1970–71 Boston Bruins season

The 1970-71 Bruins set an NHL record by having 10 different skaters score 20 goals or more in a season.^[2] The record was broken by the 1977-78 Bruins when they had 11 different skaters with 20 goals or more.

Playoffs

The postseason ended quickly for the Bruins as they lost in the opening round to the Montreal Canadiens and their rookie goaltender Ken Dryden in a seven-game upset.

Season standings

East Division^[3]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Boston Bruins	78	57	14	7	399	207	+192	121
2	New York Rangers	78	49	18	11	259	177	+82	109
3	Montreal Canadiens	78	42	23	13	291	216	+75	97
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	78	37	33	8	248	211	+37	82
5	Buffalo Sabres	78	24	39	15	217	291	−74	63
6	Vancouver Canucks	78	24	46	8	229	296	−67	56
7	Detroit Red Wings	78	22	45	11	209	308	−99	55

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1970	7–3	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	1–0–0
2	W	October 14, 1970	8–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	2–0–0
3	W	October 16, 1970	5–1	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	3–0–0
4	W	October 18, 1970	5–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	4–0–0
5	T	October 22, 1970	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	4–0–1
6	W	October 25, 1970	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	5–0–1
7	L	October 29, 1970	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	5–1–1
8	W	October 31, 1970	6–0	New York Rangers (1970–71)	6–1–1
9	W	November 1, 1970	5–0	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	7–1–1
10	L	November 5, 1970	0–2	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	7–2–1
11	T	November 7, 1970	2–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	7–2–2
12	W	November 8, 1970	6–1	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	8–2–2
13	W	November 10, 1970	6–3	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	9–2–2
14	L	November 14, 1970	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	9–3–2
15	L	November 15, 1970	1–2	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	9–4–2
16	W	November 18, 1970	8–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	10–4–2
17	W	November 21, 1970	5–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	11–4–2
18	W	November 22, 1970	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	12–4–2
19	T	November 24, 1970	5–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	12–4–3
20	W	November 26, 1970	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	13–4–3
21	T	November 28, 1970	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	13–4–4
22	W	November 29, 1970	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	14–4–4
23	L	December 2, 1970	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	14–5–4
24	T	December 3, 1970	4–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	14–5–5
25	W	December 5, 1970	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	15–5–5
26	W	December 6, 1970	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	16–5–5
27	W	December 10, 1970	8–2	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	17–5–5
28	W	December 12, 1970	1–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	18–5–5
29	W	December 13, 1970	6–2	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	19–5–5
30	W	December 16, 1970	6–4	Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	20–5–5
31	W	December 19, 1970	7–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	21–5–5
32	W	December 20, 1970	7–2	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	22–5–5
33	W	December 23, 1970	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	23–5–5
34	W	December 25, 1970	8–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	24–5–5
35	L	December 26, 1970	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	24–6–5
36	W	December 30, 1970	6–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	25–6–5
37	W	January 1, 1971	9–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	26–6–5
38	W	January 3, 1971	5–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	27–6–5
39	W	January 7, 1971	6–4	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	28–6–5
40	L	January 9, 1971	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	28–7–5
41	W	January 10, 1971	7–4	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	29–7–5
42	W	January 14, 1971	9–5	Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	30–7–5
43	L	January 16, 1971	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	30–8–5
44	W	January 17, 1971	9–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	31–8–5
45	W	January 23, 1971	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	32–8–5
46	W	January 24, 1971	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	33–8–5
47	T	January 27, 1971	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	33–8–6
48	W	January 28, 1971	6–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	34–8–6
49	W	January 31, 1971	6–0	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	35–8–6
50	W	February 3, 1971	7–3	Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	36–8–6
51	W	February 6, 1971	4–3	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	37–8–6
52	T	February 7, 1971	4–4	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	37–8–7
53	W	February 9, 1971	6–3	New York Rangers (1970–71)	38–8–7
54	W	February 11, 1971	5–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	39–8–7
55	W	February 14, 1971	5–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	40–8–7
56	L	February 16, 1971	4–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	40–9–7
57	W	February 19, 1971	5–0	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	41–9–7
58	L	February 20, 1971	4–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	41–10–7
59	W	February 23, 1971	6–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	42–10–7
60	W	February 25, 1971	8–3	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	43–10–7
61	W	February 28, 1971	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	44–10–7
62	W	March 2, 1971	6–0	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	45–10–7
63	W	March 4, 1971	7–0	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	46–10–7
64	W	March 6, 1971	6–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	47–10–7
65	W	March 7, 1971	4–1	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	48–10–7
66	W	March 10, 1971	8–1	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	49–10–7
67	W	March 11, 1971	7–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	50–10–7
68	W	March 13, 1971	6–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	51–10–7
69	W	March 16, 1971	11–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	52–10–7
70	W	March 18, 1971	7–3	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	53–10–7
71	W	March 20, 1971	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	54–10–7
72	L	March 21, 1971	5–7	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	54–11–7
73	L	March 24, 1971	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	54–12–7
74	L	March 27, 1971	3–6	New York Rangers (1970–71)	54–13–7
75	L	March 28, 1971	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	54–14–7
76	W	March 31, 1971	6–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	55–14–7
77	W	April 3, 1971	8–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	56–14–7
78	W	April 4, 1971	7–2	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	57–14–7

Playoffs

Quarterfinals: (E1) Boston Bruins vs. (E3) Montreal Canadiens

April 7

Boston Bruins

3-1

Montreal Canadiens

Boston Garden

April 8

Boston Bruins

5-7

Montreal Canadiens

Boston Garden

April 10

Montreal Canadiens

3-1

Boston Bruins

Montreal Forum

April 11

Montreal Canadiens

2-5

Boston Bruins

Montreal Forum

April 13

Boston Bruins

7-3

Montreal Canadiens

Boston Garden

April 15

Montreal Canadiens

8-3

Boston Bruins

Montreal Forum

April 15

Boston Bruins

2-4

Montreal Canadiens

Boston Garden

Montreal won series 4-3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	C	78	76	76	152	71	71	25	1	16
Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	D	78	37	102	139	91	124	5	3	5
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	78	51	65	116	8	36	22	0	5
Hodge, KenKen Hodge	RW	78	43	62	105	113	71	4	0	7
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	77	21	58	79	100	59	4	0	3
McKenzie, JohnJohn McKenzie	RW	65	31	46	77	120	27	11	0	3
Stanfield, FredFred Stanfield	LW	75	24	52	76	12	32	8	0	3
Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson	C	71	29	34	63	130	39	1	6	0
Westfall, EdEd Westfall	D/RW	78	25	34	59	48	58	0	7	5
Carleton, WayneWayne Carleton	LW	69	22	24	46	44	35	0	0	5
Smith, DallasDallas Smith	D	73	7	38	45	68	94	0	2	1
Green, TedTed Green	D	78	5	37	42	60	37	0	0	0
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	75	15	13	28	30	20	0	6	2
Awrey, DonDon Awrey	D	74	4	21	25	141	40	0	0	1
Smith, RickRick Smith	D	67	4	19	23	44	30	0	0	1
Walton, MikeMike Walton	C	22	3	5	8	10	11	0	0	0
Leach, ReggieReggie Leach	RW	23	2	4	6	0	7	0	0	0
Bailey, GarnetGarnet Bailey	LW	36	0	6	6	44	4	0	0	0
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	G	38	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Boldirev, IvanIvan Boldirev	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	G	40	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Schock, DannyDanny Schock	LW	6	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Speer, BillBill Speer	D	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	2280	38	30	6	2	96	2.53	4
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	2400	40	27	8	5	109	2.72	3
Team:	4680	78	57	14	7	205	2.63	7

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	D	7	5	7	12	25	1	1	1
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	C	7	3	7	10	6	2	0	0
Stanfield, FredFred Stanfield	LW	7	3	4	7	0	1	0	0
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	7	2	5	7	0	0	0	0
Hodge, KenKen Hodge	RW	7	2	5	7	6	0	0	0
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	7	3	2	5	15	0	0	1
McKenzie, JohnJohn McKenzie	RW	7	2	3	5	22	1	0	1
Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson	C	7	2	1	3	13	0	0	0
Westfall, EdEd Westfall	D/RW	7	1	2	3	2	0	1	0
Smith, DallasDallas Smith	D	7	0	3	3	26	0	0	0
Walton, MikeMike Walton	C	5	2	0	2	19	1	0	0
Green, TedTed Green	D	7	1	0	1	25	0	0	0
Awrey, DonDon Awrey	D	7	0	0	0	17	0	0	0
Bailey, GarnetGarnet Bailey	LW	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Carleton, WayneWayne Carleton	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	G	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leach, ReggieReggie Leach	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Smith, RickRick Smith	D	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	360	6	3	3	21	3.50
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	60	1	0	1	7	7.00
Team:	420	7	3	4	28	4.00

^[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;

Roster

Boston Bruins 1970–1971 Roster

Goaltenders

1 – Eddie Johnston
30 – Gerry Cheevers

Defensemen

4 – Bobby Orr
6 – Ted Green –A
10 – Rick Smith
20 – Dallas Smith
24 – Bill Speer
26 – Don Awrey

Wingers

8 – Ken Hodge
9 – John Bucyk –A
11 – Wayne Carleton
12 – Wayne Cashman
14 – Garnet Bailey
18 – Ed Westfall
19 – John McKenzie
21 – Don Marcotte
25 – Danny Schock
27 – Reggie Leach

Centers

7 – Phil Esposito –A
16 – Derek Sanderson
17 – Fred Stanfield
22 – Ivan Boldirev
25 – Mike Walton

GM: Milt Schmidt
Coach: Tom Johnson

Awards and records

Prince of Wales Trophy: || Boston Bruins
Art Ross Memorial Trophy: || Phil Esposito
Hart Memorial Trophy: || Bobby Orr
James Norris Memorial Trophy: || Bobby Orr
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: || Johnny Bucyk
Lester B. Pearson Award: || Phil Esposito^[5]
NHL Plus/Minus Award: || Bobby Orr
Johnny Bucyk, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
Phil Esposito, Center, NHL First Team All-Star
Phil Esposito, Club Record, Most Points in a Season, 152
Phil Esposito, NHL Record, Most Shots on Goal in One Season (550)^[6]
Ken Hodge, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
Bobby Orr, Defence, NHL First Team All-Star
Bobby Orr, Club Record, Most Assists in a Season, 102
Bobby Orr, NHL Record, Most Assists by a Defenseman in One Season (102)^[7]
Bobby Orr, NHL Record, Most Points by a Defenseman in One Season (139)^[7]

References

Bruins on Hockey Database

↑ Numbelievable!, p.79 , Michael X. Ferraro and John Venziano, Triumph Books, 2007, Chicago, Illinois, ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0
↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.174, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
↑ "1970–1971 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1970-71 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 187, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
1 2 National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 183, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5

Boston Bruins

Founded in 1924 Based in Boston, Massachusetts

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	All-time roster Records Award Winners 1956 exhibition game in Newfoundland

Personnel	Owner Jeremy Jacobs President Cam Neely General manager Don Sweeney Head coach Claude Julien Team captain Zdeno Chára Current roster

Arenas	Boston Arena Boston Garden TD Garden

Rivalries	Montreal Canadiens

Retired numbers	2 3 4 5 7 8 9 15 24 77

Affiliates	AHL Providence Bruins ECHL Atlanta Gladiators

General managers	Ross Patrick Emms Schmidt Sinden O'Connell Gorton Chiarelli Sweeney

Head coaches	Ross Denneny Ross Patrick Ross Weiland Ross Clapper Boucher Patrick Schmidt Watson Schmidt Sinden Johnson Guidolin Cherry Creighton Sinden Cheevers Sinden Goring O'Reilly Milbury Bowness Sutter Kasper Burns Keenan Ftorek O'Connell Sullivan Lewis Julien

Media	NESN WBZ-FM/Radio Network Broadcasters

Culture	Rene Rancourt The Goal Willie O'Ree North Station The Sports Museum of New England Original Six The Big Bad Bruins The Kraut Line "Time to Go"

Boston Bruins seasons

1920s	1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1970–71 NHL season

East	Boston Buffalo Detroit Montreal New York Toronto Vancouver

West	California Chicago Los Angeles Minnesota Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

See also	Amateur Draft Expansion Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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