1972-73 Montreal Canadiens Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 52-10-16 - 120 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's East Division
Postseason: 12-5
Won Stanley Cup
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Buffalo Sabres 4-2
Semi-Finals - Defeated Philadelphia Flyers 4-1
Stanley Cup Finals - Defeated Chicago Black Hawks 4-2
Coach: Scotty Bowman (52-10-16)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1972-73 Montreal Canadiens Roster
1972-73 Montreal Canadiens Results

The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 52 wins and 10 losses and 16 ties for 120 points, finishing first in the NHL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-5.

The Canadiens surrendered 184 goals, fewest in the league. Montreal potted 329 goals. Jacques Lemaire scored 44 goals for the team, while Yvan Cournoyer and Frank Mahovlich netted 30 or more also. Frank Mahovlich accounted for 55 assists. Ken Dryden earned 33 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.26 goals against average, topping goalies with significant playing time.

Scotty Bowman coached the team. The 1972-73 Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Jacques Lemaire	C	77	44	51	95	16	59	9	0	5	0	294	15.0
Frank Mahovlich	L	78	38	55	93	51	42	8	2	5	2	242	15.7
Yvan Cournoyer	R	67	40	39	79	18	50	6	0	4	6	194	20.6
Pete Mahovlich	C	61	21	38	59	49	21	3	4	3	2	173	12.1
Guy Lafleur	R	69	28	27	55	51	16	9	0	7	1	176	15.9
Guy Lapointe	D	76	19	35	54	117	51	3	0	2	0	196	9.7
Marc Tardif	L	76	25	25	50	48	18	3	0	4	1	152	16.4
Rejean Houle	L	72	13	35	48	36	24	3	0	1	0	117	11.1
Chuck Lefley	C	65	21	25	46	22	35	1	1	7	1	99	21.2
Henri Richard	C	71	8	35	43	21	34	0	0	2	0	133	6.0
Serge Savard	D	74	7	32	39	58	70	2	1	0	0	106	6.6
Claude Larose	R	73	11	23	34	30	29	0	0	0	1	132	8.3
Jimmy Roberts	D	77	14	18	32	28	33	0	1	3	1	104	13.5
Murray Wilson	L	52	18	9	27	16	14	0	0	3	0	68	26.5
Bob Murdoch	D	69	2	22	24	55	39	0	0	2	0	54	3.7
Jacques Laperriere	D	57	7	16	23	34	78	2	0	0	0	88	8.0
Steve Shutt	L	50	8	8	16	24	5	1	0	2	1	55	14.5
Pierre Bouchard	D	41	0	7	7	69	11	0	0	0	0	31	0.0
Larry Robinson	D	36	2	4	6	20	3	0	0	1	0	36	5.6
Ken Dryden	G	54	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Rota	L	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	25.0
Chuck Arnason	R	19	1	1	2	2	-1	1	0	0	0	18	5.6
Dave Gardner	C	5	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	16.7
Dale Hoganson	D	25	0	2	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	17	0.0
Wayne Thomas	G	10	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michel Plasse	G	17	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yvon Lambert	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Totals		1374	329	514	843	775	637	52	9	52	16	2496	13.2

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Ken Dryden	54	3165	33	7	13	1	6	119	2.26	0
Michel Plasse	17	932	11	2	3	1	0	40	2.58	0
Wayne Thomas	10	583	8	1	0	0	1	23	2.37	0
Totals	81	4680	52	10	16	2	7	182	2.33		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jacques Lemaire	C	17	7	13	20	2	3	0	1
Frank Mahovlich	L	17	9	14	23	6	1	0	0
Yvan Cournoyer	R	17	15	10	25	2	3	0	3
Pete Mahovlich	C	17	4	9	13	22	2	1	0
Guy Lafleur	R	17	3	5	8	9	2	0	1
Guy Lapointe	D	17	6	7	13	20	2	0	1
Marc Tardif	L	14	6	6	12	6	2	0	2
Rejean Houle	L	17	3	6	9	0	0	0	0
Chuck Lefley	C	17	3	5	8	6	0	0	0
Henri Richard	C	17	6	4	10	14	0	0	2
Serge Savard	D	17	3	8	11	22	0	0	0
Claude Larose	R	17	3	4	7	6	0	0	0
Jimmy Roberts	D	17	0	2	2	22	0	0	0
Murray Wilson	L	16	2	4	6	6	0	0	1
Bob Murdoch	D	13	0	3	3	10	0	0	0
Jacques Laperriere	D	10	1	3	4	2	0	0	0
Steve Shutt	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pierre Bouchard	D	17	1	3	4	13	0	0	0
Larry Robinson	D	11	1	4	5	9	0	0	1
Ken Dryden	G	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Totals		303	73	110	183	179	15	1	12

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Ken Dryden	17	1039	12	5	0	2	1	50	2.89	0
Totals	17	1039	12	5	0	2	1	50	2.89		0