1973–74 Boston Bruins season

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Division 1st East Goals for 349 Points Phil Esposito (145) Start date 1973 Captain Johnny Bucyk Arena Boston Garden Alternate captains Bobby Orr, Dallas Smith		1973–74 record 52–17–9 Assists Bobby Orr (90) Penalties in minutes Carol Vadnais (123) Coach Bep Guidolin General manager Harry Sinden Goals against 221

The 1973–74 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 50th season in the NHL.

Stanley Cup Finals

The Bruins returned to the Stanley Cup, but were defeated by the Flyers in six games.

Notable games

January 24: Bobby Orr is ejected by referee Wally Harris for arguing that he was tripped by Chicago's Bill White. The ejection draws a heated response from Harry Sinden and the Boston Garden crowd.

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;

Awards and records

Prince of Wales Trophy

Phil Esposito, Art Ross Trophy winner

Phil Esposito, Hart Memorial Trophy winner

Phil Esposito, NHL leader, goals (68)

Phil Esposito, NHL leader, points (145)

Bobby Orr, Norris Trophy

Bobby Orr, NHL leader, assists (90)

Single-game record for points in one game: (7) on November 15, 1973, by Bobby Orr

References

1973–74 Boston Bruins season Wikipedia

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