1973–74 Boston Bruins season
The 1973–74 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 50th season in the NHL.Offseason
NHL draft
Regular season
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
| Date | Visitors | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
| April 10 | Toronto | 0 | Boston | 1 | |
| April 11 | Toronto | 3 | Boston | 6 | |
| April 13 | Boston | 6 | Toronto | 3 | |
| April 14 | Boston | 4 | Toronto | 3 | OT |
Semifinals
| Date | Visitors | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
| April 18 | Chicago | 4 | Boston | 2 | |
| April 21 | Chicago | 6 | Boston | 8 | |
| April 23 | Boston | 3 | Chicago | 4 | OT |
| April 25 | Boston | 5 | Chicago | 2 | |
| April 28 | Chicago | 2 | Boston | 6 | |
| April 30 | Boston | 4 | Chicago | 2 | |
The Bruins returned to the Stanley Cup, but were defeated by the Flyers in six games.
| Date | Visitors | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
| May 7 | Philadelphia | 2 | Boston | 3 | |
| May 9 | Philadelphia | 3 | Boston | 2 | OT |
| May 12 | Boston | 1 | Philadelphia | 4 | |
| May 14 | Boston | 2 | Philadelphia | 4 | |
| May 16 | Philadelphia | 1 | Boston | 5 | |
| May 19 | Boston | 0 | Philadelphia | 1 | |
Schedule and results
Notable games
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| C | 78 | 68 | 77 | 145 | 58 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 9 |
| D | 74 | 32 | 90 | 122 | 82 | 84 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| RW | 76 | 50 | 55 | 105 | 43 | 40 | 15 | 0 | 11 |
| LW | 78 | 30 | 59 | 89 | 111 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| LW | 76 | 31 | 44 | 75 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 9 |
| D | 78 | 16 | 43 | 59 | 123 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| LW | 78 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 18 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| C | 75 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 21 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| RW | 76 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 94 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 72 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 39 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 77 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 64 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 63 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 49 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 29 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 48 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | 27 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | 43 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 76 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 52 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C | 28 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 69 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 44 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 3210 | 54 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 158 | 2.95 | 6 |
| 1170 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 2.36 | 3 |
| 300 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 |
| Team: | 4680 | 78 | 52 | 17 | 9 | 220 | 2.82 | 9 |
Playoffs
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| C | 16 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| LW | 16 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 16 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| RW | 16 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 16 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| LW | 16 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 16 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 16 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 16 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| 977 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 43 | 2.64 | 1 |
| Team: | 977 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 43 | 2.64 | 1 |
Roster
Forwards
Defensemen
Goaltenders
Awards and records
- Prince of Wales Trophy
- Phil Esposito, Art Ross Trophy winner
- Phil Esposito, Hart Memorial Trophy winner
- Phil Esposito, NHL leader, goals
- Phil Esposito, NHL leader, points
- Bobby Orr, Norris Trophy
- Bobby Orr, NHL leader, assists
- Single-game record for points in one game: on November 15, 1973, by Bobby Orr
