1984–85 Boston Bruins season

1984–85 Boston Bruins
1984–85 Boston Bruins
Division	4th Adams
1984–85 record	36–34–10
Goals for	303
Goals against	287
Team information
General manager	Harry Sinden
Coach	Gerry Cheevers
Captain	Terry O'Reilly
Alternate captains	None

The 1984–85 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 61st season.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	80	41	27	12	309	262	94
Quebec Nordiques	80	41	30	9	323	275	91
Buffalo Sabres	80	38	28	14	290	237	90
Boston Bruins	80	36	34	10	303	287	82
Hartford Whalers	80	30	41	9	268	318	69

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Adams Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Adams Division

1984–85 NHL records^[2]
Team	BOS	BUF	HFD	MTL	QUE	Total
Boston	—	3–4–1	4–4	3–4–1	2–4–2	12–16–4
Buffalo	4–3–1	—	5–0–3	2–4–2	3–4–1	14–11–7
Hartford	4–4	0–5–3	—	2–5−1	3−5	9–19–4
Montreal	4–3–1	4–2–2	5–2−1	—	6–1–1	19–8–5
Quebec	4–2–2	4–3–1	5–3	1–6–1	—	14–14–4

Vs. Patrick Division

1984–85 NHL records
Team	NJD	NYI	NYR	PHI	PIT	WSH	Total
Boston	3−0	2−1	1−0–2	1−2	2−1	1−2	10−6−2
Buffalo	3−0	1−2	1−1−1	1−1–1	2−0–1	2−1	10−5−3
Hartford	3−0	1–1–1	1–0–2	0–2–1	2–1	2−1	9−5−4
Montreal	1−1–1	2−1	2–0–1	2−1	2−1	1−1–1	10−5−3
Quebec	1–1−1	3−0	2–1	1−1−1	3−0	1−2	11−5−2

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Norris Division

1984–85 NHL records
Team	CHI	DET	MIN	STL	TOR	Total
Boston	0–3	3–0	3–0	1–0–2	2–1	9–4–2
Buffalo	3−0	1−1−1	3−0	1−2	2−1	10−4−1
Hartford	2–1	2−1	1−2	2–1	2–1	9–6–0
Montreal	1−2	1−1–1	1–2	2–0–1	0−3	5–8–2
Quebec	3–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–0–2	10–3–2

Vs. Smythe Division

1984–85 NHL records
Team	CGY	EDM	LAK	VAN	WIN	Total
Boston	0−3	1−2	1−0–2	2−1	1−2	5−8−2
Buffalo	3−0	0–2–1	0−2−1	0−2–1	1−2	4−8−3
Hartford	0−3	1–2	0–2–1	1–2	1–2	3–11–1
Montreal	0–2−1	2−1	2−0–1	1–2	2−1	7−6−2
Quebec	1−1–1	0−3	2−1	2−1	1−2	6−8−1

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1984	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	1–0–0
2	L	October 13, 1984	2–3 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	1–1–0
3	W	October 14, 1984	4–2	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	2–1–0
4	L	October 16, 1984	2–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	2–2–0
5	L	October 19, 1984	2–8	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	2–3–0
6	L	October 21, 1984	2–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	2–4–0
7	W	October 24, 1984	4–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	3–4–0
8	W	October 27, 1984	8–3	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	4–4–0
9	W	October 28, 1984	6–4	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	5–4–0
10	W	November 1, 1984	7–1	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	6–4–0
11	L	November 3, 1984	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	6–5–0
12	W	November 4, 1984	6–2	New York Islanders (1984–85)	7–5–0
13	W	November 8, 1984	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	8–5–0
14	W	November 10, 1984	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	9–5–0
15	T	November 11, 1984	1–1 OT	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	9–5–1
16	L	November 14, 1984	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	9–6–1
17	W	November 15, 1984	5–3	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	10–6–1
18	L	November 17, 1984	3–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	10–7–1
19	L	November 21, 1984	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	10–8–1
20	L	November 24, 1984	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	10–9–1
21	W	November 25, 1984	7–4	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	11–9–1
22	L	November 29, 1984	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	11–10–1
23	L	December 1, 1984	4–5 OT	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	11–11–1
24	T	December 3, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	11–11–2
25	T	December 5, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	11–11–3
26	L	December 6, 1984	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	11–12–3
27	L	December 8, 1984	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	11–13–3
28	T	December 12, 1984	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	11–13–4
29	T	December 13, 1984	5–5 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	11–13–5
30	W	December 15, 1984	2–1 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	12–13–5
31	W	December 18, 1984	6–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	13–13–5
32	L	December 19, 1984	5–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	13–14–5
33	L	December 22, 1984	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	13–15–5
34	W	December 23, 1984	4–3 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	14–15–5
35	T	December 27, 1984	6–6 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	14–15–6
36	W	December 29, 1984	5–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	15–15–6
37	W	December 30, 1984	5–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	16–15–6
38	L	January 1, 1985	1–5	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	16–16–6
39	T	January 5, 1985	3–3 OT	New York Rangers (1984–85)	16–16–7
40	W	January 7, 1985	5–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	17–16–7
41	W	January 9, 1985	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	18–16–7
42	L	January 10, 1985	0–3	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	18–17–7
43	W	January 12, 1985	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	19–17–7
44	W	January 15, 1985	3–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	20–17–7
45	L	January 17, 1985	3–4	Calgary Flames (1984–85)	20–18–7
46	L	January 19, 1985	3–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	20–19–7
47	W	January 21, 1985	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	21–19–7
48	W	January 24, 1985	5–2	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	22–19–7
49	L	January 26, 1985	2–3	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	22–20–7
50	W	January 27, 1985	8–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	23–20–7
51	L	January 30, 1985	2–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	23–21–7
52	W	January 31, 1985	6–5	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	24–21–7
53	L	February 2, 1985	3–4	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	24–22–7
54	W	February 7, 1985	7–5	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	25–22–7
55	L	February 9, 1985	5–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	25–23–7
56	L	February 10, 1985	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	25–24–7
57	T	February 14, 1985	3–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	25–24–8
58	L	February 16, 1985	2–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	25–25–8
59	W	February 20, 1985	3–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	26–25–8
60	L	February 23, 1985	1–7	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	26–26–8
61	W	February 28, 1985	6–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	27–26–8
62	W	March 2, 1985	5–0	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	28–26–8
63	L	March 5, 1985	4–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	28–27–8
64	W	March 7, 1985	4–0	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	29–27–8
65	L	March 9, 1985	5–6 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	29–28–8
66	W	March 10, 1985	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	30–28–8
67	W	March 13, 1985	7–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	31–28–8
68	W	March 14, 1985	7–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	32–28–8
69	L	March 16, 1985	3–5	Calgary Flames (1984–85)	32–29–8
70	L	March 18, 1985	4–8	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	32–30–8
71	T	March 21, 1985	1–1 OT	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	32–30–9
72	L	March 23, 1985	2–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	32–31–9
73	W	March 24, 1985	4–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	33–31–9
74	L	March 26, 1985	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	33–32–9
75	W	March 28, 1985	6–3	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	34–32–9
76	L	March 30, 1985	3–7	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	34–33–9
77	L	April 2, 1985	4–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	34–34–9
78	W	April 4, 1985	5–3	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	35–34–9
79	T	April 6, 1985	4–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	35–34–10
80	W	April 7, 1985	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	36–34–10

Playoffs

Adams Division Semifinals

Montreal Canadiens 3, Boston Bruins 2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 10	Boston Bruins	5–3	Montreal Canadiens	1–0
2	April 11	Boston Bruins	3–5	Montreal Canadiens	1–1
3	April 13	Montreal Canadiens	4–2	Boston Bruins	1–2
4	April 14	Montreal Canadiens	6–7	Boston Bruins	2–2
5	April 16	Boston Bruins	0–1	Montreal Canadiens	2–3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Raymond Bourque	D	73	20	66	86	53	30	10	1	1
Rick Middleton	RW	80	30	46	76	6	2	12	3	3
Ken Linseman	C	74	25	49	74	126	22	5	1	5
Tom Fergus	C	79	30	43	73	75	14	4	0	2
Keith Crowder	RW	79	32	38	70	152	31	14	0	1
Charlie Simmer	LW	63	33	30	63	35	14	12	0	5
Mike O'Connell	D	78	15	40	55	64	3	8	0	2
Steve Kasper	C	77	16	24	40	33	-12	0	5	1
Butch Goring	C	39	13	21	34	6	-8	2	2	2
Louis Sleigher	RW	70	12	19	31	45	-2	0	0	2
Terry O'Reilly	RW	63	13	17	30	168	-18	0	1	2
Geoff Courtnall	LW	64	12	16	28	82	-3	0	0	1
Dave Reid	LW	35	14	13	27	27	-1	2	0	5
Mats Thelin	D	73	5	13	18	9	9	0	0	2
John Blum	D	75	3	13	16	263	0	0	0	0
Mike Milbury	D	78	3	13	16	152	-6	0	1	0
Dave Donnelly	C	38	6	8	14	46	-1	0	1	1
Morris Lukowich	LW	22	5	8	13	21	7	0	0	1
Dave Silk	RW	29	7	5	12	22	3	0	0	0
Barry Pederson	C	22	4	8	12	10	-11	0	2	0
Lyndon Byers	RW	33	3	8	11	41	0	0	0	0
Jim Nill	RW	49	1	9	10	62	-11	0	0	0
Frank Simonetti	D	43	1	5	6	26	-1	0	0	0
Nevin Markwart	LW	26	0	4	4	36	-1	0	0	0
Brian Curran	D	56	0	1	1	158	-8	0	0	0
Cleon Daskalakis	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Johnston	RW	6	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Doug Keans	G	25	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Doug Kostynski	C	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Doug Morrison	RW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Pete Peeters	G	51	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0
Don Sylvestri	G	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Pete Peeters	2975	51	19	26	4	172	3.47	1
Doug Keans	1497	25	16	6	3	82	3.29	1
Cleon Daskalakis	289	8	1	2	1	24	4.98	0
Don Sylvestri	102	3	0	0	2	6	3.53	0
Team:	4863	80	36	34	10	284	3.50	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG
Ken Linseman	C	5	4	6	10	8	6	0	1
Mike O'Connell	D	5	1	5	6	0	1	1	0
Keith Crowder	RW	4	3	2	5	19	3	0	1
Charlie Simmer	LW	5	2	2	4	2	5	0	0
Rick Middleton	RW	5	3	0	3	0	1	0	0
Terry O'Reilly	RW	5	1	2	3	9	-2	0	0
Raymond Bourque	D	5	0	3	3	4	1	0	0
Butch Goring	C	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	0
Geoff Courtnall	LW	5	0	2	2	7	-3	0	0
Steve Kasper	C	5	1	0	1	9	-4	0	0
Dave Reid	LW	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Frank Simonetti	D	5	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0
John Blum	D	5	0	0	0	13	2	0	0
Dave Donnelly	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Fergus	C	5	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0
Doug Keans	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morris Lukowich	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nevin Markwart	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Milbury	D	5	0	0	0	10	4	0	0
Pete Peeters	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Louis Sleigher	RW	5	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0
Mats Thelin	D	5	0	0	0	6	-3	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Doug Keans	240	4	2	2	15	3.75
Pete Peeters	60	1	0	1	4	4.00
Team:	300	5	2	3	19	3.80

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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 records

Transactions

Draft picks

Boston's draft picks at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	19	Dave Pasin	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2	40	Ray Podloski	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
3	61	Jeff Cornelius	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
4	82	Bob Joyce	Canada	Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)
5	103	Mike Bishop	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
6	124	Randy Oswald	Canada	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
7	145	Mark Thietke	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
8	166	Don Sweeney	Canada	St. Paul's School (USHS-NH)
9	186	Kevin Heffernan	United States	Weymouth High School (USHS-MA)
10	207	J. D. Urbanic	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
11	227	Bill Kopecky	United States	Austin Preparatory School (USHS-MA)
12	248	Jim Newhouse	United States	Matignon High School (USHS-MA)

Farm teams

References

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
↑ "1984-85 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2009.

"1984–85 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2009.

External links

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[nhl-gd-standings-1] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.

[2] "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[3] "1984-85 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2009.

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Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Campbell Conference

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Adams Division Semifinals

Montreal Canadiens 3, Boston Bruins 2

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

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