1968-69 Boston Bruins Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 42-18-16 - 100 points
in the NHL's Eastern Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Harry Sinden (42-18-16)
1968-69 Boston Bruins RosterTeam Record: 42-18-16 - 100 points
in the NHL's Eastern Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Harry Sinden (42-18-16)
The Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League ended the 1968-69 season with a record of 42 wins and 18 losses and 16 ties for 100 points in the NHL's Eastern Division.
The team topped the league with 303 goals. The club allowed 221 goals. Phil Esposito scored 49 goals for the squad, and Ken Hodge tallied 30 or more as well. Phil Esposito contributed 77 assists. Gerry Cheevers recorded 28 wins in front of the net for the team and a team-best 2.8 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Harry Sinden coached the team. The 1968-69 Boston Bruins lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Esposito | C | 74 | 49 | 77 | 126 | 79 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 351 | 14.0 |
| Ken Hodge | R | 75 | 45 | 45 | 90 | 75 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 236 | 19.1 |
| John Bucyk | L | 70 | 24 | 42 | 66 | 18 | -3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 192 | 12.5 |
| Bobby Orr | D | 67 | 21 | 43 | 64 | 133 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 285 | 7.4 |
| John McKenzie | R | 60 | 29 | 27 | 56 | 99 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 123 | 23.6 |
| Fred Stanfield | C | 71 | 25 | 29 | 54 | 22 | -4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 199 | 12.6 |
| Ron Murphy | L | 60 | 16 | 38 | 54 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 113 | 14.2 |
| Derek Sanderson | C | 61 | 26 | 22 | 48 | 146 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 194 | 13.4 |
| Ted Green | D | 65 | 8 | 38 | 46 | 99 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 6.1 |
| Ed Westfall | R | 70 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 139 | 12.9 |
| Wayne Cashman | L | 51 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 49 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 12.1 |
| Dallas Smith | D | 75 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 74 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 3.1 |
| Eddie Shack | L | 50 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 125 | 8.8 |
| Glen Sather | L | 76 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 7.8 |
| Don Awrey | D | 73 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 149 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 0.0 |
| Tommy Williams | C | 26 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 8.3 |
| Gary Doak | D | 22 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13.6 |
| Garnet Bailey | L | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23.1 |
| Rick Smith | D | 48 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.0 |
| Jim Lorentz | C | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Jim Harrison | C | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Jean Gauthier | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Tom Webster | R | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Barry Wilkins | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Don Marcotte | L | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Grant Erickson | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Bill Lesuk | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Paul Hurley | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Eddie Johnston | G | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Leiter | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Junkin | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerry Cheevers | G | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Atkinson | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Gibbs | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Ross Lonsberry | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1258 | 303 | 497 | 800 | 1291 | 384 | 60 | 13 | 42 | 15 | 2590 | 11.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Cheevers | 52 | 3112 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 145 | 2.80 | |||
| Eddie Johnston | 24 | 1440 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 74 | 3.08 | |||
| Joe Junkin | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 77 | 4560 | 42 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 219 | 2.88 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Esposito | C | 10 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ken Hodge | R | 10 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Bucyk | L | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Orr | D | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John McKenzie | R | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Stanfield | C | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Murphy | L | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Derek Sanderson | C | 9 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ted Green | D | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Westfall | R | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Cashman | L | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Smith | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Shack | L | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Sather | L | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Awrey | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Garnet Bailey | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Smith | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Webster | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lesuk | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Johnston | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Cheevers | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 166 | 40 | 61 | 101 | 226 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Cheevers | 9 | 572 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1.68 | 316 | 300 | .949 |
| Eddie Johnston | 1 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.69 | 34 | 30 | .882 |
| Totals | 10 | 637 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 1.88 | 350 | 330 | .943 |
