1984–85 Boston Bruins season
The 1984–85 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 61st season.
Offseason
Regular season
Final standings
November 11th 1984Schedule and results
Playoffs
Adams Division Semifinals
Montreal Canadiens 3, Boston Bruins 2
Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| D | 73 | 20 | 66 | 86 | 53 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
| RW | 80 | 30 | 46 | 76 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 3 | |
| C | 74 | 25 | 49 | 74 | 126 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| C | 79 | 30 | 43 | 73 | 75 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| RW | 79 | 32 | 38 | 70 | 152 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 63 | 33 | 30 | 63 | 35 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 5 | |
| D | 78 | 15 | 40 | 55 | 64 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | |
| C | 77 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 33 | -12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| C | 39 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 6 | -8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| RW | 70 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 45 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| RW | 63 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 168 | -18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| LW | 64 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 82 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 35 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 27 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| D | 73 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| D | 75 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 263 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 78 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 152 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| C | 38 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 46 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| LW | 22 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW | 29 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 22 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | -11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| RW | 33 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 49 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 62 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 43 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 26 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 26 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 36 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 56 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 158 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 2975 | 51 | 19 | 26 | 4 | 172 | 3.47 | 1 | |
| 1497 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 82 | 3.29 | 1 | |
| 289 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 4.98 | 0 | |
| 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 | SHG | GWG |
| C | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| 240 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | |
| 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | |
| Team: | 300 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 |
Awards and records
Transactions
Roster
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 |
| 1 | 19 | Dave Pasin | Prince Albert Raiders | |
| 2 | 40 | Ray Podloski | Portland Winter Hawks | |
| 3 | 61 | Jeff Cornelius | Toronto Marlboros | |
| 4 | 82 | Bob Joyce | Notre Dame Hounds | |
| 5 | 103 | Mike Bishop | London Knights | |
| 6 | 124 | Randy Oswald | Michigan Technological University | |
| 7 | 145 | Mark Thietke | Saskatoon Blades | |
| 8 | 166 | Don Sweeney | St. Paul's School | |
| 9 | 186 | Kevin Heffernan | Weymouth High School | |
| 10 | 207 | J. D. Urbanic | Windsor Spitfires | |
| 11 | 227 | Bill Kopecky | Austin Preparatory School | |
| 12 | 248 | Jim Newhouse | Matignon High School |