Boston Bruins 2024-25 Stanley Cup Betting
The Boston Bruins last missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2016. Since 2008, Boston has missed the playoffs two times. But the Bruins are in danger of hitting the links early this spring. After a sluggish start, Boston fired Jim Montgomery, who was starting his third season behind the bench and had led the team to the greatest regular season in NHL history for the 2022-23 campaign. Assistant Joe Sacco replaced Montgomery and was slightly better record-wise. Ultimately, the Bruins are going to have to pick up the pace in the second half to maintain their expectations of being a postseason club.
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Boston Bruins Team Overview
Just past the midway point of the 2024-25 NHL season, the Boston Bruins were 23-19-6 straight up and 23-23-1 over/under the total. Also, Boston was 9th in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. Boston was 17 points behind the Washington Capitals in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Boston had NHL rankings of 26th for goals scored and 30th for power play efficiency. In comparison on defense, the Bruins had NHL rankings of 25th for goals against and 25th for penalty killing.
Boston Bruins Key Players
Since 2016-17, LW David Pastrnak has scored 34 or more goals every full season. Pastrnak started the current season well, with 22 goals, 31 assists, and 53 points. “Pasta” is a 4-time NHL All-Star.
Brad Marchand had 17 goals, 20 assists, and 37 points. He is a two-time All-Star and has been a Bruin since 2009-10. Marchand has 401 career goals.
D Charlie McAvoy has been a regular in the Boston lineup since 2017-18. Last year, McAvoy scored a career-best 12 goals with 35 assists, 47 points, and a +4. At the start of 2024-25, he had five goals, 15 assists, 20 points and a +2.
Boston Bruins Goaltenders
Number one goaltender Jeremy Swayman was 25-10 with a 2.53 goals against average and .916 save percentage last year. So far this season, he is 13-10-3 with a 2.93 goals against average and a save percentage of .890.
Boston Bruins Head Coach
Head coach Jim Montgomery was fired on November 19 after an 8-9-3 start. Joe Sacco replaced Montgomery on an interim basis and was 15-10-3 in his first 28 games.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 6)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
47 |
20 |
2nd, Atlantic |
Lost in Second Round, 2–4 (Panthers) |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
49 |
24 |
1st, Atlantic |
Lost in First Round, 3–4 (Panthers) |
| 2021–22 |
70 |
44 |
14 |
4th, Atlantic |
Lost in First Round, 3–4 (Hurricanes) |
| 2020–21 |
56 |
33 |
16 |
3rd, East |
Lost in Second Round, 2–4 (Islanders) |
| 2019–20 |
82 |
51 |
26 |
1st, Atlantic |
Lost in Second Round, 1–4 (Lightning) |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
65 |
12 |
2nd, Atlantic |
Lost in Stanley Cup Finals, 3–4 (Blues) |
Boston Bruins History
Founded in 1924, the Bruins are one of the NHL’s so-called Original Six franchises. Boston has won six Stanley Cup championships, the most recent being in 2011.
The franchise's Glory Years coincided with the emergence of Hall of Fame defenseman Bobby Orr in the late 1960s. Those Big Bad Bruins featured stars such as Phil Esposito, Derek Sanderson, and Gerry Cheevers and won Stanley Cup championships in 1970 and 1972 while being in the hunt every season. Esposito reflects on that time and ruefully says that the Bruins should have won several more Stanley Cup championships. Boston was certainly loaded and one of the most complete teams in NHL history. In those days, the Bruins owned the town, which may have gone to their heads. Esposito admits to many extracurricular activities by the Big Bad Bruins that were not conducive to winning championships.
Following that glamour era, famous NHL TV commentator Don Cherry coached the Bruins from 1974 through 1979. The Don Cherry Bruins were more of a lunch-bucket team of grinders. Orr and Esposito were gone by 1976, but Cherry posted records comparable to the Big Bad Bruins. However, the Cherry-era Bruins never had a finishing scorer like Esposito or Orr, and they lacked the clutch goaltending of Cheevers.
The 2011 Bruins were a surprise Stanley Cup champion of drones and goaltender Tim Thomas, which was indicative of that era’s style of heavy hockey.
In 2019, the Bruins made the Stanley Cup Final against the St. Louis Blues. Boston hosted the seventh and deciding game but was dominated in a 4-1 loss that still haunts the team. Boston was the closest to winning the Stanley Cup in the Bruce Cassidy era.
Now, Joe Sacco will try and jumpstart Boston’s quest for glory in 2025.
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Western Conference - Central
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