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{{Infobox ice hockey team season
  |League=NHL
  |Season=2008–09
  |year=2008
  |Team=Boston Bruins
  |Conference=[[Eastern Conference (NHL)|Eastern]]
  |ConferenceRank=1st
  |Division=[[Northeast Division (NHL)|Northeast]]
  |DivisionRank=1st
  |Record=53–19–10 
  |HomeRecord= 29–6–6
  |RoadRecord= 24–13–4
  |GoalsFor= 274
  |GoalsAgainst= 196
  |GeneralManager= [[Peter Chiarelli (ice hockey)|Peter Chiarelli]]
  |Coach= [[Claude Julien (ice hockey)|Claude Julien]]
  |Captain= [[Zdeno Chára|Zdeno Chara]]
  |AltCaptain= [[Patrice Bergeron]]<br>''Rotating''<br>[[P. J. Axelsson]]<br>[[Andrew Ference]]<br>[[Marco Sturm]]<br>[[Stéphane Yelle|Stephane Yelle]]
  |Arena= [[TD Banknorth Garden]]
  |Attendance= 17,039 (97.0%)<br>Total: 698,638
  |GoalsLeader= [[Phil Kessel]] (36)
  |AssistsLeader= [[Marc Savard]] (63)
  |PointsLeader= Marc Savard (88)
  |PlusMinusLeader= [[David Krejčí|David Krejci]] (+37)
  |PIMLeader= [[Milan Lucic]] (136)
  |WinsLeader= [[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]] (36)
  |GAALeader= Tim Thomas (2.10)
  |ConferenceWin=
  |DivisionWin=Yes
}}

The '''2008–09 [[Boston Bruins]] season''' was the [[Boston Bruins|Bruins]]' [[Boston Bruins seasons|85th]] season in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). Their regular season began on the road on October 9, 2008, in Denver versus the [[Colorado Avalanche]] and concluded on April 12, 2009, against the [[New York Islanders]]. The Bruins looked to improve upon the accomplishments of the [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08 season]], which included Boston's return to the [[2008 Stanley Cup playoffs|Stanley Cup]] Playoffs for the first time since the [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04 season]].

[[Marc Savard]] again led the team in scoring for the regular season, his 88 points good for ninth in the league. [[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]] led all goaltenders in both save percentage and goals against at season's end, while sophomore sensation [[David Krejčí|David Krejci]] led the league in [[plus-minus]], narrowly beating out rookie teammate [[Blake Wheeler]].

The Bruins claimed their first [[Northeast Division (NHL)|division title]] since 2004 and clinched top seed in the [[Eastern Conference (NHL)|East]] for the first time since [[2001–02 NHL season|2002]].

==Season events==
{{see also|2008–09 NHL season}}
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Arguably the two biggest events to occur during the Bruins' off-season were the acquisition of [[Montreal Canadiens]] forward [[Michael Ryder]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=367521&page=NewsPage&service=page |title=Chiarelli & Bruins Happy to Reel In Ryder |publisher=NHL.com |access-date=2008-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803060536/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=367521&page=NewsPage&service=page |archive-date=2008-08-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> a noted 30-goal scorer, and [[Blake Wheeler]], a promising 21-year-old from the [[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey|University of Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=367312 |title=Boston Bruins Sign Forward Blake Wheeler| publisher=NHL.com |access-date=2008-07-01| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080704094859/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=367312| archive-date= 4 July 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref> Twelve-year veteran [[Stéphane Yelle|Stephane Yelle]] was another strong addition to the roster.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/articles/2008/09/04/bruins_put_in_the_call_for_veteran_forward_yelle/ |title=Bruins put in the call for veteran Yelle |newspaper=Boston.com |date=2008-09-04 |access-date=2008-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207101232/http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/articles/2008/09/04/bruins_put_in_the_call_for_veteran_forward_yelle/ |archive-date=2009-12-07 |url-status=live |last1=Dupont |first1=Kevin Paul }}</ref> Added to a line-up featuring young stars such as [[Phil Kessel]] and [[Milan Lucic]], the return of [[Patrice Bergeron]], the improved goaltending of veteran [[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]] and coming off the back of an impressive post-season, expectations were high for the team.

===Preseason===
The Bruins pre-season saw the team compete in eight games over a two-week period. The team played two games each against the [[Montreal Canadiens]], the [[New York Islanders]], the [[Washington Capitals]] and the defending [[Stanley Cup]] champions, the [[Detroit Red Wings]]. Boston maintained a 3–4–1 record through the pre-season with victories against the Canadiens, Capitals and Red Wings, including an impressive 8–3 victory over arch-rivals Montreal in their first match-up.

===October===
On October 9, the Bruins opened their regular season against the [[Colorado Avalanche]], at the [[Pepsi Center]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins 5, Avalanche 4 |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020006 |access-date=2008-10-10 |date=2008-10-09 |publisher=NHL.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318174022/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020006 |archive-date=2009-03-18 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Bruins notched a 5–4 victory and celebrated the return of centre Patrice Bergeron, playing his first NHL game in almost a year, while Blake Wheeler scored his first NHL goal on debut. The team would go on to lose its next two games,<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins 3, Wild 4|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020025|access-date=2008-10-12|date=2008-10-11|publisher=NHL.com}}</ref> including a shootout loss to their rivals, the [[Montreal Canadiens]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins 3, Canadiens 4, SO|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020045|access-date=2008-10-16|date=2008-10-15|publisher=NHL.com}}</ref>

The Bruins home opener took place on October 20, with the team suffering another shootout defeat, this time to the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins 1, Penguins 2, SO|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020078|access-date=2008-10-21|date=2008-10-20|publisher=NHL.com}}</ref> Boston secured its first home victory of the season on October 25,<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins 5, Thrashers 4|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020105|access-date=2008-10-26|date=2008-10-25|publisher=NHL.com}}</ref> against the [[Atlanta Thrashers]] in what proved to be a memorable game, with the teams switching ends at the first stoppage in play after the 10-minute mark of the period due to incorrect markings on the West End (visitors bench side) of the [[TD Banknorth Garden]] ice.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins Announce Change in Game Format |url=http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=388604&page=NewsPage&service=page|access-date=2008-10-26|date=2008-10-25|publisher=Bruins.com| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081028160138/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=388604&page=NewsPage&service=page| archive-date= 28 October 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref> Winger Milan Lucic recorded his first NHL [[Hat trick#Hockey|hat trick]] in the game, also adding an assist in the 5–4 victory.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lucic's hat trick leads Bruins past Thrashers|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020105|access-date=2008-10-25|date=2008-10-25|publisher=[[National Hockey League]]}}</ref>

On October 27, in Edmonton in overtime and October 28 in Vancouver, Tim Thomas became the first Boston goaltender with consecutive shutouts since April 3–5, 1999 ([[Byron Dafoe]]), and only the second goaltender in NHL history to record consecutive 1–0 shutouts on the road (Florida's [[Craig Anderson (ice hockey)|Craig Anderson]], March 2–4, 2008).<ref>{{cite web|title=Player Card: Tim Thomas|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8460703&view=notes|access-date=2008-10-29|date=2008-10-28|publisher=NHL.com}}</ref>

The Bruins ended October with a loss to the [[Calgary Flames]] on the road,<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins 2, Flames 3|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020144|access-date=2008-10-31|date=2008-10-30|publisher=NHL.com}}</ref> and finished the month with a 5–3–3 record.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=SubseasonSchedule|title= 2008-2009 Regular Season Schedule/Results |access-date=2008-10-31 |publisher= BostonBruins.com|date= 2008-10-30| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081101113030/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=SubseasonSchedule| archive-date= 1 November 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref>

===November–December===
[[File:Phil Kessel and Bruins.jpg|thumb|left|Phil Kessel equalled the longest point streak by a U.S.-born player in NHL history.]]
The Bruins opened the month of November with a 5–1 victory at home, in what proved to be a particularly physical match against the [[Dallas Stars]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins 5, Flames 1|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020151|access-date=2008-11-02|date=2008-11-01|publisher=NHL.com}}</ref> The game would prove a turning point for the team, with many players citing it as the catalyst that would see the team go on to win their next 12 games at home.<ref>{{cite web|title=Enough Was Enough|url=http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=390076&page=NewsPage&service=page|access-date=2008-11-03|date=2008-11-02|publisher=BostonBruins.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081107143948/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=390076|archive-date=2008-11-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> One of those wins was a convincing 6–1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on November 13. This would spark a winning streak against the Canadiens similar to that of the streak that Montreal had against the Bruins in the previous season.

On November 6, in a 5–2 victory against the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], Blake Wheeler recorded his first NHL hat trick, while Captain [[Zdeno Chára|Zdeno Chara]] celebrated his 700th NHL game.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins 5, Leafs 2|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020181|access-date=2008-11-07|date=2008-11-06|publisher=NHL.com}}</ref> In the return leg, on November 17, [[Matt Hunwick]] scored his first NHL goal as the Bruins once again defeated the Maple Leafs. Two days later, [[Marc Savard]] would secure his 600th NHL point with a goal and three assists in the Bruins' 7–4 win against the [[Buffalo Sabres]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins 7, Sabres 4|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020268|access-date=2008-11-20|date=2008-11-19|publisher=NHL.com}}</ref> On December 18, centre [[David Krejčí|David Krejci]] recorded his first NHL hat trick in an 8–5 win against Toronto. Phil Kessel also scored two goals in the match, his second bringing up his 100th career point.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins 8, Leafs 5 |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020460 |access-date=2008-12-19 |date=2008-12-18 |publisher=NHL.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209143611/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020460 |archive-date=2010-02-09 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Boston finished the month of November with an 11–1–1 record, including an 8–0–0 record at home.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=SubseasonSchedule|title= 2008-2009 Regular Season Schedule/Results |access-date=2008-12-01 |publisher= BostonBruins.com|date= 2008-11-30| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081204025052/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=SubseasonSchedule| archive-date= 4 December 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref> They would carry that form through the month of December, finishing with a remarkable 12–1–0 record and remaining undefeated at TD Garden (4–0–0).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=SubseasonSchedule|title= 2008-2009 Regular Season Schedule/Results |access-date=2009-01-01 |publisher= BostonBruins.com|date= 2008-12-31| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090103080217/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=SubseasonSchedule| archive-date= 3 January 2009 | url-status= dead}}</ref> Phil Kessel maintained an 18-game point streak from November 13 to December 21, the longest such streak overall for the season and equalling [[Ed Olczyk]]'s record for the longest point streak by an American-born player in NHL history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Players: Philip Kessel |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8473548&view=notes |access-date=2009-04-21 |date=2009-04-21 |publisher=NHL.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925093523/http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8473548&view=notes |archive-date=2009-09-25 |url-status=live }}</ref> The biggest concern during this period was the loss of forward Patrice Bergeron, the young centre sustaining his second concussion in 14 months, after a heavy collision with the [[Carolina Hurricanes]]' [[Dennis Seidenberg]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins 4, Hurricanes 2|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020474|access-date=2008-12-21|date=2008-12-20|publisher=NHL.com}}</ref> Bergeron would go on to miss the next 15 games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=399474&page=NewsPage&service=page |title=Boston Bruins Statement Regarding Patrice Bergeron |access-date=2008-12-22 |publisher=BostonBruins.com |date=2008-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212144232/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=399474 |archive-date=2009-02-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===January===
Boston would begin 2009 in the same manner with which they ended 2008 – with a victory over the defending [[Prince of Wales Trophy|Eastern Conference champions]], the Pittsburgh Penguins.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins 4, Flames 2|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020555|access-date=2009-01-02|date=2009-01-02|publisher=NHL.com}}</ref> The victory, their 10th in a row and 14th-straight at home, secured the team's longest streak since March 9–28, 1973, and catapulted the Bruins to the top spot in the NHL with 62 points, one more than the [[San Jose Sharks]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=401489&page=NewsPage&service=page|title= A View from the Top. Boston is NHL's Best|access-date= 2009-01-03|publisher= BostonBruins.com|date= 2009-01-02|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090107012040/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=401489|archive-date= 2009-01-07|url-status= dead}}</ref>

From January 12 to 29, forward Phil Kessel was sidelined with [[mononucleosis]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=403791&page=NewsPage&service=page|title= Boston Bruins Make Five Transactions|access-date= 2009-01-13|publisher= BostonBruins.com|date= 2009-01-12|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090113121416/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=403791|archive-date= 2009-01-13|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=406774&page=NewsPage&service=page|title= Kessel Will Play Against Devils|access-date= 2009-01-30|publisher= BostonBruins.com|date= 2009-01-29|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090131135312/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=406774|archive-date= 2009-01-31|url-status= dead}}</ref> On January 13, [[Marco Sturm]] was lost for the season after undergoing surgery for an injury incurred on December 18 against the Toronto Maple Leafs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins 8, Maple Leafs 5 |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020460 |access-date=2008-12-18 |date=2008-12-18 |publisher=NHL.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209143611/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020460 |archive-date=2010-02-09 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins forward Sturm out for season|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=403967|access-date=2009-01-13|date=2009-01-13|publisher=NHL.com}}</ref> On January 27, Patrice Bergeron would make his second return from concussion in as many seasons, tallying an assist in the Bruins 3–2 overtime victory against the Washington Capitals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins 3, Capitals 2, OT|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020701|access-date=2009-01-28|date=2009-01-27|publisher=NHL.com}}</ref> On January 31, [[Tuukka Rask]], recalled from the [[Providence Bruins]], played his first game with the Bruins for the season and recorded his first NHL [[Shutout (ice hockey)|shutout]], stopping all 35 shots in a 1–0 victory against the [[New York Rangers]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=407101&page=NewsPage&service=page|title= Tuukka Was Up to the Task|access-date= 2009-02-02|publisher= BostonBruins.com|date= 2009-01-31|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090205093622/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=407101|archive-date= 2009-02-05|url-status= dead}}</ref>

====All-Star weekend====
{{main|57th National Hockey League All-Star Game}}
[[File:Tim thomas.JPG|thumb|Tim Thomas, winner of the 2008–09 William M. Jennings Trophy]]
Three Bruins were assigned to the [[Eastern Conference (NHL)|Eastern Conference]] for the [[57th National Hockey League All-Star Game]], with Zdeno Chara, Marc Savard and Tim Thomas all representing Boston as reserves.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=402855&page=NewsPage&service=page|title= Chara, Savard and Thomas are All-Stars|access-date= 2009-01-09|publisher= BostonBruins.com|date= 2009-01-08|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090109154806/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=402855|archive-date= 2009-01-09|url-status= dead}}</ref> Coach [[Claude Julien (ice hockey)|Claude Julien]] was also named as head coach ahead of Montreal counterpart, [[Guy Carbonneau]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=403361&page=NewsPage&service=page|title= Julien to Serve as Eastern Conference Coach|access-date= 2009-01-11|publisher= BostonBruins.com|date= 2009-01-10|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090111162621/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=403361|archive-date= 2009-01-11|url-status= dead}}</ref> Over the course of the weekend, Blake Wheeler was named [[Most valuable player|MVP]] of the [[NHL YoungStars Game|YoungStars game]] with a four-goal performance,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=406169&page=NewsPage&service=page|title= Wheeler Carries Freshmen to Victory|access-date= 2009-01-26|publisher= BostonBruins.com|date= 2009-01-25|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090130063211/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=406169|archive-date= 2009-01-30|url-status= dead}}</ref> Zdeno Chara recorded the hardest ever shot (105.4&nbsp;mph) in the [[NHL All-Star Game SuperSkills Competition|SuperSkills Competition]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=406183&page=NewsPage&service=page|title= Chara Breaks Hardest Shot Record|access-date= 2009-01-26|publisher= BostonBruins.com|date= 2009-01-25|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090131070350/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=406183|archive-date= 2009-01-31|url-status= dead}}</ref> while Chara, Savard and Thomas celebrated victory in the All-Star Game, with Savard tallying three assists while Thomas was awarded the win for his efforts in both the overtime and shootout periods.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=406250&page=NewsPage&service=page|title= Eastern All-Stars 12, Western All-Stars 11 (SO)|access-date= 2009-01-26|publisher= BostonBruins.com|date= 2009-01-25|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090129235122/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=406250|archive-date= 2009-01-29|url-status= dead}}</ref>

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===March===
On March 4, the Bruins acquired defenseman [[Steve Montador]] from the [[Anaheim Ducks]] in exchange for forward [[Petteri Nokelainen]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=412190&page=NewsPage&service=page |title=B's Acquire Montador for Nokelainen |access-date=2009-03-05 |publisher=BostonBruins.com |date=2009-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309003723/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=412190 |archive-date=2009-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Later that day, the club announced the acquisition of forward [[Mark Recchi]] and a second round draft pick in the [[2010 NHL Entry Draft]] from the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] in exchange for defenseman [[Matt Lashoff]] and forward [[Mārtiņš Karsums|Martins Karsums]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=412276&page=NewsPage&service=page|title= B's Acquire Recchi for Lashoff, Karsums|access-date= 2009-03-05|publisher= BostonBruins.com|date= 2009-03-04|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090309003429/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=412276|archive-date= 2009-03-09|url-status= dead}}</ref> Three days later, on March 7, Recchi scored a pair of goals in his second outing for the Bruins, against the [[Chicago Blackhawks]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins 5, Black Hawks 3 |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020969 |access-date=2009-03-08 |date=2009-03-07 |publisher=NHL.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310061822/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020969 |archive-date=2009-03-10 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Bruins secured their second successive playoff berth on March 21, when the [[Florida Panthers]] lost to the [[Columbus Blue Jackets]]. The following night, they secured the [[Northeast Division (NHL)|Northeast Division]] title with a 4–1 victory against [[Eastern Conference (NHL)|Eastern]] rivals the [[New Jersey Devils]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins 4, Devils 1 |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021078 |access-date=2009-03-22 |date=2009-03-22 |publisher=NHL.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325052641/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021078 |archive-date=2009-03-25 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===April===
On April 2, against the [[Ottawa Senators]], Boston recorded their 50th win for the season, the eighth time in franchise history and first since [[1992–93 Boston Bruins season|1992–93]] that the mark had been achieved.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins 2, Senators 1 |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021150 |access-date=2009-04-02 |date=2009-04-02 |publisher=NHL.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406014306/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021150 |archive-date=2009-04-06 |url-status=live }}</ref> Prior to the match, David Krejci was the recipient of [[NESN]]'s Seventh Player Award, the annual award presented to the Bruin who went above and beyond the call of duty and exceed the expectations of Bruins fans during the season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Krejci Wins NESN's Seventh Player Award |url=http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=416404 |access-date=2009-04-02 |date=2009-04-02 |publisher=BostonBruins.com |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5hRVZ1Uqw?url=http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=416404 |archive-date=2009-06-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Standings==

===Divisional standings===
{{2008–09 NHL Northeast Division standings|team=BOS}}

===Conference standings===
{{2008–09 NHL Eastern Conference standings|team=BOS}}

==Schedule and results==

===Preseason===
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|-
! colspan=11 style="background:#FDB827; color:#231F20;" | 2008 pre-season <!--game log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)-->
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| '''#''' || '''Date''' || '''Visitor''' || '''Score''' || '''Home''' || '''OT''' || '''Decision''' || '''Attendance''' || '''Record''' || '''Recap'''
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|1||September 22|| Boston Bruins|| 8–3 ||[[Montreal Canadiens]]{{ref|Note1|1}}||||[[Kevin Regan]]||7,792||1–0–0||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010005]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;"
|2||September 23|| Boston Bruins || 1–2||[[New York Islanders]]{{ref|Note2|2}}||<small>OT</small>||[[Tuukka Rask]]||3,278||1–0–1||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010011]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|3||September 25||Boston Bruins || 3–4||[[Detroit Red Wings]]{{ref|Note1|1}}||||—||—||1–1–1||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010031]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|4||September 26|| Boston Bruins ||2–1||Detroit Red Wings||||Tuukka Rask||15,266||2–1–1||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010038]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|5||September 27 ||[[Washington Capitals]]||4–3||Boston Bruins||||[[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]]||13,660||2–2–1||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010053]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|6||October 1|| Boston Bruins ||1–3||Montreal Canadiens||||[[Manny Fernandez (ice hockey)|Manny Fernandez]]||21,173||2–3–1||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010070]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|7||October 4||New York Islanders||3–1||Boston Bruins||||Tim Thomas||12,428||2–4–1||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010094]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|8||October 5||Boston Bruins||5–4||Washington Capitals||<small>SO</small>||Manny Fernandez||14,585||3–4–1||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010098]
|-
| colspan=9 align="left"|
{{refbegin}}
*{{note|Note1|}} Match played at [[Halifax Metro Center|Metro Center]] in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]].
*{{note|Note2|}} Match played at [[Moncton Coliseum]] in [[Moncton, New Brunswick]].
{{refend}}
|}

===Regular season===

The Bruins allowed only 190 goals (excluding 6 shootout goals), the fewest among all 30 teams.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2009.html|title=2008-09 NHL Summary}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2009_games.html|title=2008-09 NHL Schedule and Results}}</ref>

{| class="toccolours" width=100% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=11 style="background:#FDB827; color:#231F20" | 2008–09 game log
|-
| colspan=11 | 
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100%
|-
! colspan=11 style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827" | October: 5–3–3 (home: 1–1–1; road: 4–2–2)
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"
| '''#''' || '''Date''' || '''Visitor''' || '''Score''' || '''Home''' || '''OT''' || '''Decision''' || '''Attendance''' || '''Record''' || '''Pts''' || '''Recap'''
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|1||October 9|| Boston Bruins ||5–4||[[Colorado Avalanche]]||||[[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]]||18,007||1–0–0||2||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020006]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|2||October 11|| Boston Bruins ||3–4||[[Minnesota Wild]]||||[[Manny Fernandez (ice hockey)|Manny Fernandez]]||18,568||1–1–0||2||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020025]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;"
|3||October 15||Boston Bruins||3–4||[[Montreal Canadiens]]||<small>SO</small>||Tim Thomas||21,273||1–1–1||3||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020045]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|4||October 18|| Boston Bruins ||4–2||[[Ottawa Senators]]||||Manny Fernandez||20,182||2–1–1||5||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020065]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;"
|5||October 20 ||[[Pittsburgh Penguins]]||2–1||Boston Bruins||<small>SO</small>||Tim Thomas||17,565||2–1–2||6||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020078]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;"
|6||October 21||Boston Bruins||2–3||[[Buffalo Sabres]]||<small>SO</small>||Manny Fernandez||18,690||2–1–3||7||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020082]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|7||October 23||[[Toronto Maple Leafs]]||4–2||Boston Bruins||||Tim Thomas||12,274||2–2–3||7||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020092]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|8||October 25||[[Atlanta Thrashers]]||4–5||Boston Bruins||||Manny Fernandez||16,044||3–2–3||9||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020105]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|9||October 27||Boston Bruins||1–0||[[Edmonton Oilers]]||<small>OT</small>||Tim Thomas||16,839||4–2–3||11||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020124]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|10||October 28||Boston Bruins||1–0||[[Vancouver Canucks]]||||Tim Thomas||18,630||5–2–3||13||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020131]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|11||October 30||Boston Bruins||2–3||[[Calgary Flames]]||||Tim Thomas||19,289||5–3–3||13||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020144]
|}
|-
| colspan=11 | 
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan=11 style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827" | November: 11–1–1 (home: 8–0–0; road: 3–1–1)
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"
| '''#''' || '''Date''' || '''Visitor''' || '''Score''' || '''Home''' || '''OT''' || '''Decision''' || '''Attendance''' || '''Record''' || '''Pts''' || '''Recap'''
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|12||November 1||[[Dallas Stars]]||1–5||Boston Bruins||||[[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]]||14,576||6–3–3||15||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020151]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|13||November 6||[[Toronto Maple Leafs]]||2–5||Boston Bruins||||Tim Thomas||15,391||7–3–3||17||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020181]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|14||November 8||[[Buffalo Sabres]]||1–3||Boston Bruins||||[[Manny Fernandez (ice hockey)|Manny Fernandez]]||17,565||8–3–3||19||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020196]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|15||November 12||Boston Bruins||2–1||[[Chicago Blackhawks]]||<small>SO</small>||Tim Thomas||22,092||9–3–3||21||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020226]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|16||November 13||Montreal Canadiens||1–6||Boston Bruins||||Manny Fernandez||16,816||10–3–3||23||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020228]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;"
|17||November 15|| Boston Bruins ||2–3||[[New York Rangers]]||<small>SO</small>||Tim Thomas||18,200||10–3–4||24||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020245]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|18||November 17|| Boston Bruins||3–2||Toronto Maple Leafs||||Tim Thomas||19,410||11–3–4||26||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020259]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|19||November 19||Buffalo Sabres||4–7||Boston Bruins||||Manny Fernandez||15,632||12–3–4||28||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020268]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|20||November 21||Florida Panthers||2–4||Boston Bruins||||Tim Thomas||16,878||13–3–4||30||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020279]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|21||November 22||Boston Bruins ||3–2||Montreal Canadiens||<small>SO</small>||Tim Thomas||21,273||14–3–4||32||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020289]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|22||November 26|| Boston Bruins || 2–3||Buffalo Sabres||||Tim Thomas||18,326||14–4–4||32||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020309]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|23||November 28|| New York Islanders ||2–7||Boston Bruins||||Manny Fernandez||17,565||15–4–4||34||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020323]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|24||November 29||Detroit Red Wings ||1–4||Boston Bruins||||Manny Fernandez||17,565||16–4–4||36||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020336]
|}
|-
| colspan=11 | 
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan=11 style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827" | December: 12–1–0 (home: 4–0–0; road: 8–1–0)
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"
| '''#''' || '''Date''' || '''Visitor''' || '''Score''' || '''Home''' || '''OT''' || '''Decision''' || '''Attendance''' || '''Record''' || '''Pts''' || '''Recap'''
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|25||December 4||Boston Bruins||3–1||[[Tampa Bay Lightning]]||||[[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]]||15,598||17–4–4||38||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020370]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|26||December 6||Boston Bruins||4–0||[[Florida Panthers]]||||[[Manny Fernandez (ice hockey)|Manny Fernandez]]||16,213||18–4–4||40||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020385]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|27||December 8||Tampa Bay Lightning||3–5||Boston Bruins|||| Tim Thomas||16,973||19–4–4||42||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020397]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|28||December 10||Boston Bruins||1–3||[[Washington Capitals]]||||Manny Fernandez||17,697||19–5–4||42||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020407]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|29||December 12||Boston Bruins||7–3||[[Atlanta Thrashers]]||||Tim Thomas||15,818||20–5–4||44||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020425]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|30||December 13||Atlanta Thrashers||2–4||Boston Bruins||||Manny Fernandez||17,565||21–5–4||46||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020431]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|31||December 18||Toronto Maple Leafs||5–8||Boston Bruins||||Tim Thomas||17,565||22–5–4||48||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020460]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|32||December 20||Carolina Hurricanes||2–4||Boston Bruins||||Manny Fernandez||17,565||23–5–4||50||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020474]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|33||December 21||Boston Bruins||6–3||[[St. Louis Blues]]||||Manny Fernandez||19,150||24–5–4||52||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020487]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|34||December 23||Boston Bruins||2–0||[[New Jersey Devils]]||||Tim Thomas||16,304||25–5–4||54||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020494]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|35||December 27||Boston Bruins||4–2||Carolina Hurricanes||||Tim Thomas||16,705||26–5–4||56||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020518]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|36||December 28||Boston Bruins||2–1||Atlanta Thrashers||||Manny Fernandez||16,835||27–5–4||58||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020527]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|37||December 30||Boston Bruins||5–2||[[Pittsburgh Penguins]]||||Tim Thomas||17,132||28–5–4||60||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020541]
|}
|-
| colspan=12 | 
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan=12 style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827" | January: 8–3–2 (home: 6–2–2; road: 2–1–0)
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"
| '''#''' || '''Date''' || '''Visitor''' || '''Score''' || '''Home''' || '''OT''' || '''Decision''' || '''Attendance''' || '''Record''' || '''Pts''' || '''Recap'''
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|38||January 1||Pittsburgh Penguins||2–4||Boston Bruins||||[[Manny Fernandez (ice hockey)|Manny Fernandez]]||17,565||29–5–4||62||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020555]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|39||January 3||Buffalo Sabres||4–2||Boston Bruins||||[[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]]||17,565||29–6–4||62||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020565]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|40||January 6||Minnesota Wild||1–0||Boston Bruins||||Manny Fernandez||16,272||29–7–4||62||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020585]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|41||January 8||Ottawa Senators||4–6||Boston Bruins||||Manny Fernandez||16,464||30–7–4||64||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020598]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|42||January 10||Carolina Hurricanes||1–5||Boston Bruins||||Tim Thomas||17,565||31–7–4||66||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020614]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|43||January 13||Montreal Canadiens||1–3||Boston Bruins||||Tim Thomas||17,565||32–7–4||68||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020631]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|44||January 15||Boston Bruins||2–1||[[New York Islanders]]||||Tim Thomas||15,548||33–7–4||70||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020646]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|45||January 17||Boston Bruins||1–2||[[Washington Capitals]]||||Tim Thomas||18,277||33–8–4||70||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020666]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;"
|46||January 19||St. Louis Blues||5–4||Boston Bruins||<small>SO</small>||Tim Thomas||17,565||33–8–5||71||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020677]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|47||January 21||Boston Bruins||4–3||[[Toronto Maple Leafs]]||<small>SO</small>||Tim Thomas||19,258||34–8–5||73||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020695]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|48||January 27||Washington Capitals||2–3||Boston Bruins||<small>OT</small>||Tim Thomas||17,565||35–8–5||75||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020701]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;"
|49||January 29||New Jersey Devils||4–3||Boston Bruins||<small>OT</small>||Tim Thomas||17,565||35–8–6||76||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020716]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|50||January 31||New York Rangers||0–1||Boston Bruins||||[[Tuukka Rask]]||17,565||36–8–6||78||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020731]
|}
|-
| colspan=11 | 
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan=11 style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827" | February: 6–4–3 (home: 2–1–2; road: 4–3–1)
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"
| '''#''' || '''Date''' || '''Visitor''' || '''Score''' || '''Home''' || '''OT''' || '''Decision''' || '''Attendance''' || '''Record''' || '''Pts''' || '''Recap'''
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|51||February 1||Boston Bruins||3–1||[[Montreal Canadiens]]||||[[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]]||21,273||37–8–6||80||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020743]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|52||February 4||Boston Bruins||3–1||[[Philadelphia Flyers]]||||Tim Thomas||19,748||38–8–6||82||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020759]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|53||February 5||Boston Bruins||4–3||[[Ottawa Senators]]||<small>SO</small>||Tim Thomas||17,297||39–8–6||84||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020765]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;"
|54||February 7||Philadelphia Flyers||4–3||Boston Bruins||<small>OT</small>||[[Manny Fernandez (ice hockey)|Manny Fernandez]]||17,565||39–8–7||85||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020777]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|55||February 10||San Jose Sharks||5–2||Boston Bruins||||Tim Thomas||17,565||39–9–7||85||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020795]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|56||February 13||Boston Bruins||0–1||New Jersey Devils||||Tim Thomas||15,257||39–10–7||85||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020818]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;"
|57||February 14||Boston Bruins||2–3||[[Nashville Predators]]||<small>SO</small>||Manny Fernandez||17,113||39–10–8||86||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020830]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|58||February 17||Boston Bruins||5–1||[[Carolina Hurricanes]]||||Tim Thomas||18,680||40–10–8||88||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020847] 
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|59||February 21||Boston Bruins||0–2||[[Florida Panthers]]||||Tim Thomas||19,343||40–11–8||88||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020882]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|60||February 22||Boston Bruins||3–4||[[Tampa Bay Lightning]]||||Manny Fernandez||18,454||40–12–8||88||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020889]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|61||February 24||Florida Panthers||1–6||Boston Bruins||||Tim Thomas||16,781||41–12–8||90||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020893]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|62||February 26||Anaheim Ducks||0–6||Boston Bruins||||Tim Thomas||17,565||42–12–8||92||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020908]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;"
|63||February 28||Washington Capitals||4–3||Boston Bruins||<small>OT</small>||Tim Thomas||17,565||42–12–9||93||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020923]
|}
|-
| colspan=11 | 
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan=11 style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827" | March: 7–5–1 (home: 5–2–1; road: 2–3–0)
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"
| '''#''' || '''Date''' || '''Visitor''' || '''Score''' || '''Home''' || '''OT''' || '''Decision''' || '''Attendance''' || '''Record''' || '''Pts''' || '''Recap'''
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|64||March 3||Philadelphia Flyers||4–2||Boston Bruins||||[[Manny Fernandez (ice hockey)|Manny Fernandez]]||17,020||42–13–9||93||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020941]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|65||March 5||Phoenix Coyotes||2–1||Boston Bruins||||[[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]]||16,818||42–14–9||93||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020955]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|66||March 7||Chicago Blackhawks||3–5||Boston Bruins||||Tim Thomas||17,565||43–14–9||95||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020969] 
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|67||March 8||Boston Bruins||3–4||[[New York Rangers]]||||Manny Fernandez||18,200||43–15–9||95||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020980]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|68||March 10||Boston Bruins||0–2||[[Columbus Blue Jackets]]||||Tim Thomas||16,675||43–16–9||95||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020991]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|69||March 12||Ottawa Senators||3–5||Boston Bruins||||Tim Thomas||17,022||44–16–9||97||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021003] 
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|70||March 14||New York Islanders||1–2||Boston Bruins||||Tim Thomas||17,565||45–16–9||99||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021018]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|71||March 15||Boston Bruins||4–6||[[Pittsburgh Penguins]]||||Tim Thomas||17,132||45–17–9||99||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021032]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;"
|72||March 19||Los Angeles Kings||3–2||Boston Bruins||<small>OT</small>||Tim Thomas||17,565||45–17–10||100||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021055]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|73||March 22||New Jersey Devils||1–4||Boston Bruins||||Tim Thomas||17,565||46–17–10||102||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021078]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|74||March 28||Boston Bruins||7–5||[[Toronto Maple Leafs]]||||Manny Fernandez||19,360||47–17–10||104||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021117]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|75||March 29||Boston Bruins||4–3||Philadelphia Flyers||||Tim Thomas||19,715||48–17–10||106||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021130]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|76||March 31||Tampa Bay Lightning||1–3||Boston Bruins||||Manny Fernandez||16,996||49–17–10||108||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021137]
|}
|-
| colspan=11 | 
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan=11 style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827" | April: 4–2–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 1–2–0)
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"
| '''#''' || '''Date''' || '''Visitor''' || '''Score''' || '''Home''' || '''OT''' || '''Decision''' || '''Attendance''' || '''Record''' || '''Pts''' || '''Recap'''
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|77||April 2||Ottawa Senators||1–2||Boston Bruins||||[[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]]||17,565||50–17–10||110||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021150]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|78||April 4||New York Rangers||0–1||Boston Bruins||||Tim Thomas||17,565||51–17–10||112||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021164] 
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|79||April 7||Boston Bruins||2–3||Ottawa Senators||||[[Manny Fernandez (ice hockey)|Manny Fernandez]]||19,053||51–18–10||112||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021189]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|80||April 9||Montreal Canadiens||4–5||Boston Bruins||<small>OT</small>||Tim Thomas||17,565||52–18–10||114||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021199]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"
|81||April 11||Boston Bruins||1–6||[[Buffalo Sabres]]||||Manny Fernandez||18,690||52–19–10||114||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021218]
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"
|82||April 12||Boston Bruins||6–2||[[New York Islanders]]||||Tim Thomas||14,311||53–19–10||116||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021228]
|}
'''Legend''': {{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win (2 points)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFBBBB|Loss (0 points)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFFFCC|Overtime/Shootout Loss (1 point)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
|}

==Stanley Cup playoffs==
{{Main|2009 Stanley Cup playoffs}}

The Bruins clinched a playoff spot for the second consecutive season, securing top seed in the Eastern Conference in the process and gaining home-ice advantage through the first three rounds.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins clinch top spot in East by beating Rangers |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=416685 |access-date=2009-04-04 |date=2009-04-04 |publisher=NHL.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408054305/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=416685 |archive-date=2009-04-08 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Eastern Conference Quarterfinals===
Boston played the eighth-seeded [[Montreal Canadiens]] in the first round of the playoffs. Boston had previously lost to Montreal in three consecutive playoff appearances and had not won a playoff series overall in the previous ten seasons.

The Bruins won the first game of the series 4–2, with goals from Phil Kessel, David Krejci and a powerplay winner from Zdeno Chara. In Game 2, Marc Savard had two goals and an assist, while [[Chuck Kobasew]], [[Shane Hnidy]] – named as a replacement for the injured Matt Hunwick<ref>{{cite web|title=Hnidy steps in for Hunwick|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=419034|access-date=2009-04-19|date=2009-04-19|publisher=NHL.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins' Hunwick has surgery for ruptured spleen |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=418940|access-date=2009-04-18|date=2009-04-18|publisher=NHL.com}}</ref> – and Michael Ryder also scored as the Bruins won 5–1. Milan Lucic was suspended for Game 3 after receiving a match penalty in the closing stages of game two for striking Montreal's [[Maxim Lapierre]] in the head with his stick.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins' Lucic suspended for one game|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=419078|access-date=2009-04-19|date=2009-04-19|publisher=NHL.com}}</ref> Boston then travelled to Montreal for Game 3, where they secured another 4–2 victory with goals by Kessel, Ryder, Kobasew and [[Shawn Thornton]]. They completed the sweep by winning Game 4, Michael Ryder posting two goals and an assist in the 4–1 victory as the Bruins advanced to the semi-finals for the first time since the [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99 season]]. This marked only the third time that Boston had swept Montreal in the playoffs in history, and the first time since 1992. The only time Boston swept Montreal in the playoffs and closed out the series in Montreal was in 1929, and that season, Boston went on to win the [[Stanley Cup]].

===Eastern Conference semifinals===
Boston faced the [[Carolina Hurricanes]], a franchise which carried the legacy of Boston's longtime rival the [[Hartford Whalers]].  Prior to the Bruins' first-round sweep of Montreal, their most recent playoff series victory had been against Carolina in April 1999.

The Bruins extended their 5-game winning streak with a 4–1 victory in Game 1, but Carolina stormed back on the strength of an aggressive forecheck and excellent goaltending from [[Cam Ward]]. Ward's shutout in Game 2, and [[Jussi Jokinen]]'s game-winning goals in the next two matches, pushed the Bruins to the brink of elimination. Boston recovered for consecutive wins to push the series to a pivotal seventh game, but the Hurricanes prevailed in overtime of the final contest.

The series-winning goal was scored by [[Scott Walker (ice hockey)|Scott Walker]], who earlier in the series had avoided punishment for an undefended punch to the face of former Hurricane [[Aaron Ward (ice hockey)|Aaron Ward]]. Walker had been due for an automatic suspension, but that penalty was overturned by the NHL after a brief meeting in which he claimed to have thought Ward was prepared to fight. Ward disputed that account and publicly reprimanded the NHL for failing to follow through with a full investigation. In addition, Walker's wife received a diagnosis of [[cervical cancer]] midway through the series, lending an additional element of personal drama to his performance. After the series, Walker took public responsibility for striking Ward and expressed relief that his wife's cancer was treatable.

===Playoff log===
{| class="toccolours" style="width:100%; clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=12 style="background:#FDB827; color:#231F20" | 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs
|-
| colspan=12 | 
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan=12 style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827" | Eastern Conference quarterfinals vs E8 Montreal Canadiens: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)
|-  style="background:#ddd;"
| '''#''' || '''Date''' || '''Visitor''' || '''Score''' || '''Home''' || '''OT''' || '''Boston goals''' || '''Montreal goals''' || '''Decision''' || '''Attendance''' || '''Series''' || '''Recap'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|1||April 16||[[Montreal Canadiens]]||2–4||Boston Bruins||||[[Phil Kessel|Kessel]] (2), [[David Krejčí|Krejci]], ''[[Zdeno Chára|Chara]]''||[[Chris Higgins (ice hockey)|Higgins]], [[Alexei Kovalev|Kovalev]]||[[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Thomas]]||17,565||1–0||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030111]
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|2||April 18||Montreal Canadiens||1–5||Boston Bruins||||[[Marc Savard|Savard]] (2), ''[[Chuck Kobasew|Kobasew]]'', [[Shane Hnidy|Hnidy]], [[Michael Ryder|Ryder]]||Kovalev||Thomas||17,565||2–0||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030112]
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|3||April 20||Boston Bruins||4–2||Montreal Canadiens||||Kessel, [[Shawn Thornton|Thornton]], ''Ryder'', Kobasew||Higgins, [[Yannick Weber|Weber]]||Thomas||21,273||3–0||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030113]
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|4||April 22||Boston Bruins||4–1||Montreal Canadiens||||Ryder (2), ''Krejci'', Kessel||[[Andrei Kostitsyn|A. Kostitsyn]]||Thomas||21,273||4–0||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030114]
|}
|-
| colspan=12 | 
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan=12 style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827" | Eastern Conference semifinals vs E6 Carolina Hurricanes: 3–4 (home: 2–2; road: 1–2)
|-  style="background:#ddd;"
| '''#''' || '''Date''' || '''Visitor''' || '''Score''' || '''Home''' || '''OT''' || '''Boston goals''' || '''Carolina goals''' || '''Decision''' || '''Attendance''' || '''Series''' || '''Recap'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|1||May 1||[[Carolina Hurricanes]]||1–4||Boston Bruins||||[[Aaron Ward (ice hockey)|Ward]], ''[[Marc Savard|Savard]]'' (2), [[Michael Ryder|Ryder]]||[[Jussi Jokinen|Jokinen]]||[[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Thomas]]||17,565||1–0||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030211]
|- style="background:#fbb;"
|2||May 3||Carolina Hurricanes||3–0||Boston Bruins||||||''[[Joe Corvo|Corvo]]'', [[Matt Cullen|Cullen]], [[Eric Staal|E. Staal]]||Thomas||17,565||1–1||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030212]
|- style="background:#fbb;"
|3||May 6||Boston Bruins||2–3||Carolina Hurricanes||2:48||[[Milan Lucic|Lucic]], [[Mark Recchi|Recchi]]||E. Staal, [[Sergei Samsonov|Samsonov]], ''Jokinen''||Thomas||18,680||1–2||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030213]
|- style="background:#fbb;"
|4||May 8||Boston Bruins||1–4||Carolina Hurricanes||||Savard||E. Staal (2), ''Jokinen'', Samsonov||Thomas||18,878||1–3||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030214]
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|5||May 10||Carolina Hurricanes||0–4||Boston Bruins||||''Recchi'', [[Phil Kessel|Kessel]] (2), Lucic ||||Thomas||17,565||2–3||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030215] 
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|6||May 12||Boston Bruins||4–2||Carolina Hurricanes|| ||Recchi, [[Steve Montador|Montador]], ''Savard'', [[Chuck Kobasew|Kobasew]]||Cullen, Samsanov||Thomas||18,680||3–3||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030216]
|- style="background:#fbb;"
|7||May 14||Carolina Hurricanes||3–2||Boston Bruins||18:46||[[Byron Bitz|Bitz]], Lucic ||[[Rod Brind'Amour|Brind'Amour]], Samsonov, ''[[Scott Walker (ice hockey)|Walker]]''||Thomas||17,565||3–4||[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030217]
|}
|}
*Scorer of game-winning goal in ''italics''

==Player statistics==

===Skaters===
<small>''Note: GP = Games played; G = [[Goal (ice hockey)|Goals]]; A = [[Assist (ice hockey)|Assists]]; Pts = [[Point (ice hockey)|Points]]; +/- = [[Plus-minus]]; PIM = [[Penalty (ice hockey)|Penalty minutes]]''</small>
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%; text-align: center;"
|-
! style="background:#FDB827; color:#231F20; border: 0; width: 11.4em;" |
! style="background:#FDB827; color:#231F20; border: 0; width: 21em;" | Regular season<ref name=RS1>{{cite web |url= http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=Stats|title= 2008-2009 Regular Season |access-date=2009-04-12 |work= Stats|publisher= BostonBruins.com| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090227054233/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=Stats| archive-date= 27 February 2009 | url-status= dead}}</ref>
! style="background:#FDB827; color:#231F20; border: 0; width: 0.1em;" |
! style="background:#FDB827; color:#231F20; border: 0; width: 21em;" | Playoffs<ref name=P1>{{cite web |url=http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?gameType=3&page=Stats&season=20082009&service=page |title=2008-2009 Playoffs |access-date=2009-05-12 |work=Stats |publisher=BostonBruins.com |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5hRVd6Ggi?url=http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?gameType=3&page=Stats&season=20082009&service=page |archive-date=2009-06-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| style="background: #FDB827; border: 0;" colspan="4" |
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; text-align: center;"
|-
! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827; width: 12.5em;" | Player
! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827; width: 4em;" | GP !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827; width: 3.5em;" | G !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827; width: 3.4em;" | A !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827; width: 3.8em;" | Pts !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827; width: 4.2em;" | +/- !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827; width: 4.1em;" | PIM
! style="background:#FDB827; width: 0.1em; border: 0;" class="unsortable" | <!-- Empty column -->
! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827; width: 4em;" | GP !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827; width: 3.5em;" | G !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827; width: 3.4em;" | A !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827; width: 3.8em;" | Pts !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827; width: 4.2em;" | +/- !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827; width: 4.1em;" | PIM
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
| {{sortname|Marc|Savard}} || 82 || 25 || 63 || 88 || 25 || 70 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 11 || 6 || 7 || 13 || 2 || 4
|- align=center
| {{sortname|David|Krejci|David Krejčí}} || 82 || 22 || 51 || 73 || 37 || 26 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 11 || 2 || 6 || 8 || 6 || 2
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
| {{sortname|Phil|Kessel|Phil Kessel}} || 70 || 36 || 24 || 60 || 23 || 16 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 11 || 6 || 5 || 11 || 7 || 4
|- align=center
| {{sortname|Michael|Ryder}} || 74 || 27 || 26 || 53 || 28 || 26 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 11 || 5 || 8 || 13 || 4 || 8
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
| {{sortname|Dennis|Wideman}} || 79 || 13 || 37 || 50 || 32 || 34 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 11 || 0 || 7 || 7 || 3 || 4
|- align=center
| {{sortname|Zdeno|Chara|Zdeno Chára}} || 80 || 19 || 31 || 50 || 23 || 95 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 11 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 1 || 12
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
| {{sortname|Blake|Wheeler}} || 81 || 21 || 24 || 45 || 36 || 46 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- align=center
| {{sortname|Chuck|Kobasew}} || 68 || 21 || 21 || 42 || 5 || 56 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 11 || 3 || 3 || 6 || 3 || 14
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
| {{sortname|Milan|Lucic}} || 72 || 17 || 25 || 42 || 17 || 136 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 10 || 3 || 6 || 9 || 12 || 43
|- align=center 
| {{sortname|Patrice|Bergeron}} || 64 || 8 || 31 || 39 || 2 || 16 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 11 || 0 || 5 || 5 || 3 || 11
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
| {{sortname|P. J.|Axelsson}} || 75 || 6 || 24 || 30 || -1 || 16 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 11 || 0 || 1 || 1 || -6 || 2
|- align=center 
| {{sortname|Matt|Hunwick}} || 53 || 6 || 21 || 27 || 15 || 31 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
| {{sortname|Stephane|Yelle|Stéphane Yelle}} || 77 || 7 || 11 || 18 || 6 || 32 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 11 || 0 || 1 || 1 || -4 || 2
|- align=center 
| {{sortname|Mark|Stuart|Mark Stuart (ice hockey)}} || 82 || 5 || 12 || 17 || 20 || 76 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 11 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 7
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
| {{sortname|Mark|Recchi}}<sup>†</sup> || 18 || 10 || 6 || 16 || -3 || 2 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 11 || 3 || 3 || 6 || 0 || 2
|- align=center 
| {{sortname|Andrew|Ference}} || 47 || 1 || 15 || 16 || 7 || 40 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 4
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
| {{sortname|Marco|Sturm}} || 19 || 7 || 6 || 13 || 9 || 8 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|- align=center 
| {{sortname|Shane|Hnidy}} || 65 || 3 || 9 || 12 || 6 || 45 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 7 || 1 || 0 || 1 || -1 || 0
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
| {{sortname|Shawn|Thornton}} || 79 || 6 || 5 || 11 || -2 || 123 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 10 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 6
|- align=center 
| {{sortname|Aaron|Ward|Aaron Ward (ice hockey)}} || 65 || 3 || 7 || 10 || 16 || 44 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 11 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 2
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
| {{sortname|Byron|Bitz}} || 35 || 4 || 3 || 7 || 0 || 18 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 5 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 2
|- align=center
| {{sortname|Vladimir|Sobotka|Vladimír Sobotka}} || 25 || 1 || 4 || 5 || -10 || 10 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
| {{sortname|Martin|St. Pierre|Martin St. Pierre (ice hockey)}} || 14 || 2 || 2 || 4 || -1 || 4 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|- align=center 
| {{sortname|Petteri|Nokelainen}}<sup>‡</sup> || 33 || 0 || 3 || 3 || -1 || 10 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
| {{sortname|Steve|Montador}}<sup>†</sup> || 13 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 18 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 11 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 18
|- align=center
| {{sortname|Matt|Lashoff}}<sup>‡</sup> || 16 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 10 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
| {{sortname|Martins|Karsums|Mārtiņš Karsums}}<sup>‡</sup> || 6 || 0 || 1 || 1 || -3 || 0 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|- align=center 
| {{sortname|Tim|Thomas|Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)}} <sup>(G)</sup> || 54 || 0 || 1 || 1 || — || 6 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| || 11 || 0 || 1 || 1 || — || 0
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
| {{sortname|Manny|Fernandez|Manny Fernandez (ice hockey)}} <sup>(G)</sup> || 28 || 0 || 0 || 0 || — || 2 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|- align=center
| {{sortname|Mikko|Lehtonen|Mikko Lehtonen (ice hockey b. 1987)}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
| {{sortname|Johnny|Boychuk}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|- class="sortbottom"
! Totals !! — !! 270 !! 465 !! 735 !! 60<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm?fetchKey=20092BOSAAAAll&sort=plusMinus&viewName=plusMinusTeam|title= Team Stats 2008-2009 Regular Season |access-date=2009-04-22 |publisher= NHL.com}}</ref> !! 1016 !!style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"|  !! — !! 34 !! 60 !! 94 !! 9<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm?fetchKey=20093BOSAAAAll&viewName=plusMinusTeam&sort=plusMinus |title=Team Stats 2008-2009 Playoffs |access-date=2009-05-12 |publisher=NHL.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010075801/http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm?fetchKey=20093BOSAAAAll&viewName=plusMinusTeam&sort=plusMinus |archive-date=2012-10-10 |url-status=live }}</ref> !! 147
|}
|}
*<sup>†</sup><small>Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Bruins. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.</small>
*<sup>‡</sup><small>Denotes player was traded mid-season.</small>
*<sup>(G)</sup><small>Denotes goaltender.</small>

===Goaltenders===
<small>''Note: GPI = Games Played In; MIN = Minutes played; GAA = [[Goals against average]]; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = [[Overtime (ice hockey)|Overtime/shootout losses]]; SO = [[Shutout (ice hockey)|Shutouts]]; SA = [[Shot on goal (ice hockey)|Shots Against]]; GA = Goals against; SV% = [[Save percentage]]''</small>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#FDB827; color:#231F20; border: 0; width: 11.4em;" |
! style="background:#FDB827; color:#231F20; border: 0; width: 35em;" | Regular season<ref name="RS1"/>
! style="background:#FDB827; color:#231F20; border: 0; width: 0.1em;" |
! style="background:#FDB827; color:#231F20; border: 0; width: 35em;" | Playoffs<ref name="P1"/>
|-
| style="background: #FDB827; border: 0;" colspan="4" |
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; text-align: center;"
|-
! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | Player !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | GPI !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | MIN !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | GAA !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | W !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | L !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | OT !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | SO !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | SA !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | GA !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | SV% 
! style="background:#FDB827; width: 0.1em; border: 0;" class="unsortable" | <!-- Empty column --> !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | GPI !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | MIN !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | GAA !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | W !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | L !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | OT !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | SO !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | SA !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | GA !! style="background:#231F20; color:#FDB827;" | SV%
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
| {{sortname|Tim|Thomas|Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)}} ||54||3259||2.10||36||11||7||5||1694||114||.933||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| ||11||680||1.85||7||4||0||1||323||21||.935
|- align=center 
| {{sortname|Manny|Fernandez|Manny Fernandez (ice hockey)}} ||28||1644||2.59||16||8||3||1||791||71||.910||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| ||||||||||||||||||||
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
| {{sortname|Tuukka|Rask}} ||1||60||0.00||1||0||0||1||35||0||1.000||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| |||||||||||||||||||| 
|- class="sortbottom"
! Combined !! — !! — !! 2.26 !! 53 !! 19 !! 10 !! 7 !! 2520 !! 185 !! .927 ||style="background:#FDB827; border: 0;"| ||—||—||1.85||7||4||0||1||323||21||.935
|}
|}

==Awards and records==
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===Milestones===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:52%;"
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;"| '''Regular season milestones'''
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"
| '''Player''' || '''Milestone''' || '''Reached'''
|-
| [[Blake Wheeler]] || 1st NHL game<br />1st NHL goal<br />1st NHL point || October 9, 2008
|-
| [[Michael Ryder]] || 100th NHL goal || October 9, 2008
|-
| [[Aaron Ward (ice hockey)|Aaron Ward]] || 700th NHL game || October 15, 2008
|-
| [[Manny Fernandez (ice hockey)|Manny Fernandez]] || 300th NHL appearance || October 21, 2008
|-
| [[Milan Lucic]] || 1st NHL hat trick || October 25, 2008
|-
| Blake Wheeler || 1st NHL assist || November 1, 2008
|-
| Blake Wheeler || 1st NHL hat trick || November 6, 2008
|-
| [[Zdeno Chára|Zdeno Chara]] || 700th NHL game || November 6, 2008
|-
| [[Matt Hunwick]] || 1st NHL goal || November 17, 2008
|-
| [[Marc Savard]] || 600th NHL point || November 19, 2008
|-
| [[Patrice Bergeron]] || 200th NHL point || November 19, 2008
|-
| [[Dennis Wideman]] || 100th NHL point || December 8, 2008
|-
| [[Mārtiņš Karsums|Martins Karsums]] || 1st NHL game || December 13, 2008
|-
| [[Phil Kessel]] || 100th NHL point || December 18, 2008
|-
| [[David Krejčí|David Krejci]] || 1st NHL hat trick || December 18, 2008
|-
| Marc Savard || 700th NHL game || January 8, 2009
|-
| [[P. J. Axelsson]] || 100th NHL goal || January 8, 2009
|-
| [[Byron Bitz]] || 1st NHL game<br />1st NHL assist || January 10, 2009
|-
| Martins Karsums || 1st NHL assist || January 10, 2009
|-
| Zdeno Chara || 200th NHL assist || January 10, 2009
|-
| [[Tuukka Rask]] || 1st NHL shutout || January 31, 2009
|-
| Phil Kessel || 200th NHL game || February 7, 2009
|-
| Byron Bitz || 1st NHL goal || February 7, 2009
|-
| [[Andrew Ference]] || 500th NHL game || February 21, 2009
|-
| [[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]] || 100th NHL win || February 26, 2009
|-
| Zdeno Chara || 100th NHL goal || February 28, 2009
|-
| Patrice Bergeron || 300th NHL game || April 2, 2009
|-
| [[Mikko Lehtonen (ice hockey, born 1987)|Mikko Lehtonen]] || 1st NHL game || April 11, 2009
|}

The Bruins' 5–1 win against the [[Carolina Hurricanes]], on February 17, 2009, was the 200th NHL winning game coached, for current Bruins coach [[Claude Julien (ice hockey)|Claude Julien]].<br />
The Bruins' 5–4 overtime win against the [[Montreal Canadiens]], on April 9, 2009, was the 400th NHL game coached, for current Bruins coach Claude Julien.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:52%;"
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align:center;"| '''Playoff milestones'''
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"
| '''Player''' || '''Milestone''' || '''Reached'''
|-
| [[Mark Recchi]] || 150th playoff game<br>50th playoff goal || May 12, 2009
|-
| Byron Bitz || 1st playoff goal || May 14, 2009
|}

===Awards===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Player
! style="width:25%;"| Award
! style="width:50%;"| Notes
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Claude Julien (ice hockey)|Claude Julien]] || [[Jack Adams Award]]<ref name="Aw1">{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=426026 |title=NHL Awards Show |access-date=2009-06-18 |publisher=NHL.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622062603/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=426026 |archive-date=2009-06-22 |url-status=live }}</ref> || Awarded to the coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success.
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Zdeno Chára|Zdeno Chara]] || [[James Norris Memorial Trophy]]<ref name="Aw1"/> || Awarded to the defenseman who demonstrates the greatest all-round ability in the position.
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]] || [[Vezina Trophy]]<ref name="Aw1"/> || Awarded to the goaltender who is adjudged to be the best at this position.
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Tim Thomas<br />[[Manny Fernandez (ice hockey)|Manny Fernandez]] || [[William M. Jennings Trophy]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=418003 |title=Thomas & Fernandez Win Jennings Trophy |publisher=Bruins.com |date=2009-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416022330/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=418003 |archive-date=2009-04-16 |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-05-11 }}</ref> || Awarded to the goalkeeper(s) playing for the team that conceded the fewest goals.
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Patrice Bergeron]] || [[Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy]] nominee<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=416040 |title=Alfredsson, Bergeron, Brisebois, Numminen, White are Masterton nominees |publisher=NHL.com |date=2009-03-31 |access-date=5 April 2009  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404084705/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=416040 |archive-date=4 April 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> || Nominated by the Writers' Association for league-wide recognition.
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Zdeno Chara<br />Tim Thomas || NHL First All-Star Team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=426040 |title=NHL announces 2008-09 All-Star teams |publisher=NHL.com |date=2009-06-18 |access-date=19 June 2009  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620193749/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=426040 |archive-date=20 June 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> || Voted by representatives of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Milan Lucic]] || NHL.com Fans' Choice Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=417597 |title=Oshie, Lucic, MacDonald snag Fans' Choice Awards |publisher=NHL.com |date=2009-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414040941/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=417597 |archive-date=2009-04-14 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-05-11 }}</ref> || Hit of the Season - as voted on by users at NHL.com.
|}

On April 4, prior to the game against the [[New York Rangers]], the team announced its award winners for the season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=416682&page=NewsPage&service=page |title=B's Announce Award Winners |publisher=Bruins.com |date=2009-04-04 |access-date=2009-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408075247/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=416682 |archive-date=2009-04-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Player
! style="width:25%;"| Award
! style="width:50%;"| Notes
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[David Krejčí|David Krejci]] || NESN Seventh Player Award || Awarded to the player who exceeded the expectations of Bruins fans during the season.
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Milan Lucic]] || Eddie Shore Award || Awarded to the player who exhibits exceptional hustle and determination.
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Marc Savard]] || [[Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy]] || Awarded by the Boston Chapter of the PHWA, for outstanding performance during home games.
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Aaron Ward (ice hockey)|Aaron Ward]] || John P. Bucyk Award || Awarded to the Bruin with the greatest off-ice charitable contributions.
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Marc Savard<br />[[Zdeno Chára|Zdeno Chara]]<br />[[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]] || Three Star Awards || Awarded to the top performers at home over the course of the season.
|}

==Transactions==
;Trades
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|-
| May 27, 2008<br />
|  valign="top"| To [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] <hr>[[Jonathan Sigalet]]
|  valign="top"| To [[Boston Bruins]] <hr>[[Matt Marquardt]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| June 21, 2008<br />
|  valign="top"| To [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] <hr>4th-round pick in [[2008 NHL Entry Draft|2008]]<br />5th-round pick in [[2008 NHL Entry Draft|2008]]
|  valign="top"| To [[Boston Bruins]] <hr>4th-round pick in [[2008 NHL Entry Draft|2008]]
|-
| June 24, 2008<br />
|  valign="top"| To [[Colorado Avalanche]] <hr>[[Matt Hendricks]]
|  valign="top"| To [[Boston Bruins]] <hr>[[Johnny Boychuk]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
| July 24, 2008<br />
|  valign="top"| To [[Chicago Blackhawks]] <hr>[[Pascal Pelletier]]
|  valign="top"| To [[Boston Bruins]] <hr>[[Martin St. Pierre (ice hockey)|Martin St. Pierre]]
|-
| October 13, 2008<br />
|  valign="top"| To [[Philadelphia Flyers]] <hr>[[Andrew Alberts]]
|  valign="top"| To [[Boston Bruins]] <hr>Ned Lukacevic<br/>4th-round pick in [[2009 NHL Entry Draft|2009]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
|  March 4, 2009<br />
|  valign="top"| To [[Anaheim Ducks]] <hr>[[Petteri Nokelainen]]
|  valign="top"| To [[Boston Bruins]] <hr>[[Steve Montador]]
|-
| March 4, 2009<br />
|  valign="top"| To [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] <hr>[[Matt Lashoff]]<br/>[[Mārtiņš Karsums|Martins Karsums]]
|  valign="top"| To [[Boston Bruins]] <hr>[[Mark Recchi]]<br/>2nd-round pick in [[2010 NHL Entry Draft|2010]]
|}
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{{col-2}}
;Free agents
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Player !! Former team 
|-
| [[Michael Ryder]] || [[Montreal Canadiens]] 
|-
| [[Blake Wheeler]] || [[Phoenix Coyotes]] 
|-
| [[Stéphane Yelle|Stephane Yelle]] || [[Calgary Flames]]
|}
{{col-2}}
;Claimed from waivers
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! Player || Former team || Date claimed off waivers
|}
{{col-end}}

==Draft picks==
Boston's picks at the [[2008 NHL Entry Draft]] in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]]. 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!  style="background:#fdb827; color:#231f20; width:2.75%;"| Round
!  style="background:#fdb827; color:#231f20; width:2.75%;"| #
!  style="background:#fdb827; color:#231f20; width:16.0%;"| Player
!  style="background:#fdb827; color:#231f20; width:14.0%;"| Position
!  style="background:#fdb827; color:#231f20; width:11.5%;"| Nationality
!  style="background:#fdb827; color:#231f20; width:100.0%;"| College/junior/club team (league)
|-
| 1 || 16 || [[Joe Colborne]] || Center || {{flagu|Canada}} || [[Camrose Kodiaks]] ([[Alberta Junior Hockey League|AJHL]])
|-
| 2 || 47 || [[Maxime Sauvé|Maxime Sauve]] || Center || {{flagu|France}} || [[Val-d'Or Foreurs]] ([[Quebec Major Junior Hockey League|QMJHL]])
|-
| 3 || 77 || [[Michael Hutchinson (ice hockey)|Michael Hutchinson]] || Goaltender || {{flagu|Canada}} || [[Barrie Colts]] ([[Ontario Hockey League|OHL]])
|-
| 4 || 97 || [[Jamie Arniel]] || Center || {{flagu|Canada}} || [[Sarnia Sting]] (OHL)
|-
| 6 || 173 || Nicholas Tremblay || Center || {{flagu|Canada}} || [[Smiths Falls Bears]] ([[Central Junior A Hockey League|CJHL]])
|-
| 7 || 197 || Mark Goggin || Center || {{flagu|United States}} || [[Choate Rosemary Hall|Choate-Rosemary]] (HIGH-CT)
|}

==Affiliates==
;[[American Hockey League]] – [[Providence Bruins]] ([[2008–09 AHL season#Standings|standings]])
[[Johnny Boychuk]] was selected as a starter for Team Canada in the [[2008–09 AHL season#All Star Classic|2009 AHL All Star Classic]]. [[Mārtiņš Karsums|Martins Karsums]] was selected as a reserve for the PlanetUSA team. Both players were under two-way NHL contracts and played games with Boston during the season. In the game, Karsums, named as a late starter, scored two goals and three assists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1005945 |title=Game Summary ASG-2009 |publisher=American Hockey League |date=January 26, 2009 |access-date=January 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201020714/http://stats.theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1005945 |archive-date=February 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

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