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48-17-13 (109 points), Finished 2nd in NHL East Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 317 goals, Allowed 192 goals, SRS: 1.49 (2nd of 14)
Coached by Emile Francis (48-17-13)
Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Finals (4-2) to Boston Bruins
Won Semi-Finals (4-0) over Chicago Black Hawks
Won Quarter-Finals (4-2) over Montreal Canadiens
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1971-72 Statistics ▪ Games
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 9, 1971 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | T | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun, Oct 10, 1971 | @ | Boston Bruins | W | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Oct 13, 1971 | Boston Bruins | L | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 4 | Sat, Oct 16, 1971 | @ | Toronto Maple Leafs | W | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Sun, Oct 17, 1971 | Montreal Canadiens | W | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 6 | Wed, Oct 20, 1971 | Chicago Black Hawks | W | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | W 3 | |||
| 7 | Sat, Oct 23, 1971 | @ | St. Louis Blues | W | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 8 | Sun, Oct 24, 1971 | Pittsburgh Penguins | T | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | T 1 | |||
| 9 | Wed, Oct 27, 1971 | Detroit Red Wings | W | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 10 | Sat, Oct 30, 1971 | @ | Pittsburgh Penguins | T | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | T 1 | ||
| 11 | Sun, Oct 31, 1971 | Toronto Maple Leafs | T | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | T 2 | |||
| 12 | Wed, Nov 3, 1971 | @ | Los Angeles Kings | W | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Fri, Nov 5, 1971 | @ | California Golden Seals | W | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 6, 1971 | @ | Vancouver Canucks | W | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Nov 10, 1971 | Los Angeles Kings | W | 7 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | W 4 | |||
| 16 | Sat, Nov 13, 1971 | Buffalo Sabres | W | 5 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 4 | W 5 | |||
| 17 | Sun, Nov 14, 1971 | Vancouver Canucks | W | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | W 6 | |||
| 18 | Sat, Nov 20, 1971 | @ | Minnesota North Stars | L | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Sun, Nov 21, 1971 | California Golden Seals | W | 12 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 20 | Wed, Nov 24, 1971 | St. Louis Blues | W | 8 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Nov 27, 1971 | @ | Detroit Red Wings | L | 1 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Sun, Nov 28, 1971 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 4 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Dec 1, 1971 | Buffalo Sabres | W | 7 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 24 | Sat, Dec 4, 1971 | @ | Pittsburgh Penguins | L | 2 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Sun, Dec 5, 1971 | Vancouver Canucks | W | 6 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 26 | Wed, Dec 8, 1971 | @ | Chicago Black Hawks | T | 2 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 5 | T 1 | ||
| 27 | Thu, Dec 9, 1971 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 5 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 28 | Sun, Dec 12, 1971 | Pittsburgh Penguins | W | 6 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 29 | Wed, Dec 15, 1971 | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 6 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 5 | W 3 | |||
| 30 | Thu, Dec 16, 1971 | @ | Boston Bruins | L | 1 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 31 | Sat, Dec 18, 1971 | @ | St. Louis Blues | W | 5 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 32 | Sun, Dec 19, 1971 | Minnesota North Stars | T | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 6 | T 1 | |||
| 33 | Wed, Dec 22, 1971 | Pittsburgh Penguins | W | 4 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 34 | Sat, Dec 25, 1971 | @ | Minnesota North Stars | W | 2 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 35 | Sun, Dec 26, 1971 | Montreal Canadiens | W | 5 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 6 | W 3 | |||
| 36 | Wed, Dec 29, 1971 | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 5 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 6 | W 4 | |||
| 37 | Sun, Jan 2, 1972 | Boston Bruins | L | 1 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| 38 | Wed, Jan 5, 1972 | St. Louis Blues | W | 9 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 39 | Sun, Jan 9, 1972 | Los Angeles Kings | W | 8 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| 40 | Wed, Jan 12, 1972 | @ | Chicago Black Hawks | T | 5 | 5 | 27 | 6 | 7 | T 1 | ||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Thu, Jan 13, 1972 | @ | Buffalo Sabres | W | 5 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 42 | Sat, Jan 15, 1972 | @ | Toronto Maple Leafs | L | 3 | 4 | 28 | 7 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 43 | Wed, Jan 19, 1972 | @ | Los Angeles Kings | W | 5 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 21, 1972 | @ | California Golden Seals | W | 5 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 45 | Sat, Jan 22, 1972 | @ | Vancouver Canucks | L | 2 | 5 | 30 | 8 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 46 | Wed, Jan 26, 1972 | Buffalo Sabres | W | 5 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 47 | Sat, Jan 29, 1972 | @ | Minnesota North Stars | L | 2 | 4 | 31 | 9 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Sun, Jan 30, 1972 | Minnesota North Stars | T | 1 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 8 | T 1 | |||
| 49 | Wed, Feb 2, 1972 | Boston Bruins | L | 0 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 50 | Thu, Feb 3, 1972 | @ | Buffalo Sabres | W | 4 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 51 | Sat, Feb 5, 1972 | @ | St. Louis Blues | L | 5 | 6 | 32 | 11 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 52 | Sun, Feb 6, 1972 | Toronto Maple Leafs | T | 2 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 9 | T 1 | |||
| 53 | Wed, Feb 9, 1972 | Chicago Black Hawks | W | 4 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 54 | Sat, Feb 12, 1972 | @ | Pittsburgh Penguins | W | 8 | 3 | 34 | 11 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 55 | Sun, Feb 13, 1972 | Los Angeles Kings | W | 4 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 9 | W 3 | |||
| 56 | Tue, Feb 15, 1972 | @ | Vancouver Canucks | W | 5 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 9 | W 4 | ||
| 57 | Thu, Feb 17, 1972 | @ | Los Angeles Kings | W | 6 | 4 | 37 | 11 | 9 | W 5 | ||
| 58 | Fri, Feb 18, 1972 | @ | California Golden Seals | T | 2 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 10 | T 1 | ||
| 59 | Sun, Feb 20, 1972 | Detroit Red Wings | W | 4 | 3 | 38 | 11 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 60 | Tue, Feb 22, 1972 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | W | 7 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Wed, Feb 23, 1972 | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 4 | 3 | 40 | 11 | 10 | W 3 | |||
| 62 | Sun, Feb 27, 1972 | St. Louis Blues | W | 2 | 0 | 41 | 11 | 10 | W 4 | |||
| 63 | Wed, Mar 1, 1972 | California Golden Seals | W | 4 | 1 | 42 | 11 | 10 | W 5 | |||
| 64 | Thu, Mar 2, 1972 | @ | Buffalo Sabres | W | 4 | 3 | 43 | 11 | 10 | W 6 | ||
| 65 | Sun, Mar 5, 1972 | Vancouver Canucks | W | 6 | 1 | 44 | 11 | 10 | W 7 | |||
| 66 | Wed, Mar 8, 1972 | Chicago Black Hawks | T | 3 | 3 | 44 | 11 | 11 | T 1 | |||
| 67 | Sat, Mar 11, 1972 | @ | Detroit Red Wings | W | 4 | 2 | 45 | 11 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 68 | Sun, Mar 12, 1972 | California Golden Seals | L | 3 | 7 | 45 | 12 | 11 | L 1 | |||
| 69 | Wed, Mar 15, 1972 | @ | Chicago Black Hawks | L | 1 | 3 | 45 | 13 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 70 | Thu, Mar 16, 1972 | @ | Detroit Red Wings | W | 2 | 1 | 46 | 13 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 71 | Sat, Mar 18, 1972 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 5 | 3 | 47 | 13 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| 72 | Sun, Mar 19, 1972 | Toronto Maple Leafs | W | 5 | 3 | 48 | 13 | 11 | W 3 | |||
| 73 | Thu, Mar 23, 1972 | @ | Boston Bruins | L | 1 | 4 | 48 | 14 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 74 | Sat, Mar 25, 1972 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | T | 3 | 3 | 48 | 14 | 12 | T 1 | ||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 26, 1972 | Minnesota North Stars | L | 0 | 5 | 48 | 15 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| 76 | Wed, Mar 29, 1972 | Detroit Red Wings | T | 2 | 2 | 48 | 15 | 13 | T 1 | |||
| 77 | Sat, Apr 1, 1972 | @ | Toronto Maple Leafs | L | 1 | 2 | 48 | 16 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 78 | Sun, Apr 2, 1972 | Montreal Canadiens | L | 5 | 6 | 48 | 17 | 13 | L 2 |
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Apr 5, 1972 | Montreal Canadiens | W | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Thu, Apr 6, 1972 | Montreal Canadiens | W | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Apr 8, 1972 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | L | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Sun, Apr 9, 1972 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | W | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Apr 11, 1972 | Montreal Canadiens | L | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | L 1 | |||
| 6 | Thu, Apr 13, 1972 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | W | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Sun, Apr 16, 1972 | @ | Chicago Black Hawks | W | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Tue, Apr 18, 1972 | @ | Chicago Black Hawks | W | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 9 | Thu, Apr 20, 1972 | Chicago Black Hawks | W | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | W 4 | |||
| 10 | Sun, Apr 23, 1972 | Chicago Black Hawks | W | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | W 5 | |||
| 11 | Sun, Apr 30, 1972 | @ | Boston Bruins | L | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Tue, May 2, 1972 | @ | Boston Bruins | L | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | L 2 | ||
| 13 | Thu, May 4, 1972 | Boston Bruins | W | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 14 | Sun, May 7, 1972 | Boston Bruins | L | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | L 1 | |||
| 15 | Tue, May 9, 1972 | @ | Boston Bruins | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Thu, May 11, 1972 | Boston Bruins | L | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | L 1 |