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1974-75 NHL Season Summary

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League Standings

Playoff teams are marked with an asterisk (*) / Click column headers to sort
Clarence Campbell Conference GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS
Patrick Division         
Philadelphia Flyers* 80 51 18 11 113 .706 293 181 1.32
New York Rangers* 80 37 29 14 88 .550 319 276 0.54
New York Islanders* 80 33 25 22 88 .550 264 221 0.52
Atlanta Flames 80 34 31 15 83 .519 243 233 0.16
Smythe Division         
Vancouver Canucks* 80 38 32 10 86 .538 271 254 0.16
St. Louis Blues* 80 35 31 14 84 .525 269 267 -0.01
Chicago Black Hawks* 80 37 35 8 82 .513 268 241 0.28
Minnesota North Stars 80 23 50 7 53 .331 221 341 -1.43
Kansas City Scouts 80 15 54 11 41 .256 184 328 -1.71
Prince of Wales Conference GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS
Adams Division         
Buffalo Sabres* 80 49 16 15 113 .706 354 240 1.35
Boston Bruins* 80 40 26 14 94 .588 345 245 1.18
Toronto Maple Leafs* 80 31 33 16 78 .488 280 309 -0.32
California Golden Seals 80 19 48 13 51 .319 212 316 -1.18
Norris Division         
Montreal Canadiens* 80 47 14 19 113 .706 374 225 1.72
Los Angeles Kings* 80 42 17 21 105 .656 269 185 0.97
Pittsburgh Penguins* 80 37 28 15 89 .556 326 289 0.42
Detroit Red Wings 80 23 45 12 58 .363 259 335 -0.89
Washington Capitals 80 8 67 5 21 .131 181 446 -3.09

League Playoffs

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Stanley Cup Finals (4-2):Philadelphia Flyers over Buffalo Sabres 
 
Semi-Finals (4-2):Buffalo Sabres over Montreal Canadiens 
Semi-Finals (4-3):Philadelphia Flyers over New York Islanders 
 
Quarter-Finals (4-3):New York Islanders over Pittsburgh Penguins 
Quarter-Finals (4-1):Montreal Canadiens over Vancouver Canucks 
Quarter-Finals (4-1):Buffalo Sabres over Chicago Black Hawks 
Quarter-Finals (4-0):Philadelphia Flyers over Toronto Maple Leafs 
 
Preliminary Round (2-1):New York Islanders over New York Rangers 
Preliminary Round (2-0):Pittsburgh Penguins over St. Louis Blues 
Preliminary Round (2-1):Chicago Black Hawks over Boston Bruins 
Preliminary Round (2-1):Toronto Maple Leafs over Los Angeles Kings 

Team Statistics

Glossary / CSV / PRE / Click column headers to sort
Rk Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
1 Montreal Canadiens* 80 47 14 19 113 .706 374 225 1.72 7.49 92 350 26.29 54 314 82.80 8 10
2 Buffalo Sabres* 80 49 16 15 113 .706 354 240 1.35 7.43 83 303 27.39 56 326 82.82 17 5
3 Philadelphia Flyers* 80 51 18 11 113 .706 293 181 1.32 5.93 64 257 24.90 74 466 84.12 15 6
4 Los Angeles Kings* 80 42 17 21 105 .656 269 185 0.97 5.68 52 288 18.06 48 327 85.32 10 7
5 Boston Bruins* 80 40 26 14 94 .588 345 245 1.18 7.38 86 299 28.76 59 316 81.33 14 10
6 Pittsburgh Penguins* 80 37 28 15 89 .556 326 289 0.42 7.69 64 323 19.81 63 324 80.56 13 11
7 New York Rangers* 80 37 29 14 88 .550 319 276 0.54 7.44 84 296 28.38 54 295 81.69 6 7
8 New York Islanders* 80 33 25 22 88 .550 264 221 0.52 6.06 51 273 18.68 55 340 83.82 11 7
9 Vancouver Canucks* 80 38 32 10 86 .538 271 254 0.16 6.56 70 337 20.77 59 300 80.33 5 5
10 St. Louis Blues* 80 35 31 14 84 .525 269 267 -0.01 6.70 50 286 17.48 77 329 76.60 6 5
11 Atlanta Flames 80 34 31 15 83 .519 243 233 0.16 5.95 56 283 19.79 56 270 79.26 4 9
12 Chicago Black Hawks* 80 37 35 8 82 .513 268 241 0.28 6.36 71 327 21.71 62 311 80.06 3 7
13 Toronto Maple Leafs* 80 31 33 16 78 .488 280 309 -0.32 7.36 60 340 17.65 76 304 75.00 11 10
14 Detroit Red Wings 80 23 45 12 58 .363 259 335 -0.89 7.43 76 355 21.41 69 339 79.65 15 14
15 Minnesota North Stars 80 23 50 7 53 .331 221 341 -1.43 7.03 45 293 15.36 81 303 73.27 3 10
16 California Golden Seals 80 19 48 13 51 .319 212 316 -1.18 6.60 48 359 13.37 67 267 74.91 5 13
17 Kansas City Scouts 80 15 54 11 41 .256 184 328 -1.71 6.40 57 351 16.24 53 233 77.25 6 6
18 Washington Capitals 80 8 67 5 21 .131 181 446 -3.09 7.84 48 372 12.90 94 328 71.34 8 18
League Average 80 33 33 13 80 .500 274 274 0.00 6.85 64 316 20.33 64 316 79.67 9 9

League Awards

Art Ross Trophy:Bobby Orr
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:Don Luce
Calder Memorial Trophy:Eric Vail
Conn Smythe Trophy:Bernie Parent
Hart Memorial Trophy:Bobby Clarke
James Norris Memorial Trophy:Bobby Orr
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:Marcel Dionne
Lester B. Pearson Award:Bobby Orr
Vezina Trophy:Bernie Parent

League Leaders

Glossary / Rate statistic requirements

Goals

1.Phil Esposito*-BOS61
2.Guy Lafleur*-MTL53
3.Rick Martin-BUF52
4.Danny Grant-DET50
5.Marcel Dionne*-DET47

Goals Per Game

1.Phil Esposito*-BOS0.77
2.Rick Martin-BUF0.76
3.Guy Lafleur*-MTL0.76
4.Danny Grant-DET0.62
5.Marcel Dionne*-DET0.59

Assists

1.Bobby Orr*-BOS89
 Bobby Clarke*-PHI89
3.Pete Mahovlich-MTL82
4.Marcel Dionne*-DET74
5.Guy Lafleur*-MTL66
 Phil Esposito*-BOS66

Assists Per Game

1.Bobby Orr*-BOS1.11
 Bobby Clarke*-PHI1.11
3.Pete Mahovlich-MTL1.02
4.Guy Lafleur*-MTL0.94
5.Marcel Dionne*-DET0.93

Points

1.Bobby Orr*-BOS135
2.Phil Esposito*-BOS127
3.Marcel Dionne*-DET121
4.Guy Lafleur*-MTL119
5.Pete Mahovlich-MTL117

Points Per Game

1.Guy Lafleur*-MTL1.70
2.Bobby Orr*-BOS1.69
3.Phil Esposito*-BOS1.61
4.Marcel Dionne*-DET1.51
5.Pete Mahovlich-MTL1.46

Goals Created

1.Phil Esposito*-BOS51.2
2.Bobby Orr*-BOS50.9
3.Guy Lafleur*-MTL46.9
4.Marcel Dionne*-DET46.0
5.Pete Mahovlich-MTL42.9

Goals Created Per Game

1.Guy Lafleur*-MTL0.67
2.Phil Esposito*-BOS0.65
3.Bobby Orr*-BOS0.64
4.Rick Martin-BUF0.58
5.Marcel Dionne*-DET0.57

Total Goals For

1.Bobby Orr*-BOS246
2.Jerry Korab-BUF189
3.Guy Lapointe*-MTL186
4.Carol Vadnais-BOS181
5.Phil Esposito*-BOS174

Power Play Goals For

1.Bobby Orr*-BOS81
2.Phil Esposito*-BOS79
3.Marcel Dionne*-DET72
4.Carol Vadnais-BOS68
5.Guy Lapointe*-MTL65
 Rene Robert-BUF65

Total Goals Against

1.Jean Hamel-DET157
2.Bill Mikkelson-WSH156
3.Jack Lynch-2Tm152
4.Tom Reid-MNS147
5.Doug Mohns-WSH146

Power Play Goals Against

1.Murray Oliver-MNS53
2.Barclay Plager-STL50
3.Bill Lesuk-WSH45
4.Bobby Orr*-BOS44
 Tom Reid-MNS44

Plus/Minus

1.Bobby Orr*-BOS80
2.Bobby Clarke*-PHI79
3.Serge Savard*-MTL71
4.Don Luce-BUF61
 Larry Robinson*-MTL61

Penalties in Minutes

1.Dave Schultz-PHI472
2.Andre Dupont-PHI276
3.Phil Russell-CBH260
4.Bryan Watson-DET238
5.Bob Gassoff-STL222

Even Strength Goals

1.Guy Lafleur*-MTL36
2.Reggie Leach-PHI33
 Eric Vail-ATF33
4.Rick Martin-BUF31
 Jean Pronovost-PIT31

Power Play Goals

1.Phil Esposito*-BOS27
2.Rick Martin-BUF21
3.Danny Grant-DET19
4.Bobby Orr*-BOS16
 Steve Vickers-NYR16
 Ken Hodge-BOS16

Short-Handed Goals

1.Marcel Dionne*-DET10
2.Don Luce-BUF8
3.Gregg Sheppard-BOS7
 Craig Ramsay-BUF7
5.Bill Barber*-PHI5

Game-Winning Goals

1.Guy Lafleur*-MTL11
2.Reggie Leach-PHI10
3.Cliff Koroll-CBH9
 Jean Pronovost-PIT9
5.Garry Unger-STL8
 Gilbert Perreault*-BUF8
 Rick MacLeish-PHI8
 Jacques Lemaire*-MTL8
 Phil Esposito*-BOS8

Shots on Goal

1.Bobby Orr*-BOS384
2.Marcel Dionne*-DET378
3.Garry Unger-STL349
4.Phil Esposito*-BOS347
5.Dick Redmond-CBH310

Shooting Percentage

1.Peter McNab-BUF24.4
2.Jim Pappin-CBH22.8
3.Eric Vail-ATF22.0
4.Steve Vickers-NYR21.8
5.Yvon Lambert-MTL21.3

Games Played (Goalie)

1.Gary Smith-VAN72
2.Tony Esposito*-CBH71
3.Bernie Parent*-PHI68
4.Jim Rutherford-DET59
5.Billy Smith*-NYI58

Wins (Goalie)

1.Bernie Parent*-PHI44
2.Tony Esposito*-CBH34
3.Gary Smith-VAN32
4.Ken Dryden*-MTL30
5.Rogie Vachon-LAK27

Losses (Goalie)

1.Ron Low-WSH36
2.Tony Esposito*-CBH30
3.Jim Rutherford-DET29
4.Gilles Meloche-CGS27
5.Peter McDuffe-KCS25

Ties/Overtime (Goalie)

1.Billy Smith*-NYI17
2.Ken Dryden*-MTL16
3.Rogie Vachon-LAK13
4.Gary Bromley-BUF11
 Gilles Gilbert-BOS11

Points (Goalie)

1.Bernie Parent*-PHI98
2.Ken Dryden*-MTL76
3.Tony Esposito*-CBH75
4.Gary Smith-VAN73
5.Rogie Vachon-LAK67

Points Percentage (Goalie)

1.Michel Larocque-MTL.740
2.Gary Edwards-LAK.731
3.Bernie Parent*-PHI.721
4.Ken Dryden*-MTL.691
5.Gary Bromley-BUF.656

Shutouts

1.Bernie Parent*-PHI12
2.Tony Esposito*-CBH6
 Gary Smith-VAN6
 Rogie Vachon-LAK6
5.Phil Myre-ATF5

Goals Against

1.Ron Low-WSH235
2.Jim Rutherford-DET217
3.Gary Smith-VAN197
4.Tony Esposito*-CBH193
5.Gilles Meloche-CGS186

Goals Against Average

1.Bernie Parent*-PHI2.03
2.Rogie Vachon-LAK2.24
3.Gary Edwards-LAK2.34
4.Glenn Resch-NYI2.47
5.Ken Dryden*-MTL2.69
      

All-Star Teams

1st Team
G: Bernie Parent
D: Bobby Orr
D: Denis Potvin
C: Bobby Clarke
LW: Rick Martin
RW: Guy Lafleur
 2nd Team
G: Rogie Vachon
D: Guy Lapointe
D: Borje Salming
C: Phil Esposito
LW: Steve Vickers
RW: Rene Robert