2024–25 Boston Bruins season

The 2024–25 Boston Bruins season was the 101st season (100th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on November 1, 1924.^[1]

2024–25 Boston Bruins
Division	8th Atlantic
Conference	15th Eastern
2024–25 record	33–39–10
Home record	20–14–7
Road record	13–25–3
Goals for	222
Goals against	272
Team information
General manager	Don Sweeney
Coach	Jim Montgomery (Oct. 8 – Nov. 19) Joe Sacco (interim, Nov. 19 – Apr. 15)
Captain	Brad Marchand (Oct. 8 – Mar. 7) Vacant (Mar. 7 – Apr 15.)
Alternate captains	Charlie McAvoy David Pastrnak
Arena	TD Garden
Minor league affiliate(s)	Providence Bruins (AHL) Maine Mariners (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	David Pastrnak (43)
Assists	David Pastrnak (63)
Points	David Pastrnak (106)
Penalty minutes	Nikita Zadorov (145)
Plus/minus	Nikita Zadorov (+25)
Wins	Jeremy Swayman (22)
Goals against average	Joonas Korpisalo (2.90)
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

On April 5, 2025, the Bruins, despite a 5–1 victory against the Carolina Hurricanes, were eliminated from playoff contention, missing the playoffs for the first time since their 2015–16 season following their rival Montreal Canadiens' victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.^[2] This was the first time since 2006–07 that the Bruins finished with a losing record and for the first time since 1996–97, they finshied last in the Eastern Conference, however, they avoided the last place by winning the regulation wins tiebreaker with the 2024–25 Philadelphia Flyers season. Despite a decent start to the season with a 20–14–4 record, the Bruins fell apart, suffering a 13–25–6 record the rest of the season.

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	52	26	4	41	268	231	+37	108
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	47	27	8	41	294	219	+75	102
3	x – Florida Panthers	82	47	31	4	37	252	223	+29	98
4	x – Ottawa Senators	82	45	30	7	35	243	234	+9	97
5	x – Montreal Canadiens	82	40	31	11	30	245	265	−20	91
6	Detroit Red Wings	82	39	35	8	30	238	259	−21	86
7	Buffalo Sabres	82	36	39	7	29	269	289	−20	79
8	Boston Bruins	82	33	39	10	26	222	272	−50	76

Source: National Hockey League^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Ottawa Senators	82	45	30	7	35	243	234	+9	97
2	AT	x – Montreal Canadiens	82	40	31	11	30	245	265	−20	91
3	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	40	33	9	30	273	268	+5	89
4	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	39	35	8	30	238	259	−21	86
5	ME	New York Rangers	82	39	36	7	35	256	255	+1	85
6	ME	New York Islanders	82	35	35	12	28	224	260	−36	82
7	ME	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	34	36	12	24	243	293	−50	80
8	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	36	39	7	29	269	289	−20	79
9	AT	Boston Bruins	82	33	39	10	26	222	272	−50	76
10	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	39	10	21	238	286	−48	76

Source: National Hockey League^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Boston Bruins preseason season schedule was released on June 17, 2024.

2024 Pre-Season Game Log: 2–4–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–3–1)[5]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record
1	September 22	NY Rangers	3–2	Boston		DiPietro	TD Garden	17,850	0–1–0
2	September 24	Washington	2–4	Boston		Korpisalo	TD Garden	17,850	1–1–0
3	September 26	Boston	2–5	NY Rangers		Bussi	Madison Square Garden	16,205	1–2–0
4	September 28	Boston	2–3	Philadelphia	OT	Korpisalo	Wells Fargo Center	13,863	1–2–1
5	October 1	Philadelphia	1–4	Boston		Bussi	TD Garden	17,850	2–2–1
6	October 3	Boston	1–4	Los Angeles		Korpisalo	Videotron Centre (Quebec City)	17,334	2–3–1
7	October 5	Boston	0–2	Washington		Bussi	Capital One Arena	13,224	2–4–1

Regular season

The Boston Bruins regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024.^[6][7]

2024–25 game log
October: 4–6–1 (home: 3–3–0; road: 1–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Boston 4–6 Florida Korpisalo Amerant Bank Arena 19,813 0–1–0 0 [8] 2 October 10 Montreal 4–6 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 1–1–0 2 [9] 3 October 12 Los Angeles 1–2 Boston OT Swayman TD Garden 17,850 2–1–0 4 [10] 4 October 14 Florida 4–3 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 2–2–0 4 [11] 5 October 16 Boston 5–3 Colorado Korpisalo Ball Arena 18,024 3–2–0 6 [12] 6 October 19 Boston 1–2 Utah OT Swayman Delta Center 11,131 3–2–1 7 [13] 7 October 22 Boston 0–4 Nashville Swayman Bridgestone Arena 17,184 3–3–1 7 [14] 8 October 24 Dallas 5–2 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 3–4–1 7 [15] 9 October 26 Toronto 3–4 Boston OT Swayman TD Garden 17,850 4–4–1 9 [16] 10 October 29 Philadelphia 2–0 Boston Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 4–5–1 9 [17] 11 October 31 Boston 2–8 Carolina Swayman Lenovo Center 18,700 4–6–1 9 [18]
November: 7–5–2 (home: 3–3–2; road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 2 Boston 3–0 Philadelphia Korpisalo Wells Fargo Center 17,429 5–6–1 11 [19] 13 November 3 Seattle 0–2 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 6–6–1 13 [20] 14 November 5 Boston 0–4 Toronto Swayman Scotiabank Arena 18,730 6–7–1 13 [21] 15 November 7 Calgary 3–4 Boston OT Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 7–7–1 15 [22] 16 November 9 Ottawa 3–2 Boston OT Swayman TD Garden 17,850 7–7–2 16 [23] 17 November 12 Boston 3–2 St. Louis Swayman Enterprise Center 18,096 8–7–2 18 [24] 18 November 14 Boston 2–7 Dallas Swayman American Airlines Center 18,532 8–8–2 18 [25] 19 November 16 St. Louis 3–2 Boston OT Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 8–8–3 19 [26] 20 November 18 Columbus 5–1 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 8–9–3 19 [27] 21 November 21 Utah 0–1 Boston Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 9–9–3 21 [28] 22 November 23 Boston 2–1 Detroit Swayman Little Caesars Arena 19,515 10–9–3 23 [29] 23 November 26 Vancouver 2–0 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 10–10–3 23 [30] 24 November 27 Boston 6–3 NY Islanders Korpisalo UBS Arena 16,145 11–10–3 25 [31] 25 November 29 Pittsburgh 2–1 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 11–11–3 25 [32]
December: 9–4–1 (home: 6–0–0; road: 3–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 1 Montreal 3–6 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 12–11–3 27 [33] 27 December 3 Detroit 2–3 Boston OT Korpisalo TD Garden 17,950 13–11–3 29 [34] 28 December 4 Boston 4–2 Chicago Swayman United Center 19,179 14–11–3 31 [35] 29 December 7 Philadelphia 3–4 Boston OT Swayman TD Garden 17,850 15–11–3 33 [36] 30 December 10 Boston 1–8 Winnipeg Swayman Canada Life Centre 12,921 15–12–3 33 [37] 31 December 12 Boston 1–5 Seattle Korpisalo Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 15–13–3 33 [38] 32 December 14 Boston 5–1 Vancouver Swayman Rogers Arena 18,787 16–13–3 35 [39] 33 December 17 Boston 4–3 Calgary OT Swayman Scotiabank Saddledome 17,536 17–13–3 37 [40] 34 December 19 Boston 2–3 Edmonton OT Swayman Rogers Place 18,347 17–13–4 38 [41] 35 December 21 Buffalo 1–3 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 18–13–4 40 [42] 36 December 23 Washington 1–4 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 19–13–4 42 [43] 37 December 27 Boston 2–6 Columbus Swayman Nationwide Arena 18,821 19–14–4 42 [44] 38 December 28 Columbus 0–4 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 20–14–4 44 [45] 39 December 31 Boston 1–3 Washington Swayman Capital One Arena 18,573 20–15–4 44 [46]
January: 5–7–2 (home: 4–2–1; road: 1–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 2 Boston 1–2 NY Rangers Swayman Madison Square Garden 18,006 20–16–4 44 [47] 41 January 4 Boston 4–6 Toronto Swayman Scotiabank Arena 18,996 20–17–4 44 [48] 42 January 5 NY Islanders 5–4 Boston OT Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 20–17–5 45 [49] 43 January 7 Edmonton 4–0 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 20–18–5 45 [50] 44 January 9 Boston 1–4 Tampa Bay Swayman Amalie Arena 19,092 20–19–5 45 [51] 45 January 11 Boston 4–3 Florida OT Swayman Amerant Bank Arena 19,687 21–19–5 47 [52] 46 January 14 Tampa Bay 2–6 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 22–19–5 49 [53] 47 January 18 Boston 5–6 Ottawa SO Swayman Canadian Tire Centre 18,768 22–19–6 50 [54] 48 January 20 San Jose 3–6 Boston Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 23–19–6 52 [55] 49 January 22 Boston 1–5 New Jersey Swayman Prudential Center 16,025 23–20–6 52 [56] 50 January 23 Ottawa 0–2 Boston Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 24–20–6 54 [57] 51 January 25 Colorado 1–3 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 25–20–6 56 [58] 52 January 28 Boston 2–7 Buffalo Swayman KeyBank Center 15,607 25–21–6 56 [59] 53 January 30 Winnipeg 6–2 Boston Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 25–22–6 56 [60]
February: 2–3–2 (home: 2–2–2; road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 February 1 NY Rangers 3–6 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 26–22–6 58 [61] 55 February 4 Minnesota 0–3 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 27–22–6 60 [62] 56 February 5 Boston 2–3 NY Rangers Korpisalo Madison Square Garden 18,006 27–23–6 60 [63] 57 February 8 Vegas 4–3 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 27–24–6 60 [64] 58 February 22 Anaheim 3–2 Boston OT Swayman TD Garden 17,850 27–24–7 61 [65] 59 February 25 Toronto 5–4 Boston OT Swayman TD Garden 17,850 27–24–8 62 [66] 60 February 27 NY Islanders 2–1 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 27–25–8 62 [67]
March: 3–10–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 2–8–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 1 Boston 3–2 Pittsburgh Korpisalo PPG Paints Arena 17,320 28–25–8 64 [68] 62 March 2 Boston 0–1 Minnesota Swayman Xcel Energy Center 18,447 28–26–8 64 [69] 63 March 4 Nashville 6–3 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 28–27–8 64 [70] 64 March 6 Boston 2–3 Carolina Korpisalo Lenovo Center 18,700 28–28–8 64 [71] 65 March 8 Boston 4–0 Tampa Bay Swayman Amalie Arena 19,092 29–28–8 66 [72] 66 March 11 Florida 2–3 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 30–28–8 68 [73] 67 March 13 Boston 3–6 Ottawa Swayman Canadian Tire Centre 17,458 30–29–8 68 [74] 68 March 15 Tampa Bay 6–2 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 30–30–8 68 [75] 69 March 17 Buffalo 3–2 Boston OT Korpisalo TD Garden 17,850 30–30–9 69 [76] 70 March 20 Boston 1–5 Vegas Swayman T-Mobile Arena 18,225 30–31–9 69 [77] 71 March 22 Boston 1–3 San Jose Korpisalo SAP Center 17,435 30–32–9 69 [78] 72 March 23 Boston 2–7 Los Angeles Swayman Crypto.com Arena 18,145 30–33–9 69 [79] 73 March 26 Boston 2–6 Anaheim Korpisalo Honda Center 16,387 30–34–9 69 [80] 74 March 29 Boston 1–2 Detroit Swayman Little Caesars Arena 19,515 30–35–9 69 [81]
April: 3–4–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 75 April 1 Washington 4–3 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 30–36–9 69 [82] 76 April 3 Boston 1–4 Montreal Swayman Bell Centre 21,105 30–37–9 69 [83] 77 April 5 Carolina 1–5 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 31–37–9 71 [84] 78 April 6 Boston 3–6 Buffalo Korpisalo KeyBank Center 15,653 31–38–9 71 [85] 79 April 8 Boston 7–2 New Jersey Swayman Prudential Center 15,507 32–38–9 73 [86] 80 April 10 Chicago 5–2 Boston Swayman TD Garden 17,850 32–39–9 73 [87] 81 April 13 Boston 4–1 Pittsburgh Korpisalo PPG Paints Arena 15,976 33–39–9 75 [88] 82 April 15 New Jersey 5–4 Boston OT Swayman TD Garden 17,850 33–39–10 76 [89]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season^[90]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
David Pastrnak	82	43	63	106	0	42
Morgan Geekie	77	33	24	57	+3	22
Brad Marchand‡	61	21	26	47	−8	62
Elias Lindholm	82	17	30	47	−4	14
Pavel Zacha	82	14	33	47	−8	21
Mason Lohrei	77	5	28	33	−43	16
Charlie McAvoy	50	7	16	23	0	46
Charlie Coyle‡	64	15	7	22	−14	18
Nikita Zadorov	81	4	18	22	+25	145
Justin Brazeau‡	57	10	10	20	−6	16
Cole Koepke	73	10	7	17	+1	17
Andrew Peeke	76	1	16	17	−10	15
Trent Frederic‡	57	8	7	15	−14	44
Mark Kastelic	61	5	9	14	−3	106
John Beecher	78	3	8	11	−9	26
Matt Poitras	33	1	10	11	−5	8
Brandon Carlo‡	63	1	8	9	+2	24
Hampus Lindholm	17	3	4	7	−4	4
Parker Wotherspoon	55	1	6	7	−10	10
Casey Mittelstadt†	18	4	2	6	−17	4
Jordan Oesterle‡	22	1	5	6	+3	2
Vinni Lettieri	26	3	2	5	−9	6
Marat Khusnutdinov‡	18	3	2	5	−5	6
Jakub Lauko‡	18	2	3	5	−8	20
Henri Jokiharju‡	18	0	4	4	+7	2
Fabian Lysell	12	1	2	3	−4	6
Marc McLaughlin‡	12	2	0	2	−1	0
Oliver Wahlstrom†	16	1	1	2	0	28
Tyler Johnson	9	0	2	2	−1	10
Michael Callahan	17	1	0	1	−5	7
John Farinacci	1	1	0	1	+1	0
Fraser Minten†	6	1	0	1	−1	2
Patrick Brown	15	0	1	1	−2	8
Ian Mitchell	15	0	1	1	−2	2
Georgii Merkulov	6	0	1	1	−1	2
Riley Tufte	6	0	0	0	−3	4
Max Jones‡	7	0	0	0	−4	8
Jeffrey Viel	5	0	0	0	−1	14
Riley Duran	2	0	0	0	−1	2
Frederic Brunet	1	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[91]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jeremy Swayman	58	58	3390:35	22	29	7	176	3.11	1,632	.892	4	0	0	2
Joonas Korpisalo	27	24	1529:42	11	10	3	74	2.90	693	.893	3	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Bruins. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.

Transactions

The Bruins have been involved in the transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 29, 2024	To Minnesota Wild Jakub Lauko 4th-round pick in 2024	To Boston Bruins Vinni Lettieri 4th-round pick in 2024	[92]
March 4, 2025	To New Jersey Devils Trent Frederic	To Boston Bruins Petr Hauser	[93]
March 4, 2025	To Edmonton Oilers Max Jones Petr Hauser	To Boston Bruins Max Wanner 2nd-round pick in 2025 (from St. Louis) 4th-round pick in 2026	[94]
March 6, 2025	To Minnesota Wild Justin Brazeau	To Boston Bruins Marat Khusnutdinov Jakub Lauko 6th-round pick in 2026 (from Boston)	[95]
March 7, 2025	To Toronto Maple Leafs Brandon Carlo	To Boston Bruins Fraser Minten Conditional 1st-round pick in 2026 4th-round pick in 2025	[96]
March 7, 2025	To Colorado Avalanche Charlie Coyle 5th-round pick in 2026	To Boston Bruins Casey Mittelstadt Will Zellers conditional 2nd-round pick in 2025	[97]
March 7, 2025	To Florida Panthers Brad Marchand	To Boston Bruins conditional 2nd-round pick in 2027	[98]
March 7, 2025	To Buffalo Sabres 4th-round pick in 2026 (from Edmonton)	To Boston Bruins Henri Jokiharju	[99]
March 7, 2025	To New Jersey Devils Marc McLaughlin	To Boston Bruins Daniil Misyul	[100]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Max Jones	Anaheim Ducks	2-year	Free agency	[101]
	Cole Koepke	Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	Free agency	[102]
	Elias Lindholm	Vancouver Canucks	7-year	Free agency	[103]
	Jordan Oesterle	Calgary Flames	2-year	Free agency	[104]
	Billy Sweezey	Columbus Blue Jackets	2-year	Free agency	[105]
	Riley Tufte	Colorado Avalanche	1-year	Free agency	[106]
	Jeffrey Viel	Winnipeg Jets	2-year	Free agency	[107]
	Nikita Zadorov	Vancouver Canucks	6-year	Free agency	[108]
October 2, 2024 (2024-10-02)	Jiri Patera			Waivers	[109]
November 4, 2024 (2024-11-04)	Tyler Johnson	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	[110]
March 6, 2025 (2025-03-06)	Tyler Pitlick	Providence Bruins (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[111]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Patrick Maroon	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	[112]
July 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)	Kyle Keyser	Kunlun Red Star (KHL)	1-year	Free agency	[113]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
July 12, 2024 (2024-07-12)	Michael Callahan	1-year	[114]
	Alec Regula	1-year	[115]
July 16, 2024 (2024-07-16)	Marc McLaughlin	1-year	[116]
October 6, 2024 (2024-10-06)	Jeremy Swayman	8-year	[117]

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	25	Dean Letourneau	C	Canada	St. Andrew's College Saints (CISAA)
4	110	Elliott Groenewold	D	United States	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
5	154	Jonathan Morello	C	Canada	St. Michael's Buzzers (OJHL)
6	186	Loke Johansson	D	Sweden	AIK IF (J20 Nationell)