Boston Bruins 2024-25 Stanley Cup Betting
Since losing the 2019 Stanley Cup Final in seven games to the St. Louis Blues, the Boston Bruins have not gotten past the second round of the playoffs. Boston has been a strong regular season team but has been unable to translate that into playoff success. Gamblers are annoyed with the blood bath they have taken from Boston in the postseason. Boston is expected to be in the conversation this upcoming season, but they are no longer considered a top-tier favorite by gamblers. But the Boston brand remains powerful and iconic to gamblers.
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Boston Bruins Team Overview
In the 2023-24 season, the Boston Bruins were 47-20-15 straight up and 35-44 over/under the total. Also, Boston was 4th in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. Boston was five points behind the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Boston had NHL rankings of 14th for goals scored and 14th for power play efficiency. In comparison on defense, the Bruins had NHL rankings of 6th for goals against and 7th for penalty killing.
Boston was eliminated in the second round of the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs by the Florida Panthers.
Boston Bruins Key Players
Since 2016-17, LW David Pastrnak has scored 34 or more goals every full season. Last year he scored 47 goals with 63 assists for 110 points and a +21. In the playoffs, he was less productive, with four goals, four assists, and eight points in 13 games.
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.
Boston Bruins Goaltenders
Number one goaltender Jeremy Swayman was 25-10 with a 2.53 goals against average and .916 save percentage last year.
Boston Bruins Head Coach
Head coach Jim Montgomery has a career record of 112-32-20 at Boston with a playoff record of 9-11.
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 a total of six Stanley Cup championships in its history. Their most recent Cup championship was 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.
New head coach Jim Montgomery will try and pick the Stanley Cup lock from now on.
NHL Teams
Eastern Conference - Atlantic
Eastern Conference - Metropolitan
Western Conference - Central
Western Conference - Pacific
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