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1977-78 Boston Bruins Schedule and Results

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Record: 51-18-11 (113 points), Finished 1st in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Don Cherry (51-18-11)

Goals For: 333 (3rd of 18), Goals Against: 218 (5th of 18)
SRS: 1.37 (3rd of 18), SOS: -0.07 (14th of 18)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Finals (4-2) versus Montreal Canadiens
Won Semi-Finals (4-1) versus Philadelphia Flyers
Won Quarter-Finals (4-0) versus Chicago Black Hawks

Regular Season

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 13, 1977 Atlanta Flames T 2 2 0 0 1 T 1
2 Sat, Oct 15, 1977 @ New York Islanders L 1 3 0 1 1 L 1
3 Sun, Oct 16, 1977 Montreal Canadiens L 0 2 0 2 1 L 2
4 Wed, Oct 19, 1977 @ St. Louis Blues W 7 3 1 2 1 W 1
5 Sat, Oct 22, 1977 @ Los Angeles Kings W 4 3 2 2 1 W 2
6 Sun, Oct 23, 1977 @ Vancouver Canucks T 3 3 2 2 2 T 1
7 Tue, Oct 25, 1977 @ Colorado Rockies T 4 4 2 2 3 T 2
8 Wed, Oct 26, 1977 @ Minnesota North Stars L 0 3 2 3 3 L 1
9 Sat, Oct 29, 1977 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 5 3 3 3 3 W 1
10 Thu, Nov 3, 1977 Buffalo Sabres L 1 4 3 4 3 L 1
11 Sat, Nov 5, 1977 @ Montreal Canadiens L 2 5 3 5 3 L 2
12 Sun, Nov 6, 1977 New York Islanders W 5 3 4 5 3 W 1
13 Thu, Nov 10, 1977 Los Angeles Kings W 5 2 5 5 3 W 2
14 Sat, Nov 12, 1977 @ Atlanta Flames W 6 3 6 5 3 W 3
15 Sun, Nov 13, 1977 Cleveland Barons W 3 1 7 5 3 W 4
16 Thu, Nov 17, 1977 Vancouver Canucks T 4 4 7 5 4 T 1
17 Sat, Nov 19, 1977 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 3 1 8 5 4 W 1
18 Sun, Nov 20, 1977 Chicago Black Hawks W 1 0 9 5 4 W 2
19 Wed, Nov 23, 1977 @ Buffalo Sabres W 2 0 10 5 4 W 3
20 Thu, Nov 24, 1977 Washington Capitals W 6 0 11 5 4 W 4
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 26, 1977 New York Rangers W 3 2 12 5 4 W 5
22 Sun, Nov 27, 1977 St. Louis Blues W 4 1 13 5 4 W 6
23 Thu, Dec 1, 1977 Minnesota North Stars W 4 2 14 5 4 W 7
24 Sat, Dec 3, 1977 @ Cleveland Barons T 4 4 14 5 5 T 1
25 Sun, Dec 4, 1977 Toronto Maple Leafs W 3 1 15 5 5 W 1
26 Thu, Dec 8, 1977 Detroit Red Wings W 6 4 16 5 5 W 2
27 Sat, Dec 10, 1977 Pittsburgh Penguins W 6 2 17 5 5 W 3
28 Sun, Dec 11, 1977 @ New York Rangers W 8 2 18 5 5 W 4
29 Thu, Dec 15, 1977 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 4 6 18 6 5 L 1
30 Sat, Dec 17, 1977 @ New York Islanders L 1 4 18 7 5 L 2
31 Sun, Dec 18, 1977 Cleveland Barons W 2 1 19 7 5 W 1
32 Wed, Dec 21, 1977 Colorado Rockies W 6 3 20 7 5 W 2
33 Fri, Dec 23, 1977 Philadelphia Flyers W 6 1 21 7 5 W 3
34 Tue, Dec 27, 1977 @ Washington Capitals W 6 3 22 7 5 W 4
35 Wed, Dec 28, 1977 @ Cleveland Barons T 5 5 22 7 6 T 1
36 Sat, Dec 31, 1977 @ Detroit Red Wings W 7 0 23 7 6 W 1
37 Wed, Jan 4, 1978 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 3 0 24 7 6 W 2
38 Sat, Jan 7, 1978 @ Minnesota North Stars W 3 1 25 7 6 W 3
39 Sun, Jan 8, 1978 @ Buffalo Sabres L 3 5 25 8 6 L 1
40 Tue, Jan 10, 1978 New York Rangers L 2 3 25 9 6 L 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Thu, Jan 12, 1978 Los Angeles Kings W 6 1 26 9 6 W 1
42 Sat, Jan 14, 1978 @ Montreal Canadiens L 3 5 26 10 6 L 1
43 Thu, Jan 19, 1978 Washington Capitals W 4 1 27 10 6 W 1
44 Sat, Jan 21, 1978 Detroit Red Wings W 7 1 28 10 6 W 2
45 Sun, Jan 22, 1978 Cleveland Barons L 2 3 28 11 6 L 1
46 Thu, Jan 26, 1978 Colorado Rockies W 4 3 29 11 6 W 1
47 Fri, Jan 27, 1978 @ Washington Capitals W 5 2 30 11 6 W 2
48 Sun, Jan 29, 1978 Pittsburgh Penguins W 8 2 31 11 6 W 3
49 Wed, Feb 1, 1978 @ St. Louis Blues W 5 3 32 11 6 W 4
50 Thu, Feb 2, 1978 @ Buffalo Sabres L 1 3 32 12 6 L 1
51 Sat, Feb 4, 1978 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 8 1 33 12 6 W 1
52 Sun, Feb 5, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs T 3 3 33 12 7 T 1
53 Thu, Feb 9, 1978 @ Detroit Red Wings W 5 3 34 12 7 W 1
54 Wed, Feb 15, 1978 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 2 35 12 7 W 2
55 Sat, Feb 18, 1978 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 2 4 35 13 7 L 1
56 Tue, Feb 21, 1978 @ Colorado Rockies W 3 2 36 13 7 W 1
57 Wed, Feb 22, 1978 @ Vancouver Canucks W 6 4 37 13 7 W 2
58 Sat, Feb 25, 1978 @ Los Angeles Kings W 4 2 38 13 7 W 3
59 Tue, Feb 28, 1978 Philadelphia Flyers T 4 4 38 13 8 T 1
60 Thu, Mar 2, 1978 Atlanta Flames W 4 3 39 13 8 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sat, Mar 4, 1978 Buffalo Sabres W 7 3 40 13 8 W 2
62 Sun, Mar 5, 1978 Vancouver Canucks W 6 3 41 13 8 W 3
63 Tue, Mar 7, 1978 St. Louis Blues W 7 2 42 13 8 W 4
64 Thu, Mar 9, 1978 @ Detroit Red Wings T 2 2 42 13 9 T 1
65 Sat, Mar 11, 1978 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 2 6 42 14 9 L 1
66 Sun, Mar 12, 1978 Los Angeles Kings W 9 3 43 14 9 W 1
67 Thu, Mar 16, 1978 Minnesota North Stars W 7 2 44 14 9 W 2
68 Sat, Mar 18, 1978 @ New York Rangers W 6 3 45 14 9 W 3
69 Sun, Mar 19, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs W 6 4 46 14 9 W 4
70 Tue, Mar 21, 1978 @ Cleveland Barons W 5 3 47 14 9 W 5
71 Thu, Mar 23, 1978 Chicago Black Hawks W 7 0 48 14 9 W 6
72 Sat, Mar 25, 1978 @ Atlanta Flames L 3 6 48 15 9 L 1
73 Sun, Mar 26, 1978 Montreal Canadiens T 2 2 48 15 10 T 1
74 Tue, Mar 28, 1978 @ Washington Capitals T 4 4 48 15 11 T 2
75 Thu, Mar 30, 1978 Pittsburgh Penguins W 6 3 49 15 11 W 1
76 Sat, Apr 1, 1978 @ Montreal Canadiens L 1 7 49 16 11 L 1
77 Sun, Apr 2, 1978 New York Rangers W 8 3 50 16 11 W 1
78 Thu, Apr 6, 1978 Buffalo Sabres L 2 5 50 17 11 L 1
79 Sat, Apr 8, 1978 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 3 1 51 17 11 W 1
80 Sun, Apr 9, 1978 New York Islanders L 2 5 51 18 11 L 1

Playoffs

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Mon, Apr 17, 1978 Chicago Black Hawks W 6 1 1 0 0 W 1
2 Wed, Apr 19, 1978 Chicago Black Hawks W OT 4 3 2 0 0 W 2
3 Fri, Apr 21, 1978 @ Chicago Black Hawks W OT 4 3 3 0 0 W 3
4 Sun, Apr 23, 1978 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 5 2 4 0 0 W 4
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
5 Tue, May 2, 1978 Philadelphia Flyers W OT 3 2 5 0 0 W 5
6 Thu, May 4, 1978 Philadelphia Flyers W 7 5 6 0 0 W 6
7 Sun, May 7, 1978 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 1 3 6 1 0 L 1
8 Tue, May 9, 1978 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 4 2 7 1 0 W 1
9 Thu, May 11, 1978 Philadelphia Flyers W 6 3 8 1 0 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
10 Sat, May 13, 1978 @ Montreal Canadiens L 1 4 8 2 0 L 1
11 Tue, May 16, 1978 @ Montreal Canadiens L OT 2 3 8 3 0 L 2
12 Thu, May 18, 1978 Montreal Canadiens W 4 0 9 3 0 W 1
13 Sun, May 21, 1978 Montreal Canadiens W OT 4 3 10 3 0 W 2
14 Tue, May 23, 1978 @ Montreal Canadiens L 1 4 10 4 0 L 1
15 Thu, May 25, 1978 Montreal Canadiens L 1 4 10 5 0 L 2