5	154	Jonathan Morello	C	Canada	St. Michael's Buzzers (OJHL)
6	186	Loke Johansson	D	Sweden	AIK IF (J20 Nationell)

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