1971-72 Boston Bruins Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 54-13-11 - 119 points
in the NHL's East Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Tom Johnson (54-13-11)

1971-72 Boston Bruins Roster

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 in the NHL's East Division.

The club led the league with 330 goals. The team surrendered 204 goals. Phil Esposito scored 66 goals for the team, while John Bucyk and Bobby Orr tallied 30 or more also. Bobby Orr recorded 80 assists. Gerry Cheevers and Eddie Johnston apiece earned 27 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Gerry Cheevers registered a 2.5 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Tom Johnson coached the team. The 1971-72 Boston Bruins won the League Championship.

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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
Nick Beverley	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Jones	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Bob Stewart	D	8	0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bench			0	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0
Garry Peters	C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Totals		1300	330	560	890	1112	505	74	18	54	11	2629	12.6

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Gerry Cheevers	41	2420	27	5	8	0	2	101	2.50
Eddie Johnston	38	2260	27	8	3	1	2	102	2.71
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
Chris Hayes	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Garry Peters	C	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	SV%
Gerry Cheevers	8	483	6	2	2	21	2.61	268	247	.922
Eddie Johnston	7	420	6	1	1	13	1.86	217	204	.940
Totals	15	903	12	3	3	34	2.26	485	451	.930

1971-72 Boston Bruins Statistics

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