1971–72 Boston Bruins season
The 1971–72 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 48th season in the NHL. For the second time in three years, the Bruins won the Stanley Cup.Offseason
NHL Draft
Regular season
Schedule and results
Playoffs
Boston defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 and the St. Louis Blues 4–0 to advance to the final.Boston Bruins vs. New York Rangers
Boston won Stanley Cup 4–2
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| C | 76 | 66 | 67 | 133 | 76 | 55 | 28 | 2 | 16 |
| D | 76 | 37 | 80 | 117 | 106 | 86 | 11 | 4 | 4 |
| LW | 78 | 32 | 51 | 83 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 7 |
| LW | 78 | 23 | 56 | 79 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| RW | 77 | 22 | 47 | 69 | 126 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| C | 78 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 108 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| C | 76 | 28 | 28 | 56 | 45 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| RW | 60 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 81 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| LW | 74 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 103 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| D/RW | 77 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| D | 78 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 132 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| LW | 73 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 56 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 54 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 61 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 46 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 47 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 34 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 38 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 2420 | 41 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 101 | 2.50 | 2 |
| 2260 | 38 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 102 | 2.71 | 2 |
| Team: | 4680 | 78 | 54 | 13 | 11 | 203 | 2.60 | 4 |
Playoffs
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| C | 15 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| D | 15 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| LW | 15 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 15 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| RW | 15 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 15 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 15 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| LW | 15 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D/RW | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| LW | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| 483 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 2.61 | 2 |
| 420 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 1.86 | 1 |
| Team: | 903 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 34 | 2.26 | 3 |
Transactions
Roster
Awards and records
