1930–31 Boston Bruins season

The 1930–31 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' seventh season in the NHL. The Bruins repeated as division champions, but lost in the semifinals of the playoffs.

1930–31 Boston Bruins
American Division champions
Division	1st American
1930–31 record	28–10–6
Home record	16–1–5
Road record	12–9–1
Goals for	143
Goals against	90
Team information
General manager	Art Ross
Coach	Art Ross
Captain	Lionel Hitchman
Arena	Boston Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Cooney Weiland (25)
Assists	Eddie Shore (16)
Points	Cooney Weiland (38)
Penalty minutes	Eddie Shore (105)
Wins	Tiny Thompson (28)
Goals against average	Tiny Thompson (1.98)
← 1929–30 1931–32 →

Regular season

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	44	28	10	6	143	90	62
Chicago Black Hawks	44	24	17	3	108	78	51
New York Rangers	44	19	16	9	106	87	47
Detroit Falcons	44	16	21	7	102	105	39
Philadelphia Quakers	44	4	36	4	76	184	12

^[1]

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Vs. American Division 1930–31 NHL records[2] Team BOS CHI DET NYR PHI Total Boston — 2–4 4–1–1 4–0–2 5–0–1 15–5–4 Chicago 4–2 — 2–3–1 4–1–1 6–0 16–6–2 Detroit 1–4–1 3–2–1 — 2–3–1 4–2 10–11–3 N.Y. Rangers 0–4–2 1–4–1 3–2–1 — 6–0 10–10–4 Philadelphia 0–5–1 0–6 2–4 0–6 — 2–21–1

Vs. Canadian Division 1930–31 NHL records Team MTL MTM NYA OTT TOR Total Boston 1–2–1 3–1 2–2 4–0 2–1–1 12–6–2 Chicago 0–3–1 0–4 3–1 4–0 0–4 7–12–1 Detroit 2–2 0–3–1 0–2–2 2–2 2–1–1 6–10–4 N.Y. Rangers 2–2 2–1–1 1–0–3 3–1 1–2–1 9–6–5 Philadelphia 0–3–1 1–3 0–3–1 0–3–1 1–3 2–15–3

Schedule and results

1930–31 regular season[3]
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 1 W November 11, 1930 1–0 New York Americans (1930–31) 1–0–0 2 W November 18, 1930 5–2 Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) 2–0–0 3 L November 20, 1930 0–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 2–1–0 4 T November 23, 1930 2–2 OT @ Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 2–1–1 5 L November 25, 1930 3–4 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 2–2–1 6 W November 27, 1930 2–1 @ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 3–2–1 7 L November 29, 1930 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) 3–3–1
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 8 W December 2, 1930 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 4–3–1 9 W December 6, 1930 4–3 @ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 5–3–1 10 W December 9, 1930 2–1 Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 6–3–1 11 L December 11, 1930 1–2 @ New York Americans (1930–31) 6–4–1 12 W December 13, 1930 7–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 7–4–1 13 W December 16, 1930 3–2 Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 8–4–1 14 W December 18, 1930 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1930–31) 9–4–1 15 T December 20, 1930 2–2 OT New York Rangers (1930–31) 9–4–2 16 W December 25, 1930 8–0 Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 10–4–2 17 W December 30, 1930 7–3 Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 11–4–2
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 18 W January 1, 1931 4–3 OT @ New York Rangers (1930–31) 12–4–2 19 L January 3, 1931 3–5 @ Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 12–5–2 20 W January 6, 1931 5–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 13–5–2 21 W January 8, 1931 3–1 @ Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 14–5–2 22 W January 11, 1931 4–1 @ Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 15–5–2 23 T January 13, 1931 2–2 OT New York Rangers (1930–31) 15–5–3 24 L January 15, 1931 0–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 15–6–3 25 W January 20, 1931 4–2 Ottawa Senators (1930–31) 16–6–3 26 L January 22, 1931 1–2 @ New York Americans (1930–31) 16–7–3 27 W January 24, 1931 4–2 @ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 17–7–3 28 T January 27, 1931 3–3 OT Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 17–7–4 29 W January 29, 1931 4–3 @ New York Rangers (1930–31) 18–7–4
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 30 W February 3, 1931 7–2 Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 19–7–4 31 W February 7, 1931 2–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) 20–7–4 32 W February 10, 1931 2–1 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 21–7–4 33 W February 14, 1931 4–2 @ Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 22–7–4 34 W February 17, 1931 2–0 New York Americans (1930–31) 23–7–4 35 T February 19, 1931 1–1 OT Montreal Canadiens (1930–31) 23–7–5 36 L February 21, 1931 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 23–8–5 37 W February 24, 1931 5–1 @ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 24–8–5
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 38 W March 3, 1931 4–1 New York Rangers (1930–31) 25–8–5 39 W March 7, 1931 7–2 Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31) 26–8–5 40 T March 10, 1931 3–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31) 26–8–6 41 L March 12, 1931 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31) 26–9–6 42 L March 15, 1931 2–5 OT @ Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 26–10–6 43 W March 17, 1931 4–2 Detroit Falcons (1930–31) 27–10–6 44 W March 21, 1931 3–1 Montreal Maroons (1930–31) 28–10–6
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

The Boston Bruins lost to the Montreal Canadiens in the semifinals 3–2.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cooney Weiland	C	44	25	13	38	14
Marty Barry	C	44	20	11	31	26
Eddie Shore	D	44	15	16	31	105
Dit Clapper	RW/D	43	22	8	30	50
Harry Oliver	RW	44	16	14	30	18
George Owen	D	38	12	13	25	33
Red Beattie	LW	32	10	11	21	25
Art Chapman	C	44	7	7	14	22
Dutch Gainor	C	35	8	3	11	14
Harold Darragh	LW	25	2	4	6	4
Henry Harris	RW	32	2	4	6	20
Percy Galbraith	LW/D	43	2	3	5	28
Jack Pratt	C/D	32	2	0	2	36
Lionel Hitchman	D	41	0	2	2	40
Bill Hutton	D/RW	9	0	0	0	2
Ron Lyons	LW	14	0	0	0	19
Paul Runge	C/LW	1	0	0	0	0
Tiny Thompson	G	44	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Tiny Thompson	2730	44	28	10	6	90	1.98	3
Team:	2730	44	28	10	6	90	1.98	3

Playoffs

The Boston Bruins lost to the Montreal Canadiens 3–2 in the semi-finals.

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cooney Weiland	C	5	6	3	9	2
Dit Clapper	RW/D	5	2	4	6	4
George Owen	D	5	2	3	5	13
Eddie Shore	D	5	2	1	3	24
Marty Barry	C	5	1	1	2	4
Art Chapman	C	5	0	1	1	7
Harold Darragh	LW	5	0	1	1	2
Dutch Gainor	C	5	0	1	1	2
Red Beattie	LW	4	0	0	0	0
Percy Galbraith	LW/D	5	0	0	0	6
Lionel Hitchman	D	5	0	0	0	0
Ron Lyons	LW	5	0	0	0	0
Harry Oliver	RW	4	0	0	0	2
Jack Pratt	C/D	4	0	0	0	0
Tiny Thompson	G	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Tiny Thompson	343	5	2	3	13	2.27	0
Team:	343	5	2	3	13	2.27	0

^[4]

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;

See also

• 1930–31 NHL season