The Boston Bruins were founded on November 1, 1924, as the NHL’s first American-based franchise 1)
The Bruins are the oldest continuously operating NHL team based in the United States 2)
Boston is one of the NHL’s “Original Six” franchises, along with Montreal, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, and the New York Rangers 3)
The Bruins played their first regular-season home game at Boston Arena on December 1, 1924, defeating the Montreal Maroons 2–1 4)
Boston finished near the bottom of the standings in their first two seasons before reaching the Stanley Cup Final in just their third year 5)
The Bruins captured their first Stanley Cup in 1929, defeating the New York Rangers in the Final 6)
Boston has won six Stanley Cup championships: 1929, 1939, 1941, 1970, 1972, and 2011 7)
The Bruins were the first U.S.-based NHL team to win the Stanley Cup when they captured the title in 1929 8)
Boston reached its centennial 2023–24 season as the first American NHL club to celebrate 100 years of franchise history 9)
Led by Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito, the Bruins won Stanley Cups in 1970 and 1972 and became one of the league’s dominant teams of that era 10)
The 1970–71 Bruins scored 399 goals in the regular season, one of the highest team goal totals in NHL history 11)
From 1970–71 through 1973–74, Boston posted four consecutive seasons with more than 50 regular-season wins 12)
The Bruins have recorded 11-goal margin victories three different times, among the most lopsided wins in team history 13)
Boston has captured around 30 division titles across its history, underscoring frequent regular-season success 14)
The Bruins have won the Presidents’ Trophy four times as the NHL’s top regular-season team 15)
In 2022–23 the Bruins set an NHL record with 63 regular-season victories 16)
That same 2022–23 team finished with 135 points, the highest single-season point total in NHL history 17)
Boston became the fastest NHL team ever to reach 50 wins in a season, doing so in 64 games in 2022–23 18)
The Bruins reached 100 points in just 61 games in 2022–23, another NHL record 19)
The 2022–23 Bruins won 34 home games and opened the season with 14 straight home victories, setting an NHL record for the longest perfect home start 20)
That team also tied the NHL record with 31 road wins in a single season 21)
During the 2022–23 regular season, Boston lost consecutive games in regulation only once and never went more than three games without a win 22)
The 135-point total from 2022–23 stands as the single-season franchise record for points 23)
Phil Esposito set Bruins franchise records for goals and points in a single season in 1970–71 24)
Ray Bourque holds the franchise record for career regular-season points with Boston 25)
Johnny Bucyk and Patrice Bergeron both rank among the top Bruins all-time scorers with over 1,000 points each for the franchise 26)
Brad Marchand has climbed into the top tier of the Bruins’ all-time points list, sitting among the franchise’s top five scorers 27)
QuantHockey data show hundreds of players have suited up for Boston, with wide variations in games played, points, and roles over a century 28)
Bruins all-time stats include teenagers and players in their late thirties and feature contributors drafted in nearly every round 29)
Boston has had players wear unusual one-off jersey numbers such as 66, 69, 78, 85, 87, 96, 97, and 98 only once in team history 30)
Like the rest of the NHL, the Bruins do not have a regular player wearing 99, which is retired league-wide for Wayne Gretzky 31)
Rick Middleton became known to Bruins fans as “Nifty” for his scoring touch and skill during his Boston years 32)
The early-2000s trio of Joe Thornton, Glen Murray, and Mike Knuble was dubbed the “700-Pound Line” because of their combined size and strength 33)
In 2003 Mike Knuble scored twice just 27 seconds into a game, setting an NHL record for the quickest two goals to start a game 34)
Ray Bourque and Bobby Orr are widely cited as two of the greatest offensive defensemen in NHL history, both starring for Boston 35)
Phil Esposito produced multiple 50-plus goal seasons with Boston in the early 1970s, redefining expectations for elite NHL scoring 36)
Bobby Orr’s end-to-end rushing and offensive production from the blue line with the Bruins changed how the defense position is played 37)
Orr’s overtime, Cup-clinching goal in 1970—where he appeared airborne after being tripped—remains one of the most iconic moments in NHL history 38)
The Bruins’ 2011 Stanley Cup win over the Vancouver Canucks ended a 39-year championship drought for the franchise 39)
Boston’s rivalry with the Montreal Canadiens is one of the NHL’s oldest and most intense, spanning dozens of playoff series and nearly a century of games 40)
The Bruins have appeared in the Stanley Cup playoffs in the majority of seasons they have played, with many deep runs even when they did not win the Cup 41)
After a 65–12–5, 135-point record in 2022–23, Boston finished 47–20–15 for 109 points in 2023–24, a strong but less historic follow-up 42)
In the 2025–26 season snapshot you provided, the Bruins stood at 12–10–0 with 24 points, reflecting typical NHL year-to-year volatility 43)
Since their first NHL season in 1924–25, the Bruins have iced a team every year, contributing to one of the longest continuous franchise histories in the league 44)