2018–19 Boston Bruins season

	2018–19 Boston Bruins
Division	2nd Atlantic
Conference	2nd Eastern
2018–19 record	49–24–9
Home record	29–9–3
Road record	20–15–6
Goals for	259
Goals against	215
Team information
General manager	Don Sweeney
Coach	Bruce Cassidy
Captain	Zdeno Chara
Alternate captains	Patrice Bergeron; David Krejci
Arena	TD Garden
Minor league affiliate(s)	Providence Bruins (AHL); Atlanta Gladiators (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	David Pastrnak (38)
Assists	Brad Marchand (64)
Points	Brad Marchand (100)
Penalty minutes	Brad Marchand (96)
Plus/minus	Patrice Bergeron (+23)
Wins	Tuukka Rask (27)
Goals against average	Jaroslav Halak (2.34)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Boston Bruins season was the 95th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924. The Bruins finished 2nd in the Atlantic Division and lost in the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals to the St. Louis Blues 4 games to 3.

Regular Season[]

Divisional Standings[]

Atlantic Division[]

Team	GP	W	L	OL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
Tampa Bay Lightning	82	62	16	4	56	325	22	128
Boston Bruins	82	49	24	9	47	259	215	107
Toronto Maple Leafs	82	46	28	8	46	286	251	100
Montreal Canadiens	82	44	30	8	41	249	236	96
Florida Panthers	82	36	32	14	33	267	280	86
Buffalo Sabres	82	33	39	10	28	226	271	76
Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	29	227	277	74
Ottawa Senators	82	29	47	6	29	242	302	64

Conference Standings[]

Metropolitan Division[]

Team	GP	W	L	OL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
Washington Capitals	82	48	26	8	44	278	249	104
New York Islanders	82	48	27	7	43	228	196	103
Pittsburgh Penguins	82	44	26	12	42	273	241	100

Atlantic Division[]

Team	GP	W	L	OL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
Tampa Bay Lightning	82	62	16	4	56	325	22	128
Boston Bruins	82	49	24	9	47	259	215	107
Toronto Maple Leafs	82	46	28	8	46	286	251	100

Eastern Conference Wild Card[]

Team	GP	W	L	OL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
Carolina Hurricanes	82	46	29	7	44	245	223	99
Columbus Blue Jackets	82	47	31	4	45	258	232	98
Montreal Canadiens	82	44	30	8	41	249	236	96
Florida Panthers	82	36	32	14	33	267	280	86
Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	37	8	34	244	281	82
New York Rangers	82	32	36	14	26	227	272	78
Buffalo Sabres	82	33	39	10	28	226	271	76
Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	29	227	277	74
New Jersey Devils	82	31	41	10	28	222	275	72
Ottawa Senators	82	29	47	6	29	242	302	64

Game Log[]

Pre-season[]

The pre-season schedule was published on May 18, 2018.^[1]

2018 Pre-season Game Log 5–1–2 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[a]	September 15	Boston	4–3	Calgary	SO	Halak	—	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 16	Washington	1–2	Boston	SO	McIntyre	17,565	2–0–0	Recap
3	September 18	Boston	5–2	Washington		Vladar	14,952	3–0–0	Recap
4^[b]	September 19	Calgary	1–3	Boston		Rask	—	4–0–0	Recap
5	September 22	Boston	3–4	Detroit	OT	McIntyre	16,855	4–0–1	Recap
6	September 24	Boston	4–3	Philadelphia		Vladar	18,955	5–0–1	Recap
7	September 26	Detroit	3–2	Boston	OT	Halak	17,565	5–0–2	Recap
8	September 29	Philadelphia	4–1	Boston		Rask	17,565	5–1–2	Recap
Notes: ^a Game was played at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China. ^b Game was played at Cadillac Arena in Beijing, China.

Regular Season[]

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.^[2]

2018–19 game log

October: 7–3–2 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 3	Boston	0–7	Washington		Rask	18,506	0–1–0	0	Recap
2	October 4	Boston	4–0	Buffalo		Halak	19,070	1–1–0	2	Recap
3	October 8	Ottawa	3–6	Boston		Rask	17,565	2–1–0	4	Recap
4	October 11	Edmonton	1–4	Boston		Halak	17,565	3–1–0	6	Recap
5	October 13	Detroit	2–8	Boston		Rask	17,565	4–1–0	8	Recap
6	October 17	Boston	2–5	Calgary		Rask	17,641	4–2–0	8	Recap
7	October 18	Boston	2–3	Edmonton	OT	Halak	18,347	4–2–1	9	Recap
8	October 20	Boston	1–2	Vancouver	OT	Halak	17,871	4–2–2	10	Recap
9	October 23	Boston	4–1	Ottawa		Rask	15,265	5–2–2	12	Recap
10	October 25	Philadelphia	0–3	Boston		Halak	17,565	6–2–2	14	Recap
11	October 27	Montreal	3–0	Boston		Rask	17,565	6–3–2	14	Recap
12	October 30	Boston	3–2	Carolina		Halak	11,357	7–3–2	16	Recap

November: 7–4–2 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 2–3–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
13	November 3	Boston	0–1	Nashville		Halak	17,535	7–4–2	16	Recap
14	November 5	Dallas	1–2	Boston	OT	Rask	17,565	8–4–2	18	Recap
15	November 8	Vancouver	8–5	Boston		Rask	17,565	8–5–2	18	Recap
16	November 10	Toronto	1–5	Boston		Halak	17,565	9–5–2	20	Recap
17	November 11	Vegas	1–4	Boston		Halak	17,565	10–5–2	22	Recap
18	November 14	Boston	3–6	Colorado		Halak	16,124	10–6–2	22	Recap
19	November 16	Boston	0–1	Dallas	OT	Rask	18,532	10–6–3	23	Recap
20	November 17	Boston	2–1	Arizona		Halak	16,386	11–6–3	25	Recap
21	November 21	Boston	2–3	Detroit	OT	Rask	19,515	11–6–4	26	Recap
22	November 23	Pittsburgh	1–2	Boston	OT	Halak	17,565	12–6–4	28	Recap
23	November 24	Boston	3–2	Montreal		Rask	21,302	13–6–4	30	Recap
24	November 26	Boston	2–4	Toronto		Halak	19,286	13–7–4	30	Recap
25	November 29	NY Islanders	1–2	Boston	SO	Rask	17,565	14–7–4	32	Recap

December: 7–7–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 3–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
26	December 1	Detroit	4–2	Boston		Rask	17,565	14–8–4	32	Recap
27	December 4	Boston	0–5	Florida		Halak	12,058	14–9–4	32	Recap
28	December 6	Boston	2–3	Tampa Bay		Rask	19,092	14–10–4	32	Recap
29	December 8	Toronto	3–6	Boston		Halak	17,565	15–10–4	34	Recap
30	December 9	Boston	2–1	Ottawa	OT	Rask	13,148	16–10–4	36	Recap
31	December 11	Arizona	3–4	Boston		Rask	17,565	17–10–4	38	Recap
32	December 14	Boston	3–5	Pittsburgh		Halak	18,549	17–11–4	38	Recap
33	December 16	Buffalo	4–2	Boston		Rask	17,565	17–12–4	38	Recap
34	December 17	Boston	4–0	Montreal		Halak	21,302	18–12–4	40	Recap
35	December 20	Anaheim	1–3	Boston		Halak	17,565	19–12–4	42	Recap
36	December 22	Nashville	2–5	Boston		Halak	17,565	20–12–4	44	Recap
37	December 23	Boston	3–5	Carolina		Rask	17,409	20–13–4	44	Recap
38	December 27	New Jersey	5–2	Boston		Halak	17,565	20–14–4	44	Recap
39	December 29	Boston	3–2	Buffalo	OT	Rask	19,070	21–14–4	46	Recap

January: 6–3–3 (Home: 4–2–3 ; Road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
40	January 1	Boston	4–2	Chicago		Rask	76,126 (outdoors)	22–14–4	48	Recap
41	January 3	Calgary	4–6	Boston		Halak	17,565	23–14–4	50	Recap
42	January 5	Buffalo	1–2	Boston		Rask	17,565	24–14–4	52	Recap
43	January 8	Minnesota	0–4	Boston		Rask	17,565	25–14–4	54	Recap
44	January 10	Washington	4–2	Boston		Halak	17,565	25–15–4	54	Recap
45	January 12	Boston	3–2	Toronto		Rask	19,305	26–15–4	56	Recap
46	January 14	Montreal	3–2	Boston	OT	Rask	17,565	26–15–5	57	Recap
47	January 16	Boston	3–4	Philadelphia		Halak	19,297	26–16–5	57	Recap
48	January 17	St. Louis	2–5	Boston		Rask	17,565	27–16–5	59	Recap
49	January 19	NY Rangers	3–2	Boston		Halak	17,565	27–17–5	59	Recap
50	January 29	Winnipeg	4–3	Boston	SO	Halak	17,565	27–17–6	60	Recap
51	January 31	Philadelphia	3–2	Boston	OT	Rask	17,565	27–17–7	61	Recap

February: 11–0–2 (Home: 6–0–0 ; Road: 5–0–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
52	February 3	Boston	1–0	Washington		Rask	18,506	28–17–7	63	Recap
53	February 5	NY Islanders	1–3	Boston		Rask	17,565	29–17–7	65	Recap
54	February 6	Boston	3–4	NY Rangers	SO	Halak	16,848	29–17–8	66	Recap
55	February 9	Los Angeles	4–5	Boston	OT	Rask	17,565	30–17–8	68	Recap
56	February 10	Colorado	1–2	Boston	OT	Halak	17,565	31–17–8	70	Recap
57	February 12	Chicago	3–6	Boston		Rask	17,565	32–17–8	72	Recap
58	February 15	Boston	3–0	Anaheim		Halak	17,174	33–17–8	74	Recap
59	February 16	Boston	4–2	Los Angeles		Rask	18,230	34–17–8	76	Recap
60	February 18	Boston	6–5	San Jose	OT	Rask	17,562	35–17–8	78	Recap
61	February 20	Boston	3–2	Vegas	SO	Halak	18,222	36–17–8	80	Recap
62	February 23	Boston	1–2	St. Louis	SO	Rask	18,425	36–17–9	81	Recap
63	February 26	San Jose	1–4	Boston		Halak	17,565	37–17–9	83	Recap
64	February 28	Tampa Bay	1–4	Boston		Rask	17,565	38–17–9	85	Recap

March: 9–6–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 3–5–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
65	March 2	New Jersey	0–1	Boston		Rask	17,565	39–17–9	87	Recap
66	March 5	Carolina	3–4	Boston	OT	Halak	17,565	40–17–9	89	Recap
67	March 7	Florida	3–4	Boston		Rask	17,565	41–17–9	91	Recap
68	March 9	Ottawa	2–3	Boston		Rask	17,565	42–17–9	93	Recap
69	March 10	Boston	2–4	Pittsburgh		Halak	18,578	42–18–9	93	Recap
70	March 12	Boston	4–7	Columbus		Rask	16,554	42–19–9	93	Recap
71	March 14	Boston	3–4	Winnipeg		Rask	15,321	42–20–9	93	Recap
72	March 16	Columbus	1–2	Boston	OT	Halak	17,565	43–20–9	95	Recap
73	March 19	Boston	5–0	NY Islanders		Rask	13,917	44–20–9	97	Recap
74	March 21	Boston	5–1	New Jersey		Rask	14,649	45–20–9	99	Recap
75	March 23	Boston	7–3	Florida		Halak	17,129	46–20–9	101	Recap
76	March 25	Boston	4–5	Tampa Bay		Rask	19,092	46–21–9	101	Recap
77	March 27	NY Rangers	3–6	Boston		Halak	17,565	47–21–9	103	Recap
78	March 30	Florida	4–1	Boston		Rask	17,565	47–22–9	103	Recap
79	March 31	Boston	3–6	Detroit		Halak	19,515	47–23–9	103	Recap

April: 2–1–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 2–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
80	April 2	Boston	6–2	Columbus		Rask	18,890	48–23–9	105	Recap
81	April 4	Boston	3–0	Minnesota		Halak	19,074	49–23–9	107	Recap
82	April 6	Tampa Bay	6–3	Boston		Rask	17,565	49–24–9	107	Recap

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs[]

Main article: 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs

Boston Bruins 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3[]

The Bruins faced the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the playoffs,^[3] and defeated them in seven games.^[4]^[5] They played against each other in the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Bruins defeated the Maple Leafs in the First Round in seven games.^[6]

Boston Bruins 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 2[]

The Bruins faced the Columbus Blue Jackets in the Second Round of the playoffs,^[7] defeating them in six games.^[8]

Boston Bruins 4, Carolina Hurricanes 0[]

The Bruins faced the Carolina Hurricanes in the Conference Finals,^[9] and swept the series in four games.^[10] They played against each other in the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Bruins lost to the Hurricanes in the Conference Semifinals in seven games.^[11]

St. Louis Blues 4, Boston Bruins 3[]

The Bruins faced the St. Louis Blues in the Stanley Cup Finals,^[12] where the Bruins lost to the Blues in seven games.^[13] This marked the first time since 1990 that they had home ice advantage in the final round.^[14]

2019 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A3) Toronto Maple Leafs: Boston won 4–3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 11	Toronto	4–1	Boston		Rask	17,565	0–1	Recap
2	April 13	Toronto	1–4	Boston		Rask	17,565	1–1	Recap
3	April 15	Boston	2–3	Toronto		Rask	19,611	1–2	Recap
4	April 17	Boston	6–4	Toronto		Rask	19,638	2–2	Recap
5	April 19	Toronto	2–1	Boston		Rask	17,565	2–3	Recap
6	April 21	Boston	4–2	Toronto		Rask	19,683	3–3	Recap
7	April 23	Toronto	1–5	Boston		Rask	17,565	4–3	Recap

Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (WC2) Columbus Blue Jackets: Boston won 4–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 25	Columbus	2–3	Boston	OT	Rask	17,565	1–0	Recap
2	April 27	Columbus	3–2	Boston	2OT	Rask	17,565	1–1	Recap
3	April 30	Boston	1–2	Columbus		Rask	19,337	1–2	Recap
4	May 2	Boston	4–1	Columbus		Rask	19,431	2–2	Recap
5	May 4	Columbus	3–4	Boston		Rask	17,565	3–2	Recap
6	May 6	Boston	3–0	Columbus		Rask	19,219	4–2	Recap

Eastern Conference Finals vs. (WC1) Carolina Hurricanes: Boston won 4–0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	May 9	Carolina	2–5	Boston		Rask	17,565	1–0	Recap
2	May 12	Carolina	2–6	Boston		Rask	17,565	2–0	Recap
3	May 14	Boston	2–1	Carolina		Rask	18,768	3–0	Recap
4	May 16	Boston	4–0	Carolina		Rask	19,041	4–0	Recap

Stanley Cup Finals vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	May 27	St. Louis	2–4	Boston		Rask	17,565	1–0	Recap
2	May 29	St. Louis	3–2	Boston	OT	Rask	17,565	1–1	Recap
3	June 1	Boston	7–2	St. Louis		Rask	18,789	2–1	Recap
4	June 3	Boston	2–4	St. Louis		Rask	18,805	2–2	Recap
5	June 6	St. Louis	2–1	Boston		Rask	17,565	2–3	Recap
6	June 9	Boston	5–1	St. Louis		Rask	18,890	3–3	Recap
7	June 12	St. Louis	4–1	Boston		Rask	17,565	3–4	Recap

Legend: Win Loss

Player Stats[]

^[15]

Skaters[]

Regular Season^[16]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Marchand, BradBrad Marchand	79	36	64	100	15	96
Pastrnak, DavidDavid Pastrnak	66	38	43	81	6	32
Bergeron, PatricePatrice Bergeron	65	32	47	79	23	30
Krejci, DavidDavid Krejci	81	20	53	73	7	16
Krug, ToreyTorey Krug	64	6	47	53	-2 –2	33
DeBrusk, JakeJake DeBrusk	68	27	15	42	2	18
Heinen, DantonDanton Heinen	77	11	23	34	13	16
McAvoy, CharlieCharlie McAvoy	54	7	21	28	14	45
Kuraly, SeanSean Kuraly	71	8	13	21	6	38
Backes, DavidDavid Backes	70	7	13	20	0	31
Wagner, ChrisChris Wagner	76	12	7	19	3	51
Grzelcyk, MattMatt Grzelcyk	66	3	15	18	9	68
Acciari, NoelNoel Acciari	72	6	8	14	-3 –3	47
Chara, ZdenoZdeno Chara	62	5	9	14	22	57
Moore, JohnJohn Moore	61	4	9	13	0	26
Nordstrom, JoakimJoakim Nordstrom	70	7	5	12	0	13
Carlo, BrandonBrandon Carlo	72	2	8	10	22	47
Donato, RyanRyan Donato	34	6	3	9	-11 –11	2
Forsbacka Karlsson, JakobJakob Forsbacka Karlsson	28	3	6	9	1	2
Miller, KevanKevan Miller	39	0	7	7	8	35
Cehlarik, PeterPeter Cehlarik	20	4	2	6	3	6
Kampfer, StevenSteven Kampfer	35	3	3	6	-6 –6	22
Coyle, CharlieCharlie Coyle	21	2	4	6	-2 –2	4
Kuhlman, KarsonKarson Kuhlman	11	3	2	5	5	2
Cave, ColbyColby Cave	20	1	4	5	-1 –1	8
Johansson, MarcusMarcus Johansson	10	1	2	3	-1 –1	0
Bjork, AndersAnders Bjork	20	1	2	3	-1 –1	2
Senyshyn, ZacharyZachary Senyshyn	2	1	0	1	0	0
Lauzon, JeremyJeremy Lauzon	16	1	0	1	-1 –1	2
Clifton, ConnorConnor Clifton	19	0	1	1	5	15
Blidh, AntonAnton Blidh	1	0	0	0	0	0
Carey, PaulPaul Carey	2	0	0	0	0	0
Smith, GemelGemel Smith	3	0	0	0	-3 –3	0
Vaakanainen, UrhoUrho Vaakanainen	2	0	0	0	-1 –1	0
Stempniak, LeeLee Stempniak	2	0	0	0	-1 –1	0
Zboril, JakubJakub Zboril	2	0	0	0	0	0
Frederic, TrentTrent Frederic	15	0	0	0	-4 –4	15

Playoffs^[17]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Marchand, BradBrad Marchand	24	9	14	23	4	14
Pastrnak, DavidDavid Pastrnak	24	9	10	19	0	4
Krug, ToreyTorey Krug	24	2	16	18	4	10
Bergeron, PatricePatrice Bergeron	24	9	8	17	4	12
Coyle, CharlieCharlie Coyle	24	9	7	16	8	12
Krejci, DavidDavid Krejci	24	4	12	16	5	8
DeBrusk, JakeJake DeBrusk	24	4	7	11	4	10
Johansson, MarcusMarcus Johansson	22	4	7	11	0	0
Kuraly, SeanSean Kuraly	20	4	6	10	4	8
Grzelcyk, MattMatt Grzelcyk	20	4	4	8	-3 –3	6
Nordstrom, JoakimJoakim Nordstrom	23	3	5	8	2	4
McAvoy, CharlieCharlie McAvoy	23	2	6	8	4	16
Heinen, DantonDanton Heinen	24	2	6	8	7	2
Chara, ZdenoZdeno Chara	23	2	4	6	11	16
Backes, DavidDavid Backes	15	2	3	5	1	2
Clifton, ConnorConnor Clifton	18	2	3	5	2	16
Carlo, BrandonBrandon Carlo	24	2	2	4	10	6
Acciari, NoelNoel Acciari	19	2	2	4	2	0
Kuhlman, KarsonKarson Kuhlman	8	1	2	3	1	0
Wagner, ChrisChris Wagner	12	2	0	2	-3 –3	2
Kampfer, StevenSteven Kampfer	3	1	0	1	0	0
Moore, JohnJohn Moore	10	0	0	0	-3 –3	0

Goaltenders[]

Regular Season^[18]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Rask, TuukkaTuukka Rask	46	45	2,635:09	27	13	5	109	2.48	1,245	.912	4	0	2	4
Halak, JaroslavJaroslav Halak	40	37	2,308:07	22	11	4	90	2.34	1,158	.922	5	0	4	0

Playoffs^[19]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Rask, TuukkaTuukka Rask	24	24	1,458:50	15	9	49	2.02	742	.934	2	0	0	0

Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Awards and Records[]

Prince of Wales Trophy: Boston Bruins (18th win)
NHL General Manager of the Year Award: Don Sweeney
Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy: Patrice Bergeron, Runner-up
Brad Marchand, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star

Transactions[]

The Bruins were involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades[]

Date	Details		Ref
September 11, 2018 (2018-09-11)	To New York Rangers Adam McQuaid	To Boston Bruins Steven Kampfer 4th-round pick in 2019	^[20]
January 11, 2019 (2019-01-11)	To Ottawa Senators Cody Goloubef	To Boston Bruins Paul Carey	^[21]
February 20, 2019 (2019-02-20)	To Minnesota Wild Ryan Donato Conditional 5th-round pick in 2019	To Boston Bruins Charlie Coyle	^[22]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To New Jersey Devils 2nd-round pick in 2019 4th-round pick in 2020	To Boston Bruins Marcus Johansson	^[23]

Free Agents[]

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
June 30, 2018 (2018-06-30)	Chris Breen	to Providence Bruins (AHL)	Unknown	^[24]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Kenny Agostino	to Montreal Canadiens	1-year	^[25]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Tommy Cross	to Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year	^[26]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Austin Czarnik	to Calgary Flames	2-year	^[27]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Cody Goloubef	from Calgary Flames	1-year	^[28]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Jaroslav Halak	from New York Islanders	2-year	^[28]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Nick Holden	to Vegas Golden Knights	2-year	^[29]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Anton Khudobin	to Dallas Stars	2-year	^[30]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Mark McNeill	from Nashville Predators	1-year	^[28]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	John Moore	from New Jersey Devils	5-year	^[28]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Riley Nash	to Columbus Blue Jackets	3-year	^[31]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Joakim Nordstrom	from Carolina Hurricanes	2-year	^[28]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Tim Schaller	to Vancouver Canucks	2-year	^[32]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Chris Wagner	from New York Islanders	2-year	^[28]
August 15, 2018 (2018-08-15)	Paul Postma	to Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)	1-year	^[33]
August 15, 2018 (2018-08-15)	Tommy Wingels	to Genève-Servette (NL)	1-year	^[34]
February 24, 2019 (2019-02-24)	Lee Stempniak	from Providence Bruins (AHL)	1-year	^[35]
May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13)	Emil Johansson	to HV71 (SHL)	3-year	^[36]
May 21, 2019 (2019-05-21)	Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson	to Växjö Lakers (SHL)	2-year	^[37]

Waivers[]

Date	Player	Team	Ref
December 6, 2018 (2018-12-06)	Gemel Smith	from Dallas Stars	^[38]^[39]
January 15, 2019 (2019-01-15)	Colby Cave	to Edmonton Oilers	^[40]

Contract Terminations[]

Date	Player	Via	Ref
December 11, 2018 (2018-12-11)	Martin Bakos	Mutual termination	^[41]
April 17, 2019 (2019-04-17)	Jesse Gabrielle	Mutual termination	^[42]

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Retirement[]

Date	Player	Ref
September 24, 2018 (2018-09-24)	Brian Gionta	^[43]

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Signings[]

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Axel Andersson	3-year	^[28]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03)	Anton Blidh	1-year	^[44]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03)	Sean Kuraly	3-year	^[44]
July 14, 2018 (2018-07-14)	Colby Cave	2-year	^[45]
March 23, 2019 (2019-03-23)	Zdeno Chara	1-year	^[46]
March 26, 2019 (2019-03-26)	Paul Carey	2-year	^[47]
May 1, 2019 (2019-05-01)	Anton Blidh	2-year	^[48]
May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)	Oskar Steen	3-year	^[49]

Draft Picks[]

See also: List of Boston Bruins draft picks

Below are the Boston Bruins' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	57	Axel Andersson	D	Sweden	Djurgardens IF J20 (SuperElit)
3	77¹	Jakub Lauko	C	Czech Republic	Piráti Chomutov (ELH)
4	119	Curtis Hall	C	United States	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
6	181	Dustyn McFaul	D	Canada	Pickering Panthers (OJHL)
7	212	Pavel Shen	C	Russia	Mamonty Yugry (MHL)

Notes:

The Florida Panthers' third-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on February 22, 2018, that sent Frank Vatrano to Florida in exchange for this pick.^[50]

Roster[]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
37	Canada	Bergeron, PatricePatrice Bergeron (A)	4.0 C	R	39	2003	L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec
10	United States	Bjork, AndersAnders Bjork	6.0 LW	L	28	2014	Mequon, Wisconsin
25	United States	Carlo, BrandonBrandon Carlo	2.0 D	R	28	2015	Colorado Springs, Colorado
33	SVK	Chara, ZdenoZdeno Chara (C) (UFA)	2.0 D	L	48	2006	Trenčín, Czechoslovakia
75	United States	Clifton, ConnorConnor Clifton	2.0 D	R	29	2018	Long Branch, New Jersey
13	United States	Coyle, CharlieCharlie Coyle	4.0 C	R	33	2019	Weymouth, Massachusetts
74	Canada	DeBrusk, JakeJake DeBrusk	6.0 LW	L	28	2015	Edmonton, Alberta
11	United States	Frederic, TrentTrent Frederic	4.0 C	L	27	2016	St. Louis, Missouri
48	United States	Grzelcyk, MattMatt Grzelcyk	2.0 D	L	31	2012	Charlestown, Massachusetts
41	Slovakia	Halak, JaroslavJaroslav Halak	1.0 G	L	39	2018	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
28	Czech Republic	Kase, OndrejOndrej Kase	7.0 RW	R	29	2020	Kadaň, Czech Republic
46	Czech Republic	Krejci, DavidDavid Krejci (A)	4.0 C	R	38	2004	Šternberk, Czechoslovakia
83	United States	Kuhlman, KarsonKarson Kuhlman	4.0 C	R	29	2018	Esko, Minnesota
52	United States	Kuraly, SeanSean Kuraly	4.0 C	L	32	2015	Dublin, Ohio
55	Canada	Lauzon, JeremyJeremy Lauzon	2.0 D	L	27	2015	Val-d'Or, Quebec
26	Sweden	Lindholm, ParPar Lindholm	4.0 C	L	33	2019	Kusmark, Sweden
63	Canada	Marchand, BradBrad Marchand	6.0 LW	L	36	2006	Halifax, Nova Scotia
73	United States	McAvoy, CharlieCharlie McAvoy	2.0 D	R	27	2016	Long Beach, New York
18	Canada	McKegg, GregGreg McKegg	4.0 C	L	32	2020	St. Thomas, Ontario
86	United States	Miller, KevanKevan Miller	2.0 D	R	37	2011	Santa Clarita, California
27	United States	Moore, JohnJohn Moore	2.0 D	L	34	2018	Chicago, Illinois
88	Czech Republic	Pastrnak, DavidDavid Pastrnak	7.0 RW	R	28	2014	Havířov, Czech Republic
40	Finland	Rask, TuukkaTuukka Rask	1.0 G	L	38	2006	Savonlinna, Finland
21	Canada	Ritchie, NickNick Ritchie	6.0 LW	L	29	2020	Orangeville, Ontario
22	United States	Smith, CraigCraig Smith	7.0 RW	R	35	2020	Madison, Wisconsin
23	Canada	Studnicka, JackJack Studnicka	4.0 C	R	26	2017	Windsor, Ontario
58	Finland	Vaakanainen, UrhoUrho Vaakanainen	2.0 D	L	26	2017	Joensuu, Finland
14	United States	Wagner, ChrisChris Wagner	7.0 RW	R	33	2018	Walpole, Massachusetts

References[]

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↑ NHL Announces Boston Bruins 2018-19 Schedule (June 21, 2018). Retrieved on October 1, 2018.
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↑ Bruins advance to conference final powered by Rask, defense (May 6, 2019). Retrieved on May 7, 2019.
↑ NHL Announces Eastern Conference Final Schedule (May 8, 2019). Retrieved on May 9, 2019.
↑ Bruins advance to Stanley Cup Final with Game 4 win against Hurricanes (May 16, 2019). Retrieved on May 17, 2019.
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↑ Blues will play Bruins in Stanley Cup Final (May 21, 2019). Retrieved on May 22, 2019.
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↑ 2018–19 Regular season – Boston Bruins Stats – Goalies. Retrieved on April 6, 2019.
↑ 2018–19 Playoffs – Boston Bruins Stats – Goalies. Retrieved on June 12, 2019.
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↑ Bruins Acquire Paul Carey from Ottawa in Exchange for Cody Goloubef (January 11, 2019). Retrieved on January 13, 2019.
↑ Bruins Acquire Charlie Coyle From Minnesota Wild (February 20, 2019). Retrieved on February 22, 2019.
↑ Bruins Acquire Marcus Johansson From New Jersey Devils (February 25, 2019). Retrieved on February 25, 2019.
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[1] Bruins Announce 2018 Offseason Critical Dates & Preseason Schedule (May 18, 2018). Retrieved on June 21, 2018.

[2] NHL Announces Boston Bruins 2018-19 Schedule (June 21, 2018). Retrieved on October 1, 2018.

[3] Schedule Announced For 1st Round of 2019 Boston Bruins Playoffs (April 7, 2019). Retrieved on April 7, 2019.

[4] Bruins eliminate Leafs with Game 7 win for second year in a row (April 23, 2019). Retrieved on April 24, 2019.

[5] Bruins eliminate Leafs to set impressive NHL Game 7 playoff record (April 23, 2019). Retrieved on April 24, 2019.

[6] Bruins will play Maple Leafs in first-round Eastern series (April 2, 2019). Retrieved on April 4, 2019.

[7] Schedule Announced For 2nd Round of 2019 Boston Bruins Playoffs (April 24, 2019). Retrieved on April 25, 2019.

[8] Bruins advance to conference final powered by Rask, defense (May 6, 2019). Retrieved on May 7, 2019.

[9] NHL Announces Eastern Conference Final Schedule (May 8, 2019). Retrieved on May 9, 2019.

[10] Bruins advance to Stanley Cup Final with Game 4 win against Hurricanes (May 16, 2019). Retrieved on May 17, 2019.

[11] Bruins will play Hurricanes in Eastern Conference Final (May 6, 2019). Retrieved on May 7, 2019.

[12] Blues will play Bruins in Stanley Cup Final (May 21, 2019). Retrieved on May 22, 2019.

[SC_loss-13] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named SC loss

[14] Bruins vs. Blues: Fast facts for 2019 Stanley Cup Final showdown (May 21, 2019). Retrieved on May 27, 2019.

[regstats-15] Boston Bruins Stats - 2018-2019. Retrieved on April 6, 2019.

[16] 2018–19 Regular season – Boston Bruins Stats – Skaters. Retrieved on April 6, 2019.

[17] 2018–19 Playoffs – Boston Bruins Stats – Skaters. Retrieved on June 12, 2019.

[18] 2018–19 Regular season – Boston Bruins Stats – Goalies. Retrieved on April 6, 2019.

[19] 2018–19 Playoffs – Boston Bruins Stats – Goalies. Retrieved on June 12, 2019.

[20] Bruins Trade Adam McQuaid To Rangers (September 11, 2018). Retrieved on September 12, 2018.

[21] Bruins Acquire Paul Carey from Ottawa in Exchange for Cody Goloubef (January 11, 2019). Retrieved on January 13, 2019.

[22] Bruins Acquire Charlie Coyle From Minnesota Wild (February 20, 2019). Retrieved on February 22, 2019.

[23] Bruins Acquire Marcus Johansson From New Jersey Devils (February 25, 2019). Retrieved on February 25, 2019.

[24] Providence Bruins sign Chris Breen to AHL deal. stanleycupofchowder.com. Retrieved on July 3, 2018.

[25] Adding pieces to the puzzle. nhl.com. Retrieved on July 1, 2018.

[26] Columbus Blue Jackets sign defenseman Tommy Cross. nhl.com. Retrieved on July 1, 2018.

[27] FLAMES SIGN THREE PLAYERS. nhl.com. Retrieved on July 1, 2018.

[July1-28] 28.0 ^28.1 ^28.2 ^28.3 ^28.4 ^28.5 ^28.6 Bruins Announce Seven Transactions On July 1. nhl.com. Retrieved on July 1, 2018.

[29] Defenseman Nick Holden Signed by Vegas (July 1, 2018). Retrieved on July 2, 2018.

[30] Stars sign goaltender Anton Khudobin to two-year contract. nhl.com. Retrieved on July 1, 2018.

[31] Columbus Blue Jackets sign center Riley Nash. nhl.com. Retrieved on July 1, 2018.

[32] Canucks sign Tim Schaller. nhl.com. Retrieved on July 1, 2018.

[33] "Ак Барс" подписал контракт с Полом Постмой (ru-RU) (August 12, 2018). Retrieved on August 22, 2018.

[34] Le GSHC tient ses deux attaquants étrangers (fr-CH) (August 15, 2018). Retrieved on August 22, 2018.

[35] Bruins Sign Lee Stempniak; Place On Waivers For Purpose Of Assignment (February 24, 2019). Retrieved on February 24, 2019.

[36] Emil Johansson återvänder till HV71 (sv-SE) (May 13, 2019). Retrieved on May 15, 2019.

[37] Högerskytt signad och klar (sv-SE) (May 21, 2019). Retrieved on May 23, 2019.

[38] Bruins Announce Transactions (December 6, 2018). Retrieved on December 6, 2018.

[39] 'I feel like a hockey player': Hanzal to make season debut vs. Sharks (December 6, 2018). Retrieved on December 6, 2018.

[40] BLOG: Oilers claim Colby Cave from Boston (January 15, 2019). Retrieved on January 17, 2019.

[41] Martin Bakos: Waived unconditionally (December 10, 2018). Retrieved on December 11, 2018.

[42] Jesse Gabrielle: Waived by Bruins (April 16, 2019). Retrieved on April 26, 2019.

[43] Brian Gionta announces retirement after 16 NHL seasons (September 24, 2018). Retrieved on September 25, 2018.

[BlidhKuraly-44] 44.0 ^44.1 Bruins Sign Sean Kuraly and Anton Blidh. nhl.com. Retrieved on July 5, 2018.

[45] Bruins Sign Colby Cave To 2-Year, 2-Way Contract. nhl.com. Retrieved on July 15, 2018.

[46] Bruins Sign Zdeno Chara To One-Year Contract Extension (March 23, 2019). Retrieved on March 25, 2019.

[47] Bruins Sign Paul Carey To 2-Year, 2-Way Contract Extension (March 26, 2019). Retrieved on March 27, 2019.

[48] Bruins Sign Anton Blidh To 2-Year, 2-Way Contract Extension (May 1, 2019). Retrieved on May 2, 2019.

[49] Bruins Sign Oskar Steen To 3-Year Entry-Level Contract (May 3, 2019). Retrieved on May 7, 2019.

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