1972-73 Boston Bruins Statistics
Team Record: 51-22-5 - 107 points
in the NHL's East Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Tom Johnson (0-0)
Coach: Bep Guidolin (0-0)
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 in the NHL's East Division.
The club led the league with 330 goals. The team yielded 235 goals. Phil Esposito scored 55 goals for the team, while Ken Hodge and John Bucyk 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 in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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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 | |
| 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 | |
| Matt Ravlich | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 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 |
| Gary Doak | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1414 | 330 | 560 | 890 | 1097 | 345 | 67 | 15 | 51 | 5 | 2677 | 12.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Adams | 14 | 780 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 3.00 | |||
| Jacques Plante | 8 | 480 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 2.00 | |||
| Eddie Johnston | 45 | 2510 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 137 | 3.27 | |||
| Ross Brooks | 16 | 910 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 2.64 | |||
| Totals | 83 | 4680 | 51 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 232 | 2.97 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Esposito | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Orr | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Bucyk | L | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Hodge | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Stanfield | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Cashman | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Marcotte | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregg Sheppard | C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Walton | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carol Vadnais | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Smith | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry O'Reilly | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Awrey | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Derek Sanderson | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred O'Donnell | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Roberts | R | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Beverley | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jacques Plante | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Johnston | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ross Brooks | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Doak | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 88 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Plante | 2 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5.00 | 73 | 63 | .863 |
| Eddie Johnston | 3 | 160 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3.38 | 96 | 87 | .906 |
| Ross Brooks | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9.00 | 14 | 11 | .786 |
| Totals | 6 | 300 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.40 | 183 | 161 | .880 |
