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1957–58 Boston Bruins season

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Division
  
4th

Assists
  
Fleming MacKell (40)

Penalties in minutes
  
Fleming MacKell (72)

Start date
  
1957

Captain
  
Fernie Flaman

Arena
  
Boston Garden

Goals for
  
199

1957–58 record
  
27–28–15

Points
  
Bronco Horvath (66)

Wins
  
Don Simmons (15)

Coach
  
Milt Schmidt

General manager
  
Lynn Patrick

Goals against
  
194

The 1957–58 Boston Bruins season saw the Bruins finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 27 wins, 28 losses, and 15 ties for 69 points. They defeated the New York Rangers in six games in the Semi-finals before losing the Stanley Cup Finals, also in six games, to the Montreal Canadiens.

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Willie O'Ree

Midway through his second minor-league season with the Quebec Aces, O'Ree was called up to the Boston Bruins of the NHL to replace an injured player. O'Ree made his NHL debut with the Bruins on January 18, 1958, against the Montreal Canadiens, becoming the first black player in league history. He played in only two games that year,

Playoffs

Boston defeated the New York Rangers (4–2) in the semi-final to advance to the Cup Final against the Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens, in the middle of their five-year Cup champion run, defeated the Bruins four games to two.

Regular season

Scoring
Goaltending

Playoffs

Scoring
Goaltending

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;

References

1957–58 Boston Bruins season Wikipedia