1968-69 Boston Bruins Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 42-18-16 - 100 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's East Division
Postseason: 6-4
Lost NHL semi-finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0
Semi-Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-2
Coach: Harry Sinden (42-18-16)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1968-69 Boston Bruins Roster
1968-69 Boston Bruins Results

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, finishing second in the NHL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-4.

The Bruins topped the league with 303 goals. Boston 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 2.80 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.

Harry Sinden coached the team. The 1968-69 Boston Bruins lost in the NHL semi-finals.

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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
Grant Erickson	L	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Don Marcotte	L	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3
Barry Wilkins	D	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
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
Gerry Cheevers	G	52	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Junkin	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Leiter	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ross Lonsberry	L	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Barry Gibbs	D	8	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Steve Atkinson	R	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	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
Gerry Cheevers	52	3112	28	12	12	1	3	145	2.80	0
Eddie Johnston	24	1440	14	6	4	1	2	74	3.08	0
Joe Junkin	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	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
Phil Esposito	C	10	8	10	18	8	5	0	2
Ken Hodge	R	10	5	7	12	4	2	0	0
John Bucyk	L	10	5	6	11	0	2	0	1
Bobby Orr	D	10	1	7	8	10	0	0	1
John McKenzie	R	10	2	2	4	17	1	0	0
Fred Stanfield	C	10	2	2	4	0	1	0	0
Ron Murphy	L	10	4	4	8	12	0	0	0
Derek Sanderson	C	9	8	2	10	36	0	3	2
Ted Green	D	10	2	7	9	18	0	0	0
Ed Westfall	R	10	3	7	10	11	0	2	0
Wayne Cashman	L	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dallas Smith	D	10	0	3	3	16	0	0	0
Eddie Shack	L	9	0	2	2	23	0	0	0
Glen Sather	L	10	0	0	0	18	0	0	0
Don Awrey	D	10	0	1	1	28	0	0	0
Garnet Bailey	L	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Rick Smith	D	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Tom Webster	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Lesuk	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Johnston	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Cheevers	G	9	0	0	0	17	0	0	0
Totals		166	40	61	101	226	11	5	6

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Gerry Cheevers	9	572	6	3	3	16	1.68	0
Eddie Johnston	1	65	0	1	0	4	3.69	0
Totals	10	637	6	4	3	20	1.88		0