1972-73 Boston Bruins Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 51-22-5 - 107 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's East Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost NHL quarter-finals
Quarter-Finals - Lost to New York Rangers 4-1
Coach: Tom Johnson (31-16-5)
Coach: Bep Guidolin (20-6)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1972-73 Boston Bruins Roster
1972-73 Boston Bruins Results

The Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 51 wins and 22 losses and 5 ties for 107 points, finishing second in the NHL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.

The Bruins led the league with 330 goals. Boston yielded 235 goals. Phil Esposito scored 55 goals for the team, while John Bucyk and Ken Hodge tallied 30 or more also. Phil Esposito contributed 75 assists. Eddie Johnston earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.27 goals against average, leading regular goalies.

Tom Johnson and Bep Guidolin coached the team. The 1972-73 Boston Bruins lost in the NHL quarter-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Phil Esposito	C	78	55	75	130	87	16	19	5	11	2	411	13.4
Bobby Orr	D	63	29	72	101	99	56	7	1	3	0	282	10.3
John Bucyk	L	78	40	53	93	12	18	10	0	10	1	168	23.8
Ken Hodge	R	73	37	44	81	58	10	16	0	5	2	197	18.8
Fred Stanfield	C	78	20	58	78	10	12	7	0	2	0	214	9.3
Wayne Cashman	L	76	29	39	68	100	5	6	0	3	0	169	17.2
Don Marcotte	L	78	24	31	55	49	32	1	2	3	0	175	13.7
Gregg Sheppard	C	64	24	26	50	18	37	0	2	3	0	151	15.9
Mike Walton	C	56	25	22	47	37	10	0	0	2	0	128	19.5
Carol Vadnais	D	78	7	24	31	127	21	1	0	3	0	150	4.7
Dallas Smith	D	78	4	27	31	72	38	0	0	0	0	130	3.1
Terry O'Reilly	R	72	5	22	27	109	27	0	0	1	0	80	6.3
Garnet Bailey	L	57	8	13	21	89	7	0	3	1	0	76	10.5
Don Awrey	D	78	2	17	19	90	29	0	0	0	0	110	1.8
Derek Sanderson	C	25	5	10	15	38	11	0	2	0	0	41	12.2
Fred O'Donnell	R	72	10	4	14	55	3	0	0	2	0	56	17.9
Doug Roberts	R	45	4	7	11	7	13	0	0	2	0	67	6.0
Nick Beverley	D	76	1	10	11	26	7	0	0	0	0	57	1.8
Rich LeDuc	C	5	1	1	2	2	-1	0	0	0	0	12	8.3
Jacques Plante	G	8	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Ravlich	D	5	0	1	1	0	-5	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Eddie Johnston	G	45	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ross Brooks	G	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Doak	D	5	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
John Adams	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Jones	D	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Oddleifson	C	6	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Totals		1336	330	560	890	1093	345	67	15	51	5	2677	12.3

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Eddie Johnston	45	2510	24	17	1	3	5	137	3.27	0
Ross Brooks	16	910	11	1	3	0	1	40	2.64	0
John Adams	14	780	9	3	1	0	1	39	3.00	0
Jacques Plante	8	480	7	1	0	0	2	16	2.00	0
Totals	83	4680	51	22	5	3	9	232	2.97		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Phil Esposito	C	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Bobby Orr	D	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	0
John Bucyk	L	5	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
Ken Hodge	R	5	1	0	1	7	1	0	0
Fred Stanfield	C	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Wayne Cashman	L	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	0
Don Marcotte	L	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Gregg Sheppard	C	5	2	1	3	0	0	1	1
Mike Walton	C	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Carol Vadnais	D	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Dallas Smith	D	5	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Terry O'Reilly	R	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Don Awrey	D	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Derek Sanderson	C	5	1	2	3	13	0	0	0
Fred O'Donnell	R	5	0	1	1	5	0	0	0
Doug Roberts	R	5	2	0	2	6	0	0	0
Nick Beverley	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacques Plante	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Johnston	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ross Brooks	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Doak	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Totals		88	11	15	26	66	1	1	1

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Eddie Johnston	3	160	1	2	9	3.38	0
Ross Brooks	1	20	0	0	3	9.00	0
Jacques Plante	2	120	0	2	10	5.00	0
Totals	6	300	1	4	22	4.40		0