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⁾