1957–58 Boston Bruins season

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.

1957–58 Boston Bruins
Division	4th
1957–58 record	27–28–15
Goals for	199
Goals against	194
Team information
General manager	Lynn Patrick
Coach	Milt Schmidt
Captain	Fernie Flaman
Arena	Boston Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bronco Horvath (30)
Assists	Fleming MacKell (40)
Points	Bronco Horvath (66)
Penalty minutes	Fleming MacKell (72)
Wins	Don Simmons (15)

Offseason

Regular season

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.

Season standings

National Hockey League

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	70	43	17	10	250	158	92	96
2	New York Rangers	70	32	25	13	195	188	7	77
3	Detroit Red Wings	70	29	29	12	176	207	−31	70
4	Boston Bruins	70	27	28	15	199	194	5	69
5	Chicago Black Hawks	70	24	39	7	163	202	−39	55
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	21	38	11	192	226	−34	53

Record vs. opponents

1957–58 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	7–3–4	8–5–1	3–9–2	6–5–3	3–6–5
Chicago	3–7–4	—	7–7	3–10–1	4–9–1	7–6–1
Detroit	5–8–1	7–7	—	3–7–4	4–5–5	10–2–2
Montreal	9–3–2	10–3–1	7–3–4	—	6–6–2	11–2–1
New York	5–6–3	9–4–1	5–4–5	6–6–2	—	7–5–2
Toronto	6–3–5	6–7–1	2–10–2	2–11–1	5–7–2	—

Playoffs

See also: 1958 Stanley Cup Finals

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bronco Horvath	C	67	30	36	66	71
Fleming MacKell	C	70	20	40	60	72
Don McKenney	C	70	28	30	58	22
Vic Stasiuk	LW	70	21	35	56	55
John Bucyk	LW	68	21	31	52	57
Jerry Toppazzini	RW	64	25	24	49	51
Larry Regan	RW	59	11	28	39	22
Allan Stanley	D	69	6	25	31	37
Larry Hillman	D	70	3	19	22	60
Leo Labine	RW	62	7	14	21	60
Doug Mohns	LW/D	54	5	16	21	28
Real Chevrefils	LW	44	9	9	18	21
Fern Flaman	D	66	0	15	15	71
Buddy Boone	RW	34	5	3	8	28
Norm Johnson	C	15	2	3	5	8
Bob Armstrong	D	47	1	4	5	66
Jack Bionda	D	42	1	4	5	50
Johnny Peirson	RW	53	2	2	4	10
Leo Boivin	D	33	0	4	4	54
Jack Caffery	C	7	1	0	1	2
Gerry Ehman	RW	1	1	0	1	0
Bob Beckett	C	9	0	0	0	2
Claude Evans	G	1	0	0	0	0
Harry Lumley	G	24	0	0	0	2
Al Millar	G	6	0	0	0	0
Willie O'Ree	W	2	0	0	0	0
Harry Pidhirny	C	2	0	0	0	0
Don Simmons	G	39	0	0	0	0
Lefty Wilson	G	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Don Simmons	2288	39	15	14	9	92	2.41	5
Harry Lumley	1440	24	11	10	3	70	2.92	3
Al Millar	360	6	1	4	1	25	4.17	0
Claude Evans	60	1	0	0	1	4	4.00	0
Lefty Wilson	52	1	0	0	1	1	1.15	0
Team:	4200	70	27	28	15	192	2.74	8

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Fleming MacKell	C	12	5	14	19	12
Don McKenney	C	12	9	8	17	0
Doug Mohns	LW/D	12	3	10	13	18
Jerry Toppazzini	RW	12	9	3	12	2
Larry Regan	RW	12	3	8	11	6
Bronco Horvath	C	12	5	3	8	8
Vic Stasiuk	LW	12	0	5	5	13
Norm Johnson	C	12	4	0	4	6
Fern Flaman	D	12	2	2	4	10
Allan Stanley	D	12	1	3	4	6
John Bucyk	LW	12	0	4	4	16
Leo Boivin	D	12	0	3	3	21
Buddy Boone	RW	12	1	1	2	13
Larry Hillman	D	11	0	2	2	6
Leo Labine	RW	11	0	2	2	10
Johnny Peirson	RW	5	0	1	1	0
Real Chevrefils	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Harry Lumley	G	1	0	0	0	0
Don Simmons	G	11	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Don Simmons	671	11	6	5	25	2.24	1
Harry Lumley	60	1	0	1	5	5.00	0
Team:	731	12	6	6	30	2.46	1

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 honors

Milestones

  Player is still active or individual record

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Willie O'Ree	1st NHL Game	January 18, 1958

References

• Bruins on Hockey Database