The Boston Bruins used 32 players in the 2008-09 season, with a 53-19-10 record. Marc Savard led the team with 88 points (25 goals, 63 assists) in 82 games. Tim Thomas played the most games in goal (54).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marc Savard 🇨🇦 C 31 | 82 | 🔥 1 | 25 | 63 | 88 | 1.07 | 9 | 213 | 25 | 19 | 70 | 19:32 |
| 2 | David Krejci 🇨🇿 C 22 | 82 | 🔥 1 | 22 | 51 | 73 | 0.89 | 5 | 146 | 77 | 46 | 26 | 16:51 |
| 3 | Phil Kessel 🇺🇸 RW 21 | 70 | 🔥 4 | 36 | 24 | 60 | 0.86 | 8 | 232 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 16:33 |
| 4 | Michael Ryder 🇨🇦 RW 29 | 74 | 🔥 2 | 27 | 26 | 53 | 0.72 | 10 | 185 | 107 | 19 | 26 | 14:55 |
| 5 | Blake Wheeler 🇺🇸 RW 22 | 81 | 🔥 1 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 0.56 | 3 | 150 | 49 | 26 | 46 | 13:41 |
| 6 | Chuck Kobasew 🇨🇦 RW 26 | 68 | 🔥 1 | 21 | 21 | 42 | 0.62 | 6 | 129 | 101 | 29 | 56 | 14:41 |
| 7 | Milan Lucic 🇨🇦 LW 20 | 72 | 🔥 1 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 0.58 | 2 | 97 | 262 | 33 | 136 | 14:56 |
| 8 | Patrice Bergeron 🇨🇦 C 23 | 64 | 🔥 1 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 0.61 | 1 | 155 | 58 | 42 | 16 | 17:59 |
| 9 | P.J. Axelsson 🇸🇪 LW 34 | 75 | 🔥 2 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 0.40 | 2 | 87 | 56 | 32 | 16 | 16:13 |
| 10 | Stephane Yelle 🇨🇦 C 34 | 77 | 🧊 13 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 0.23 | 1 | 72 | 107 | 56 | 32 | 13:16 |
| 11 | Mark Recchi 🇨🇦 RW 41 | 18 | 🔥 4 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 0.89 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 16:22 |
| 12 | Marco Sturm 🇩🇪 LW 30 | 19 | 🔥 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0.68 | 4 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 16:01 |
| 13 | Shawn Thornton 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 79 | 🧊 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.14 | 0 | 136 | 114 | 7 | 123 | 10:02 |
| 14 | Byron Bitz 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 35 | 🧊 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.20 | 0 | 31 | 71 | 15 | 18 | 10:21 |
| 15 | Vladimir Sobotka 🇨🇿 C 21 | 25 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.20 | 0 | 19 | 48 | 7 | 10 | 10:32 |
| 16 | Martin St. Pierre 🇨🇦 C 25 | 14 | 🧊 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.29 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 11:24 |
| 17 | Petteri Nokelainen 🇫🇮 C 23 | 33 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.09 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 9:40 |
| 18 | Martins Karsums 🇱🇻 RW 23 | 6 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 9:44 |
| 19 | Mikko Lehtonen 🇫🇮 RW 22 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:14 |
| Team totals · 19 skaters | 82 | 220 | 330 | 550 | 6.71 | 55 | 1781 | 1168 | 371 | 615 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ▼ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Thomas 🇺🇸 G 34 | 54 | 36 | 2.11 | 0.933 | 1580 | 114 | — | |
| 2 | Manny Fernandez 🇨🇦 G 34 | 28 | 17 | 2.54 | 0.910 | 720 | 71 | — | |
| 3 | Tuukka Rask 🇫🇮 G 22 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 35 | 0 | — |
53% of this roster was born in Canada, against 52% across the league. The team leans on Finland: 9% of its players, against 4% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 56% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 17 |
|
+1 | 409 (56%) | Savard, Ryder, Wideman, Kobasew +13 |
| United States | 6 |
|
-3 | 150 (20%) | Kessel, Wheeler, Hunwick, Stuart +2 |
| Finland | 3 |
|
+5 | 3 (0%) | Nokelainen, Lehtonen, Rask |
| Czechia | 2 |
|
even | 78 (11%) | Krejci, Sobotka |
| Germany | 1 |
|
+2 | 13 (2%) | Sturm |
| Latvia | 1 |
|
+2 | 1 (0%) | Karsums |
| Slovakia | 1 |
|
+1 | 50 (7%) | Chara |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
-2 | 30 (4%) | Axelsson |
Marc Savard led the Boston Bruins in scoring in 2008-09 with 88 points — 25 goals and 63 assists in 82 games. Next came David Krejci (73) and Phil Kessel (60).
Phil Kessel scored 36 goals for the Boston Bruins in 2008-09, 8 of them on the power play.
The Boston Bruins dressed 32 players in 2008-09: 29 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 270 goals.
Tim Thomas played the most games in goal for the Boston Bruins in 2008-09: 54 games, 36 wins, a 0.933 save percentage and a 2.11 goals against average. Manny Fernandez was the backup, in 28 games.
Zdeno Chara averaged 26:04 of ice time per game for the Boston Bruins in 2008-09, the most on the roster.
The average age was 27.2 years. Milan Lucic was the youngest at 20, and Mark Recchi the oldest at 41.
The Boston Bruins used 32 players in 2008-09 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 17 in Canada, 6 in the United States and 3 in Finland. The other 6 came from Czechia, Germany, Latvia, Slovakia and Sweden. League-wide that season, 52% of players were born in Canada, against 53% on this roster.