1971-72 Boston Bruins Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 54-13-11 - 119 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's East Division
Postseason: 12-3
Won Stanley Cup
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1
Semi-Finals - Defeated St. Louis Blues 4-0
Stanley Cup Finals - Defeated New York Rangers 4-2
Coach: Tom Johnson (54-13-11)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1971-72 Boston Bruins Roster
1971-72 Boston Bruins Results

The Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 54 wins and 13 losses and 11 ties for 119 points, finishing first in the NHL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-3.

The Bruins led the league with 330 goals. Boston surrendered 204 goals. Phil Esposito scored 66 goals for the team, while Bobby Orr and John Bucyk tallied 30 or more also. Bobby Orr recorded 80 assists. Eddie Johnston and Gerry Cheevers apiece earned 27 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Gerry Cheevers registered a 2.50 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Tom Johnson coached the team. The 1971-72 Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Phil Esposito	C	76	66	67	133	76	55	28	2	16	0	426	15.5
Bobby Orr	D	76	37	80	117	106	86	11	4	4	1	353	10.5
John Bucyk	L	78	32	51	83	4	16	13	0	7	1	174	18.4
Fred Stanfield	C	78	23	56	79	12	20	5	1	4	0	168	13.7
John McKenzie	R	77	22	47	69	126	19	10	0	3	3	133	16.5
Derek Sanderson	C	78	25	33	58	108	25	0	7	2	0	198	12.6
Mike Walton	C	76	28	28	56	45	23	6	0	4	2	236	11.9
Ken Hodge	R	60	16	40	56	81	41	0	1	2	1	140	11.4
Wayne Cashman	L	74	23	29	52	103	42	1	0	3	1	150	15.3
Ed Westfall	R	77	18	26	44	19	29	0	2	5	1	123	14.6
Dallas Smith	D	78	8	22	30	132	34	0	1	1	1	111	7.2
Garnet Bailey	L	73	9	13	22	64	11	0	0	0	0	64	14.1
Reggie Leach	R	56	7	13	20	12	5	0	0	2	0	66	10.6
Ted Green	D	54	1	16	17	21	10	0	0	0	0	41	2.4
Rick Smith	D	61	2	12	14	46	53	0	0	0	0	81	2.5
Don Marcotte	L	47	6	4	10	12	0	0	0	1	0	51	11.8
Carol Vadnais	D	16	4	6	10	37	2	0	0	0	0	37	10.8
Don Awrey	D	34	1	8	9	52	20	0	0	0	0	53	1.9
Eddie Johnston	G	38	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ivan Boldirev	C	11	0	2	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Gerry Cheevers	G	41	0	2	2	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Roberts	R	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Terry O'Reilly	R	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Matt Ravlich	D	25	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	13	0.0
Garry Peters	C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ron Jones	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Nick Beverley	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Stewart	D	8	0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1300	330	560	890	1106	505	74	18	54	11	2629	12.6

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Gerry Cheevers	41	2420	27	5	8	0	2	101	2.50	0
Eddie Johnston	38	2260	27	8	3	1	2	102	2.71	0
Totals	79	4680	54	13	11	1	4	203	2.60		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Phil Esposito	C	15	9	15	24	24	2	0	3
Bobby Orr	D	15	5	19	24	19	3	0	1
John Bucyk	L	15	9	11	20	6	5	0	0
Fred Stanfield	C	15	7	9	16	0	1	0	0
John McKenzie	R	15	5	12	17	37	3	0	0
Derek Sanderson	C	11	1	1	2	44	0	1	0
Mike Walton	C	15	6	6	12	13	1	0	2
Ken Hodge	R	15	9	8	17	62	2	1	3
Wayne Cashman	L	15	4	7	11	42	1	0	0
Ed Westfall	R	15	4	3	7	10	0	2	1
Dallas Smith	D	15	0	4	4	22	0	0	0
Garnet Bailey	L	13	2	4	6	16	0	0	1
Ted Green	D	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Marcotte	L	14	3	0	3	6	0	1	1
Carol Vadnais	D	15	0	2	2	43	0	0	0
Don Awrey	D	15	0	4	4	45	0	0	0
Eddie Johnston	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Cheevers	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Garry Peters	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Hayes	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		245	64	105	169	389	18	5	12

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Gerry Cheevers	8	483	6	2	2	21	2.61	0
Eddie Johnston	7	420	6	1	1	13	1.86	0
Totals	15	903	12	3	3	34	2.26		0