1947–48 Boston Bruins season

1947–48 Boston Bruins
Division3rd NHL
1947–48 record23–24–13
Goals for167
Goals against168
Team information
General managerArt Ross
CoachDit Clapper
CaptainMilt Schmidt
Team leaders
GoalsPete Babando (23)
AssistsWoody Dumart (16)
PointsWoody Dumart (37)
Penalty minutesPat Egan (81)
WinsFrank Brimsek (23)
Goals against averageFrank Brimsek (2.80)

The 1947–48 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 24th season in the NHL.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Toronto Maple Leafs 60 32 15 13 182 143 +39 77
2 Detroit Red Wings 60 30 18 12 187 148 +39 72
3 Boston Bruins 60 23 24 13 167 168 −1 59
4 New York Rangers 60 21 26 13 176 201 −25 55
5 Montreal Canadiens 60 20 29 11 147 169 −22 51
6 Chicago Black Hawks 60 20 34 6 195 225 −30 46

Record vs. opponents

1947–48 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 3–7–2 4–6–2 6–2–4 7–3–2 3–7–2
Chicago 7–3–2 — 2–10 4–7–1 6–4–2 1–10–1
Detroit 6–4–2 10–2 — 7–2–3 5–4–3 2–6–4
Montreal 2–6–4 7–4–1 2–7–3 — 3–7–2 6–5–1
New York 3–7–2 4–6–2 4–5–3 7–3–2 — 3–5–4
Toronto 7–3–2 10–1–1 6–2–4 5–6–1 5–3–4 —


Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 19, 1947 3–1 New York Rangers (1947–48) 1–0–0
2 W October 22, 1947 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 2–0–0
4 W October 26, 1947 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 3–1–0
5 W October 29, 1947 3–1 @ New York Rangers (1947–48) 4–1–0
6 T November 1, 1947 1–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 4–1–1
7 L November 2, 1947 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 4–2–1
8 W November 5, 1947 2–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 5–2–1
9 W November 12, 1947 8–2 @ New York Rangers (1947–48) 6–2–1
10 W November 15, 1947 9–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 7–2–1
11 L November 16, 1947 1–2 Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 7–3–1
12 W November 19, 1947 7–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 8–3–1
13 L November 22, 1947 3–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 8–4–1
14 T November 23, 1947 2–2 Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 8–4–2
15 L November 26, 1947 3–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 8–5–2
16 L November 27, 1947 1–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 8–6–2
17 T November 30, 1947 0–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 8–6–3
18 T December 3, 1947 4–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 8–6–4
19 T December 6, 1947 5–5 New York Rangers (1947–48) 8–6–5
20 W December 7, 1947 1–0 Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 9–6–5
21 L December 10, 1947 5–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 9–7–5
22 T December 14, 1947 1–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 9–7–6
23 L December 17, 1947 2–5 @ New York Rangers (1947–48) 9–8–6
24 W December 20, 1947 4–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 10–8–6
25 L December 21, 1947 5–6 Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 10–9–6
26 L December 25, 1947 1–6 Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 10–10–6
27 L December 27, 1947 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 10–11–6
28 L December 28, 1947 0–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 10–12–6
29 L December 31, 1947 3–7 @ New York Rangers (1947–48) 10–13–6
30 W January 1, 1948 4–1 New York Rangers (1947–48) 11–13–6
31 T January 3, 1948 2–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 11–13–7
32 W January 10, 1948 4–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 12–13–7
33 L January 11, 1948 1–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 12–14–7
34 T January 14, 1948 3–3 Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 12–14–8
35 L January 17, 1948 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 12–15–8
36 T January 18, 1948 1–1 Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 12–15–9
37 W January 21, 1948 2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 13–15–9
38 W January 25, 1948 6–4 New York Rangers (1947–48) 14–15–9
39 L January 28, 1948 2–4 Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 14–16–9
40 L January 31, 1948 4–7 Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 14–17–9
41 L February 1, 1948 0–3 Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 14–18–9
42 L February 4, 1948 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 14–19–9
43 W February 8, 1948 3–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 15–19–9
44 L February 11, 1948 0–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 15–20–9
45 T February 14, 1948 4–4 New York Rangers (1947–48) 15–20–10
46 W February 15, 1948 3–1 Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 16–20–10
47 W February 18, 1948 4–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 17–20–10
48 W February 21, 1948 3–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 18–20–10
49 L February 22, 1948 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1947–48) 18–21–10
50 L February 25, 1948 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 18–22–10
51 L February 29, 1948 1–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 18–23–10
52 T March 3, 1948 4–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 18–23–11
53 T March 4, 1948 1–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 18–23–12
54 W March 7, 1948 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 19–23–12
55 W March 10, 1948 6–3 New York Rangers (1947–48) 20–23–12
56 L March 13, 1948 2–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 20–24–12
57 W March 14, 1948 5–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 21–24–12
58 W March 16, 1948 6–2 @ New York Rangers (1947–48) 22–24–12
59 T March 17, 1948 0–0 Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 22–24–13
60 W March 21, 1948 4–3 Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 23–24–13

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Woody Dumart LW 59 21 16 37 14
Pete Babando LW 60 23 11 34 52
Don Gallinger C 54 10 21 31 37
Jimmy Peters RW 37 12 15 27 38
Milt Schmidt C/D 33 9 17 26 28
Ed Sandford LW 59 10 15 25 25
Ken Smith LW 60 11 12 23 14
Billy Taylor C 39 4 16 20 25
Wally Wilson C 53 11 8 19 18
Pat Egan D 60 8 11 19 81
Clare Martin D 59 5 13 18 34
Joe Carveth RW 22 8 9 17 2
Murray Henderson D 49 6 8 14 50
Jack Crawford D 45 3 11 14 10
Paul Ronty C 24 3 11 14 0
Ed Harrison C/LW 52 6 7 13 8
Grant Warwick RW 18 6 5 11 8
Fern Flaman D 56 4 6 10 69
Johnny Peirson RW 15 4 2 6 0
John Quilty C 6 3 2 5 2
Frank Brimsek G 60 0 0 0 0
Arnie Kullman C 1 0 0 0 0
Ray Manson LW 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Frank Brimsek 3600 60 23 24 13 168 2.80 3
Team: 3600 60 23 24 13 168 2.80 3

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Milt Schmidt C/D 5 2 5 7 2
Johnny Peirson RW 5 3 2 5 0
Ken Smith LW 5 2 3 5 0
Paul Ronty C 5 0 4 4 0
Jimmy Peters RW 5 1 2 3 2
Grant Warwick RW 5 0 3 3 4
Pete Babando LW 5 1 1 2 2
Pat Egan D 5 1 1 2 2
Ed Harrison C/LW 5 1 0 1 2
Murray Henderson D 3 1 0 1 5
Ed Sandford LW 5 1 0 1 0
Jack Crawford D 4 0 1 1 2
Frank Brimsek G 5 0 0 0 0
Woody Dumart LW 5 0 0 0 0
Fern Flaman D 5 0 0 0 12
Pentti Lund RW 2 0 0 0 0
Clare Martin D 5 0 0 0 6
Wally Wilson C 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Frank Brimsek 317 5 1 4 20 3.79 0
Team: 317 5 1 4 20 3.79 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

See also

References

  1. ^ "1947–1948 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1947-48 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.