1972–73 Boston Bruins season

East Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	78	52	10	16	329	184	+145	120
2	Boston Bruins	78	51	22	5	330	235	+95	107
3	New York Rangers	78	47	23	8	297	208	+89	102
4	Buffalo Sabres	78	37	27	14	257	219	+38	88
5	Detroit Red Wings	78	37	29	12	265	243	+22	86
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	78	27	41	10	247	279	−32	64
7	Vancouver Canucks	78	22	47	9	233	339	−106	53
8	New York Islanders	78	12	60	6	170	347	−177	30

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 8, 1972	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	0–1–0
2	L	October 11, 1972	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	0–2–0
3	W	October 14, 1972	7–4	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	1–2–0
4	W	October 15, 1972	8–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	2–2–0
5	L	October 18, 1972	1–7	@ New York Rangers (1972–73)	2–3–0
6	W	October 21, 1972	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	3–3–0
7	L	October 22, 1972	4–5	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	3–4–0
8	T	October 25, 1972	2–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	3–4–1
9	L	October 26, 1972	3–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	3–5–1
10	W	October 28, 1972	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	4–5–1
11	W	October 29, 1972	9–1	New York Islanders (1972–73)	5–5–1
12	L	November 2, 1972	2–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	5–6–1
13	T	November 3, 1972	6–6	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	5–6–2
14	W	November 5, 1972	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	6–6–2
15	W	November 9, 1972	8–3	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	7–6–2
16	L	November 12, 1972	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	7–7–2
17	W	November 16, 1972	4–0	St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	8–7–2
18	W	November 18, 1972	7–3	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	9–7–2
19	W	November 19, 1972	6–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	10–7–2
20	W	November 23, 1972	4–2	California Golden Seals (1972–73)	11–7–2
21	W	November 24, 1972	4–0	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	12–7–2
22	W	November 26, 1972	6–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	13–7–2
23	T	November 29, 1972	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	13–7–3
24	W	November 30, 1972	5–4	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	14–7–3
25	W	December 3, 1972	5–1	New York Islanders (1972–73)	15–7–3
26	W	December 7, 1972	5–0	St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	16–7–3
27	W	December 9, 1972	4–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	17–7–3
28	W	December 10, 1972	8–4	California Golden Seals (1972–73)	18–7–3
29	L	December 13, 1972	3–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	18–8–3
30	W	December 14, 1972	4–2	New York Rangers (1972–73)	19–8–3
31	W	December 17, 1972	5–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	20–8–3
32	W	December 19, 1972	3–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	21–8–3
33	W	December 21, 1972	8–1	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	22–8–3
34	W	December 23, 1972	3–1	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	23–8–3
35	W	December 27, 1972	3–1	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	24–8–3
36	W	December 29, 1972	2–0	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	25–8–3
37	W	January 1, 1973	8–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	26–8–3
38	L	January 4, 1973	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	26–9–3
39	L	January 7, 1973	4–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	26–10–3
40	T	January 11, 1973	1–1	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	26–10–4
41	W	January 13, 1973	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	27–10–4
42	W	January 14, 1973	6–0	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	28–10–4
43	L	January 18, 1973	7–9	New York Islanders (1972–73)	28–11–4
44	L	January 20, 1973	0–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	28–12–4
45	W	January 21, 1973	5–2	California Golden Seals (1972–73)	29–12–4
46	L	January 24, 1973	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1972–73)	29–13–4
47	L	January 25, 1973	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	29–14–4
48	L	January 27, 1973	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	29–15–4
49	W	January 28, 1973	6–5	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	30–15–4
50	W	February 1, 1973	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	31–15–4
51	L	February 3, 1973	3–7	New York Rangers (1972–73)	31–16–4
52	T	February 4, 1973	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	31–16–5
53	W	February 7, 1973	3–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	32–16–5
54	W	February 10, 1973	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	33–16–5
55	W	February 11, 1973	2–0	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	34–16–5
56	W	February 13, 1973	7–3	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	35–16–5
57	W	February 15, 1973	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	36–16–5
58	L	February 17, 1973	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	36–17–5
59	W	February 18, 1973	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	37–17–5
60	W	February 20, 1973	7–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	38–17–5
61	W	February 21, 1973	6–2	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	39–17–5
62	W	February 24, 1973	7–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	40–17–5
63	L	March 1, 1973	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	40–18–5
64	L	March 3, 1973	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	40–19–5
65	W	March 4, 1973	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	41–19–5
66	L	March 7, 1973	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	41–20–5
67	W	March 9, 1973	3–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	42–20–5
68	W	March 11, 1973	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	43–20–5
69	W	March 13, 1973	3–0	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	44–20–5
70	W	March 15, 1973	4–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	45–20–5
71	W	March 16, 1973	5–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	46–20–5
72	W	March 18, 1973	7–1	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	47–20–5
73	W	March 22, 1973	5–3	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	48–20–5
74	W	March 24, 1973	3–0	New York Rangers (1972–73)	49–20–5
75	W	March 25, 1973	6–1	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	50–20–5
76	W	March 28, 1973	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1972–73)	51–20–5
77	L	March 31, 1973	3–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	51–21–5
78	L	April 1, 1973	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	51–22–5

Playoffs

Quarterfinals: (E2) Boston Bruins vs. (E3) New York Rangers

April 4

New York Rangers

6-2

Boston Bruins

Boston Garden

April 5

New York Rangers

4-2

Boston Bruins

Boston Garden

April 7

Boston Bruins

4-2

New York Rangers

Madison Square Garden

April 8

Boston Bruins

0-4

New York Rangers

Madison Square Garden

April 10

New York Rangers

6-3

Boston Bruins

Boston Garden

New York won series 4-1

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	C	78	55	75	130	87	16	19	5	11
Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	D	63	29	72	101	99	56	7	1	3
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	78	40	53	93	12	18	10	0	10
Hodge, KenKen Hodge	RW	73	37	44	81	58	10	16	0	5
Stanfield, FredFred Stanfield	LW	78	20	58	78	10	12	7	0	2
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	76	29	39	68	100	5	6	0	3
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	78	24	31	55	49	32	1	2	3
Sheppard, GreggGregg Sheppard	C	64	24	26	50	18	37	0	2	3
Walton, MikeMike Walton	C	56	25	22	47	37	10	0	0	2
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	78	7	24	31	127	21	1	0	3
Smith, DallasDallas Smith	D	78	4	27	31	72	38	0	0	0
O'Reilly, TerryTerry O'Reilly	RW	72	5	22	27	109	27	0	0	1
Bailey, GarnetGarnet Bailey	LW	57	8	13	21	89	7	0	3	1
Awrey, DonDon Awrey	D	78	2	17	19	90	29	0	0	0
Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson	C	25	5	10	15	38	11	0	2	0
O'Donnell, FredFred O'Donnell	RW	72	10	4	14	55	3	0	0	2
Roberts, DougDoug Roberts	RW	45	4	7	11	7	13	0	0	2
Beverley, NickNick Beverley	D	76	1	10	11	26	7	0	0	0
LeDuc, RichRich LeDuc	C	5	1	1	2	2	-1	0	0	0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	8	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Brooks, RossRoss Brooks	G	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	G	45	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Ravlich, MattMatt Ravlich	D	5	0	1	1	0	-5	0	0	0
Adams, JohnJohn Adams	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doak, GaryGary Doak	D	5	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Jones, RonRon Jones	D	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Oddleifson, ChrisChris Oddleifson	C	6	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	2510	45	24	17	1	137	3.27	5
Brooks, RossRoss Brooks	910	16	11	1	3	40	2.64	1
Adams, JohnJohn Adams	780	14	9	3	1	39	3.00	1
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	480	8	7	1	0	16	2.00	2
Team:	4680	78	51	22	5	232	2.97	9

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sheppard, GreggGregg Sheppard	C	5	2	1	3	0	0	1	1
Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson	C	5	1	2	3	13	0	0	0
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	5	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
Roberts, DougDoug Roberts	RW	5	2	0	2	6	0	0	0
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	0
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	D	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	0
Stanfield, FredFred Stanfield	LW	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Walton, MikeMike Walton	C	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Smith, DallasDallas Smith	D	5	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Hodge, KenKen Hodge	RW	5	1	0	1	7	1	0	0
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	C	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
O'Donnell, FredFred O'Donnell	RW	5	0	1	1	5	0	0	0
Awrey, DonDon Awrey	D	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Beverley, NickNick Beverley	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brooks, RossRoss Brooks	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doak, GaryGary Doak	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
O'Reilly, TerryTerry O'Reilly	RW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	160	3	1	2	9	3.38
Brooks, RossRoss Brooks	20	1	0	0	3	9.00
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	120	2	0	2	10	5.00
Team:	300	5	1	4	22	4.40

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Phil Esposito, Runner up, Hart Trophy^[3]

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Player	Former Team

Claimed from waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)

References

↑ "1972–1973 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1972-73 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.220, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5

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1972–73 Boston Bruins season

Regular season

Divisional standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Quarterfinals: (E2) Boston Bruins vs. (E3) New York Rangers

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Claimed from waivers

Draft picks

See also

References