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{{Short description|National Hockey League team in Boston, Massachusetts}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox NHL team
| team_name = Boston Bruins
| current = 2025–26 Boston Bruins season
| bg_color = background:#FFFFFF !important; border-top:#010101 5px solid !important; border-bottom:#FFB81C 5px solid !important;
| text_color = #000000
| logo_image = Boston Bruins 100th anniversary logo.svg
| conference = [[Eastern Conference (NHL)|Eastern]]
| division = [[Atlantic Division (NHL)|Atlantic]]
| founded = 1924
| history = '''Boston Bruins'''<br/>[[1924–25 NHL season|1924]]–present
| arena = [[TD Garden]]
| city = [[Boston, Massachusetts]]
| uniform_image = ECA-Uniform-BOS.PNG
| uniform_image_size = 175px
| team_colors = Black, gold, white<ref>{{cite web|title=Club Directory|url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/team/club-directory|website=BostonBruins.com|publisher=NHL Enterprises, LP|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-date=April 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410020823/https://www.nhl.com/bruins/team/club-directory|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BruinsUniforms">{{cite news|last=Russo|first=Eric|title=The Evolution of the Boston Bruins Sweaters|url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/the-evolution-of-the-boston-bruins-sweater/c-290032176|website=BostonBruins.com|publisher=NHL Enterprises, LP|date=June 21, 2017|access-date=December 9, 2017|archive-date=April 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408210017/https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/the-evolution-of-the-boston-bruins-sweater/c-290032176|url-status=live}}</ref><br/>{{color box|#010101}} {{color box|#FFB81C}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
| media_affiliates = [[New England Sports Network|NESN]]<br/>[[WBZ-FM|The Sports Hub (98.5 FM)]]<br/>[[NBC Sports Boston]]
| owner = [[Delaware North]]<br/>([[Jeremy Jacobs]], chairman; [[Charlie Jacobs]], CEO)
| general_manager = [[Don Sweeney]]
| head_coach = [[Marco Sturm]]
| captain = ''Vacant''
| minor_league_affiliates = [[Providence Bruins]] ([[American Hockey League|AHL]])<br/>[[Maine Mariners (ECHL)|Maine Mariners]] ([[ECHL]])
| stanley_cups = '''6''' ([[1929 Stanley Cup Final|1928–29]], [[1939 Stanley Cup Final|1938–39]], [[1941 Stanley Cup Final|1940–41]], [[1970 Stanley Cup Final|1969–70]], [[1972 Stanley Cup Final|1971–72]], [[2011 Stanley Cup Final|2010–11]])
| conf_titles = '''5''' ([[1987–88 NHL season|1987–88]], [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]], [[2010–11 NHL season|2010–11]], [[2012–13 NHL season|2012–13]], [[2018–19 NHL season|2018–19]])
| presidents'_trophies = '''4''' ([[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]], [[2013–14 NHL season|2013–14]], [[2019–20 NHL season|2019–20]], [[2022–23 NHL season|2022–23]])
| division_titles = '''27''' ([[1927–28 NHL season|1927–28]], [[1928–29 NHL season|1928–29]], [[1929–30 NHL season|1929–30]], [[1930–31 NHL season|1930–31]], [[1932–33 NHL season|1932–33]], [[1934–35 NHL season|1934–35]], [[1937–38 NHL season|1937–38]], [[1970–71 NHL season|1970–71]], [[1971–72 NHL season|1971–72]], [[1973–74 NHL season|1973–74]], [[1975–76 NHL season|1975–76]], [[1976–77 NHL season|1976–77]], [[1977–78 NHL season|1977–78]], [[1978–79 NHL season|1978–79]], [[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]], [[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84]], [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]], [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]], [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]], [[2001–02 NHL season|2001–02]], [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]], [[2008–09 NHL season|2008–09]], [[2010–11 NHL season|2010–11]], [[2011–12 NHL season|2011–12]], [[2013–14 NHL season|2013–14]], [[2019–20 NHL season|2019–20]], [[2022–23 NHL season|2022–23]])
| website = {{URL|nhl.com/bruins}}
}}
The '''Boston Bruins''' are a professional [[ice hockey]] team based in [[Boston]]. The Bruins compete in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) as a member of the [[Atlantic Division (NHL)|Atlantic Division]] in the [[Eastern Conference (NHL)|Eastern Conference]]. The team has been in existence since [[1924–25 NHL season|1924]], making them the [[National Hockey League all-time results|third-oldest active team]] in the NHL, and the oldest in the United States.

The Bruins are one of the "[[Original Six]]" NHL teams, along with the [[Detroit Red Wings]], [[Chicago Blackhawks]], [[Montreal Canadiens]], [[New York Rangers]], and [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]. They have won six [[Stanley Cup]] championships, tied for fourth-most of any team with the Blackhawks (trailing the Canadiens, Maple Leafs, and Red Wings, with 24, 13, and 11, respectively), and tied for second-most for an NHL team based in the United States. The Bruins have also won the [[Presidents' Trophy]] four times, with their most recent win in [[2022–23 NHL season|2022–23]] having amassed 135 points—the most in one season in NHL history.

The first facility to host the Bruins was the Boston Arena (now known as [[Matthews Arena]]), the world's oldest (built 1909–10) indoor ice hockey facility still in use for the sport at [[Hockey East|any level of competition]].<ref name="gonu">{{cite web |url=http://gonu.com/sports/2010/1/28/matthewsarena.aspx?id=204 |title=Northeastern University Athletics Official Website |publisher=Gonu.com |access-date=March 18, 2011 |archive-date=December 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205024756/http://gonu.com/sports/2010/1/28/matthewsarena.aspx?id=204 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="fitz">{{cite web |author=Katy Fitzpatrick |url=http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,17170/NUHuskieslookingforwardtorenovatedArenanewseason.html |title=New Season Brings Renovated Arena for Northeastern|publisher=Uscho.com |date=October 2, 2009 |access-date=March 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109213027/http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id%2C17170/NUHuskieslookingforwardtorenovatedArenanewseason.html |archive-date=January 9, 2010}}</ref> Following the Bruins' departure from the Boston Arena, the team played its home games at the [[Boston Garden]] for 67 seasons, beginning in [[1928–29 NHL season|1928]] and concluding in [[1995–96 NHL season|1995]], when they moved to [[TD Garden]].

==History==
{{further|History of the Boston Bruins}}

===Early years (1924–1942)===
In 1924, the NHL made the decision to expand to the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Legends of Hockey |url=https://www.hhof.com/HonouredMembers/MemberDetails.html?type=Builder&mem=b196001&list=ByName#photo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013204102/http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=b196001&type=Builder&page=bio&list=ByName#photo |archive-date=October 13, 2014 |access-date=May 18, 2011}}</ref> The previous year in 1923, sports promoter [[Thomas Duggan]] received options on three NHL franchises for the United States, and sold one to [[Boston]] grocery magnate [[Charles Adams (ice hockey)|Charles Adams]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 19, 1924 |title=Six-Club League Favored |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aMAtAAAAIBAJ&dq=Thomas+Duggan+NHL+Boston&pg=PA16&article_id=6881,2430744 |access-date=May 21, 2024 |work=The Montreal Gazette |pages=16}}</ref> The team was one of the NHL's first expansion teams, and the first NHL team to be based in the United States. Adams' first act as owner was to hire [[Art Ross]], a former player and innovator, as general manager.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=March 19, 1960 |title=Publicist explains origins of NHL team nick-names |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4bRUAAAAIBAJ&dq=Charles+Adams+hires+art+ross&pg=PA19&article_id=4873,3688528 |access-date=May 21, 2024 |work=The Leader-Post |pages=19}}</ref> Ross, with assistance from his secretary, came up with "Bruins" for a team nickname.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-bruins/2019/05/01/how-did-the-bruins-get-their-name/|title=Why is Boston's hockey team called the Bruins?|last=McArdle|first=Tommy|date=May 1, 2019|website=Boston.com|accessdate=August 26, 2025}}</ref> The team's nickname also went along with the team's original uniform colors of brown and yellow, which came from Adams' grocery chain, [[Finast|First National Stores]].<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Marrazza|first1=Dan|title=How NHL Teams Got Their Names|url=https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/news/nhl-teams-getting-their-names/c-283742854|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=January 18, 2018|date=June 14, 2016|archive-date=January 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120119/https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/news/nhl-teams-getting-their-names/c-283742854|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Eddie shore 1939.JPG|thumb|left|upright|[[Eddie Shore]] as a member of the Boston Bruins.]]
On December 1, 1924, the Bruins won the first ever NHL game played in the United States, hosting the [[Montreal Maroons]] at [[Boston Arena]], with [[Smokey Harris]] scoring the first-ever Bruins goal,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/by-the-numbers-bruins-celebrate-100-year-anniversary-with-centennial-game/|title=By The Numbers: Bruins celebrate 100-year anniversary with Centennial Game|last=Sachdeva|first=Sonny|publisher=Rogers Media|date=December 1, 2024|website=Sportsnet.ca|accessdate=August 18, 2025}}</ref> spurring the Bruins to a 2–1 win.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fischler |first=Stan |date=November 30, 2022 |title=Bruins won first NHL game played in United States in 1924 |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/boston-bruins-won-first-nhl-game-played-in-united-states-in-1924-338181072 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227070806/https://www.nhl.com/news/boston-bruins-won-first-nhl-game-played-in-united-states-in-1924/c-338181072?tid=335154694 |archive-date=December 27, 2022 |access-date=December 27, 2022 |website=NHL.com}}</ref> This would be one of the few high points of the season, as the Bruins lost their next 11 games and only managed a 6–24–0 record, finishing in last place in its first season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/nhl/boston-bruins/bruins-offseason-draft-pick-roster-jeremy-swayman/702852/|title=What went wrong for Bruins? Analyzing main reasons for lost season|last=Goss|first=Nick|date=April 16, 2025|website=NBCSportsBoston.com|access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1925.html|title=1924-25 Boston Bruins Roster and Statistics|website=Hockey-Reference.com|access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref> The Bruins played three more seasons at the Arena, after which they became the main tenant of [[Boston Garden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=395417|title=NHL hockey came to the U.S. on Dec. 1, 1924|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=November 2, 2017|archive-date=November 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107035136/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=395417|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Bruins improved in [[1925–26 NHL season|their second season]] to a winning 17–15–4 record, which originally held the record for the biggest single-season improvement in NHL history.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Klein |first1=Jeff Z. |title=The Klein & Reif Hockey Compendium |last2=Reif |first2=Karl-Eric |date=1987 |publisher=McClelland & Stewart |isbn=978-0-7710-4529-5 |location=Toronto |page=63}}</ref> However, they missed out on the third and final playoff berth by one point to the expansion [[Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL)|Pittsburgh Pirates]].<ref>Standings: {{cite book |author=NHL Public Relations Department |title=The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2009 |publisher=National Hockey League |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-894801-14-0 |editor=Dave McCarthy |page=146 |display-editors=et al}}</ref>

In [[1926–27 NHL season|their third season]], Ross took advantage of the collapse of the [[Western Canada Hockey League|Western Hockey League]] (WHL) to purchase several western stars, including the team's first great star, [[Defenceman|defenseman]] [[Eddie Shore]]. With the Bruins, he would go on to become one of the greatest players in NHL history.<ref>{{cite book |last=Coleman |first=Charles L. |title=Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol I. |date=1964 |publisher=National Hockey League |location=Sherbrooke, PQ |page=709}}</ref> Boston qualified for the then-expanded playoffs. In their first-ever playoff run, the Bruins reached the [[Stanley Cup Final]] where they lost to the [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=Richard |title=The Bruins in Black and White, 1924–1966 |last2=Codagnone |first2=Brian |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=9780738534855 |publication-date=December 9, 2003 |pages=13}}</ref> The [[1927 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]-winning game for the Senators would see Bruins' [[Billy Coutu]] attack the referee, earning him a ban from the NHL for life, the only in league history.<ref>{{cite book |last=Vautour |first=Kevin |title=The Bruins Book |date=1997 |publisher=ECW Press |isbn=978-1-55022-334-7 |location=Toronto |page=42}}</ref>

[[File:Tiny Thompson.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Tiny Thompson]] was the goaltender for the Bruins from [[1928–29 NHL season|1928]] to [[1937–38 NHL season|1938]]. He helped the team win its first [[Stanley Cup]] in {{scfy|1929}}.]]
The [[1928–29 Boston Bruins season|1928–29 season]] was the first played at Boston Garden. It also featured the NHL debut of goaltender [[Tiny Thompson]],<ref name="TinyThompson">{{cite web|url=https://blackngoldhockey.com/2024/03/bruins-tiny-thompson-stood-tall-in-1929/|title=Bruins' Tiny Thompson Stood Tall in 1929|last=McClure|first=Steve|date=March 24, 2024|website=BlacknGoldHockey|accessdate=August 18, 2025}}</ref> who assisted the Bruins in defeating the [[New York Rangers]] to win their first [[Stanley Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=McClure |first=Steve |date=March 29, 2024 |title=Bruins' First Stanley Cup Clincher—March 29, 1929 |url=https://blackngoldhockey.com/2024/03/bruins-first-stanley-cup-clincher-march-29-1929/ |access-date=May 11, 2024 |website=Black N' Gold Hockey}}</ref>

In [[1929–30 Boston Bruins season|1929–30]], the Bruins posted the best-ever regular season [[winning percentage]] in the NHL (.875, a record which still stands) because of a 38–5–1 record,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Molinari |first=Dave |date=April 6, 1973 |title=Illness Foiled Barasso |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6rFRAAAAIBAJ&dq=Boston+Bruins+.875+win+percentage&pg=PA34&article_id=6868,3172609 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref> but lost to the [[Montreal Canadiens]] in the [[1930 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup Final]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/nhl/2014/05/01/top-10-moments-in-boston-bruins-vs-montreal-canadiens-postseason-rivalry|title=Top 10 moments in Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens postseason rivalry|last=Cazeneuve|first=Brian|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=May 1, 2014|accessdate=August 26, 2025}}</ref> In 1936, owner Charles Adams transferred ownership to his son [[Weston Adams]].<ref name="Bruins_HOF">{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/a-look-at-the-bruins-in-the-hockey-hall-of-fame-290225596|title=A Look at the Bruins in the Hockey Hall of Fame|last=Russo|first=Eric|date=June 29, 2017|website=NHL|accessdate=August 8, 2025}}</ref>

In [[1938–39 Boston Bruins season|1939]], the team captured its second Stanley Cup. That year, Thompson was traded to make room for [[rookie]] goaltender [[Frank Brimsek]].<ref name="TinyThompson"/> Brimsek had an award-winning season, capturing the [[Vezina Trophy|Vezina]] and [[Calder Memorial Trophy|Calder Trophies]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 30, 1939 |title=Brimsek No. 1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wCI_AAAAIBAJ&dq=Brimsek+vezina+and+Calder+trophies&pg=PA30&article_id=5375,6773346 |access-date=July 27, 2025 |work=The Windsor Daily Star}}</ref> becoming the first rookie named to the NHL first All-Star team, and earning the nickname "Mr. Zero".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frank Brimsek |url=http://history.vintagemnhockey.com/page/show/807236-frank-mr-zero-brimsek- |access-date=May 11, 2024 |website=Vintage Minnesota Hockey – History}}</ref> The team skating in front of Brimsek included [[Bill Cowley]], Shore, [[Dit Clapper]] and "Sudden Death" [[Mel Hill]] (who scored three [[Overtime (ice hockey)|overtime]] goals in one playoff series),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/04/04/archives/boston-advances-to-stanley-cup-finals-by-downing-toronto-before.html|title=Boston Advances to Stanley Cup Finals By Downing Toronto Before 16,200 – Hill's Goal Tops Maple Leafs, 2-1 Third-Period Tally Annexes Deciding Play-Off Contest for the Bruin Sextet – Smythe Dashes onto Ice Engages in Scuffle With Ion, Referee – Boston Opens Play With Detroit Sunday|via=The Associated Press|date=April 4, 1941|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref> together with the "[[Kraut line]]" of [[Centre (ice hockey)|center]] [[Milt Schmidt]], [[Winger (ice hockey)|right winger]] [[Bobby Bauer]] and left winger [[Woody Dumart]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/news/remembering-bostons-courageous-kraut-line|title=Remembering Boston's courageous 'Kraut Line'|last=Kennedy|first=Ryan|magazine=The Hockey News|date=November 11, 2019|access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref>

In the [[1939–40 NHL season|1939–40 season]], Shore was traded to the [[New York Americans]] for his final NHL season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/18/sports/eddie-shore-ex-hockey-star.html|title=Eddie Shore, Ex-Hockey Star|via=AP|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 18, 1985|access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref> In 1941, the Bruins won their [[1941 Stanley Cup Final|third Stanley Cup]] after losing only eight games and finishing first in the regular season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1941.html|title=1940-41 Boston Bruins Roster and Statistics|website=Hockey-Reference.com|access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref> [[World War II]] affected the Bruins more than most teams; Brimsek and the "Krauts" all enlisted in the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] following the 1941 Cup win.<ref name="origins">{{cite news |last=Mills |first=Rych |date=August 11, 2017 |title=Flash from the Past / It started here: the Kraut Line's origins |url=https://www.therecord.com/life/flash-from-the-past-it-started-here-the-kraut-lines-origins/article_ecde98b0-ce20-51f3-ba3a-45701a767442.html |accessdate=August 18, 2025|newspaper=Waterloo Region Record}}</ref>

===Original Six era (1942–1967)===
The NHL had by [[1942–43 NHL season|1942]] been reduced, for the next 25 years, to the six teams that would come to be called the "[[Original Six]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/44714740/what-nhl-original-six-teams-history-facts-know|title=What are the NHL Original Six teams? History, facts to know|last=Jenkins|first=Keith|date=April 17, 2025|website=ESPN|access-date=July 28, 2025}}</ref>

In 1944, Bruins' [[Herb Cain]] set the then-NHL record for points in a season with 82.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 21, 1944 |title=Boston's Herb Cain Wins Scoring Honors |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XgtAAAAIBAJ&dq=Herb+Cain+82+points+record&pg=PA14&article_id=2902,3415045 |access-date=May 11, 2024 |work=The Montreal Gazette}}</ref>

The stars returned from World War II for the [[1945–46 Boston Bruins season|1945–46 season]], and Clapper led the team back to the [[1946 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup Final]] as [[player-coach]]. He retired as a player after the next season, becoming the first player to play twenty NHL seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pdshof.com/inductees/aubrey-clapper/|title=Aubrey (Dit) Clapper|website=Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame|access-date=July 28, 2025}}</ref> Clapper retired as a player in 1947 then retired as coach in 1949. His retirement as coach came at the same time as goalie [[Frank Brimsek]] requesting a trade,<ref>{{cite magazine |date=6 April 1949 |title=Triple Blow Rocks Bruins |url=https://archive.thehockeynews.com/issue/585038/0 |accessdate=17 August 2025 |magazine=The Hockey News |volume=2 |issue=7}}</ref> to which he was granted one on September 8, 1949.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Diamond |editor-first1=Dan |title=Total NHL |date=2003 |publisher=Triumph Books |location=Chicago |page= 868 |isbn=978-1-57243-604-6}}</ref>

[[File:Walter A. Brown, Boston Celtics, 1960.jpg|thumb|upright|left|In 1951, [[Walter A. Brown]] purchased the Boston Bruins from [[Weston Adams]].]]
Owner [[Weston Adams|Weston]] began facing financial trouble at the start of the 1950s. He accepted a buyout offer from [[Walter A. Brown]], the owner of the [[Boston Celtics]] and the Garden, in 1951.<ref name="Walter_Brown">{{Cite news |date=January 13, 1955 |title=Garden Re-elects Brown; to Buy All Bruin Stock |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J4djAAAAIBAJ&dq=walter+a.+brown+buys+bruins&pg=PA23&article_id=5461,931457 |access-date=May 11, 2024 |work=The Telegraph}}</ref> The Bruins did not have regular success during this era, aside from appearances in the {{scfy|1953}},<ref>{{cite news|url=https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19530406-01.2.38&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|title=Bruins Enter Final Round|date=April 6, 1953|via=AP|newspaper=The Lantern|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref> {{scfy|1957}},<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/sports/nhl/2014/04/16/20140416-original-six-franchises-boston-detroit-last-met-in-playoffs-57-years-ago-ece/35359174007/|title=Original Six franchises Boston, Detroit last met in playoffs 57 years ago|last=Divver|first=Mark|newspaper=The Providence Journal|date=April 16, 2014|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref> and [[1958 Stanley Cup Final]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/04/21/archives/canadiens-down-bruin-six-to-capture-stanley-cup-4-games-to-2.html|title=Canadiens Down Bruin Six to Capture Stanley Cup, 4 Games to 2; Geoffrion Stars in 5-to-3 Triumph Tallies Twice as Canadiens, by Defeating Bruins, Win Cup Third Year in Row|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 21, 1958|accessdate=August 26, 2025}}</ref> In 1954, [[Art Ross]] retired and [[Lynn Patrick]] took over as general manager.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/06/archives/art-ross-coach-of-boston-bruins-member-of-hockey-hall-of-fame-is.html|title=Art Ross, Coach of Boston Bruins; Member of Hockey Hall of Fame Is Dead at 78|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 6, 1964|accessdate=August 17, 2025}}</ref> During the [[1954–55 Boston Bruins season|1954–55 season]], an incident occurred between the Bruins and the [[Montreal Canadiens]]. Bruins defenseman [[Hal Laycoe]] high-sticked Canadiens star [[Maurice Richard]] in the head, and Richard went after Laycoe, going as far as punching a linesman to get to Laycoe. Following his removal from the game, the Montreal fans began to [[Richard Riot|riot]], only calming down after Richard told them to.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.9056/richard-riot-1.4025966|title=The Richard Riot: Going down swinging|last=Kelly|first=Malcolm|date=March 17, 2017|website=CBC|accessdate=August 27, 2025}}</ref> On June 3, 1955, the Bruins completed a nine-player trade with the [[Detroit Red Wings]] to acquire goaltender [[Terry Sawchuk]] as well as forward [[Marcel Bonin]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.thehockeynews.com/issue/585238/6|title=Terry Sawchuk Moves From Wings To Bruins In Hine Player Trade|magazine=The Hockey News|date=June 1, 1955|accessdate=August 19, 2025|volume=8|issue=32}}</ref> However, Sawchuk's playing ability would be affected after contracting [[infectious mononucleosis]] and he would quit hockey midway through the [[1956–57 Boston Bruins season|1956–57 season]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1957/01/28/boston-nightmare-exit-sawchuk|title=Boston Nightmare: Exit Sawchuk|last=Crichton|first=Andrew|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=January 28, 1957|accessdate=August 19, 2025}}</ref> On June 10, 1957, Sawchuk was dealt back to the Red Wings in exchange for [[Johnny Bucyk]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3430395/2022/10/15/nhl-99-johnny-bucyk/|title=NHL99: Johnny Bucyk and the house that helped forge one of the most dangerous wingers ever|last=Buckley|first=Steve|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 15, 2022|accessdate=August 19, 2025}}</ref>

On January 18, 1958, the first-ever black NHL player, [[Willie O'Ree]], stepped onto the ice for the Bruins. He played in 45 games for the Bruins over the [[1957–58 NHL season|1957–58]] and [[1960–61 NHL season|1960–61]] seasons.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/09/sports/hockey/nhl-willie-oree-hall-of-fame.html|title=60 Years After Integrating the N.H.L., Willie O'Ree Heads to the Hall of Fame|last=Knoll|first=Andrew|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 9, 2018|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref> The "Uke Line"—named for the [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] heritage of Johnny Bucyk, [[Vic Stasiuk]], and [[Bronco Horvath]]—was formed in 1957 and enjoyed four seasons together until Stasiuk's trade to the Red Wings in 1961.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.thehockeynews.com/issue/613866/4|title=Stasiuk won fame playing on Bruins' 'Uke' line|last=Gibbons|first=Denis|magazine=The Hockey News|date=May 11, 2001|access-date=July 29, 2025|volume=54|issue=35}}</ref>

At the [[1964 NHL amateur draft]], the Bruins drafted [[Ken Dryden]], but traded his rights to the [[Montreal Canadiens]] in exchange for two prospects.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/hockey-inside-out/article247788.html|title=Best trades in Canadiens history: Dryden deal set Cup dynasty in motion|last=Hickey|first=Pat|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|date=December 10, 2020|accessdate=August 16, 2025}}</ref> In 1966, head coach [[Milt Schmidt]] took over as general manager as Lynn Patrick retired.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/bruins-honour-legendary-player-coach-gm-milt-schmidt/|title=Bruins honour late player, coach and GM Milt Schmidt|via=Associated Press|publisher=Rogers Media|date=January 5, 2017|website=Sportsnet.ca|accessdate=August 16, 2025}}</ref>

===Expansion and the Big Bad Bruins (1967–1979)===
Weston Adams took back ownership the Bruins in 1964 after Brown's death.<ref name="Bruins_HOF"/> Adams signed future superstar defenseman [[Bobby Orr]], who entered the league in [[1966–67 NHL season|1966]]. Orr was that season's winner of the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] for Rookie of the Year and named to the second NHL All-Star Team.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.thehockeynews.com/issue/203582/81?t=1966-67%20ORR%E2%80%99S%20ARRIVAL|title=1966-67 Orr's Arrival|date=October 1, 2012|magazine=The Hockey News|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref> Despite Orr's stellar rookie season, the Bruins would miss the playoffs.

The [[1967–68 Boston Bruins season|next season]], Boston made the playoffs for the first of 29 consecutive seasons, an all-time record. The Bruins then obtained forwards [[Phil Esposito]], [[Ken Hodge]] and [[Fred Stanfield]] from [[Chicago]] in a deal celebrated as one of the most one-sided in hockey history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/nhl/boston-bruins/trade-for-phil-esposito-marks-bruins-best-one-year-turnaround/187669/|title=Trade for Phil Esposito marks Bruins' best one-year turnaround|last=Murphy|first=Bryan|date=August 19, 2021|website=NBCSportsBoston.com|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/history/2020/06/11/most-lopsided-trades-in-boston-sports-history/|title=What are the most lopsided trades in Boston sports history?|last=Mahoney|first=Andrew|date=June 11, 2020|website=Boston|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref> Esposito, who centered a line with Hodge and [[Wayne Cashman]], became the league's top goal scorer and the first NHL player to break the 100-point mark.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nesn.com/2023/11/phil-espositos-greatness-made-him-lock-for-bruins-all-centennial-team/|title=Phil Esposito's Greatness Made Him Lock For Bruins' All-Centennial Team|last=Troiani|first=Gayle|date=November 9, 2023|website=NESN|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref> With other stars like forwards Bucyk, [[John McKenzie (hockey player)|John McKenzie]], [[Derek Sanderson]], and Hodge, defenders like [[Dallas Smith (ice hockey)|Dallas Smith]] and goaltender [[Gerry Cheevers]], the "Big Bad Bruins" became one of the league's top teams from the late 1960s into the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-bruins/2023/11/18/boston-bruins-bobby-orr-stanley-cup-montreal-canadiens-wayne-cashman/|title='Big Bad Bruins' legends finally raise Cup banners to Garden rafters|last=Ryan|first=Conor|date=November 18, 2023|website=Boston|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref>

In [[1969–70 Boston Bruins season|1970]], a 29-year Stanley Cup drought came to an end in Boston as the Bruins defeated the [[St. Louis Blues]] in four games in the [[1970 Stanley Cup Final]]. Orr scored the game-winning goal in overtime to clinch the Stanley Cup. The same season was Orr's most awarded; he won his third of eight consecutive [[James Norris Memorial Trophy|Norris Trophies]] as the top defenseman in the NHL, the [[Art Ross Trophy]], the [[Conn Smythe Trophy]], and the [[Hart Memorial Trophy]], the only player to win those four awards in the same season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/131869/on-this-date-bobby-orrs-goal-wins-a-stanley-cup|title=On this date: Bobby Orr's goal wins a Stanley Cup|last=Simon|first=Mark|date=May 10, 2017|website=ESPN.com|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref>

While head coach [[Harry Sinden]] temporarily retired from ice hockey before the [[1970–71 NHL season|1970–71 season]] to enter business (he was replaced by ex-Bruins and Canadiens defenseman [[Tom Johnson (ice hockey)|Tom Johnson]]),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/05/15/archives/sinden-quits-as-bruin-coach-4-days-after-cup-victory-to-go-into.html|title=Sinden Quits as Bruin Coach, 4 Days After Cup Victory, to Go Into Business|last=Eskanazi|first=Gerald|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 19, 1970|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/2007/12/03/tom-johnson-19282007|title=Tom Johnson 1928--2007|last=Cannella|first=Stephen|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=December 3, 2007|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref> the Bruins continued to dominate the league. They had seven of the league's top ten scorers (a feat not achieved before or since), set the record for wins in a season, and in a league that had never seen a 100-point scorer before the [[1968–69 NHL season|1968–69 season]], the Bruins had four that year. All four (Orr, Esposito, Bucyk and Hodge) were named First Team All-Stars. Boston was favored to repeat as Cup champions but lost to the Ken Dryden-led Canadiens in seven games.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.barnstablepatriot.com/story/sports/2021/03/10/sporting-goods-recalling-those-1971-record-breaking-boston-bruins/6936103002/|title=Sporting Goods: Recalling those 1971 record-breaking Boston Bruins|last=Richard|first=Mike|newspaper=The Barnstable Patriot|date=March 10, 2021|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref>

While the Bruins were not quite as dominant the [[1971–72 Boston Bruins season|next season]], Esposito and Orr finished first and second in the scoring standings and Boston regained the Stanley Cup by defeating the [[New York Rangers]] in six games in the [[1972 Stanley Cup Final]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nesn.com/2020/05/dont-forget-about-1972-bruins-on-anniversary-of-stanley-cup-conquest/|title=Don't Forget About 1972 Bruins On Anniversary Of Stanley Cup Conquest|last=Cole|first=Mike|date=May 11, 2020|website=NESN|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref>

The [[1972–73 Boston Bruins season|1972–73 season]] saw upheaval for the Bruins. Former head coach Sinden became the general manager.<ref name="Sinden_GM">{{cite news|url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/sports/2000/11/02/bruins-longtime-gm-sinden-steps/50461331007/|title=Bruins longtime GM Sinden steps down|last=Pratt|first=Mark|newspaper=The Standard Times|date=January 1, 2000|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref> Bruins players Gerry Cheevers, Derek Sanderson,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1972/10/09/money-makes-the-puck-go|title=Money Makes the Puck Go|last=Mulvoy|first=Mark|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=October 9, 1972|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref> [[Johnny McKenzie]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/06/15/archives/mckenzie-quits-bruins-to-pilot-wha-blazers.html|title=McKenzie Quits Bruins To Pilot W.H.A. Blazers|last=McKenzie|first=John|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 15, 1972|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref> and [[Ted Green]] left to join the [[World Hockey Association]] (WHA).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/sports/columns/2019/10/14/terrible-ted-green-tragedy/2532352007/|title='Terrible Ted' Green a tragedy amidst triumph|last=Colageo|first=Mick|newspaper=The Standard Times|date=October 14, 2019|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref> Coach Tom Johnson was fired 52 games into the season, replaced by [[Bep Guidolin]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/06/archives/slumping-bruins-oust-johnson-bep-guidolin-is-made-coachof-unruly.html|title=Slumping Bruins Oust Johnson|last=Eskanazi|first=Gerald|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 6, 1973|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref> The Adams family, which had owned the team since its founding in the 1920s, sold it to [[Storer Broadcasting]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2133843/2020/10/13/red-sox-selling-shares-to-the-public-bruins-pats-and-celtics-did-that-long-ago/|title=Red Sox selling shares to the public? Bruins, Pats and Celtics did that long ago|last=Kaplan|first=Daniel|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 13, 2020|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref> The Bruins' season came to a premature end in a first-round loss to the Rangers in the [[1973 Stanley Cup playoffs|1973 playoffs]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Brunt |first=Stephen |year=2006 |pages=53–254 |publisher=Random House |title=Searching for Bobby Orr |isbn=978-0-676-97651-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kgXsAiT97voC |access-date=January 13, 2020 |archive-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209170211/https://books.google.com/books?id=kgXsAiT97voC |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1974, the Bruins regained their first-place standing in the regular season, along with another 100-point season from Orr, his fifth consecutive.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.thehockeynews.com/issue/596184/10|title=Orr Gets 5th 100-Point Season As Bruins Aim At Record Book|last=McCarthy|first=Jack|magazine=The Hockey News|date=March 29, 1974|volume=27|issue=26|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref> However, they lost the [[1974 Stanley Cup Final]] in an upset to the [[Philadelphia Flyers]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/474406/2018/08/16/the-tipping-point-of-the-flyers-first-cup-1974-overtime-game-winner-through-the-eyes-of-bobby-clarke/|title=The tipping point of the Flyers' first Cup: 1974 overtime game-winner through the eyes of Bobby Clarke|last=Greenberg|first=Jay|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 16, 2018|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref>

[[File:Terry O'Reilly 78-79.JPG|upright|thumb|left|[[Terry O'Reilly]] was drafted by the Bruins 14th overall in the [[1971 NHL amateur draft|1971 draft]]. He played his entire career with the Bruins from 1971 to 1985.]]
[[Don Cherry (ice hockey)|Don Cherry]] stepped behind the bench as the new coach in [[1974–75 NHL season|1974–75]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/14/archives/don-cherry-named-coach-of-bruins-people-in-sports.html|title=Don Cherry Named Coach of Bruins|last=Harvin|first=Al|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 14, 1974|access-date=July 30, 2025}}</ref> The Bruins stocked themselves with [[Enforcer (hockey)|enforcers]] and grinders, and remained competitive under Cherry's reign, the so-called "Lunch Pail A.C"., behind players such as [[Gregg Sheppard]], [[Terry O'Reilly]], [[Stan Jonathan]] and [[Peter McNab]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/nhl/2017/03/16/boston-bruins-lunch-pail-ac-don-cherry|title=Bruins' 'Lunch Pail A.C.' a hard-working and unique team for the ages|last=Fleming|first=Colin|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=March 16, 2017|access-date=July 30, 2025}}</ref> The Bruins placed second in the Adams Division, and lost to the [[Chicago Black Hawks]] in the first round of the [[1975 Stanley Cup playoffs|1975 playoffs]], losing a best-of-three series, two games to one.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/04/12/archives/hawks-put-bruins-out-of-playoffs.html|title=Hawks Put Bruins Out Of Playoff|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 12, 1975|access-date=July 30, 2025}}</ref>

Prior to the [[1975–76 Boston Bruins season|1975–76 season]], Sportsystem Corporation, composed of current owner [[Jeremy Jacobs]] and his two brothers, purchased the Bruins.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/08/29/archives/jacobs-group-buys-bruins-bruins-sold-to-concern-under.html|title=Jacobs Group Buys Bruins|last=Cady|first=Steve|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 29, 1975|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref> Continuing with Sinden's rebuilding of the team, the Bruins traded Esposito and [[Carol Vadnais]] to the Rangers for [[Brad Park]], [[Jean Ratelle]], and [[Joe Zanussi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/08/archives/rangers-get-phil-esposito-in-trade-esposito-comes-to-rangers-park.html|title=Rangers Get Phil Esposito in Trade|last=Herman|first=Robin|date=November 8, 1975|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=July 30, 2025}}</ref> The Bruins made the semifinals again, but lost to the Flyers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/07/archives/flyers-gain-63-leach-tallies-5-leach-gets-five-goals-as-flyers-oust.html|title=Flyers Gain, 6-3; Leach Tallies 5|last=Keese|first=Parton|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 7, 1976|access-date=July 30, 2025}}</ref> Orr left as a free agent to Chicago in the offseason.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/12/sports/bobby-orr-chicago-sweater-was-painful-watch-more-ways-than-one/|title=Bobby Orr in a Chicago sweater was painful to watch, in more ways than one|newspaper=Boston Globe|date=December 12, 2020|access-date=July 30, 2025}}</ref>

Before the [[1976–77 Boston Bruins season|1976–77 season]], the Bruins completed another trade with the Rangers acquiring [[Rick Middleton]] for Hodge.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/27/archives/rangers-acquire-hodge-of-bruins-for-middleton-rangers-get-bruins.html|title=Rangers Acquire Hodge Of Bruins for Middleton|last=Eskenazi|first=George|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 27, 1976|accessdate=August 7, 2025}}</ref> Later in the season, Cheevers returned,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/03/archives/cheevers-on-verge-of-rejoining-bruins.html|title=Cheevers on Verge Of Rejoining Bruins|last=Herman|first=Robin|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 3, 1976|access-date=July 31, 2025}}</ref> and the Bruins defeated the Flyers in the semifinals,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/playoffs/1977-boston-bruins-vs-philadelphia-flyers-semi-finals.html|title=1977 NHL Semi-Finals Boston Bruins defeat Philadelphia Flyers 4-0|website=Hockey-Reference.com|access-date=July 31, 2025}}</ref> but were swept by the Canadiens in the [[1977 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup Final]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/05/15/archives/canadiens-oust-bruins-21-for-2d-straight-cup-sweep-canadiens-sweep.html|title=Canadiens Oust Bruins, 2-1, For 2d Straight Cup Sweep|last=Keese|first=Parton|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 15, 1977|access-date=July 31, 2025}}</ref> The story repeated itself in [[1977–78 NHL season|1978]]—with a balanced attack that saw Boston have 11 players with 20+ goal seasons, still the NHL record—as the Bruins made the [[1978 Stanley Cup Final|Cup Final]] once more, but lost in six games to Montreal.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1978/06/05/the-cup-runneth-ever-as-expected-the-canadiens-won-their-third-straight-nhl-championship-but-only-after-an-unexpected-battle-from-the-boston-bruins|title=The Cup Runneth Ever|last=Mulvoy|first=Mark|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=June 5, 1978|access-date=July 31, 2025}}</ref> After that series, John Bucyk retired, holding virtually every Bruins' career longevity and scoring mark to that time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/04/26/johnny-bucyk-alex-ovechkin/|title=Bruins legend Johnny Bucyk on Alex Ovechkin breaking his age-old record|last=Allen|first=Scott|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 26, 2022|access-date=July 31, 2025}}</ref>

The [[1979 Stanley Cup playoffs|1979 semifinals]] series against the Canadiens proved to be Cherry's undoing. In the deciding seventh game, the Bruins, up by a goal, were called for having too many men on the ice in the late stages of the third period. Montreal tied the game on the ensuing power play and won in overtime. Cherry was dismissed as head coach thereafter.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/25/archives/cherry-released-by-bruins-four-division-titles.html|title=Cherry Released By Bruins|via=AP|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 25, 1979|access-date=July 30, 2025}}</ref>

===Ray Bourque era (1979–2000)===
The [[1979–80 NHL season|1979–80 season]] saw a new head coach [[Fred Creighton]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.thehockeynews.com/issue/604700/9|title=Creighton Steps Into Bruin Hot Seat Replacing Highly Successful Cherry|last=Henshaw|first=Tom|magazine=The Hockey News|date=August 1, 1979|access-date=August 1, 2025|volume=32|issue=36}}</ref> and also included a trade of goaltender [[Ron Grahame]] to the [[Los Angeles Kings]] for a first-round pick which was used to select [[Ray Bourque]], one of the greatest defensemen of all-time and the face of the Bruins for over two decades.<ref>{{cite news|work =CNNSI.com |title = Say It Ain't So: Los Angeles Kings |date =February 27, 2001 | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/news/2001/02/22/sayitaintso_kings/ |archive-date =October 25, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121025121254/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/news/2001/02/22/sayitaintso_kings/|url-status=dead}}</ref> During this season, an incident between forward [[Mike Milbury]] and a fan at a [[New York Rangers]] game occurred when Milbury along with other Bruins players entered the stands to engage some of the fans. During the fray, Milbury managed to take off the shoe of a fan and slap him with the heel-end. The incident became known as the [[Mike Milbury#Shoe incident|Shoe Incident]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nesn.com/2023/12/mike-milbury-pays-homage-to-infamous-shoe-incident-at-bruins-rangers-game/|title=Mike Milbury Pays Homage To Infamous Shoe Incident At Bruins-Rangers Game|last=Rivera|first=Gio|date=December 18, 2023|website=NESN|access-date=August 4, 2025}}</ref> Creighton was fired with only 15 days remaining in the season due to poor chemistry with general manager Harry Sinden.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.thehockeynews.com/issue/604728/8|title=Bruins Fire Creighton In Shocker|last=Henshaw|first=Tom|magazine=The Hockey News|date=April 4, 1980|access-date=August 2, 2025}}</ref> Sinden hired former goaltender Gerry Cheevers as the next head coach.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.thehockeynews.com/issue/604737/36|title=Hockey World|last=Fleischman's|first=Bill|magazine=The Hockey News|date=August 1, 1980|access-date=August 2, 2025}}</ref> They had the league's best record in [[1982–83 Boston Bruins season|1982–83]] behind a [[Vezina Trophy]]-winning season from ex-Flyers goaltender [[Pete Peeters]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.thehockeynews.com/issue/647720/6|title=Boston's Guardian Angel|last=Henshaw|first=Tom|magazine=The Hockey News|date=August 1, 1983|access-date=August 1, 2025}}</ref> but fell short of making the Stanley Cup Final.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/09/sports/perfect-plot-for-the-cup.html|title=Perfect Plot for the Cup|last=Anderson|first=Dave|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 9, 1983|access-date=August 1, 2025}}</ref>

[[File:Bourque 7.jpg|thumb|left|[[Ray Bourque]], shown in 1981 and before switching to his familiar no. 77, led the Bruins to the [[Stanley Cup Final]] in {{scfy|1988}} and {{scfy|1990}}.]]
Following a slow start to the [[1986–87 Boston Bruins season|1986–87 season]], Sinden fired head coach [[Butch Goring]] and replaced him with [[Terry O'Reilly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/11/14/Former-Boston-Bruins-captain-Terry-OReilly-who-came-out/4462532328400/|title=Former Boston Bruins captain Terry O'Reilly, who came out...|last=Waterman|first=Frederick|date=November 14, 1986|website=UPI.com|accessdate=August 19, 2025}}</ref> At the [[1987 NHL entry draft]], the Bruins made a trade with the [[Vancouver Canucks]], moving [[Barry Pederson]] for right wing [[Cam Neely]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1105273/2019/07/30/how-the-cam-neely-trade-continues-to-pay-off-for-bruins-33-years-later/|title=How the Cam Neely trade continues to pay off for Bruins, 33 years later|last=Shinzawa|first=Fluto|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 30, 2019|accessdate=August 7, 2025}}</ref> In March 1988, the Bruins acquired the rights to [[Andy Moog]] from the [[Edmonton Oilers]] in exchange for [[Geoff Courtnall]], [[Bill Ranford]], and future considerations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/03/07/The-Edmonton-Oilers-Monday-night-traded-the-rights-to/3644573714000/|title=The Edmonton Oilers Monday night traded the rights to...|date=March 7, 1988|website=UPI.com|accessdate=August 19, 2025}}</ref> Bourque and Neely led the Bruins to a Stanley Cup Final appearance in {{scfy|1988}} against the Edmonton Oilers, but Boston lost in a four-game sweep.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1067342/index.htm | publisher=CNN | title=Devilish Feat by the Bruins | date=May 23, 1988 | access-date=April 26, 2010 | archive-date=November 5, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105021420/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1067342/index.htm | url-status=dead}}</ref>

Throughout the 1980s, the Bruins often matched up with the Canadiens in either the division semifinals or division finals, with Montreal defeating them five of the six series.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.thehockeynews.com/issue/610882/37|title=Red-Hot Habs Burn Boston Bruins|last=Cole|first=Glenn|magazine=The Hockey News|date=April 24, 1987|access-date=August 2, 2025|volume=40|issue=30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/26/sports/canadiens-defeat-bruins-4-games-to-1.html|title=Canadiens Defeat Bruins, 4 Games to 1|agency=AP|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 26, 1989|access-date=August 2, 2025}}</ref> In the [[1987–88 Boston Bruins season|1987–88 season]], the Bruins defeated their [[Bruins–Canadiens rivalry|nemesis]] Canadiens in the playoffs en route to their [[1988 Stanley Cup Final]] appearance. It was their first playoff series victory over the Canadiens since 1943, breaking 18 consecutive losses to them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/04/26/For-the-first-time-in-45-years-the-Boston/4834578030400/|title=For the first time in 45 years, the Boston...|last=Perley|first=Warren|date=April 26, 1988|website=UPI|access-date=August 2, 2025}}</ref> Following the [[1988–89 Boston Bruins season|1988–89 season]], O'Reilly resigned as head coach to care for his son.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-02-sp-2555-story.html|title=O'Reilly Quits as Boston Bruin Coach to Spend More Time With His Family|via=Associated Press|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=May 2, 1989|accessdate=August 19, 2025}}</ref> Milbury became the head coach soon after.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/bruins/2016/11/23/here-how-scrapper-from-walpole-lived-his-dream-with-bruins/9kZKMlWERfHaI98CgcfOrK/story.html|title=Here's how a scrapper from Walpole lived his dream with the Bruins|last=Shinzawa|first=Fluto|newspaper=Boston Globe|date=November 23, 2016|accessdate=August 19, 2025}}</ref>

Under Milbury, and with the play of Neely, Bourque, [[Craig Janney]], [[Bobby Carpenter (ice hockey)|Bobby Carpenter]], [[rookie]] [[Don Sweeney]], and goaltender Andy Moog, Boston returned to the Stanley Cup Final in {{scfy|1990}}, but again lost to the Oilers, this time in five games.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/hockey/nhl/edmonton-oilers/edmonton-oilers-history-team-claims-its-fifth-stanley-cup-with-game-5-win-in-boston-over-bruins-may-24-1990|title=Edmonton Oilers beats Boston Bruins to claim fifth Stanley Cup title|last=Cole|first=Cam|newspaper=Edmonton Journal|date=May 25, 1990|access-date=August 1, 2025}}</ref> Following Boston's loss to the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] in the [[1991 Stanley Cup playoffs|1991 Wales of Conference final]], Milbury resigned as head coach, staying with the team as assistant GM. His replacement, [[Rick Bowness]] only coached one season, taking the Bruins to the conference final for the second consecutive season against the Penguins, before his firing after the playoffs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-09-sp-115-story.html|title=Bowness Is Fired as Coach by NHL's Bruins|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=June 9, 1992|accessdate=August 19, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/05/31/ray-bourque-and-cam-neely-recall-facing-penguins-and/4k8MvYCmEBDEihnB9YdEzH/story.html|title=Bruins-Penguins conference finals in '91, '92 frozen in time|last=Marrapese-Burrell|first=Nancy|newspaper=Boston Globe|date=June 1, 2013|access-date=August 2, 2025}}</ref> During the [[1991–92 Boston Bruins season|1991–92 season]], the Bruins acquired [[Adam Oates]] in a trade with the Blues for [[Craig Janney]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-08-sp-1346-story.html|title=Blues Trade Assist Leader Oates to Bruins|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=February 8, 1992|accessdate=August 19, 2025}}</ref>

[[Brian Sutter]] was hired as the head coach going into the [[1992–93 Boston Bruins season|1992–93 season]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1992/06/10/brian-sutter-hired-to-coach-bruins/|title=Brian Sutter hired to coach Bruins|newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|date=June 10, 1992|accessdate=August 19, 2025}}</ref> which also saw Oates score 142 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/hockey-hall-of-fame-adam-oates-2012-class-highlights/|title=HHOF: 12 interesting facts about Oates|last=Fox|first=Luke|date=November 7, 2012|website=Sportsnet.ca|accessdate=September 26, 2025}}</ref> Despite finishing with the second-best regular season record after Pittsburgh, Boston was swept in the first round by the [[Buffalo Sabres]]—Boston had won all five previous playoff series against Buffalo.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-04-25-sp-27112-story.html|title=NHL Playoff Roundup: May's Overtime Goal Gives Sabres a Sweep|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 25, 1993|access-date=August 3, 2025}}</ref> The league realigned into different divisions heading into the [[1993–94 NHL season]]; the Bruins were placed into the [[Northeast Division (NHL)|Northeast Division]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/04/sports/93-nhl-94-northeast-division.html|title='93 N.H.L. '94; Northeast Division|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 4, 1993|accessdate=August 19, 2025}}</ref> In the [[1994 Stanley Cup playoffs|1994 playoffs]], the Bruins were defeated by the [[New Jersey Devils]] in the conference semifinals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deseret.com/1994/5/12/19108369/devils-top-bruins-5-3-next-up-n-y-rangers/|title=Devils Top Bruins, 5-3; Next up: N.Y. Rangers|via=Associated Press|newspaper=Deseret News|date=May 12, 1994|accessdate=August 19, 2025}}</ref>

The [[1994–95 Boston Bruins season|1994–95 season]] was the Bruins' last at the [[Boston Garden]]. The final official match played in the Garden was a 3–2 loss to the [[New Jersey Devils]] in the [[1995 Stanley Cup playoffs|1995 playoffs]];<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/15/sports/1995-nhl-playoffs-devils-close-out-garden-and-bruins.html|title=1995 N.H.L. PLAYOFFS; Devils Close Out Garden And Bruins|last=Yannis|first=Alex|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 15, 1995|access-date=August 3, 2025}}</ref> the Bruins went on to play the final game at the old arena on September 26, 1995, in an exhibition matchup against the Canadiens.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/27/sports/hockey-a-garden-fades-this-fall.html|title=A Garden Fades This Fall|via=The Associated Press|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 27, 1995|access-date=August 3, 2025}}</ref> They subsequently moved into the FleetCenter, now known as the [[TD Garden]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fosters.com/story/news/2005/03/04/boston-s-fleetcenter-renamed-td/52681642007/|title=Boston's FleetCenter renamed TD Banknorth Garden|last=Jewell|first=Mark|newspaper=Foster's Daily Democrat|date=March 4, 2005|access-date=August 3, 2025}}</ref> Prior to the [[1995–96 Boston Bruins season]], Sutter was fired and replaced by [[Steve Kasper]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/05/17/Bruins-fire-Brian-Sutter/9134800683200/|title=Bruins fire Brian Sutter|date=May 17, 1995|website=UPI.com|accessdate=August 20, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://greensboro.com/kasper-to-take-over-as-bruins-coach/article_9321b04a-f522-526f-b96e-d742afcf9400.html|title=Kasper to Take Over as Bruins' Coach|newspaper=News & Record|date=May 24, 1995|accessdate=August 20, 2025}}</ref> Ranford was traded back to the Bruins in the [[1995–96 Boston Bruins season|1995–96 season]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1996/01/12/goalie-ranford-dealt-to-bruins/|title=Goalie Ranford dealt to Bruins|newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|date=January 12, 1996|accessdate=August 20, 2025}}</ref> but in the [[1996 Stanley Cup playoffs|1996 playoffs]], the Bruins lost their first-round series to the [[Florida Panthers]] in five games.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/all-access/greatest-games-florida-panthers-rats-and-a-flying-cat|title=Greatest Games: Florida Panthers – Rats And A Flying Cat|magazine=The Hockey News|date=October 15, 2019|access-date=August 3, 2025}}</ref>

The team did not fare well in the [[1996–97 Boston Bruins season|1996–97 season]] as they fell to last place in the NHL and Boston missed the playoffs for the first time in 30 years (and for the first time in the expansion era), which set the North American major professional record for most consecutive seasons in the playoffs. With the frustration of the season, Oates said of upper management, "The guys upstairs aren't doing their jobs.... We’re not good enough." During the season, they also traded Oates, Ranford, and Rick Tocchet for [[Jason Allison]], [[Jim Carey (ice hockey)|Jim Carey]], [[Anson Carter]], and two draft picks.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-04-08-sp-46484-story.html|title=From Bruins to Ruins : After 30 Years, Another Boston Tradition--Playoff Hockey--Crumbles Beneath Weight of Inept Team|last=Elliott|first=Helene|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 8, 1997|access-date=August 4, 2025}}</ref> Head coach Kasper was fired after the season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/sports/1997/04/19/kasper-cut-loose/50606140007/|title=Kasper cut loose|last=Colageo|first=Mick|newspaper=The Standard Times|date=April 19, 1997|accessdate=August 20, 2025}}</ref> The Bruins selected [[Joe Thornton]] with the first overall pick in the [[1997 NHL entry draft]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/joe-thornton-hockey-hall-of-fame-bruins-sharks-nhl/|title=Former Bruins top pick Joe Thornton elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame|last=Geagan|first=Matt|date=June 24, 2025|website=CBSNews.com|access-date=August 5, 2025}}</ref> [[Pat Burns]] was hired as head coach in the offseason.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/22/sports/bruins-hire-burns-as-coach.html|title=Bruins Hire Burns as Coach|via=The Associated Press|date=May 22, 1997|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=August 5, 2025}}</ref> He won the [[Jack Adams Award]] for coach of the year in the [[1997–98 Boston Bruins season|1997–98 season]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.thehockeynews.com/issue/647736/42|title=Burns to his players: Prepare for adversity|last=Loftus|first=Mike|magazine=The Hockey News|date=August 1, 1998|access-date=August 5, 2025|volume=52|issue=42}}</ref> However, the Bruins lost in the first round of the [[1998 Stanley Cup playoffs#(4) Washington Capitals vs. (5) Boston Bruins|1998 playoffs]] to the [[Washington Capitals]] in six games.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1998/05/05/now-rising-in-the-east-washington-capitals/e625b4cd-96dc-45a4-ab21-0e2554b2321d/|title=Now Rising in the East: Washington Capitals|last=Alexander|first=Richard|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 4, 1998|access-date=August 4, 2025}}</ref> In the [[1999 Stanley Cup playoffs|1999 playoffs]], the Bruins defeated the [[Carolina Hurricanes]] in six games during the first round.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bruins-bop-canes-to-move-on/|title=Bruins Bop 'Canes To Move On|date=May 3, 1999|website=CBSNews.com|access-date=August 4, 2025}}</ref> However, they lost to the Sabres in six games in the second round of the playoffs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boston-eaten-up-by-sabres/|title=Boston Eaten Up By Sabres|date=May 18, 1999|website=CBSNews.com|access-date=August 4, 2025}}</ref>

===The new millennium (2000–2015)===
In the [[1999–2000 Boston Bruins season|1999–2000 season]], the Bruins finished in last place in the Northeast Division and failed to qualify for the playoffs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rangers-bruins-eliminated/|title=Rangers, Bruins Eliminated|date=April 1, 2000|website=CBSNews.com|access-date=August 4, 2025}}</ref> During a game between the Bruins and the [[Vancouver Canucks]] on February 21, 2000, [[Marty McSorley]] was ejected for using his stick to hit Canucks forward [[Donald Brashear]] in the head, and subsequently suspended for what resulted in the rest of his career. McSorley was later charged and convicted for assault and sentenced to 18 months probation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/07/sports/hockey-mcsorley-found-guilty-no-jail-time.html|title=McSorley Found Guilty; No Jail Time|last=Spousta|first=Tom|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 7, 2000|access-date=August 4, 2025}}</ref> Bourque requested a trade to a playoff contender and on March 6, 2000, he was traded to the [[Colorado Avalanche]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/2000/0306/404938.html|title=Bruins deal Bourque to Avalanche|date=March 8, 2000|website=ESPN|access-date=August 4, 2025}}</ref>

Although the team started the [[2000–01 Boston Bruins season|2000–01 season]] 3–0–1, after losing four consecutive games, the Bruins fired coach [[Pat Burns]] in favor of [[Mike Keenan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/2000/1025/837228.html|title=Keenan replaces Burns as Bruins coach|agency=Associated Press|date=November 3, 2000|website=ESPN|accessdate=August 5, 2025}}</ref> Following Keenan's hiring, Sinden stepped down as general manager, opting to stay as team president. [[Mike O'Connell]] took over as general manager.<ref name="Sinden_GM"/> Despite a 15-point improvement over the previous season, they did not make the playoffs and Keenan was let go.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-13-sp-50565-story.html|title=Keenan Ousted as Bruin Coach|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 13, 2001|access-date=August 5, 2025}}</ref>

[[Robbie Ftorek]] was hired as the head coach prior to the start of the [[2001–02 Boston Bruins season|2001–02 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/2001/0508/1193492.html|title=Bruins hire ex-Devils coach Ftorek|via=Associated Press|date=May 10, 2001|website=ESPN.com|access-date=August 5, 2025}}</ref> The Bruins won their first Northeast Division title since [[1992–93 Boston Bruins season|1993]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/s/2002/0413/1368035.html|title=Sorting out the seeds|last=Skalko|first=Sherry|date=April 13, 2002|website=ESPN.com|access-date=August 5, 2025}}</ref> They lost in six games to the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/sports/2002/05/01/montreal-not-better-team/50972822007/|title=Montreal not the better team|newspaper=Cape Cod Times|date=May 1, 2002|access-date=August 5, 2025}}</ref> Joe Thornton was made team captain prior to the [[2002–03 Boston Bruins season|2002–03 season]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/sports/2002/10/09/thornton-named-new-bruins-captain/50453059007/|title=Thornton named new Bruins captain|via=The Associated Press|newspaper=South Coast Today|date=October 9, 2002|access-date=August 6, 2025}}</ref> During the regular season, he led the team in scoring with 101 points.<ref name="HL">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5007976/2023/10/28/joe-thornton-retires-sharks-bruins/|title=Joe Thornton retires after 24 NHL seasons: What's his legacy?|last1=Shinzawa|first1=Fluto|last2=Stephens|first2=Eric|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 28, 2023|access-date=August 6, 2025}}</ref> Head coach Ftorek was fired with nine games remaining in the season and general manager Mike O'Connell took over in interim and into the playoffs,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/2003/0319/1526196.html|title=Fading Bruins decide to fire coach Ftorek, assistant}}</ref> losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champion [[New Jersey Devils]] in five games.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Devils-Making-Strong-Run-for-Stanley-Cup-7139509.php|title=Devils Making Strong Run for Stanley Cup|last=Canavan|first=Tom|newspaper=Midland Daily News|date=April 17, 2003|access-date=August 5, 2025}}</ref> [[Mike Sullivan (ice hockey)|Mike Sullivan]] made his head coaching debut for the upcoming [[2003–04 Boston Bruins season|2003–04 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/2003/0623/1571698.html|title=Bruins finally announce Sullivan's hiring as coach|date=June 23, 2003|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=August 7, 2025}}</ref> At the [[2003 NHL entry draft]], the Bruins drafted [[Patrice Bergeron]]; he made his debut on October 7, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/patrice-bergeron-drafted-by-boston-bruins-anniversary-20-years-ago-nhl/|title=20 years ago today, the Bruins drafted Patrice Bergeron|date=June 21, 2023|website=CBSNews.com|access-date=August 6, 2025}}</ref> The Bruins won another division title in 2004 and gained a 3–1 series lead on the Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs. However, the Canadiens rallied back to win three consecutive games, upsetting the Bruins.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/habs-upset-bruins-in-game-7-1.500214|title=Habs upset Bruins in Game 7|date=April 20, 2004|website=CBC.ca|access-date=August 5, 2025}}</ref>

[[File:Chara, Zdeno.jpg|thumb|left|The Bruins acquired [[Zdeno Chára|Zdeno Chara]] on July 1, 2006, naming him the new team captain.]]
Prior to the [[2004–05 NHL lockout]],<ref name="04-05_lockout">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/nhl/2014/09/15/2004-nhl-lockout-look-back-at-dark-day|title=The 2004 NHL lockout: A light look back at a dark day (9/16/04)|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=September 15, 2014|accessdate=June 4, 2025}}</ref> the team drafted [[David Krejčí|David Krejci]] at the [[2004 NHL entry draft|2004 draft]].<ref name="Krejci">{{cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-bruins/2023/08/14/david-krejci-16-year-career-timeline-bruins/|title=10 moments that defined David Krejci's 16-year career with the Bruins|last=Ryan|first=Conor|date=August 14, 2023|website=Boston.com|accessdate=August 7, 2025}}</ref> On November 30, 2005, the Bruins traded Thornton to the [[San Jose Sharks]] for [[Marco Sturm]], [[Wayne Primeau]], and [[Brad Stuart]].<ref name="HL"/> However, the Bruins struggled to stay consistent throughout the season and with very few transactions to make the team better, [[Mike O'Connell]] was fired. Assistant general manager [[Jeff Gorton]] took over as interim GM.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/bruins-fire-gm-o-connell-1.608793|title=Bruins fire GM O'Connell|date=March 25, 2006|website=CBC.ca|accessdate=September 26, 2025}}</ref>

The 2006–07 offseason came with significant front office shake up as [[Peter Chiarelli (ice hockey)|Peter Chiarelli]] was hired as the new general manager of the team on May 26, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/boston-bruins-fire-gm-peter-chiarelli/|title=Bruins fire GM Chiarelli, leave Julien twisting|last=Fox|first=Luke|date=April 15, 2015|website=Sportsnet.ca|accessdate=September 26, 2025}}</ref> Head coach [[Mike Sullivan (ice hockey)|Mike Sullivan]] was fired and [[Dave Lewis (ice hockey)|Dave Lewis]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fosters.com/story/sports/2006/06/28/bruins-fire-coach-mike/53071930007/|title=Bruins fire coach Mike Sullivan|last=Golen|first=Jimmy|newspaper=Foster's Daily Democrat|date=June 28, 2006|accessdate=August 7, 2025}}</ref> former coach of the Detroit Red Wings, was hired to replace him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/bruins-hire-dave-lewis-1.622406|title=Bruins hire Dave Lewis|date=June 29, 2006|website=CBC.ca|accessdate=August 7, 2025}}</ref> Sinden, who was team president, resigned on August 9 to become advisor to the owner.<ref name="Sinden">{{cite news|url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/sports/2006/08/10/bruins-sinden-calls-it-quits/50816319007/|title=Bruins' Sinden calls it quits|via=Associated Press|last=Lindsay|first=Jay|date=August 10, 2006|newspaper=Cape Cod Times|accessdate=September 26, 2025}}</ref> At the [[2006 NHL entry draft|entry draft]], the Bruins selected with the fifth overall pick, [[Phil Kessel]].<ref name="Kessel">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=4485942|title=Kessel signs 5-year, $27M deal|date=September 18, 2009|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=August 11, 2025}}</ref> The Bruins signed defenseman [[Zdeno Chára|Zdeno Chara]] and center [[Marc Savard]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2006/07/02/bruins-busiest-on-first-day-of-free-agency/|title=Bruins busiest on first day of free agency|via=Associated Press|date=July 2, 2006|newspaper=The Press Democrat|accessdate=September 26, 2025}}</ref> Boston also traded [[Andrew Raycroft]] for goalie prospect [[Tuukka Rask]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sunjournal.com/2006/06/25/strongbruins-trade-former-calder-trophy-winnerstrong/|title=Bruins trade former Calder Trophy winner|date=June 25, 2006|newspaper=Sun Journal|accessdate=September 26, 2025}}</ref> The [[2006–07 Boston Bruins season|2006–07 season]] ended with the team finishing in last place in the division.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/2007_games.html|title=2006-07 Boston Bruins Schedule and Results|website=hockey-reference.com|accessdate=August 8, 2025}}</ref>

In the offseason, Lewis was fired as coach and replaced by [[Claude Julien (ice hockey)|Claude Julien]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/bruins-hire-claude-julien-as-coach/c-319894|title=Bruins hire Claude Julien as coach|access-date=August 27, 2022|archive-date=August 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827212631/https://www.nhl.com/news/bruins-hire-claude-julien-as-coach/c-319894|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[2007–08 Boston Bruins season|2007–08 campaign]] saw the NHL debut of [[Milan Lucic]] as well as the Bruins finishing 41–29–12 and making the playoffs,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/sports/pro/2008/04/05/bruins-clinch-first-playoff-spot/52457346007/|title=Bruins clinch first playoff spot since 2004-05|via=The Associated Press|newspaper=South Coast Today|date=April 5, 2008|accessdate=August 8, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Lucic">{{cite web|url=https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-bruins-milan-lucic-free-agent/44406409|title=Fan favorite, Stanley Cup champion Milan Lucic returning to Boston Bruins|last1=Tenser|first1=Phil|last2=Reed|first2=Russ|date=July 1, 2023|website=WCVB.com|accessdate=August 26, 2025}}</ref> but at the cost of Bergeron missing most of the season with a concussion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fosters.com/story/sports/pro/2008/04/08/after-concussion-bergeron-returns-to/52456932007/|title=After concussion: Bergeron returns to Bruins' practice|newspaper=Foster's Daily Democrat|date=April 8, 2008|accessdate=August 8, 2025}}</ref> The Bruins faced off against their rival Canadiens in another first round matchup. Although the Bruins came back from a 3–1 series deficit to tie the series, they were shut out in game seven by Montreal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/sports/hockey/22nhl.html|title=Canadiens Top Bruins in Game 7|via=The Associated Press|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 22, 2008|accessdate=August 8, 2025}}</ref>

After a slow start to the [[2008–09 Boston Bruins season|2008–09 season]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/penguins/2008/10/20/Penguins-Notebook-No-place-like-home-for-weary-Bruins/stories/200810200185|title=Penguins Notebook: No place like home for weary Bruins|last=Anderson|first=Shelley|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=October 19, 2008|accessdate=August 8, 2025}}</ref> the Bruins went on to have the best record in the Eastern Conference and qualified for the playoffs for the fifth time in nine years. At the trade deadline, they acquired [[Mark Recchi]] from the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2009/03/04/Bruins-get-Mark-Recchi-from-Tampa-Bay/65501236215821/?st_rec=4250410418000&u3L=1|title=Bruins get Mark Recchi from Tampa Bay|date=March 4, 2009|website=UPI.com|accessdate=September 26, 2025}}</ref> They faced the Canadiens in the playoffs for the fourth time during that span, defeating Montreal in four games before losing in seven games to the [[Carolina Hurricanes]] in the conference semifinals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2009/04/23/bruins-beat-canadiens-4-1-to-sweep-opening-series/|title=Bruins beat Canadiens 4-1 to sweep opening series|newspaper=San Diego Union-Tribune|date=April 23, 2009|accessdate=August 11, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/nhl/carolina-hurricanes/article178425986.html|title=Hurricanes Game 7, 2009 Eastern Conference semifinals at Boston|last=Alexander|first=Chip|newspaper=The News & Observer|date=May 14, 2009|accessdate=August 11, 2025}}</ref> Goaltender [[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]] won the [[Vezina Trophy]] as the league's top goaltender in the season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/nhl/columbus-blue-jackets/2009/06/18/thomas-wins-vezina/24159443007/|title=Thomas Wins Vezina|newspaper=The Columbus Dispatch|date=June 18, 2009|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> Julien was also awarded the Jack Adams Trophy as coach of the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/julien-jack-adams/|title=Bruins' Julien wins Jack Adams|via=The Canadian Press|date=September 12, 2009|website=Sportsnet.ca|accessdate=August 20, 2025}}</ref>

Prior to the start of the [[2009–10 Boston Bruins season|2009–10 season]], Kessel was traded to the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] in exchange for a 2010 and 2011 first round draft pick along with a 2010 second round draft pick.<ref name="Kessel"/> On January 1, 2010, the Bruins won the [[2010 NHL Winter Classic|2010 Winter Classic]] over the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] in a 2–1 overtime decision at [[Fenway Park]], thus becoming the first home team to win an outdoor classic game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2010/01/01/bruins-classic|title=Sturm's OT Goal Gives Bruins Winter Classic Win At Fenway|via=The Associated Press|date=January 1, 2010|website=WBUR.org|accessdate=August 11, 2025}}</ref> In the playoffs, they faced off against the Buffalo Sabres in the conference quarterfinals and emerged victorious in six games.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.oneidadispatch.com/2010/04/26/boston-bruins-ousts-buffalo-sabres/|title=Boston Bruins ousts Buffalo Sabres|date=April 26, 2010|accessdate=August 11, 2025}}</ref> In the conference semifinals, they gained a 3–0 series lead over the Philadelphia Flyers. However, they lost the next three games and were forced into game seven.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.enterprisenews.com/story/news/2010/05/13/flyers-force-bruins-to-game/40253136007/|title=Flyers force Bruins to Game 7|last=Gelston|first=Dan|newspaper=The Enterprise|date=May 13, 2010|accessdate=August 11, 2025}}</ref> They had a 3–0 lead in the game, but the Flyers came back in the game to defeat the Bruins for Boston to become the third team in NHL history to give up a 3–0 series lead.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/flyers-complete-historic-comeback-rally-to-beat-bruins-4-3-in-game-7|title=Flyers complete historic comeback, rally to beat Bruins 4-3 in Game 7|via=The Canadian Press|magazine=The Hockey News|date=May 14, 2010|accessdate=August 11, 2025}}</ref>

[[File:Milan Lucic Stanley Cup celebration.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Milan Lucic]] with the [[Stanley Cup]] after the Bruins defeated the [[Vancouver Canucks]] in game seven of the [[2011 Stanley Cup Final]].]]
Due to the Kessel trade and Toronto's poor performance in the 2009–10 season, the Bruins were able to use Toronto's pick at select second overall in the [[2010 NHL entry draft]]. They used the pick to select [[Tyler Seguin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nesn.com/2010/06/selected-second-overall-tyler-seguin-happy-to-be-a-bruin/|title=Tyler Seguin Selected Second Overall, Happy to Be a Bruin|date=June 25, 2010|website=NESN.com|accessdate=August 11, 2025}}</ref> In the [[2011 Stanley Cup playoffs]], the Bruins eliminated the Montreal Canadiens in seven games in the conference quarterfinals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2011/04/28/bruins-win|title=Bruins Win Game 7 Over Canadiens 4-3 In Overtime|via=The Associated Press|date=April 28, 2011|website=WBUR.org|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> On May 6, the Bruins swept the Philadelphia Flyers in four games to advance to the conference finals for the first time since [[1992 Stanley Cup playoffs|1992]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/07/sports/hockey/07bruins.html|title=Bruins Finish Off Flyers, Leaving Bad Taste Behind|last=Klein|first=Jeff|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 6, 2011|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> Boston then defeated the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] in seven games and advanced to the [[2011 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup Final]] for the first time since {{scfy|1990}} to face the Vancouver Canucks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/nhl/boston-bruins/this-date-in-bruins-history-bs-beat-lightning-in-epic-game-7-reach-final/328914/|title=This Date in Bruins History: B's beat Lightning in epic Game 7, reach Final|last=Goss|first=Nick|date=May 27, 2020|website=NBCSportsBoston.com|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> In the Final, the home team won each game with Boston dominating their home games against the Canucks, until game seven which they won in Vancouver 4–0 to win their sixth Stanley Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nesn.com/2020/04/bruins-encore-relive-bruins-canucks-2011-cup-final-game-7-ahead-of-nesn-broadcast/|title=Bruins Encore: Relive Bruins-Canucks 2011 Cup Final Game 7 Ahead Of NESN Broadcast|date=April 21, 2020|website=NESN.com|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> Tim Thomas won the [[Conn Smythe Trophy]] as MVP of the playoffs setting an NHL record with 798 saves made across the playoffs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/nhl/boston-bruins/tim-thomas-among-top-nhl-playoff-goalie-performances-of-all-time/181666/|title=Tim Thomas among top NHL playoff goalie performances of all time|last=Murphy|first=Bryan|date=June 26, 2021|website=NBCSportsBoston.com|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> Thomas also led the league in save percentage with .938, eclipsing [[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek's]] record of .937, which earned him his second Vezina Trophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nhl/news/tim-thomas-sets-new-single-season-nhl-record-for-save-percentage|title=Tim Thomas sets new single-season NHL record for save percentage|last=Yerden|first=Joe|date=April 9, 2011|website=NBCSports.com|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/nhl/post/_/id/9565/tim-thomas-wins-second-career-vezina-trophy|title=Tim Thomas wins second Vezina Trophy|via=Associated Press|date=June 22, 2011|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref>

Following their Stanley Cup win, [[Mark Recchi]] retired.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-bruins/2011/06/15/report_mark_rec/|title=Mark Recchi announces retirement|last=Pepin|first=Matt|date=June 15, 2011|website=Boston.com|accessdate=September 26, 2025}}</ref> At the [[2012 NHL entry draft]], the Bruins used the other first round pick in the Kessell trade to select defenseman [[Dougie Hamilton]].<ref name="Kessel"/><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=August 15, 2025 |date=June 24, 2011 |title=Boston Bruins Select Defenseman Dougie Hamilton With 9th Overall Pick In 2011 Draft |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-bruins-select-defenseman-dougie-hamilton-with-9th-overall-pick-in-2011-draft/ |website=CBSNews.com}}</ref> The Bruins went on to finish second in the Eastern Conference with 102 points,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-bruins/2012/04/07/updates_sabres/|title=Final: Bruins 4, Sabres 3 in shootout|last=Dupont|first= Kevin Paul|date=April 7, 2012|website=Boston.com|accessdate=August 15, 2025}}</ref> winning the Northeast Division title,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/bruins-beat-rangers-to-clinch-northeast-division-title-1.1189756|title=Bruins beat Rangers to clinch Northeast Division title|via=The Associated Press|date=April 1, 2012|website=CBC.ca|accessdate=August 15, 2025}}</ref> but losing to the Washington Capitals in the first round of the [[2012 Stanley Cup playoffs]] in seven games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wtop.com/washington-capitals/2018/04/remembering-joel-wards-series-clinching-game-7-ot-winner-boston/|title=Remembering Joel Ward's Series-Clinching Game 7 OT Winner in Boston|last=Raby|first=Ben|date=April 25, 2018|website=WTOP.com|accessdate=August 15, 2025}}</ref>

[[File:Boston Bruins Prince of Wales Trophy 2013-06-07.JPG|thumb|The Bruins were the [[2013 Stanley Cup playoffs|2013]] Eastern Conference champions, their second Conference title in three years.]]
During the offseason preceding the [[2012–13 NHL lockout]], Tim Thomas made his decision to sit out the [[2012–13 NHL season|2012–13 season]];<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/si-wire/2012/06/03/tim-thomas-sit-out-season|title=Tim Thomas will sit out 2012-2013 NHL season|last=Abnos|first=Alexander|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=June 3, 2012|accessdate=August 15, 2025}}</ref> his rights were traded to the [[New York Islanders]] on February 7, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/8927270/tim-thomas-traded-boston-bruins-new-york-islanders|title=Tim Thomas traded to Islanders|last=Strang|first=Katie|date=February 7, 2013|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=August 15, 2025}}</ref> Following the [[Boston Marathon bombing]], the game they had on the next day (April 16, 2013) was postponed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/apr/16/boston-marathon-bombings-bruins-celtics|title=Bruins and Celtics games called off after Boston Marathon bombings|via=Associated Press|newspaper=The Guardian|date=April 16, 2013|accessdate=August 15, 2025}}</ref> On April 17, the Bruins faced off against the Sabres, Boston's first major sporting event since the bombing. At the end of the game both the Sabres players and Bruins players raised their sticks in a salute.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-bruins/2023/04/17/bruins-boston-marathon-bombing-buffalo-sabres-national-anthem/|title=10 years ago, Boston cheered (and sang) as one at a Bruins game unlike any other|last=Ryan|first=Conor|date=April 17, 2023|website=Boston.com|accessdate=August 16, 2025}}</ref> In the opening round of the [[2013 Stanley Cup playoffs|2013 playoffs]], the Bruins took on the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]. Although the Maple Leafs forced game seven after the Bruins were up 3–1 in the series, Boston defeated Toronto by coming back from a 4–1 deficit in the third period of the game to win in overtime.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1697688/2020/04/02/distant-replay-game-7-leafs-bruins/|title=Distant Replay: Revisiting Bruins' epic Game 7 comeback against Leafs in 2013|last=McDonald|first=Joe|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 2, 2020|accessdate=August 16, 2025}}</ref> They went on to beat the New York Rangers in five games and the Pittsburgh Penguins in a four-game sweep to advance to the [[2013 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup Final]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2013/05/25/boston-bruins-eliminate-new-york-ranges-game-5/2361103/|title=Bruins eliminate Rangers in Game 5 with 3-1 victory|via=AP|newspaper=USA Today|date=May 25, 2013|accessdate=August 16, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jun/08/boston-bruins-sweep-stanley-cup-finals|title=Boston Bruins sweep past Pittsburgh Penguins and into Stanley Cup finals|last=Busfield|first=Steve|newspaper=The Guardian|date=June 8, 2013|accessdate=August 16, 2025}}</ref> However, the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] were victorious in the Final, defeating the Bruins in six games.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/25/sports/hockey/blackhawks-defeat-bruins-for-stanley-cup.html|title=17 Seconds, 2 Goals and a Victory|last=Klein|first=Jeff|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 24, 2013|accessdate=August 16, 2025}}</ref>

On July 4, 2013, the Bruins completed a blockbuster trade, sending [[Tyler Seguin]] along with [[Rich Peverley]] and a prospect to the [[Dallas Stars]] for [[Loui Eriksson]] and three prospects. Amidst the trade, general manager Chiarelli said Seguin needed to "become more of a professional."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.norwichbulletin.com/story/sports/pro/2013/07/05/bruins-trade-seguin-in-7/42790095007/|title=Bruins trade Seguin in 7-player deal with Stars|last=Cagen|first=Dan|newspaper=The Bulletin|date=July 5, 2013|accessdate=August 16, 2025}}</ref> In the [[2013–14 Boston Bruins season|2013–14 season]], the Bruins won the [[Presidents' Trophy]] after finishing first in the newly formed [[Atlantic Division (NHL)|Atlantic Division]] with a record of 54–19–9 for 117 points.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2014/04/12/bruins-clinch-nhls-top-record-beat-sabres-4-1/7643213/|title=Bruins clinch NHL's top record, beat Sabres 4-1|via=AP|newspaper=USA Today|date=April 12, 2014|accessdate=August 19, 2025}}</ref> However, their regular season success would not translate into another conference finals appearance. Despite winning their first-round series against the Detroit Red Wings,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-bruins/2014/04/26/bruins_beat_red_wings_in_game_5_win_series_4-1/|title=Bruins Beat Red Wings in Game 5, Win Series 4-1|last=Berry|first=Zuri|date=April 26, 2014|website=Boston.com|accessdate=August 26, 2025}}</ref> the team fell to the Canadiens in seven games in the second round during the [[2014 Stanley Cup playoffs|2014 playoffs]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/may/15/canadiens-overcome-bruins-game-7-closer-stanley-cup-finals|title=Canadiens overcome Bruins in Game 7 to move closer to Stanley Cup finals|agency=AP|newspaper=The Guardian|date=May 15, 2014|accessdate=August 19, 2025}}</ref>

In the [[2014–15 Boston Bruins season|2014–15 season]], the Bruins finished with a record of 41–27–14 for 96 points, missing out on the playoffs by just two points. The Bruins became only the third team to miss the playoffs after winning the Presidents' Trophy in the previous season. The 96 points they earned that season broke the record for the most points earned by a team that did not make the playoffs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/boston/bruins/post/_/id/18479/with-bruins-calling-a-season-sans-playoffs-a-failure-expect-an-overhaul|title=With Bruins calling a season sans playoffs a failure, expect an overhaul|last=McDonald|first=Joe|date=April 12, 2015|website=ESPN|accessdate=August 19, 2025}}</ref>

===Don Sweeney era (2015–present)===
On April 15, 2015, Peter Chiarelli was fired by the Boston Bruins. On May 20, the Bruins named former player [[Don Sweeney]] as the team's new general manager for the [[2015–16 Boston Bruins season|2015–16 season]].<ref name="Sweeney">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/boston/nhl/story/_/id/12918670/don-sweeney-named-general-manager-boston-bruins|title=Don Sweeney named GM of Bruins|last1=McDonald|first1=Joe|last2=Brasseur|first2=Kyle|date=May 20, 2015|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=August 20, 2025}}</ref> Part of Sweeney's offseason moves included trading [[Milan Lucic]] to the [[Los Angeles Kings]] in exchange for goalie [[Martin Jones (ice hockey)|Martin Jones]], forward [[Colin Miller (ice hockey, born 1992)|Colin Miller]], and a 2015 first round draft pick.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/13155223/boston-bruins-trade-milan-lucic-los-angeles-kings-no-13-pick-martin-jones-colin-miller|title=Bruins deal Milan Lucic to Kings, get No. 13 pick, Martin Jones, Colin Miller|last=McDonald|first=Joe|date=June 26, 2015|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=August 21, 2025}}</ref> The Bruins would flip Jones to the [[San Jose Sharks]] four days later for [[Sean Kuraly]] and a 2016 first round pick.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/13174729/san-jose-sharks-acquire-goalie-martin-jones-trade-boston-bruins|title=Sharks acquire goalie Martin Jones in trade with Bruins|last1=McDonald|first1=Joe|last2=LeBrun|first2=Pierre|date=June 30, 2015|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=August 21, 2025}}</ref> The Bruins played in the [[2016 NHL Winter Classic]] against the Canadiens, but lost 5–1.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/nhl/2016/01/01/montreal-canadiens-beat-boston-bruins-2016-winter-classic|title=Canadiens easily handle Bruins in Winter Classic, take first in Atlantic|last=Blinn|first=Michael|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=January 1, 2016|accessdate=August 26, 2025}}</ref> One all-time franchise achievement the Bruins attained in the 2015–16 season is shared by only their greatest rival, the Canadiens – a total of 3,000 wins in the team's existence, achieved by the Bruins on January 8, 2016, in a 4–1 road victory against the New Jersey Devils.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-njd/2016/01/08/2015020608 |title=Bruins defeat Devils for 3,000th win in history |last1=Morreale |first1=Mike G. |date=January 8, 2016 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=January 9, 2016 |quote=Center Ryan Spooner and defenseman Colin Miller each had a goal and an assist to help the Boston Bruins become the second team in NHL history to win 3,000 regular season games with a 4–1 win against the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center on Friday. |archive-date=January 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109090212/http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2015020608 |url-status=live}}</ref> For the first time since the two seasons following the 2004–05 lockout, the Bruins did not qualify for the playoffs in two consecutive seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-bruins-flyers-senators-eliminated-nhl-playoffs/|title=Bruins Eliminated From Playoff Contention|date=April 9, 2016|website=CBSNews.com|accessdate=August 20, 2025}}</ref>

[[File:McAvoy.jpg|thumb|[[Charlie McAvoy]] and other players warming up prior to a game in the [[2017 Stanley Cup playoffs]]. The Bruins qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since [[2014 Stanley Cup playoffs|2014]].]] 
During the last two months of the [[2016–17 Boston Bruins season|2016–17]] regular season, the Bruins fired head coach Claude Julien and promoted [[Bruce Cassidy]] to interim coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/18636374/boston-bruins-fire-head-coach-claude-julien|title=Bruins fire Claude Julien|date=February 7, 2017|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=August 20, 2025}}</ref> Under Cassidy, the Bruins achieved an 18–8–1 record through their remaining regular season games, finishing third in the Atlantic Division and qualifying for the playoffs for the first time since the 2013–14 season. In the first round of the playoffs, the Bruins lost to the Ottawa Senators in six games.<ref name="Cassidy">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story?id=19257973&src=desktop|title=Bruins quick to remove coach Bruce Cassidy's interim tag|via=Associated Press|date=April 27, 2017|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=August 20, 2025}}</ref>

Cassidy returned as head coach for the [[2017–18 Boston Bruins season|2017–18 season]], leading the Bruins to the playoffs for a consecutive season.<ref name="Cassidy"/> They had a record of 50–20–12,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/2018.html|title=2017-18 Boston Bruins Roster and Statistics|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|website=Hockey-Reference.com|accessdate=August 21, 2025}}</ref> including an 18-game point streak, which lasted from December 14, 2017, to January 25, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/nhl/boston-bruins/bruins-extend-point-streak-to-18-with-win-over-senators-3-2/327907/ |title=Bruins extend point streak to 18 with win over Senators, 3–2 |date=January 25, 2018 |website=nbcsports.com |access-date=May 12, 2018 |archive-date=May 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513152153/https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/bruins/bruins-extend-point-streak-18-win-over-senators-3-2 |url-status=live}}</ref> They defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round in seven games,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2018/04/25/bruins-beat-maple-leafs-in-game-7/|title=Bruins score 4 in 3rd to beat Maple Leafs in Game 7|via=Associated Press|newspaper=The Denver Post|date=April 25, 2018|accessdate=August 21, 2025}}</ref> but lost to the Lightning in five games in the second round.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/sports/2018/05/07/lightning-eliminate-bruins-with-3-1-win-in-game-5|title=Lightning eliminate Bruins with 3-1 win in Game 5|date=May 6, 2018|website=MyNews13.com|accessdate=August 21, 2025}}</ref> The season also saw the debuts of [[Jake DeBrusk]] and [[Charlie McAvoy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/longform/inside-jake-debrusks-journey-from-whl-longshot-to-big-league-star/|title=Inside Jake DeBrusk's journey from WHL longshot to big-league star|last=Sachdeva|first=Sonny|publisher=Reogers Media|website=Sportsnet.ca|accessdate=August 22, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-bruins/2020/04/21/charlie-mcavoy-bruins-debut/|title=Charlie McAvoy recalls his Bruins debut|last=Mahoney|first=Andrew|date=April 21, 2020|website=Boston.com|accessdate=August 22, 2025}}</ref> The Bruins also acquired veteran [[Rick Nash]] trading out [[Ryan Spooner]], [[Matt Beleskey]], [[Ryan Lindgren]], and two draft picks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/22575228/rick-nash-traded-boston-bruins-new-york-rangers|title=Rangers reach trade sending six-time All-Star Rick Nash to Bruins|date=February 25, 2018|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=August 22, 2025}}</ref>

During the [[2018–19 NHL season|2018–19 season]] the Bruins finished the regular season in second place in the division with a 49–24–9 overall record.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/2019.html|title=2018-19 Boston Bruins Roster and Statistics|publisher=Sports Reference|website=Hockey-Reference.com|accessdate=August 23, 2025}}</ref> During the trade deadline, the team acquired [[Charlie Coyle]] and [[Marcus Johansson (ice hockey, born 1990)|Marcus Johansson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/26041129/wild-trade-charlie-coyle-bruins-ryan-donato-fifth-round-pick|title=Wild trade Charlie Coyle to Bruins for Ryan Donato, fifth-round pick|last=Kaplan|first=Emily|date=February 20, 2019|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=August 23, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/837365/2019/02/25/bruins-acquire-winger-marcus-johansson-at-the-trade-deadline-for-draft-picks/|title=Bruins acquire winger Marcus Johansson at the trade deadline for draft picks|last=McDonald|first=Joe|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 25, 2019|accessdate=August 23, 2025}}</ref> In the first round of the [[2019 Stanley Cup playoffs]], they faced the Maple Leafs again, defeating them in seven games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/bruins-beat-maple-leafs-game-7/|title=Bruins Beat Maple Leafs In Game 7, Advance To Second Round To Face Blue Jackets|date=April 23, 2019|website=CBSNews.com|accessdate=August 23, 2025}}</ref> In a six-game series, the Bruins defeated the [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] in the second round and advanced to the conference finals for the first time since 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/965597/2019/05/07/blue-jackets-report-cards-game-6-vs-boston/|title=Blue Jackets report cards — Game 6 vs. Boston|last=Lukan|first=Alison|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 7, 2019|accessdate=August 23, 2025}}</ref> The Bruins won the conference finals by sweeping out the [[Carolina Hurricanes]] in four games, thus winning the [[Prince of Wales Trophy]] and advancing to the [[2019 Stanley Cup Final]] for the third time in 10 years.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Satriano |first1=David |title=Bruins will play Sharks or Blues in Stanley Cup Final |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/boston-bruins-will-play-stanley-cup-final-against-st-louis-blues-307435680 |website=NHL.com |access-date=May 18, 2019 |date=May 17, 2019 |archive-date=May 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517135326/https://www.nhl.com/news/boston-bruins-will-play-stanley-cup-final-against-blues-or-sharks/c-307435680 |url-status=live}}</ref> They faced the [[St. Louis Blues]] in a rematch of the [[1970 Stanley Cup Final]]. However, this time the Blues emerged victorious, winning in seven games.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rutherford |first1=Kristina |title=Inside the historic, controversial, mind-blowing 2019 Cup Final |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/blues-bruins-stanley-cup-final-big-read/ |website=Sportsnet.ca |access-date=November 27, 2024}}</ref>

During the [[2019–20 Boston Bruins season|2019–20 season]], the Bruins consistently had the best record in the Atlantic Division and were near the top of the league. During the trade deadline, they acquired [[Ondřej Kaše|Ondrej Kase]] and [[Nick Ritchie]], both from the [[Anaheim Ducks]], in two separate trades.<ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Brien |first1=James |title=NHL on NBCSN: Bruins hope trade deadline additions get going vs. Stars |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nhl/news/bruins-trade-deadline-additions-hope-to-find-footing-against-stars-on-nbcsn |website=nhl.nbcsports.com |access-date=May 27, 2020 |date=February 27, 2020 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420145521/https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2020/02/27/bruins-trade-deadline-additions-hope-to-find-footing-against-stars-on-nbcsn/ |url-status=live}}</ref> On March 12, 2020, the NHL season was paused due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schram |first1=Carol |title=NHL Pauses 2019–20 Season As Coronavirus Spreads |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolschram/2020/03/12/nhl-pauses-2019-20-season-due-to-coronavirus-spread/#25a91ee72d2d |website=Forbes |access-date=May 27, 2020 |date=March 12, 2020 |archive-date=June 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603211816/https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolschram/2020/03/12/nhl-pauses-2019-20-season-due-to-coronavirus-spread/#25a91ee72d2d |url-status=live}}</ref> At the time of the pause, the Bruins were first overall in the league, with 100 points. On May 26, Commissioner [[Gary Bettman]] announced that the 2019–20 regular season was completed and that the league would resume with the playoffs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clipperton |first1=Joshua |title=NHL formally adopts 24-team playoff format, announces altered draft lottery |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/gary-bettman-newser-nhl-playoff-format-1.5585260 |website=CBC.ca |access-date=May 27, 2020 |date=May 26, 2020 |archive-date=May 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527011707/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/gary-bettman-newser-nhl-playoff-format-1.5585260 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Bruins were awarded the [[Presidents' Trophy]] for the second time in a decade, while [[David Pastrňák|David Pastrnak]]'s 48 goals made him the first Bruin to win the [[Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy]], which he shared with [[Alexander Ovechkin]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruins Officially Land Trio Of NHL Regular Season Awards, Including Presidents' Trophy |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/bruins-nhl-awards-presidents-trophy-davis-pastrnak-tuukka-rask-jaroslav-halak-richard-jennings/ |website=CBS News |access-date=March 10, 2025 |date=May 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Porter |first1=Matt |title=Bruins' David Pastrnak finishes season tied for Rocket Richard Trophy as NHL's top goal-scorer |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/27/sports/bruins-david-pastrnak-finishes-season-tied-rocket-richard-trophy-nhls-top-goal-scorer/ |website=BostonGlobe.com |access-date=May 27, 2020 |date=May 27, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116160515/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/27/sports/bruins-david-pastrnak-finishes-season-tied-rocket-richard-trophy-nhls-top-goal-scorer/ |url-status=live}}</ref> During the [[2020 Stanley Cup playoffs]], the Bruins won the first round against the Carolina Hurricanes in five games,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-bruins-carolina-hurricanes-nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs-game-5-recap-august-19-2020/33649989|title=Power play goals lift Bruins to Game 5, series victory over Carolina Hurricanes|via=AP|date=August 19, 2020|website=WCVB.com|accessdate=August 23, 2025}}</ref> but lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the second round, also in five games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcboston.com/news/sports/bruins-season-ends-with-lightning-goal-in-2nd-ot/2187159/|title=Bruins' Season Ends With Lightning Goal in 2nd OT|via=The Associated Press|date=August 31, 2020|website=NBCBoston.com|accessdate=August 23, 2025}}</ref>

Prior to the beginning of the [[2020–21 Boston Bruins season|2020–21 season]], [[Zdeno Chára|Zdeno Chara]] left as a free agent, signing with the [[Washington Capitals]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/30625731/zdeno-chara-announces-boston-bruins-exit-14-seasons-signs-1-year-deal-washington-capitals|title=Zdeno Chara announces Boston Bruins exit after 14 seasons, signs 1-year deal with Washington Capitals|last=Wyshnyski|first=Greg|date=December 30, 2020|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=August 26, 2025}}</ref> [[Patrice Bergeron]] was named captain shortly afterwards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nesn.com/2021/01/bruins-icon-patrice-bergeron-officially-named-bostons-new-captain/|title=Bruins Icon Patrice Bergeron Officially Named Boston's New Captain|date=January 7, 2021|website=NESN.com|accessdate=August 26, 2025}}</ref> As they neared the trade deadline, the Bruins made a trade with the [[Buffalo Sabres]] for [[Taylor Hall]] and [[Curtis Lazar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/31240961/buffalo-sabres-agree-trade-taylor-hall-boston-bruins-source-says|title=Buffalo Sabres agree to trade Taylor Hall to Boston Bruins, source says|last=Kaplan|first=Emily|date=April 12, 2021|website=ESPN|accessdate=August 23, 2025}}</ref> The Bruins made the [[2021 Stanley Cup playoffs|2021 playoffs]], where they defeated the Capitals in five games but lost to the [[New York Islanders]] in six games. In the [[2021–22 Boston Bruins season|2021–22 offseason]], goaltender [[Tuukka Rask]] underwent hip surgery as a free agent.<ref name="Rask_retires">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/33254591/tuukka-rask-officially-retires-boston-bruins-walks-away-best-sports-city-world|title=Tuukka Rask officially retires from Boston Bruins, walks away from 'the best sports city in the world'|last=Shilton|first=Kristen|date=February 9, 2022|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=August 23, 2025}}</ref> To offset the goaltender loss, they signed free agent [[Linus Ullmark]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/bruins-signing-goalie-linus-ullmark/|title=Bruins Sign Goalie Linus Ullmark|date=July 28, 2021|website=CBSNews.com|accessdate=August 23, 2025}}</ref> However, after signing a one-year deal in January 2022, Rask retired in February.<ref name="Rask_retires"/> The Bruins clinched the [[2022 Stanley Cup playoffs|2022 playoffs]] as the first wild card team but were defeated by the Hurricanes in seven games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-bruins/2022/05/15/bruins-hurricanes-game-7-reaction-quotes-patrice-bergeron-brad-marchand/|title='It hurts': Bruins reflect on early exit from playoffs following Game 7 loss|last=Hass|first=Trevor|date=May 15, 2022|website=Boston.com|accessdate=August 25, 2025}}</ref> Following the season, head coach Cassidy was fired.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4175630/2022/06/06/bruins-fire-coach-bruce-cassidy-after-6-seasons/|title=Bruins fire coach Bruce Cassidy after 6 seasons|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 6, 2022|accessdate=August 25, 2025}}</ref> They then hired [[Jim Montgomery (ice hockey)|Jim Montgomery]], previously the head coach of the [[Dallas Stars]], as their next head coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.masslive.com/bruins/2022/07/bruins-make-jim-montgomery-hiring-official-as-former-dallas-stars-takes-over-behind-boston-bench.html|title=Bruins make Jim Montgomery hiring official, as former Dallas Stars takes over behind Boston bench|last=Vautour|first=Matt|date=July 1, 2022|website=MassLive.com|accessdate=August 25, 2025}}</ref>

During the [[2022–23 Boston Bruins season|2022–23 season]], the Bruins broke NHL records and led the Atlantic Division for the entire season. First, they set an NHL record for longest home winning streak from the start of a season (14) from October 15 to December 3.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pohoryles |first=Joe |date=December 3, 2022 |title=Bruins defeat Avalanche for 14th consecutive win at home to start season |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/colorado-avalanche-boston-bruins-game-recap/c-338166654 |access-date=June 6, 2023 |website=NHL.com}}</ref> Then on March 2, 2023, the Bruins recorded their 100th standings point of the season in their 61st game, becoming the fastest team to 100 points in NHL history, and surpassing the record previously held by the [[1976–77 Montreal Canadiens season|1976–77 Montreal Canadiens]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cranston |first=Mike |date=March 2, 2023 |title=Bruins rout Sabres 7–1, become fastest team to 100 points |url=https://apnews.com/article/sabres-bruins-nhl-hockey-pastrnak-e32b311eed018dd0e2f699daf3467d0e |access-date=March 2, 2023 |publisher=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Jace |title=Boston Bruins set new NHL record by reaching 100-point mark in just 61 games |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/bruins/2023/03/02/bruins-set-nhl-record-100-points-61-games/11387479002/ |access-date=June 13, 2023 |website=USA TODAY}}</ref> Nine days later, they set an all-time NHL record as the fastest team to achieve 50 wins, hitting the mark in 64 games compared to a previous record of 66 games held jointly by the [[1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season|1995–96 Detroit Red Wings]] and [[2018–19 Tampa Bay Lightning season|2018–19 Tampa Bay Lightning]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Leger |first1=Justin |title=Bruins make NHL history with comeback win over Red Wings |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/bruins/bruins-become-fastest-team-nhl-history-win-50-games |website=RSN |access-date=March 20, 2023 |date=March 11, 2023}}</ref> In that same game, the Bruins became the third-fastest team in history to clinch a playoff spot during the era of 82-game seasons, trailing only the 1995–96 Detroit Red Wings (59 games) and the [[1998–99 Dallas Stars season|1998–99 Dallas Stars]] (63 games).<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruins become first team in NHL to clinch playoff berth this season |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-bruins-clinch-nhl-playoff-berth-fastest-team-bergeron-pastrnak-ullmark-montgomery/ |website=CBS Boston |access-date=March 20, 2023 |date=March 11, 2023}}</ref> On April 9, 2023, the Bruins set the new all-time record for most games won in a season (63), when they defeated the [[Philadelphia Flyers]]. Two days later, the Bruins set the new all-time single-season points record (133), when they defeated the Capitals, and they finished the season with 65 wins and 135 points.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wyshynski |first=Greg |date=April 12, 2023 |title=Bruins top Caps, set NHL record with 133 points |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/36164424/bruins-defeat-capitals-set-another-nhl-record-133-points |access-date=April 12, 2023 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> The Bruins lost to the Florida Panthers in seven games in the opening round of the [[2023 Stanley Cup playoffs]] after giving up a 3–1 series lead.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/apr/30/boston-bruins-lose-florida-panthers-stanley-cup-playoffs|title=Bruins record-breaking season ended by Florida in first round of NHL playoffs|newspaper=The Guardian|date=April 30, 2023|accessdate=August 25, 2025}}</ref> Hall was traded after the season,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/37919365/bruins-trade-former-hart-trophy-winner-hall-blackhawks|title=Bruins trade former Hart Trophy winner Hall to Blackhawks|last=Clark|first=Ryan|date=June 26, 2023|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=August 26, 2025}}</ref> and both [[Patrice Bergeron]] and [[David Krejci]] retired.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/38190838/boston-bruins-c-david-krejci-37-retires-15-seasons|title=Boston Bruins C David Krejci, 37, retires after 15 seasons|via=Associated Press|date=August 14, 2023|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=August 26, 2025}}</ref>

With [[Brad Marchand]] as captain for the [[2023–24 Boston Bruins season|2023–24 season]],<ref name="_27">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/brad-marchand-captain-boston-bruins-nhl-patrice-bergeron-zdeno-chara/|title=Brad Marchand named captain of the Boston Bruins|date=September 20, 2023|website=CBSNews.com|accessdate=August 27, 2025}}</ref> the Bruins finished in second place in the Atlantic Division with 109 points.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2024/04/16/bruins-lose-to-senators-3-1-in-regular-season-finale-finish-second-in-atlantic-division/|title=Bruins lose to Senators 3-1 in regular-season finale, finish second in Atlantic Division|via=Associated Press|newspaper=Portland Press Herald|date=April 16, 2024|accessdate=August 27, 2025}}</ref> Lucic also returned to the team on a one-year contract.<ref name="Lucic"/> However, after an injury to his ankle placed him on long-term injured reserve, and an ensuing domestic assault charge,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/11/20/metro/milan-lucic-arrest/|title=Bruins winger Milan Lucic allegedly attacked wife during argument, police say|last1=Ellement|first1=John|last2=Lissauer|first2=Talia|last3=Cotter|first3=Sean|newspaper=Boston Globe|date=November 20, 2023|accessdate=August 26, 2025}}</ref> he played no more than four games in the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/38763749/bruins-forward-milan-lucic-long-term-ir-taking-puck-ankle|title=Bruins forward Milan Lucic on long-term IR after taking puck to ankle|via=Reuters|date=October 28, 2023|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=August 26, 2025}}</ref> In the first round of the [[2024 Stanley Cup playoffs|2024 playoffs]], the Bruins eliminated their [[Bruins–Maple Leafs rivalry|rival]], the Toronto Maple Leafs, in seven games.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/pastrnak-scores-in-ot-of-game-7-putting-an-end-to-maple-leafs-season|title=Pastrnak scores in OT of Game 7, putting an end to Maple Leafs' season|last=Koshan|first=Terry|newspaper=Toronto Sun|date=May 4, 2024|accessdate=August 26, 2025}}</ref> In the second round, they were eliminated by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers again, this time in six games.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5502271/2024/05/17/bruins-panthers-game-6-result-takeaways/|title=How a late block, a Gustav Forsling goal helped the Panthers close out the Bruins: 5 takeaways|last1=Russo|first1=Michael|last2=Shinzawa|first2=Fluto|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 17, 2024|accessdate=August 26, 2025}}</ref>

In the [[2024–25 Boston Bruins season|2024–25 season]], the Bruins fired Jim Montgomery amidst a slow start and named [[Joe Sacco (ice hockey)|Joe Sacco]] as interim head coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/42490989/boston-bruins-fire-coach-jim-montgomery-20-games|title=Boston Bruins fire coach Jim Montgomery after 20 games|last=Wyshnyski|first=Greg|date=November 19, 2024|website=ESPN|accessdate=August 26, 2025}}</ref> They would trade captain Marchand to the Panthers for a first round pick.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/nhl/boston-bruins/brad-marchand-trade-draft-picks-panthers/710765/|title=Panthers will send first-round pick to Bruins to complete Marchand trade|last=Goss|first=Nick|date=May 21, 2025|website=NBC Sports Boston |accessdate=August 26, 2025}}</ref> They finished in last place in both the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6281178/2025/04/16/bruins-2024-25-season-what-went-wrong/|title=What went wrong for the Bruins in 2024-25 — and what comes next|last=Shinzawa|first=Fluto|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 16, 2025|accessdate=August 26, 2025}}</ref> Ahead of the [[2025–26 Boston Bruins season|2025–26 season]], the Bruins replaced Joe Sacco with Marco Sturm, making him the 30th head coach in Boston Bruins history.<ref name=":2"/>

==Team information==

===Logo and uniforms===
[[File:Boston Bruins 1949-1995.svg|thumb|The original version of the "Spoked B" logo.|150px]]
Since 1948, the Bruins' logo is an eight-spoked, black and gold [[Artillery wheel|wheel]] with the letter "B" in the center, a nod to Boston's nickname of "[[Hub City|The Hub]]".<ref>{{cite press release|title=Bruins Unveil Centennial Crest|url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bruins-unveil-centennial-crest-345040150|website=NHL.com|date=June 27, 2023|access-date=June 29, 2025}}</ref><ref name="SpokedB">{{cite web|title=The Making of a Logo: The Bruins introduce the Spoked 'B'|url=https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/nhl/boston-bruins/the-making-of-a-logo-the-bruins-introduce-the-spoked-b/330111/|publisher=NBC Sports Boston|accessdate=August 27, 2025|date=December 26, 2018}}</ref> The logo has been tweaked numerous times over the course of its history, reaching its current form in 2025. The general design, in use since 1949, features the circle and "B" in black with gold spokes; black borders and a gold outer circle were added in 1995 and serifs on the "B" were added in 2007. The black borders were removed as part of a logo update in 2025, and a corresponding gold "B" version was added for use in dark backgrounds.<ref name=2025Bruinslogo/> The block "B" logo itself preceded the "Spoked B" and was later modified to include serifs as part of their third jersey.<ref name="BruinsUniforms"/><ref name="BruinsThirds">{{cite web|title=Bruins Unveil New Third Jersey; Announce Black Friday Shopping Event|url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bruins-unveil-new-third-jersey-announce-black-friday-shopping-event/c-311741284|website=NHL.com|access-date=January 23, 2020|date=November 25, 2019|archive-date=February 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217194559/https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bruins-unveil-new-third-jersey-announce-black-friday-shopping-event/c-311741284|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Bruins have also used an alternate logo featuring a walking bear surrounded by the full team name. The logo was first used from 1924 to 1932, and a modernized version was adopted as the team's secondary logo in 2007.<ref name="BruinsUniforms"/> This was then updated in 2025 to feature only the bear itself, with the team name variation used on the black uniform, and the city name variation on the white uniform.<ref name=Bruins2025/>

The Bruins' colors were originally brown and gold. They wore brown uniforms in their maiden season, but switched to a white uniform with alternating brown and gold stripes the next season. The uniforms were paired with beige pants and either gold or white socks. After the 1932 season the walking bear logo was replaced with a simple block "B" logo.<ref name="BruinsUniforms"/><ref name="BruinsGraphics">{{cite web|title=Boston Bruins uniforms|url=http://www.nhluniforms.com/Bruins/Bruins.html|publisher=The (unofficial) NHL Uniform Database|access-date=October 12, 2021|archive-date=October 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026223506/http://www.nhluniforms.com/Bruins/Bruins.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Starting with the 1935–36 season, the Bruins replaced brown with black, while also sporting gold socks full-time. The "B" logo moved to the sleeves while the uniform number occupied the front. Black pants also replaced the beige pants.<ref name="BruinsGraphics"/><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=November 16, 1935|page=6|title=Bruins to Open Against Maroons|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-weston-adams-change-i/75622801/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 12, 2021|archive-date=February 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215165427/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75622801/weston-adams-change-in-uniforms/|url-status=live}}</ref>

For a majority of the 1940s, the Bruins sported gold numbers on the white uniform. From 1940 to 1944 they also wore a gold uniform with a script "Bruins" wordmark in front. To commemorate their 25th anniversary, the Bruins released a new white uniform featuring the first iteration of the "Spoked B" logo. The gold "B" on the logo was crudely drawn inside a black-spoked wheel, with "24" and "49" added to represent the foundation year and the franchise's 25th year respectively. They also debuted a black uniform with the block "B" logo in front.<ref name="BruinsUniforms"/><ref name="BruinsGraphics"/>

Beginning in 1949, the "B" on the "Spoked B" logo was changed to block lettering. They also brought back the black numbers. With a few cosmetic changes in the stripes and yoke along with the addition of the primitive bear head logo in 1977, the Bruins kept this overall design until 1995.<ref name="BruinsUniforms"/><ref name="BruinsGraphics"/>

In 1955, the Bruins brought the "Spoked B" logo over to the black uniform; they also released a gold jersey with the "Spoked B" in front. The black uniform crest would feature an inverse version of the "Spoked B", with the gold and black elements reversed, while the gold uniform featured the same logo but in a black circle. During this period, the gold jersey was used as the primary dark uniform while relegating the black uniform (updated with white numbers) into alternate status for several seasons. Also, for a few games between 1958 and 1965, the Bruins wore gold pants.<ref name="BruinsUniforms"/><ref name="BruinsGraphics"/>

In 1967, the Bruins retired the gold uniforms and reinstated the black uniforms with gold numbers. As with the white uniforms, they endured several cosmetic changes until 1995. The gold socks, which had numerous striping modifications since 1934, was briefly retired in favor of wearing white socks full-time. It was brought back for the 1969–70 season and would be paired with the regular black uniforms for the next 47 seasons.<ref name="BruinsUniforms"/><ref name="BruinsGraphics"/>

Starting with the 1995–96 season, the Bruins released a new uniform set, featuring the updated "Spoked B" logo. The primary uniforms featured a thick contrasting stripe that extended from sleeve to sleeve. In addition, a gold third jersey was released, featuring the infamous "Pooh Bear" logo (an homage to [[Winnie the Pooh]]). The gold thirds were used until 2006, after which the Bruins wore throwback black uniforms based on the 1970s design.<ref name="BruinsUniforms"/><ref name="BruinsGraphics"/>

[[File:Boston Bruins.svg|thumb|The version of the "Spoked B" logo used from 2007 to 2025.|150px]]
Moving to the [[Reebok]] Edge template in 2007, the Bruins unveiled new uniforms with the serifed "Spoked B" logo. The overall design borrowed a few elements from the 1970s uniforms, and also unveiled a new rendition of the original walking bear logo on the shoulders. The following season, they released new black third jerseys with the aforementioned bear logo in front and the "Spoked B" logo on the shoulders.<ref name="BruinsUniforms"/><ref name="BruinsGraphics"/>

[[File:Bruins Warmup (4242247564).jpg|thumb|Several Boston Bruins wearing their [[2010 NHL Winter Classic|2010 Winter Classic]] jerseys.]]
For the 2010 Winter Classic, the Bruins wore a brown and gold variation of the 1948–49 design. Then for the [[2016 NHL Winter Classic|2016 Winter Classic]], the Bruins wore a black and gold variation of the original brown uniforms, a design they carried over the following season as an alternate.<ref name="BruinsUniforms"/>

The Bruins kept much of the same design upon moving to [[Adidas]]' AdiZero template in 2017. However, the black uniforms were now paired with black socks, a feature previously reserved on the alternate black uniforms.<ref name="BruinsAdidas">{{cite web|title=NHL and adidas Unveil the Boston Bruins New Uniforms|url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/nhl-and-adidas-unveil-the-boston-bruins-new-uniforms-290023504|website=NHL.com|access-date=January 23, 2020|date=June 21, 2017|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804033123/https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/nhl-and-adidas-unveil-the-boston-bruins-new-uniforms/c-290023504|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BruinsGraphics"/>

For the [[2019 NHL Winter Classic|2019 Winter Classic]], the Bruins wore white uniforms with brown and gold stripes and the "B" logo in front, paying homage to the mid-1930s uniforms.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins unveil Winter Classic jersey|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/boston-unveils-2019-winter-classic-jersey/c-301636036|website=NHL.com|access-date=January 23, 2020|date=November 8, 2018|archive-date=April 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421155729/https://www.nhl.com/news/boston-unveils-2019-winter-classic-jersey/c-301636036|url-status=live}}</ref> The simple "B" logo also adorned their new black alternate uniform, which was unveiled in the 2019–20 season and paid homage to the team's 1950s uniforms.<ref name="BruinsThirds"/>

Prior to the 2020–21 season, Adidas released its "Reverse Retro" series of alternate uniforms, which were alternate color renditions of [[throwback uniform]] designs. The Bruins' version was taken from the team's 1977 to 1995 design, but with a gold base and black accents.<ref name="BruinsReverse">{{cite web|title=Boston Bruins Introduce Adidas Reverse Retro Authentic Jersey|url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/boston-bruins-introduce-adidas-reverse-retro-authentic-jersey-319636916|website=NHL.com|access-date=November 27, 2020|date=November 16, 2020|archive-date=December 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205075220/https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/boston-bruins-introduce-adidas-reverse-retro-authentic-jersey/c-319636916|url-status=live}}</ref> A second "Reverse Retro" uniform was released in the 2022–23 season, this time featuring a white version of the 1995–2006 "Pooh Bear" alternates.<ref>{{cite news|title=NHL Reverse Retro jerseys for all 32 teams unveiled by adidas|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/2022-adidas-nhl-reverse-retro-jerseys-reveal-336511528|website=NHL.com|date=October 20, 2022|access-date=October 20, 2022|archive-date=October 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020150818/https://www.nhl.com/news/2022-adidas-nhl-reverse-retro-jerseys-reveal/c-336511528|url-status=live}}</ref>

Boston's [[2023 NHL Winter Classic|2023 Winter Classic]] uniform mixed various styles from the team's uniform history. The black-based uniform featured gold stripes and vintage white letters. The "BOSTON" wordmark was inspired by the 1949 "Spoked B" logo, and the original bear head logo from 1977 to 1995 was positioned below.<ref name=2023WC>{{cite news|title=Winter Classic jerseys for Bruins, Penguins unveiled|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/2023-nhl-winter-classic-jerseys-unveiled-338016308|website=NHL.com|date=November 25, 2022|access-date=November 25, 2022|archive-date=November 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125223135/https://www.nhl.com/news/2023-nhl-winter-classic-jerseys-unveiled/c-338016308?tid=283985238|url-status=live}}</ref>

For the 2023–24 centennial season, the Bruins unveiled a new set of uniforms, along with a commemorative logo featuring the modern "Spoked B" logo minus the gold outer circle and black borders on the spokes and "B", closely resembling the original design worn from 1949 to 1995. The white uniform would feature the aforementioned logo, while the black uniform would feature an inverted version, with the "B" and circle in gold with black spokes. The gold used on the primary uniforms is a paler shade called "Centennial gold" rather than the traditional yellow gold; the yellow gold version remained in use for promotional purposes. In addition, the three gold stripes on each sleeve represented the six Stanley Cups the team has won, which are accented with thin black and thick white stripes. White numbers returned to the black uniform for the first time since the early 1960s and names featured no additional trim. An alternate beige uniform was also released. This design featured a modern take on the first "Spoked B" logo worn during the 1948–49 25th anniversary season, modified to include the foundation year "1924" along the horizontal spoke. The uniform heavily borrowed elements from the 1967–1974 uniforms which featured a gold yoke, but with brown and white trim. The brown-accented alternates were worn in all home games against Original Six teams, and a road game each at the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens.<ref name=Bruins100>{{cite news|title=Bruins Unveil Three Commemorative Centennial Jerseys for the 2023–24 Season |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bruins-unveil-three-commemorative-centennial-jerseys-for-the-2023-24-season|website=NHL.com|date=September 16, 2023|access-date=September 16, 2023}}</ref>

In a December 1, 2024, game against the Montreal Canadiens, the Bruins wore a commemorative uniform to honor the 100th anniversary of the franchise's first-ever game. The design featured the modernized version of the 1949–1995 "spoked B" logo worn during the centennial 2023–24 season but in the current yellow gold shade, and an inverted color version of the centennial "walking bear" patch along the right chest. The uniform was heavily based on the 1981–1995 uniforms, albeit with black tips on the gold socks. The collar featured the score of the team's first-ever game against the [[Montreal Maroons]].<ref name=Bruins1002>{{cite news|title=Bruins Unveil Commemorative Uniform Ahead of Dec. 1 Centennial Game, Presented by Dunkin' |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bruins-unveil-commemorative-uniform-ahead-of-dec-1-centennial-game-presented-by-dunkin|website=NHL.com|date=October 17, 2024|access-date=October 17, 2024}}</ref>

In June 2025, the team announced a logo change to take effect with the 2025–26 season – the centennial "Spoked B" logo as the team's primary logo, with the black "B" version applied to the white uniform and the gold "B" version applied to the black uniform.<ref name=2025Bruinslogo>{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/23/sports/nhl-boston-bruins-new-logo/ |title=Bruins, in the midst of a remake, unveil a set of subtle changes to their logo |first=Michael |last=Silverman |website=[[The Boston Globe]] |url-access=limited |date=June 23, 2025 |access-date=June 23, 2025}}</ref> The new uniforms were heavily inspired by the 1977–1995 uniforms, and featured an updated "walking bear" patch on the left shoulder. This bear patch featured the team name on the black uniform, and the city name on the white uniform.<ref name=Bruins2025>{{cite news|title=Bruins Unveil New Brand Identity with Refreshed Logos and Uniforms |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bruins-unveil-new-brand-identity-with-refreshed-logos-and-uniforms|website=NHL.com|date=June 25, 2025|access-date=June 25, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Primary Logos|url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/team/spoked-b|website=NHL.com|access-date=June 29, 2025}}</ref>

===Training facilities===
The Bruins had trained at Ristuccia Ice Arena in [[Wilmington, Massachusetts]], which was completed in 1986.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patch.com/massachusetts/wilmington/then-and-now-8b5d0696|title=Then and Now: Ristuccia Arena and the Stanley Cup|last=MacKenzie|first=Christina Barry|date=October 18, 2011|website=Patch.com|accessdate=August 27, 2025}}</ref> They moved in September 2016 to [[Warrior Ice Arena]] in the [[Brighton, Boston|Brighton]] neighborhood of Boston, where they are currently training.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/nhl/boston-bruins/haggerty-bruins-get-it-right-with-new-warrior-ice-arena/350657/|title=Haggerty: Bruins get it right with new Warrior Ice Arena|last=Haggerty|first=Joe|date=September 8, 2016|website=NBCSportsBoston.com|accessdate=August 27, 2025}}</ref>

===Bruins' mascots===
[[File:Blades the Bruin.jpg|thumb|upright|Blades the Bruin serves as the official mascot for the Boston Bruins.]]

Blades the Bruin is an [[anthropomorphic]] bear serves as the Bruins' team mascot.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Blades|url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/community/foundation/blades-request|website=BostonBruins.com|access-date=June 29, 2025}}</ref>

===Team songs===
When Boston television station [[WSBK-TV]] began broadcasting Bruins games in 1967, [[The Ventures]]' [[instrumental rock]] version of the Nutcracker's overture, known as "Nutty", was selected as the opening piece of music for Bruins telecasts.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Story of the Boston Bruins |last=Nichols |first=John |year=2008 |publisher=Creative Education |isbn=978-1-58341-614-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AWPuTEO3UlEC&q=Nutty+Ventures+%22Boston+Bruins%22&pg=PT46 |access-date=October 15, 2020 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215165425/https://books.google.com/books?id=AWPuTEO3UlEC&q=Nutty+Ventures+%22Boston+Bruins%22&pg=PT46 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On ice, "Paree", a 1920s hit tune written by Leo Robin and Jose Padilla, has been played as an organ instrumental for decades, typically as the players entered the arena just before the start of each period and, for many years, after each Bruins' goal. It was introduced by [[John Kiley]], the organist for the Bruins from the 1950s through the 1980s.<ref>{{cite book |title=Boston Bruins: Greatest Moments and Players |last=Fischler |first=Stan |year=2000 |publisher=Sports Publishing|isbn=1-58261-213-7 |page=237 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lgWQv1Bf-HAC&q=Paree+%22Boston+Bruins%22&pg=PA237 |access-date=November 6, 2016 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215165420/https://books.google.com/books?id=lgWQv1Bf-HAC&q=Paree+%22Boston+Bruins%22&pg=PA237 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Season-by-season record==
''This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Bruins. For the full season-by-season history, see [[List of Boston Bruins seasons]]''

'''''Note:''' GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against''
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#ddd;"
| Season || GP || W || L || OTL || Pts || GF || GA || Finish || Playoffs
|-
| [[2020–21 NHL season|2020–21]] || 56 || 33 || 16 || 7 || 73 || 168 || 136 || 3rd, East || Lost in second round, 2–4 ([[New York Islanders|Islanders]])
|- style="background:#eee;"
| [[2021–22 NHL season|2021–22]] || 82 || 51 || 26 || 5 || 107 || 255 || 220 || 4th, Atlantic || Lost in first round, 3–4 ([[Carolina Hurricanes|Hurricanes]])
|-
| [[2022–23 NHL season|2022–23]] || 82 || 65 || 12 || 5 || 135 || 305 || 177 || 1st, Atlantic || Lost in first round, 3–4 ([[Florida Panthers|Panthers]])
|- style="background:#eee;"
| [[2023–24 NHL season|2023–24]] || 82 || 47 || 20 || 15 || 109 || 267 || 224 || 2nd, Atlantic || Lost in second round, 2–4 (Panthers)
|-
| [[2024–25 NHL season|2024–25]] || 82 || 33 || 39 || 10 || 76 || 222 || 272 || 8th, Atlantic || Did not qualify
|}

==Players and personnel==
===Current roster===
{{Boston Bruins roster}}

===Team captains===
<small>Reference:</small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/52/boston-bruins/captaincy-history|title=Boston Bruins - Team Captaincy History|website=EliteProspects.com|accessdate=August 27, 2025}}</ref>
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* [[Sprague Cleghorn]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Sprague Cleghorn selected as coach of Boston Bruins|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bH0uAAAAIBAJ&pg=6708,478148&dq=cleghorn+boston&hl=en|work=The Gazette|location=Montreal|via=Google News Archive Search|date=November 3, 1927|access-date=November 2, 2017|archive-date=August 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814043944/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bH0uAAAAIBAJ&pg=6708,478148&dq=cleghorn+boston&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> 1925–1928
* [[Lionel Hitchman]], 1928–1931
* [[George Owen (ice hockey)|George Owen]], 1931–1932
* [[Dit Clapper]], 1932–1933; 1939–1944
* [[Marty Barry]], 1933–34
* [[Nels Stewart]], 1934–35
* [[Eddie Shore]], 1935–36
* [[Red Beattie]], 1936–37
* [[Cooney Weiland]], 1937–1939
* [[Bill Cowley]], 1944–1945
* [[Jack Crawford (ice hockey)|Jack Crawford]], 1945–1946
* [[Bobby Bauer]], 1946–1947
* [[Milt Schmidt]], 1947–1954
* [[Ed Sandford]], 1954–1955
* [[Fernie Flaman]], 1955–1961
* [[Don McKenney]], 1961–1963
* [[Leo Boivin]], 1963–1966
* [[Johnny Bucyk]], 1966–1967; 1973–1977
* [[Wayne Cashman]], 1977–1983
* [[Terry O'Reilly]], 1983–1985
* [[Ray Bourque]] and [[Rick Middleton]], 1985–1988 (co-captains)
* Ray Bourque, 1988–2000
* [[Jason Allison]], 2000–2001
* [[Joe Thornton]], 2002–2005
* [[Zdeno Chára|Zdeno Chara]], 2006–2020
* [[Patrice Bergeron]], 2021–2023
* [[Brad Marchand]], 2023–2025
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There is evidence from contemporary newspaper accounts and photographs that Bruins manager [[Art Ross]] appointed captains on an annual basis in the 1930s and 1940s, and generally for a single season only.<ref name="auto2">{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=October 17, 1946 |title=Bauer Appointed Bruins Captain |url=https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/bauer-cap.jpg |work=The Globe and Mail |location=Toronto, ON |page= |access-date=March 22, 2022 |archive-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117044446/https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/bauer-cap.jpg |url-status=live}}</ref> These include [[Marty Barry]] in 1933–34,<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=November 7, 1933 |title=Barry Captain of the Bruins |url=https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/the_boston_globe_mon__nov_6__1933_-1.jpg |work=The Boston Globe |location=Boston, MA |page= |access-date=March 22, 2022 |archive-date=March 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323033124/https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/the_boston_globe_mon__nov_6__1933_-1.jpg |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Nels Stewart]] in 1934–35,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=October 25, 1934 |title=Nelson Stewart is Bruins' Captain |url=https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/the_boston_globe_tue__nov_5__1935_.jpg |work=The Boston Globe |location=Boston, MA |page= |access-date=March 22, 2022 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215165432/https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/the_boston_globe_tue__nov_5__1935_.jpg |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Eddie Shore]] in 1935–36,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=November 5, 1935 |title=Eddie Shore Appointed Captain of Bruins for Season |url=https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/the_boston_globe_thu__oct_25__1934_.jpg |work=The Boston Globe |location=Boston, MA |page=20 |access-date=March 22, 2022 |archive-date=March 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323032739/https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/the_boston_globe_thu__oct_25__1934_.jpg |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Red Beattie]] in 1936–37, [[Bill Cowley]] in 1944–45<ref name="smith2014">{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Stephen |date=November 4, 2014 |title=Puckstruck: Distracted, Delighted and Distressed by Canada's Hockey Obsession |location=Vancouver, BC |publisher=Greystone Books |isbn=978-1771640480}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Vautour |first=Kevin |date=October 1, 1997 |title=The Bruins Book, 1997 98: A Statistical & Photographic History of the Boston Bruins |location= |publisher=ECW Press |isbn=1550223348}}</ref> and [[Bobby Bauer]] in 1946–47.<ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/3.15.47.jpg |title=Referee's Report of Match, Boston vs Toronto |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=March 15, 1947 |website= |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=March 22, 2022 |archive-date=March 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323033659/https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/3.15.47.jpg |url-status=live}}</ref> Having not acknowledged these captaincies for many years and declining comment on the issue,<ref name="smith2014" /> on September 20, 2023, the team confirmed these captaincies, stating there have been 27 captains in franchise history.<ref name="_27"/>

===Head coaches===
{{further |List of Boston Bruins head coaches}}
On June 5, 2025, the Bruins announced the hiring of [[Marco Sturm]] as the 30th head coach in team history.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-06-05 |title=Marco Sturm Named 30th Head Coach in Boston Bruins History |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/marco-sturm-named-30th-head-coach-in-boston-bruins-history |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=NHL |language=en}}</ref> Sturm played for the Bruins from 2005 to 2010, and became the first European head coach for the team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/marco-sturm-boston-bruins-head-coach-wiki-nhl/|title=What to know about Marco Sturm, the 30th head coach in Bruins history|last=Geagan|first=Matt|date=June 5, 2025|website=CBS News|accessdate=August 27, 2025}}</ref>

===General managers===
{{further|List of Boston Bruins general managers}}
Following the team's failure to make the [[2015 Stanley Cup playoffs|2015 playoffs]], [[Peter Chiarelli (ice hockey)|Peter Chiarelli]] was fired as general manager on April 15, 2015, with [[Don Sweeney]] hired as Chiarelli's replacement on May 20, 2015.<ref name="Sweeney"/>

===Presidents===
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* [[Charles Adams (ice hockey)|Charles F. Adams]], November 1, 1924 – 1936
* [[Weston Adams|Weston W. Adams, Sr.]], 1936–1951
* [[Walter A. Brown]], 1951 – September 1964<ref name="Walter_Brown"/>
* [[Weston Adams|Weston W. Adams, Sr.]], September 1964 – March 30, 1969
* [[Weston Adams, Jr.|Weston W. Adams, Jr.]], March 31, 1969 – September 30, 1975
* [[Paul A. Mooney]], October 1, 1975 – March 24, 1987
* [[William D. Hassett, Jr.]], March 24, 1987 – December 1, 1988
* [[Harry Sinden]], December 1, 1988 – August 9, 2006<ref name="Sinden"/>
* [[Cam Neely]], June 16, 2010 – present<ref>{{cite web|title=Cam Neely|url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/team/executive/cam-neely|website=NHL.com|access-date=June 29, 2025}}</ref>
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===Ownership===
The team founder Charles Adams owned the team until 1936, at which point he transferred ownership to his son [[Weston Adams]].<ref name="Bruins_HOF"/> Weston Adams remained majority owner until 1951, when the [[Boston Garden-Arena Corporation]] purchased controlling interest in the team.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 12, 1951 |title=Boston Bruins Change Hands |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e4paAAAAIBAJ&pg=6431,4255312&dq |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514110050/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e4paAAAAIBAJ&pg=6431,4255312&dq |archive-date=May 14, 2022 |access-date=March 19, 2012 |agency=Associated Press|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times}}</ref> Under the Garden-Arena Corporation's management, [[Boston Celtics]] founder [[Walter A. Brown]] ran the team from 1951 until his death in 1964. After Brown's death, Weston Adams returned to the role of team president. In 1969, he was succeeded by his son, [[Weston Adams, Jr.]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 1, 1969 |title=Adams after Adams as Bruins president |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e4MuAAAAIBAJ&pg=6038,221826&dq |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201184204/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e4MuAAAAIBAJ&pg=6038,221826&dq |archive-date=February 1, 2021 |access-date=March 17, 2012 |agency=United Press International|newspaper=The Montreal Gazette}}</ref>

[[File:JeremyJacobs.jpg|thumb|left|Former Bruins winger and current president [[Cam Neely]], and owner [[Jeremy Jacobs]].]]
On December 7, 1973, [[Storer Broadcasting]], owner of [[WSBK-TV]], and the Garden-Arena Corporation agreed to a merger which resulted in Storer acquiring a 100% interest in the Bruins. Adams remained as team president.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 14, 1973 |title=Storer Denies it Will Dump Bruins Prexy |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PtZGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1241,2178443&dq |access-date=March 17, 2012 |agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Lewiston Daily Sun}}</ref> In August 1975, Storer Broadcasting then sold the team to an ownership group headed by [[Jeremy Jacobs]]. Jacobs had to promise to keep Bobby Orr as a condition of the purchase.{{sfn |Brunt |2006 |pp=261–262}} The Bruins and Orr reached a verbal agreement with Jacobs during the summer of 1975, including a controversial agreement for Orr to take an 18.5% share of the Bruins after his playing days were over. The agreement was to be checked out as to whether it would be legal for tax reasons and whether or not the league would approve it. However, Orr's agent, [[Alan Eagleson]], rejected the deal.{{sfn |Brunt |2006 |p=262}}

Jacobs represents the club on the NHL's board of governors, and serves on its executive committee, and he has chaired the finance committee. At the NHL board of governors meeting in June 2007, Jacobs was elected chairman of the board, replacing the [[Calgary Flames]]' [[Harley Hotchkiss]], who stepped down after 12 years in the position.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/nhl-board-of-governors-elects-bruins-owner-jeremy-jacobs-as-new-chairman|title=NHL board of governors elects Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs as new chairman|via=The Canadian Press|date=June 19, 2007|magazine=The Hockey News|accessdate=August 28, 2025}}</ref> Jacobs has frequently been listed by the ''[[Sports Business Journal]]'' as one of the most influential people in sports in its annual poll and by ''The Hockey News''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 25, 2012 |title=Jeremy Jacobs – Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame |url=https://www.buffalosportshallfame.com/member/jeremy-jacobs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923200638/https://www.buffalosportshallfame.com/member/jeremy-jacobs/ |archive-date=September 23, 2018 |access-date=February 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SportsBusiness Journal |url=http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050920162242/http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/ |archive-date=September 20, 2005 |access-date=January 1, 2014 |website=sportsbusinessjournal.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 20, 2019 |title=The Hockey News' People of Power and Influence: No. 3 – Jeremy Jacobs |url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/the-hockey-news-people-of-power-and-influence-no-3-jeremy-jacobs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228212810/https://thehockeynews.com/news/the-hockey-news-people-of-power-and-influence-no-3-jeremy-jacobs |archive-date=February 28, 2022 |access-date=February 28, 2022 |work=The Hockey News}}</ref> His company owns TD Garden and he is partners with [[John W. Henry|John Henry]], owner of [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[Boston Red Sox]], in the [[New England Sports Network]] (NESN).

After taking over as owner in 1975, the Bruins have been competitive (making the playoffs for 29 consecutive seasons from [[1967–68 NHL season|1967–68]] to [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]], 20 of which were with Jacobs as owner) but have won the Stanley Cup only once, in {{scfy|2011}} and only in his 36th year as owner. Under previous ownerships, the Bruins had won the Stanley Cup five times. Under Jacobs, the Bruins reached the [[Stanley Cup Final]] seven times (twice against the Bruins' arch-rival Montreal Canadiens in {{scfy|1977}} and {{scfy|1978}}, twice against the [[Edmonton Oilers]] in {{scfy|1988}} and {{scfy|1990}}, finally winning in 2011 against the [[Vancouver Canucks]], and losing in {{scfy|2013}} and {{scfy|2019}} to the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues respectively). Jacobs' management of the team in the past earned him spots on [[ESPN.com]]'s "[[Page 2]]" polls of "The Worst Owners in Sports",<ref>{{Cite web |title=The List: Worst owners in sports |url=https://www.espn.com/page2/s/2001/0710/1224543.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218215928/http://espn.go.com/page2/s/2001/0710/1224543.html |archive-date=December 18, 2008 |access-date=February 23, 2009 |website=ESPN.com |department=Page2}}</ref> and number 7 on their 2005 "Greediest Owners in sports" list.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Greediest Owners in Sports |url=https://www.espn.com/page2/s/list/owners/greediest.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219004100/http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/owners/greediest.html |archive-date=December 19, 2008 |access-date=February 23, 2009 |website=ESPN.com |department=Page2}}</ref> ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' suggested longtime star defenseman Ray Bourque, who had "often drawn the ire of the [[National Hockey League Players' Association|NHLPA]] for his willingness to re-sign with Boston with minimal negotiations over the years" instead of setting the "watermark for defenseman salaries", requested and received a trade in 2000 since the team's "hardline and spendthrift ways" meant he would have to make the move to get his elusive Stanley Cup (Bourque holds the record for most games played before winning the Cup).<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 9, 2001 |title=Say It Ain't So: Boston Bruins |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/news/2001/02/15/sayitaintso_bruins/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707143151/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/news/2001/02/15/sayitaintso_bruins/ |archive-date=July 7, 2012 |access-date=October 9, 2009 |publisher=CNN}}</ref> Prior to the [[NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement]] signed in 2005, fans felt team management was not willing to spend to win the Stanley Cup.<ref>{{Cite news |title=NHL Team Valuations |url=https://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/31/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=31&passYear=2004&passListType=Misc&uniqueId=313364&datatype=Misc |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317151159/http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/31/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=31&passYear=2004&passListType=Misc&uniqueId=313364&datatype=Misc |archive-date=March 17, 2011 |work=Forbes}}</ref>

The current administrators in the Bruins front office are:
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* [[Jeremy Jacobs]] – owner
* [[Charlie Jacobs]] – principal
* [[Don Sweeney]] – general manager
* [[Cam Neely]] – president<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 15, 2010 |title=Neely to be named Bruins president |url=http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/this-just-in/2124340/report-neely-be-named-bruins-president |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225122046/http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/this-just-in/2124340/report-neely-be-named-bruins-president |archive-date=February 25, 2015 |website=WEEI}}</ref>
* [[Harry Sinden]] – senior advisor to the owner
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===First-round draft picks===
{{see also|List of Boston Bruins draft picks}}
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* [[1963 NHL amateur draft|1963]]: [[Orest Romashyna]] (3rd overall)
* [[1964 NHL amateur draft|1964]]: [[Alex Campbell (ice hockey)|Alex Campbell]] (2nd overall)
* [[1965 NHL amateur draft|1965]]: [[Joe Bailey (ice hockey)|Joe Bailey]] (4th overall)
* [[1966 NHL amateur draft|1966]]: [[Barry Gibbs]] (1st overall)
* [[1967 NHL amateur draft|1967]]: [[Meehan Bonnar]] (10th overall)
* [[1968 NHL amateur draft|1968]]: [[Danny Schock]] (12th overall)
* [[1969 NHL amateur draft|1969]]: [[Don Tannahill]] (3rd overall), [[Frank Spring]] (4th overall), and [[Ivan Boldirev]] (11th overall)
* [[1970 NHL amateur draft|1970]]: [[Reggie Leach]] (3rd overall), [[Rick MacLeish]] (4th overall), [[Ron Plumb]] (9th overall), and [[Bob Stewart (ice hockey)|Bob Stewart]] (13th overall)
* [[1971 NHL amateur draft|1971]]: [[Ron Jones (ice hockey)|Ron Jones]] (6th overall) and [[Terry O'Reilly]] (14th overall)
* [[1972 NHL amateur draft|1972]]: [[Mike Bloom (ice hockey)|Mike Bloom]] (16th overall)
* [[1973 NHL amateur draft|1973]]: [[André Savard|Andre Savard]] (6th overall)
* [[1974 NHL amateur draft|1974]]: [[Don Larway]] (18th overall)
* [[1975 NHL amateur draft|1975]]: [[Doug Halward]] (14th overall)
* [[1976 NHL amateur draft|1976]]: [[Clayton Pachal]] (16th overall)
* [[1977 NHL amateur draft|1977]]: [[Dwight Foster (ice hockey)|Dwight Foster]] (16th overall)
* [[1978 NHL amateur draft|1978]]: [[Al Secord]] (16th overall)
* [[1979 NHL entry draft|1979]]: [[Ray Bourque]] (8th overall) and [[Brad McCrimmon]] (15th overall)
* [[1980 NHL entry draft|1980]]: [[Barry Pederson]] (18th overall)
* [[1981 NHL entry draft|1981]]: [[Normand Leveille]] (14th overall)
* [[1982 NHL entry draft|1982]]: [[Gord Kluzak]] (1st overall)
* [[1983 NHL entry draft|1983]]: [[Nevin Markwart]] (21st overall)
* [[1984 NHL entry draft|1984]]: [[Dave Pasin]] (19th overall)
* [[1986 NHL entry draft|1986]]: [[Craig Janney]] (13th overall)
* [[1987 NHL entry draft|1987]]: [[Glen Wesley]] (3rd overall) and [[Stéphane Quintal|Stephane Quintal]] (14th overall)
* [[1988 NHL entry draft|1988]]: [[Robert Cimetta]] (18th overall)
* [[1989 NHL entry draft|1989]]: [[Shayne Stevenson (ice hockey)|Shayne Stevenson]] (17th overall)
* [[1990 NHL entry draft|1990]]: [[Bryan Smolinski]] (21st overall)
* [[1991 NHL entry draft|1991]]: [[Glen Murray (ice hockey)|Glen Murray]] (18th overall)
* [[1992 NHL entry draft|1992]]: [[Dmitri Kvartalnov]] (16th overall)
* [[1993 NHL entry draft|1993]]: [[Kevyn Adams]] (25th overall)
* [[1994 NHL entry draft|1994]]: [[Evgeni Ryabchikov]] (21st overall)
* [[1995 NHL entry draft|1995]]: [[Kyle McLaren]] (9th overall) and [[Sean Brown (ice hockey)|Sean Brown]] (21st overall)
* [[1996 NHL entry draft|1996]]: [[Johnathan Aitken]] (8th overall)
* [[1997 NHL entry draft|1997]]: [[Joe Thornton]] (1st overall) and [[Sergei Samsonov]] (8th overall)
* [[1999 NHL entry draft|1999]]: [[Nick Boynton]] (21st overall)
* [[2000 NHL entry draft|2000]]: [[Lars Jonsson (ice hockey)|Lars Jonsson]] (7th overall) and [[Martin Samuelsson]] (27th overall)
* [[2001 NHL entry draft|2001]]: [[Shaone Morrisonn]] (19th overall)
* [[2002 NHL entry draft|2002]]: [[Hannu Toivonen]] (29th overall)
* [[2003 NHL entry draft|2003]]: [[Mark Stuart (ice hockey)|Mark Stuart]] (21st overall)
* [[2005 NHL entry draft|2005]]: [[Matt Lashoff]] (22nd overall)
* [[2006 NHL entry draft|2006]]: [[Phil Kessel]] (5th overall)
* [[2007 NHL entry draft|2007]]: [[Zach Hamill]] (8th overall)
* [[2008 NHL entry draft|2008]]: [[Joe Colborne]] (16th overall)
* [[2009 NHL entry draft|2009]]: [[Jordan Caron]] (25th overall)
* [[2010 NHL entry draft|2010]]: [[Tyler Seguin]] (2nd overall)
* [[2011 NHL entry draft|2011]]: [[Dougie Hamilton]] (9th overall)
* [[2012 NHL entry draft|2012]]: [[Malcolm Subban]] (24th overall)
* [[2014 NHL entry draft|2014]]: [[David Pastrňák|David Pastrnak]] (25th overall)
* [[2015 NHL entry draft|2015]]: [[Jakub Zbořil|Jakub Zboril]] (13th overall), [[Jake DeBrusk]] (14th overall) and [[Zachary Senyshyn]] (15th overall)
* [[2016 NHL entry draft|2016]]: [[Charlie McAvoy]] (14th overall), [[Trent Frederic]] (29th overall)
* [[2017 NHL entry draft|2017]]: [[Urho Vaakanainen]] (18th overall)
* [[2019 NHL entry draft|2019]]: [[John Beecher (ice hockey)|John Beecher]] (30th overall)
* [[2021 NHL entry draft|2021]]: [[Fabian Lysell]] (21st overall)
* [[2024 NHL entry draft|2024]]: [[Dean Letourneau]] (25th overall)
* [[2025 NHL entry draft|2025]]: [[James Hagens]] (7th overall)
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==Team and league honors==

===Retired numbers===
[[File:Banners at the Garden.jpg|thumb|Banners of the Bruins' retired numbers hang at the [[TD Garden|Garden]].]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="background:#FFF; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 5px solid;"|Boston Bruins retired numbers
|-
! style="width:40px;"|No.
! style="width:150px;"|Player
! style="width:60px;"|Position
! style="width:100px;"|Career
! style="width:160px;"|No. retirement
|-
| '''2''' || [[Eddie Shore]] || [[Defenceman|D]] || 1926–1940 || January 1, 1947<ref name="Retired_nums">{{cite web|url=https://nesn.com/2024/01/bruins-retired-jerseys-every-number-that-hangs-from-td-garden-rafters/|title=Bruins Retired Jerseys: Every Number That Hangs From TD Garden Rafters|last=Rivera|first=Gio|date=January 21, 2024|website=NESN.com|accessdate=August 28, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| '''3''' || [[Lionel Hitchman]] <sup>1</sup> || [[Defenceman|D]] || 1925–1934 || February 22, 1934<ref name="Retired_nums"/>
|-
| '''4''' || [[Bobby Orr]] || [[Defenceman|D]] || 1966–1976 || January 9, 1979<ref name="Retired_nums"/>
|-
| '''5''' || [[Dit Clapper|Aubrey "Dit" Clapper]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|RW]], [[Defenceman|D]] || 1927–1947 || February 12, 1947<ref name="Retired_nums"/>
|-
| '''7''' || [[Phil Esposito]] || [[Center (ice hockey)|C]] || 1967–1975 || December 3, 1987<ref name="Retired_nums"/>
|-
| '''8''' || [[Cam Neely]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|RW]] || 1986–1996 || January 12, 2004<ref name="Retired_nums"/>
|-
| '''9''' || [[Johnny Bucyk]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|LW]] || 1957–1978 || March 13, 1980<ref name="Retired_nums"/>
|-
| '''15''' || [[Milt Schmidt]] || [[Center (ice hockey)|C]] || 1936–1955 || March 13, 1980<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carignan |first1=Dave |title=This Week In Bruins History: Bruins Retire Milt Schmidt's 15 |url=https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2012/3/14/2869449/this-week-in-bruins-history-bruins-retire-milt-schmidts-15 |website=SB Nation |date=March 14, 2012 |access-date=February 5, 2022 |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205013159/https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2012/3/14/2869449/this-week-in-bruins-history-bruins-retire-milt-schmidts-15 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| '''16''' || [[Rick Middleton]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|RW]] || 1976–1988 || November 29, 2018<ref name="Retired_nums"/>
|-
| '''22''' || [[Willie O'Ree]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|LW]] || 1957–1958, 1960–1961 || January 18, 2022<ref name="Retired_nums"/>
|-
| '''24''' || [[Terry O'Reilly]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|RW]] || 1972–1985 || October 24, 2002<ref name="Retired_nums"/>
|-
<!--| '''33''' || [[Zdeno Chára|Zdeno Chara]] || [[Defenceman|D]] || 2006–2020 || January 15, 2026<ref name="Retired_nums"/>
|- -->
| '''77''' ||[[Ray Bourque]] || [[Defenceman|D]] || 1979–2000 || October 4, 2001<ref name="Retired_nums"/>
|}
'''Notes:'''
*<sup>1</sup> Hitchman was the first player to have his number retired by the Bruins, and the second in [[List of National Hockey League retired numbers|both the NHL]], and [[Ace Bailey|in all of North American professional sports]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_oneononep197502.shtml|title=Legends of Hockey – Spotlight – One on One with Ace Bailey|website=hhof.com|access-date=November 2, 2017|archive-date=June 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628175235/http://www.hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_oneononep197502.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The NHL retired [[Wayne Gretzky]]'s number 99 for all of its member teams at the [[50th National Hockey League All-Star Game|2000 NHL All-Star Game]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Perfect setting: Gretzky's number retired before All-Star Game |publisher=CNN Sports Illustrated|via=Associated Press |date=February 6, 2000 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/2000/nhl_allstar/news/2000/02/06/gretsky_99/ |access-date=June 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112022319/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/2000/nhl_allstar/news/2000/02/06/gretsky_99/ |archive-date=November 12, 2013}}</ref>
* The Bruins are scheduled to retire [[Zdeno Chára|Zdeno Chara]]'s number 33 on January 15, 2026.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boston Bruins to Retire Zdeno Chara’s Number 33 on Jan. 15 |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/boston-bruins-to-retire-zdeno-chara-s-number-33-on-jan-15 |website=NHL.com |access-date=October 6, 2025 |date=October 6, 2025}}</ref>

===Hall of Famers===
The Boston Bruins acknowledge an affiliation with 58 inductees to the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]]: 52 former players and six builders of the sport.<ref name=HHOF>{{cite news|last=Russo|first=Eric|title=A Look at the Bruins in the Hockey Hall of Fame|url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/a-look-at-the-bruins-in-the-hockey-hall-of-fame/c-290225596|website=BostonBruins.com|access-date=April 12, 2018|date=June 29, 2017|archive-date=April 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412145416/https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/a-look-at-the-bruins-in-the-hockey-hall-of-fame/c-290225596|url-status=live}}</ref> The six individuals recognized as builders by the Hall of Fame includes former Bruins executives, general managers, head coaches, and owners. In addition to players and builders, two broadcasters for the Bruins were also awarded the [[Foster Hewitt Memorial Award]] from the Hockey Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hhof.com/html/leg_broadcasters.shtml|title=Foster Hewitt Memorial Award winners|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum|year=2018|access-date=April 12, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142146/https://www.hhof.com/html/leg_broadcasters.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1984, [[Fred Cusick]], a [[Sports commentator|play-by-play announcer]], was awarded the Hall of Fame's inaugural Foster Hewitt Memorial Award. In 1987, [[Bob Wilson (sportscaster)|Bob Wilson]] became the second Bruins' broadcaster to be awarded the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award.

====Players====
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* [[Dave Andreychuk]]
* [[Marty Barry]]
* [[Bobby Bauer]]
* [[Leo Boivin]]
* [[Ray Bourque]]
* [[Frank Brimsek]]
* [[Johnny Bucyk]]
* [[Billy Burch]]
* [[Zdeno Chára|Zdeno Chara]]
* [[Gerry Cheevers]]
* [[Dit Clapper]]
* [[Sprague Cleghorn]]
* [[Paul Coffey]]
* [[Roy Conacher]]
* [[Bun Cook]]
* [[Bill Cowley]]
* [[Cy Denneny]]
* [[Woody Dumart]]
* [[Phil Esposito]]
* [[Fernie Flaman]]
* [[Frank Frederickson]]
* [[Jarome Iginla]]
* [[Busher Jackson]]
* [[Tom Johnson (ice hockey)|Tom Johnson]]
* [[Duke Keats]]
* [[Guy Lapointe]]
* [[Brian Leetch]]
* [[Harry Lumley (ice hockey)|Harry Lumley]]
* [[Mickey MacKay]]
* [[Sylvio Mantha]]
* [[Joe Mullen]]
* [[Cam Neely]]
* [[Adam Oates]]
* [[Harry Oliver (ice hockey)|Harry Oliver]]
* [[Bobby Orr]]
* [[Brad Park]]
* [[Bernie Parent]]
* [[Jacques Plante]]
* [[Babe Pratt]]
* [[Bill Quackenbush]]
* [[Jean Ratelle]]
* [[Mark Recchi]]
* [[Art Ross]]{{efn|Art Ross was the Bruins' first head coach and general manager. He was inducted in the players' category in 1945. Although Ross never played with the Bruins, and was not formally inducted in the builders category, the team continues to acknowledge an affiliation with the Hall of Famer.<ref name=HHOF/>}}
* [[Terry Sawchuk]]
* [[Milt Schmidt]]
* [[Eddie Shore]]
* [[Babe Siebert]]
* [[Hooley Smith]]
* [[Allan Stanley]]
* [[Nels Stewart]]
* [[Tiny Thompson]]
* [[Joe Thornton]]
* [[Rogie Vachon]]
* [[Cooney Weiland]]
}}

====Builders====
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* [[Charles Adams (ice hockey)|Charles Adams]]
* [[Weston Adams]]
* [[Walter A. Brown]]
* [[Pat Burns]]
* [[Willie O'Ree]]
* [[Harry Sinden]]
}}

===Franchise leaders===

====All-time regular season scoring leaders====
These are the top-ten regular season point-scorers in franchise history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Regular Season – All Skaters – Career for Franchise – Career Points – National Hockey League.com – Stats|url=https://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportType=allTime&seasonFrom=19171918&seasonTo=20242025&gameType=2&playerPlayedFor=franchise.6&sort=points,goals,assists&page=0&pageSize=50|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=April 21, 2025|archive-date=May 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525144614/http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?gameType=2&team=BOS&position=S&country=&active=&viewName=careerLeadersForFranchise|url-status=live}}</ref> Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.
* {{Color box|#CCFFCC|*|border=darkgray}} – current Bruins player
'''''Note:''' Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game''
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|-
! style="text-align:left;"| Player || Pos || GP || G || A || Pts || P/G
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Ray Bourque]] || D || 1,518 || 395 || 1,111 || '''1,506''' || .99
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Johnny Bucyk]] || LW || 1,436 || 545 || 794 || '''1,339''' || .93
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Patrice Bergeron]] || C || 1,294 || 427 || 613 || '''1,040''' || .80
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Phil Esposito]] || C || 625 || 459 || 553 || '''1,012''' || 1.62
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Brad Marchand]] || LW || 1,090 || 422 || 554 || '''976''' || .90
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Rick Middleton]] || RW || 881 || 402 || 496 || '''898''' || 1.02
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Bobby Orr]] || D || 631 || 264 || 624 || '''888''' || 1.41
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="text-align:left;"| [[David Pastrňák|David Pastrnak]]* || RW || 756 || 391 || 442 || '''833''' || 1.10
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Wayne Cashman]] || LW || 1,027 || 277 || 516 || '''793''' || .77
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[David Krejčí|David Krejci]] || C || 1,032 || 231 || 555 || '''786''' || .76
|}
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|+ style="background:#FFF; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 5px solid;"|Goals
|-
! Player !! Pos !! G
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Johnny Bucyk]] || LW || 545
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Phil Esposito]] || C || 459
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Patrice Bergeron]] || C || 427
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Brad Marchand]] || LW || 422
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Rick Middleton]] || RW || 402
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Ray Bourque]] || D || 395
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="text-align:left;"|[[David Pastrňák|David Pastrnak]]* || RW || 391
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Cam Neely]] || RW || 344
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Ken Hodge]] || RW || 289
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Wayne Cashman]] || LW || 277
|}
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|+ style="background:#FFF; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 5px solid;"|Assists
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! Player !! Pos !! A
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Ray Bourque]] || D || 1,111
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Johnny Bucyk]] || LW || 794
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Bobby Orr]] || D || 624
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Patrice Bergeron]] || C || 613
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[David Krejčí|David Krejci]] || C || 555
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Brad Marchand]] || LW || 554
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Phil Esposito]] || C || 553
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Wayne Cashman]] || LW || 516
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Rick Middleton]] || RW || 496
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="text-align:left;"|[[David Pastrňák|David Pastrnak]]* || RW || 442
|}
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====All-time playoff scoring leaders====
These are the top-ten playoff point-scorers in franchise history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Playoffs – All Skaters – Career for Franchise – Career Points – National Hockey League.com – Stats|url=https://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportType=allTime&seasonFrom=19171918&seasonTo=20242025&gameType=3&playerPlayedFor=franchise.6&sort=points,goals,assists&page=0&pageSize=50|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=April 21, 2025|archive-date=May 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525144614/http://www.nhl.com/ice/careerstats.htm?gameType=2&team=BOS&position=S&country=&active=&viewName=careerLeadersForFranchise|url-status=live}}</ref> Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.
* {{Color box|#CCFFCC|*|border=darkgray}} – current Bruins player
'''''Note:''' Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game''
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! style="text-align:left;"| Player || Pos || GP || G || A || Pts || P/G
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Ray Bourque]] || D || 180 || 36 || 125 || '''161''' || .89
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Brad Marchand]] || LW || 157 || 56 || 82 || '''138'''|| .88
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Patrice Bergeron]] || C || 170 || 50 || 78 || '''128''' || .75
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[David Krejčí|David Krejci]] || C || 160 || 43 || 85 || '''128'''|| .80
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Phil Esposito]] || C || 71 || 46 || 56 || '''102''' || 1.44
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Rick Middleton]] || RW || 111 || 45 || 55 || '''100''' || .90
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Johnny Bucyk]] || LW || 109 || 40 || 60 || '''100''' || .92
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Bobby Orr]] || D || 74 || 26 || 66 || '''92''' || 1.24
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Wayne Cashman]] || LW || 145 || 31 || 57 || '''88''' || .61
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Cam Neely]] || RW || 86 || 55 || 32 || '''87''' || 1.01
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ style="background:#FFF; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 5px solid;"|Goals
|-
! Player !! Pos !! G
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Brad Marchand]] || LW || 56
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Cam Neely]] || RW || 55
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Patrice Bergeron]] || C || 50
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Phil Esposito]] || C || 46
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Rick Middleton]] || RW || 45
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[David Krejčí|David Krejci]] || C || 43
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Johnny Bucyk]] || LW || 40
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="text-align:left;"|[[David Pastrňák|David Pastrnak]]* || RW || 39
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Peter McNab]] || C || 38
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Ray Bourque]] || D || 36
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ style="background:#FFF; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 5px solid;"|Assists
|-
! Player !! Pos !! A
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Ray Bourque]] || D || 125
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[David Krejčí|David Krejci]] || C || 85
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Brad Marchand]] || LW || 82
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Patrice Bergeron]] || C || 78
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Bobby Orr]] || D || 66
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Johnny Bucyk]] || LW || 60
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Wayne Cashman]] || LW || 57
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Phil Esposito]] || C || 56
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Craig Janney]] || C || 56
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Brad Park]] || D || 55
|}
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====All-time leading goaltenders====
These goaltenders rank in the top ten in franchise history for wins as of the end of the 2024–25 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Regular Season – All Goaltenders – Career for Franchise – Career Wins – National Hockey League.com – Stats|url=https://www.nhl.com/stats/goalies?reportType=allTime&seasonFrom=19171918&seasonTo=20242025&gameType=2&playerPlayedFor=franchise.6&sort=wins,savePct&page=0&pageSize=50|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=April 21, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Playoffs – All Goaltenders – Career for Franchise – Career Wins – National Hockey League.com – Stats|url=https://www.nhl.com/stats/goalies?reportType=allTime&seasonFrom=19171918&seasonTo=20242025&gameType=3&playerPlayedFor=franchise.6&sort=wins,savePct&page=0&pageSize=50|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=April 21, 2025}}</ref> Figures are updated after each completed NHL season.
* {{Color box|#CCFFCC|*|border=darkgray}} – current Bruins player
'''''Note:''' GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OT = Overtime losses; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average''
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! Player !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! OT !! SO !! GAA !! SV%
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| style="text-align:left;"|[[Tuukka Rask]] || 564 || 308 || 165 || {{sortdash}} || {{sort|066|66}} || 52 || 2.28 || .921
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Tiny Thompson]] || 468 || 252 || 153 || 63 || {{sortdash}} || 74 || 1.99 || {{sortdash}} 
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| style="text-align:left;"|[[Frank Brimsek]] || 444 || 230 || 144 || 70 || {{sortdash}} || 35 || 2.57 || {{sortdash}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Gerry Cheevers]] || 416 || 226 || 103 || 76 || {{sortdash}} || 26 || 2.89 || .901
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]] || 378 || 196 || 121 || {{sortdash}} || {{sort|045|45}} || 31 || 2.48 || .921
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Eddie Johnston]] || 444 || 182 || 192 || 54 || {{sortdash}} || 27 || 3.22 || .900
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Gilles Gilbert]] || 277 || 155 || 73 || 39 || {{sortdash}} || 16 || 2.95 || .890
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Andy Moog]] || 261 || 136 || 75 || 36 || {{sortdash}} || 13 || 3.08 || .886
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Byron Dafoe]] || 283 || 132 || 104 || 40 || {{sortdash}} || 25 || 2.30 || .911
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Jeremy Swayman]]* || 190 || 101 || 62 || {{sortdash}} || 22 || 16 || 2.58 || .910
|}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ style="background:#FFF; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 5px solid;"|Playoffs
|-
! Player !! GP !! W !! L !! SO !! GAA !! SV%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Tuukka Rask]] || 104 || 57 || 46 || 7 || 2.22 || .925
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Gerry Cheevers]] || 88 || 53 || 34 || 8 || 2.70 || .902
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Andy Moog]] || 70 || 36 || 32 || 3 || 2.99 || .888
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Frank Brimsek]] || 68 || 32 || 36 || 2 || 2.54 || {{sortdash}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]] || 50 || 29 || 21 || 6 || 2.07 || .933
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Gilles Gilbert]] || 31 || 17 || 14 || 3 || 3.01 || .895
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Tiny Thompson]] || 33 || 15 || 18 || 6 || 1.72 || {{sortdash}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Réjean Lemelin|Rejean Lemelin]] || 28 || 12 || 10 || 1 || 3.09 || .879
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Don Simmons (ice hockey)|Don Simmons]] || 21 || 11 || 10 || 3 || 2.55 || .915
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Byron Dafoe]] || 24 || 10 || 14 || 3 || 2.29 || .906
|}
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===Team awards===
{{see also|List of Boston Bruins award winners}}

The Bruins have several team awards that are traditionally awarded at the last home game of the regular season.
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* [[Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy]]<br/>''Best player in home games''
* [[Seventh Player Award]]<br/>''Player performing most beyond expectations''
* [[Eddie Shore Award (Boston Bruins)|Eddie Shore Award]]<br/>''Player with most hustle and determination''
* [[John P. Bucyk Award]]<br/>''Community service''
* [[Bruins Radio Network Three-Star Awards]]<br/>''Most three-star selections''
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===Franchise individual records===
* Most goals in a season: [[Phil Esposito]], 76 ([[1970–71 NHL season|1970–71]])
* Most assists in a season: [[Bobby Orr]], 102 ([[1970–71 NHL season|1970–71]])
* Most points in a season: [[Phil Esposito]], 152 ([[1970–71 NHL season|1970–71]])
* Most penalty minutes in a season: [[Jay Miller (ice hockey)|Jay Miller]], 304 ([[1987–88 NHL season|1987–88]])
* Lowest goals against average in a season: [[Frank Brimsek]], 1.56 ([[1938–39 NHL season|1938–39]])
* Most points per game in a season: [[Bill Cowley]], 1.97 ([[1943–44 NHL season|1943–44]])
* Most points in a season, defenseman: [[Bobby Orr]], 139 ([[1970–71 NHL season|1970–71]])
* Most points in a season, rookie: [[Joé Juneau|Joe Juneau]], 102 ([[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]])
* Most wins in a season: [[Pete Peeters]], 40 ([[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]]); [[Linus Ullmark]], 40 ([[2022–23 NHL season|2022–23]])
* Most shutouts in a season: [[Hal Winkler]], 15 ([[1927–28 NHL season|1927–28]])
* Consecutive games streak: [[John Bucyk]], 418 (January 23, 1969 – March 2, 1975)
* Longest point scoring streak: [[Bronco Horvath]], 22 games, ([[1959–60 NHL season|1959–60]])
* Highest save percentage in a season: [[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]], .938 ([[2010–11 NHL season|2010–11]])<!-- Thomas' performance is a few decimals better than Ullmark's in 2023 -->
* Longest winning streak by a goaltender, one season: [[Gilles Gilbert]], 17 (1975–76)

==Media and broadcasters==
{{Main|List of Boston Bruins broadcasters}}
;NESN (New England Sports Network)
* [[Judd Sirott]]: TV play-by-play
* [[Andy Brickley]]: TV color analyst
* [[Andrew Raycroft]]: Rinkside reporter
* Adam Pellerin: Rinkside reporter

;98.5 The Sports Hub
* Ryan Johnston: Radio play-by-play
* [[Bob Beers (ice hockey)|Bob Beers]]: Radio color analyst

==See also==
* [[Bruins–Canadiens rivalry]] 
* [[List of Boston Bruins award winners]]
* [[List of Boston Bruins records]]
* [[Sports in Massachusetts]]
* [[Sports in Boston]]
* [[The Sports Museum]] (at TD Garden)

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

===Bibliography===
* {{Cite book |title=The Name Game: Football, Baseball, Hockey & Basketball How Your Favorite Sports Teams Were Named |last=Donovan |first=Michael Leo |year=1997 |publisher=Warwick Publishing |location=[[Toronto]] |isbn=1-895629-74-8}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|title=Boston Bruins: Greatest Moments and Players|first=Stan|last=Fischler|date=June 2001|publisher=Sports Masters|isbn=1-58261-374-5|author-link=Stan Fischler}}
* {{cite book|title=Black and Gold: Four Decades of the Boston Bruins in Photographs|first1=Rob|last1=Simpson|first2=Steve|last2=Babineau|date=September 9, 2008|publisher=Wiley Publishing|isbn=978-0-470-15473-1}}
* Booth, Clarke. ''Boston Bruins: Celebrating 75 Years''. Tehabi Books. {{ISBN|0-7607-1126-7}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Boston Bruins}}
* {{Official website|https://www.nhl.com/bruins}}
* [http://www.bostonbruinsalumni.com/ Boston Bruins Alumni veteran exhibition team]

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