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1971-72 Boston Bruins Statistics

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54-13-11 (119 points), Finished 1st in NHL East Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

1971-72 Stanley Cup Champions

Scored 330 goals, Allowed 204 goals, SRS: 1.50 (1st of 14)
Coached by Tom Johnson (54-13-11)

Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Finals (4-2) versus New York Rangers
Won Semi-Finals (4-0) versus St. Louis Blues
Won Quarter-Finals (4-1) versus Toronto Maple Leafs

1971-72 Boston Bruins:

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Boston Bruins 78 54 13 11 119 .763 330 204 1.50 6.85 74 256 28.91 51 290 82.41 18 2
League Average 78 32 32 13 78 .500 239 239 0.00 6.13 52 269 19.38 52 269 80.62 8 8

Player Statistics

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Scoring Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI TGF PGF TGA PGA
1 Phil Esposito C 6-1 205 29 76 66 67 133 55 76 36 28 2 16 426 15.5 186 71 67 7
2 Bobby Orr D 6-0 197 23 76 37 80 117 86 106 22 11 4 4 353 10.5 209 69 83 29
3 John Bucyk LW 6-0 215 36 78 32 51 83 16 4 19 13 0 7 174 18.4 123 65 42 0
4 Fred Stanfield C/W 5-10 185 27 78 23 56 79 20 12 17 5 1 4 168 13.7 112 48 45 1
5 John McKenzie RW 5-9 175 34 77 22 47 69 19 126 12 10 0 3 133 16.5 121 61 41 0
6 Derek Sanderson C 6-0 185 25 78 25 33 58 25 108 18 0 7 2 198 12.6 73 1 86 39
7 Mike Walton C 5-10 175 27 76 28 28 56 23 45 22 6 0 4 236 11.9 83 18 42 0
8 Ken Hodge RW 6-2 210 27 60 16 40 56 41 81 15 0 1 2 140 11.4 86 7 40 2
9 Wayne Cashman LW 6-1 208 26 74 23 29 52 42 103 22 1 0 3 150 15.3 98 7 51 2
10 Ed Westfall D/RW 6-1 197 31 77 18 26 44 29 19 16 0 2 5 123 14.6 68 1 77 39
11 Dallas Smith D 5-11 180 30 78 8 22 30 34 132 7 0 1 1 111 7.2 119 2 107 24
12 Garnet Bailey LW 5-11 192 23 73 9 13 22 11 64 9 0 0 0 64 14.1 39 1 27 0
13 Reggie Leach RW 6-0 180 21 56 7 13 20 5 12 7 0 0 2 66 10.6 25 1 19 0
14 Ted Green D 5-10 200 31 54 1 16 17 10 21 1 0 0 0 41 2.4 60 0 58 8
15 Rick Smith D 5-11 190 23 61 2 12 14 53 46 2 0 0 0 81 2.5 90 2 56 21
16 Don Marcotte LW 5-11 183 24 47 6 4 10 0 12 6 0 0 1 51 11.8 16 0 26 10
17 Carol Vadnais D 6-1 185 26 16 4 6 10 2 37 4 0 0 0 37 10.8 36 3 41 10
18 Don Awrey D 6-0 175 28 34 1 8 9 20 52 1 0 0 0 53 1.9 57 2 44 9
19 Eddie Johnston G 6-0 190 36 38 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Ivan Boldirev C 6-0 190 22 11 0 2 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 3 0 1 0
21 Gerry Cheevers G 5-11 185 31 41 0 2 2 0 25 0 0 0 0 0
22 Terry O'Reilly RW 6-1 200 20 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 50.0 3 0 0 0
23 Doug Roberts RW 6-2 212 29 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 33.3 1 0 0 0
24 Matt Ravlich D 5-10 185 33 25 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 13 0.0 13 0 9 0
25 Nick Beverley D 6-2 185 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Ron Jones D 6-1 195 20 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 1 0 0 0
27 Garry Peters C 5-10 185 29 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0
28 Bob Stewart D 6-1 206 21 8 0 0 0 3 15 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0
Team Total 78 330 560 890 505 1106 238 74 18 54 2629 12.6 1627 359 964 201

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 Gerry Cheevers G 5-11 185 31 41 2420 27 5 8 101 2.50 2
2 Eddie Johnston G 6-0 190 36 38 2260 27 8 3 102 2.71 2
Team Total 78 4680 54 13 11 203 2.60 4

Scoring Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Phil Esposito C 6-1 205 29 15 9 15 24 24 7 2 0 3
2 Bobby Orr D 6-0 197 23 15 5 19 24 19 2 3 0 1
3 John Bucyk LW 6-0 215 36 15 9 11 20 6 4 5 0 0
4 Ken Hodge RW 6-2 210 27 15 9 8 17 62 6 2 1 3
5 John McKenzie RW 5-9 175 34 15 5 12 17 37 2 3 0 0
6 Fred Stanfield C/W 5-10 185 27 15 7 9 16 0 6 1 0 0
7 Mike Walton C 5-10 175 27 15 6 6 12 13 5 1 0 2
8 Wayne Cashman LW 6-1 208 26 15 4 7 11 42 3 1 0 0
9 Ed Westfall D/RW 6-1 197 31 15 4 3 7 10 2 0 2 1
10 Garnet Bailey LW 5-11 192 23 13 2 4 6 16 2 0 0 1
11 Don Awrey D 6-0 175 28 15 0 4 4 45 0 0 0 0
12 Dallas Smith D 5-11 180 30 15 0 4 4 22 0 0 0 0
13 Don Marcotte LW 5-11 183 24 14 3 0 3 6 2 0 1 1
14 Derek Sanderson C 6-0 185 25 11 1 1 2 44 0 0 1 0
15 Carol Vadnais D 6-1 185 26 15 0 2 2 43 0 0 0 0
16 Gerry Cheevers G 5-11 185 31 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Ted Green D 5-10 200 31 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Chris Hayes LW 5-10 180 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Eddie Johnston G 6-0 190 36 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Garry Peters C 5-10 185 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 15 64 105 169 389 41 18 5 12

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 Gerry Cheevers G 5-11 185 31 8 483 6 2 21 2.61 2
2 Eddie Johnston G 6-0 190 36 7 420 6 1 13 1.86 1
Team Total 15 903 12 3 34 2.26 3