Boston Bruins year by year
102 seasons since 1924-25 · 3484-2529-791-236 all time · 6 titles
How have the Bruins ranked, year by year?
The Boston Bruins have played 101 seasons since 1924-25: 3482-2527-791-236 in the regular season, with 6 titles. Their defense allowed the fewest goals in the league 4 times: 2022-23, 2019-20, 2008-09 and 1989-90. Over the last 10 seasons the best defense was 2022-23's (1st in goals allowed), the best offense 2022-23's (2nd in goals scored). In 2026-27 they are 2-2, 26th in goals scored and 14th in goals allowed after 4 games.
| Season | W-L-T-OTL | Offense | Defense | Coach | Postseason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 2-2 | 2.2526th | 2.7514th | Marco Sturm | — |
| 2025-26 | 45-27-10 | 3.2710th | 3.0114th | Marco Sturm | Playoffs, 2-4 |
| 2024-25 | 33-39-10 | 2.7127th | 3.3026th | Jim Montgomery, Joe Sacco | — |
| 2023-24 | 47-20-15 | 3.2113th | 2.705th | Jim Montgomery | Playoffs, 6-7 |
| 2022-23 | 65-12-5 | 3.672nd | 2.121st | Jim Montgomery | Playoffs, 3-4 |
| 2021-22 | 51-26-5 | 3.0915th | 2.664th | Bruce Cassidy | Playoffs, 3-4 |
| 2020-21 | 33-16-7 | 2.9314th | 2.394th | Bruce Cassidy | Playoffs, 6-5 |
| 2019-20 | 44-14-12 | 3.249th | 2.391st | Bruce Cassidy | Playoffs, 5-8 |
| 2018-19 | 49-24-9 | 3.1311th | 2.593rd | Bruce Cassidy | Lost the Stanley Cup Final |
| 2017-18 | 50-20-12 | 3.266th | 2.574th | Bruce Cassidy | Playoffs, 5-7 |
| 2016-17 | 44-31-7 | 2.8313th | 2.559th | Claude Julien, Bruce Cassidy | Playoffs, 2-4 |
| 2015-16 | 42-31-9 | 2.885th | 2.7819th | Claude Julien | — |
| 2014-15 | 41-27-14 | 2.5522nd | 2.458th | Claude Julien | — |
| 2013-14 | 54-19-9 | 3.153rd | 2.092nd | Claude Julien | Playoffs, 7-5 |
| 2012-13 | 28-14-6 | 2.6513th | 2.213rd | Claude Julien | Lost the Stanley Cup Final |
| 2011-12 | 49-29-4 | 3.172nd | 2.436th | Claude Julien | Playoffs, 3-4 |
| 2010-11 | 46-25-11 | 2.985th | 2.302nd | Claude Julien | Won the Stanley Cup Final |
| 2009-10 | 39-30-13 | 2.3930th | 2.332nd | Claude Julien | Playoffs, 7-6 |
| 2008-09 | 53-19-10 | 3.292nd | 2.321st | Claude Julien | Playoffs, 7-4 |
| 2007-08 | 41-29-12 | 2.5124th | 2.6211th | Claude Julien | Playoffs, 3-4 |
| 2006-07 | 35-41-6 | 2.5625th | 3.4829th | Dave Lewis | — |
| 2005-06 | 29-37-16 | 2.7824th | 3.1519th | Mike Sullivan | — |
| 2003-04 | 41-19-15-7 | 2.5515th | 2.297th | Mike Sullivan | Playoffs, 3-4 |
| 2002-03 | 36-31-11-4 | 2.996th | 2.8924th | Robbie Ftorek, Mike O'Connell | Playoffs, 1-4 |
| 2001-02 | 43-24-6-9 | 2.887th | 2.4511th | Robbie Ftorek | Playoffs, 2-4 |
| 2000-01 | 36-30-8-8 | 2.7715th | 3.0425th | Pat Burns, Mike Keenan | — |
| 1999-00 | 24-33-19-6 | 2.5623rd | 3.0224th | Pat Burns | — |
| 1998-99 | 39-30-13 | 2.6113th | 2.214th | Pat Burns | Playoffs, 6-6 |
| 1997-98 | 39-30-13 | 2.7012th | 2.376th | Pat Burns | Playoffs, 2-4 |
| 1996-97 | 26-47-9 | 2.8515th | 3.6626th | Steve Kasper | — |
| 1995-96 | 40-31-11 | 3.444th | 3.2817th | Steve Kasper | Playoffs, 1-4 |
| 1994-95 | 27-18-3 | 3.139th | 2.656th | Brian Sutter | — |
| 1993-94 | 42-29-13 | 3.448th | 3.0010th | Brian Sutter | — |
| 1992-93 | 51-26-7 | 3.958th | 3.193rd | Brian Sutter | — |
| 1991-92 | 36-32-12 | 3.3813th | 3.4410th | Rick Bowness | — |
| 1990-91 | 44-24-12 | 3.745th | 3.307th | Mike Milbury | — |
| 1989-90 | 46-25-9 | 3.6111th | 2.901st | Mike Milbury | Lost the Stanley Cup Final |
| 1988-89 | 37-29-14 | 3.6114th | 3.204th | Terry O'Reilly | — |
| 1987-88 | 44-30-6 | 3.757th | 3.143rd | Terry O'Reilly | Lost the Stanley Cup Final |
| 1986-87 | 39-34-7 | 3.766th | 3.456th | Butch Goring, Terry O'Reilly | — |
| 1985-86 | 37-31-12 | 3.8912th | 3.606th | Butch Goring | — |
| 1984-85 | 36-34-10 | 3.7912th | 3.596th | Harry Sinden, Gerry Cheevers | — |
| 1983-84 | 49-25-6 | 4.207th | 3.263rd | Harry Sinden, Gerry Cheevers | — |
| 1982-83 | 50-20-10 | 4.095th | 2.852nd | Harry Sinden, Gerry Cheevers | — |
| 1981-82 | 43-27-10 | 4.049th | 3.564th | Harry Sinden, Gerry Cheevers | — |
| 1980-81 | 37-30-13 | 3.959th | 3.406th | Harry Sinden, Gerry Cheevers | — |
| 1979-80 | 46-21-13 | 3.885th | 2.922nd | Harry Sinden, Fred Creighton | — |
| 1978-79 | 43-23-14 | 3.95 | 3.38 | Harry Sinden, Don Cherry | — |
| 1977-78 | 51-18-11 | 4.16 | 2.73 | Harry Sinden, Don Cherry | Lost the Stanley Cup Final |
| 1976-77 | 49-23-8 | 3.90 | 3.00 | Harry Sinden, Don Cherry | Lost the Stanley Cup Final |
| 1975-76 | 48-15-17 | 3.91 | 2.96 | Harry Sinden, Don Cherry | — |
| 1974-75 | 40-26-14 | 4.31 | 3.06 | Harry Sinden, Don Cherry | — |
| 1973-74 | 52-17-9 | 4.47 | 2.83 | Harry Sinden, Bep Guidolin | Lost the Stanley Cup Final |
| 1972-73 | 51-22-5 | 4.23 | 3.01 | Harry Sinden, Tom Johnson, Bep Guidolin | — |
| 1971-72 | 54-13-11 | 4.23 | 2.62 | Harry Sinden, Tom Johnson | Won the Stanley Cup Final |
| 1970-71 | 57-14-7 | 5.12 | 2.65 | Harry Sinden, Tom Johnson | — |
| 1969-70 | 40-17-19 | 3.64 | 2.84 | Harry Sinden | Won the Stanley Cup Final |
| 1968-69 | 42-18-16 | 3.99 | 2.91 | Harry Sinden | — |
| 1967-68 | 37-27-10 | 3.50 | 2.92 | Harry Sinden | — |
| 1966-67 | 17-43-10 | 2.60 | 3.61 | Harry Sinden | — |
| 1965-66 | 21-43-6 | 2.49 | 3.93 | Milt Schmidt | — |
| 1964-65 | 21-43-6 | 2.37 | 3.61 | Milt Schmidt | — |
| 1963-64 | 18-40-12 | 2.43 | 3.03 | Milt Schmidt | — |
| 1962-63 | 14-39-17 | 2.83 | 4.01 | Milt Schmidt, Phil Watson | — |
| 1961-62 | 15-47-8 | 2.53 | 4.37 | Milt Schmidt, Phil Watson | — |
| 1960-61 | 15-42-13 | 2.51 | 3.63 | Milt Schmidt | — |
| 1959-60 | 28-34-8 | 3.14 | 3.44 | Milt Schmidt | — |
| 1958-59 | 32-29-9 | 2.93 | 3.07 | Milt Schmidt | — |
| 1957-58 | 27-28-15 | 2.84 | 2.77 | Milt Schmidt | Lost the Stanley Cup Final |
| 1956-57 | 34-24-12 | 2.79 | 2.49 | Milt Schmidt | Lost the Stanley Cup Final |
| 1955-56 | 23-34-13 | 2.10 | 2.64 | Milt Schmidt | — |
| 1954-55 | 23-26-21 | 2.41 | 2.69 | Lynn Patrick, Milt Schmidt | — |
| 1953-54 | 32-28-10 | 2.53 | 2.59 | Lynn Patrick | — |
| 1952-53 | 28-29-13 | 2.17 | 2.46 | Lynn Patrick | Lost the Stanley Cup Final |
| 1951-52 | 25-29-16 | 2.31 | 2.51 | Lynn Patrick | — |
| 1950-51 | 22-30-18 | 2.54 | 2.81 | Lynn Patrick | — |
| 1949-50 | 22-32-16 | 2.83 | 3.26 | George Boucher | — |
| 1948-49 | 29-23-8 | 2.97 | 2.72 | Dit Clapper | — |
| 1947-48 | 23-24-13 | 2.78 | 2.80 | Dit Clapper | — |
| 1946-47 | 26-23-11 | 3.17 | 2.92 | Dit Clapper | — |
| 1945-46 | 24-18-8 | 3.34 | 3.12 | Dit Clapper | Lost the Stanley Cup Final |
| 1944-45 | 16-30-4 | 3.58 | 4.38 | Art Ross | — |
| 1943-44 | 19-26-5 | 4.46 | 5.36 | Art Ross | — |
| 1942-43 | 24-17-9 | 3.90 | 3.52 | Art Ross | Lost the Stanley Cup Final |
| 1941-42 | 25-17-6 | 3.33 | 2.46 | Art Ross | — |
| 1940-41 | 27-8-13 | 3.50 | 2.13 | Art Ross, Cooney Weiland | Won the Stanley Cup Final |
| 1939-40 | 31-12-5 | 3.54 | 2.04 | Art Ross, Cooney Weiland | — |
| 1938-39 | 36-10-2 | 3.25 | 1.58 | Art Ross | Won the Stanley Cup Final |
| 1937-38 | 30-11-7 | 2.96 | 1.85 | Art Ross | — |
| 1936-37 | 23-18-7 | 2.50 | 2.29 | Art Ross | — |
| 1935-36 | 22-20-6 | 1.92 | 1.73 | Art Ross, Frank Patrick | — |
| 1934-35 | 26-16-6 | 2.69 | 2.33 | Art Ross, Frank Patrick | — |
| 1933-34 | 18-25-5 | 2.31 | 2.71 | Art Ross | — |
| 1932-33 | 25-15-8 | 2.58 | 1.83 | Art Ross | — |
| 1931-32 | 15-21-12 | 2.54 | 2.44 | Art Ross | — |
| 1930-31 | 28-10-6 | 3.25 | 2.05 | Art Ross | — |
| 1929-30 | 38-5-1 | 4.07 | 2.23 | Art Ross | Lost the Stanley Cup Final |
| 1928-29 | 26-13-5 | 2.02 | 1.18 | Art Ross | Won the Stanley Cup Final |
| 1927-28 | 20-13-11 | 1.75 | 1.59 | Art Ross | — |
| 1926-27 | 21-20-3 | 2.20 | 2.02 | Art Ross | Lost the Stanley Cup Final |
| 1925-26 | 17-15-4 | 2.56 | 2.36 | Art Ross | — |
| 1924-25 | 6-24 | 1.63 | 3.97 | Art Ross | — |
Regular season. Offense and defense are goals scored and allowed per game; the rank beside each is among the league’s clubs that season, first being the most scored or the fewest allowed. Ranks start in 1979-80, the first season after the WHA merger.