1958–59 Boston Bruins season

1958–59 Boston Bruins
Division2nd NHL
1958–59 record32–29–9
Goals for205
Goals against215
Team information
General managerLynn Patrick
CoachMilt Schmidt
CaptainFernie Flaman
Alternate captainsLeo Boivin
Leo Labine
Team leaders
GoalsDon McKenney (32)
AssistsJohn Bucyk (36)
PointsDon McKenney
Penalty minutesFern Flaman (101)
WinsDon Simmons (24)
Goals against averageHarry Lumley(2.45)

The 1958–59 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 35th season in the NHL.

Offseason

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Claimed Jen-Guy Gendron and Gord Redahl from the New York Rangers, Earl Reibel from Chicago. Traded Allan Stanley to Toronto for Jim Morrison.

Regular season

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Final standings

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National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 39 18 13 258 158 +100 91
2 Boston Bruins 70 32 29 9 205 215 −10 73
3 Chicago Black Hawks 70 28 29 13 197 208 −11 69
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 27 32 11 189 201 −12 65
5 New York Rangers 70 26 32 12 201 217 −16 64
6 Detroit Red Wings 70 25 37 8 167 218 −51 58

Record vs. opponents

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1958–59 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 6–7–1 8–5–1 6–6–2 6–5–3 6–6–2
Chicago 7–6–1 — 6–7–1 1–8–5 7–4–3 7–4–3
Detroit 5–8–1 7–6–1 — 1–9–4 6–7–1 6–7–1
Montreal 6–6–2 8–1–5 9–1–4 — 8–5–1 8–5–1
New York 5–6–3 4–7–3 7–6–1 5–8–1 — 5–5–4
Toronto 6–6–2 4–7–3 7–6–1 5–8–1 5–5–4 —


Schedule and results

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Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 9, 1958 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 0–1–0
2 T October 11, 1958 4–4 New York Rangers (1958–59) 0–1–1
3 W October 12, 1958 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 1–1–1
4 T October 15, 1958 4–4 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 1–1–2
5 L October 18, 1958 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 1–2–2
6 W October 19, 1958 4–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 2–2–2
7 L October 23, 1958 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 2–3–2
8 W October 25, 1958 5–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 3–3–2
9 T October 29, 1958 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 3–3–3
10 W October 30, 1958 5–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 4–3–3
11 W November 1, 1958 3–1 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 5–3–3
12 W November 2, 1958 2–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 6–3–3
13 L November 8, 1958 3–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 6–4–3
14 L November 9, 1958 1–5 New York Rangers (1958–59) 6–5–3
15 W November 11, 1958 8–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 7–5–3
16 L November 13, 1958 1–3 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 7–6–3
17 L November 15, 1958 2–4 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 7–7–3
18 T November 16, 1958 4–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 7–7–4
19 L November 18, 1958 0–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 7–8–4
20 L November 19, 1958 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 7–9–4
21 W November 22, 1958 2–1 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 8–9–4
22 W November 23, 1958 2–0 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 9–9–4
23 W November 27, 1958 3–1 New York Rangers (1958–59) 10–9–4
24 W November 29, 1958 3–1 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 11–9–4
25 L November 30, 1958 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 11–10–4
26 L December 4, 1958 0–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 11–11–4
27 L December 6, 1958 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 11–12–4
28 L December 7, 1958 1–4 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 11–13–4
29 W December 13, 1958 4–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 12–13–4
30 W December 14, 1958 6–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 13–13–4
31 L December 17, 1958 2–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 13–14–4
32 T December 20, 1958 2–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 13–14–5
33 L December 21, 1958 0–5 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 13–15–5
34 W December 25, 1958 4–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 14–15–5
35 L December 27, 1958 1–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 14–16–5
36 L December 28, 1958 3–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 14–17–5
37 L December 31, 1958 3–4 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 14–18–5
38 L January 1, 1959 2–5 New York Rangers (1958–59) 14–19–5
39 W January 3, 1959 8–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 15–19–5
40 L January 4, 1959 3–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 15–20–5
41 L January 8, 1959 2–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 15–21–5
42 L January 10, 1959 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 15–22–5
43 T January 11, 1959 3–3 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 15–22–6
44 W January 15, 1959 3–0 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 16–22–6
45 T January 17, 1959 3–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 16–22–7
46 W January 18, 1959 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 17–22–7
47 W January 24, 1959 3–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 18–22–7
48 L January 25, 1959 3–8 New York Rangers (1958–59) 18–23–7
49 W January 31, 1959 5–4 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 19–23–7
50 W February 1, 1959 6–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 20–23–7
51 L February 5, 1959 1–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 20–24–7
52 W February 7, 1959 3–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 21–24–7
53 W February 8, 1959 4–1 New York Rangers (1958–59) 22–24–7
54 W February 11, 1959 5–3 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 23–24–7
55 W February 12, 1959 5–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 24–24–7
56 L February 14, 1959 1–2 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 24–25–7
57 T February 15, 1959 3–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 24–25–8
58 L February 21, 1959 0–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 24–26–8
59 W February 22, 1959 4–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 25–26–8
60 L February 28, 1959 2–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 25–27–8
61 T March 3, 1959 2–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 25–27–9
62 W March 5, 1959 3–0 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 26–27–9
63 L March 7, 1959 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 26–28–9
64 W March 8, 1959 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59) 27–28–9
65 W March 12, 1959 5–4 New York Rangers (1958–59) 28–28–9
66 W March 14, 1959 4–2 Detroit Red Wings (1958–59) 29–28–9
67 W March 15, 1959 5–3 Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 30–28–9
68 W March 18, 1959 5–3 @ New York Rangers (1958–59) 31–28–9
69 W March 21, 1959 4–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59) 32–28–9
70 L March 22, 1959 1–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59) 32–29–9

Playoffs

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This would be the last playoff appearance for the Bruins for the next eight seasons; the team would next make the playoffs in 1968. The Bruins lost a very close seven game semi-final series to Toronto.

After the playoffs were concluded, the Bruins and the New York Rangers embarked on a 23-game European exhibition tour which saw them play in ten European cities. Andy Bathgate of the Rangers could not make the tour so his place was taken by Bobby Hull of the Chicago Blackhawks. Hull scored 50 goals in the 23 exhibition games and blossomed into a star in the next NHL season.

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Don McKenney C 70 32 30 62 20
Vic Stasiuk LW 70 27 33 60 63
John Bucyk LW 69 24 36 60 36
Jerry Toppazzini RW 70 21 23 44 61
Fleming MacKell C 57 17 23 40 28
Bronco Horvath C 45 19 20 39 58
Leo Labine RW 70 9 23 32 74
Doug Mohns LW/D 47 6 24 30 40
Jim Morrison D 70 8 17 25 42
Jean-Guy Gendron LW 60 15 9 24 57
Leo Boivin D 70 5 16 21 94
Fern Flaman D 70 0 21 21 101
Norm Johnson C 39 2 17 19 25
Larry Leach C 29 4 12 16 26
Dutch Reibel C 63 6 8 14 16
Larry Hillman D 55 3 10 13 19
Larry Regan RW 36 5 6 11 10
Bob Armstrong D 60 1 9 10 50
Real Chevrefils LW 30 1 5 6 8
Jack Bionda D 3 0 1 1 2
Gord Redahl RW 18 0 1 1 2
Don Keenan G 1 0 0 0 0
Harry Lumley G 11 0 0 0 0
Dan Poliziani RW 1 0 0 0 0
Don Simmons G 58 0 0 0 4
Ken Yackel RW 6 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Don Simmons 3480 58 24 26 8 183 3.16 3
Harry Lumley 660 11 8 2 1 27 2.45 1
Don Keenan 60 1 0 1 0 4 4.00 0
Team: 4200 70 32 29 9 214 3.06 4

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Fleming MacKell C 7 2 6 8 8
Don McKenney C 7 2 5 7 0
Vic Stasiuk LW 7 4 2 6 11
Jerry Toppazzini RW 7 4 2 6 0
John Bucyk LW 7 2 4 6 6
Jim Morrison D 6 0 6 6 16
Bronco Horvath C 7 2 3 5 0
Leo Labine RW 7 2 1 3 12
Leo Boivin D 7 1 2 3 4
Larry Leach C 7 1 1 2 8
Bob Armstrong D 7 0 2 2 4
Doug Mohns LW/D 4 0 2 2 12
Jean-Guy Gendron LW 7 1 0 1 18
Larry Hillman D 7 0 1 1 0
Jack Bionda D 1 0 0 0 0
Fern Flaman D 7 0 0 0 8
Harry Lumley G 7 0 0 0 4
Dan Poliziani RW 3 0 0 0 0
Dutch Reibel C 4 0 0 0 0
Ken Yackel RW 2 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Harry Lumley 436 7 3 4 20 2.75 0
Team: 436 7 3 4 20 2.75 0

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1958–1959 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1958-59 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
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