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28-39-11 (67 points), Finished 3rd in NHL West Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 208 goals, Allowed 247 goals, SRS: -0.46 (10th of 14)
Coached by Sid Abel (3-6-1), Bill McCreary (6-14-4), Al Arbour (19-19-6)
Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-0) versus Boston Bruins
Won Quarter-Finals (4-3) versus Minnesota North Stars
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| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 9, 1971 | Chicago Black Hawks | L | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Oct 12, 1971 | Buffalo Sabres | W | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Oct 13, 1971 | @ | Chicago Black Hawks | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Oct 16, 1971 | Detroit Red Wings | W | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Sun, Oct 17, 1971 | @ | Detroit Red Wings | L | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Tue, Oct 19, 1971 | Vancouver Canucks | L | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | L 2 | |||
| 7 | Sat, Oct 23, 1971 | New York Rangers | L | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | L 3 | |||
| 8 | Sun, Oct 24, 1971 | @ | Buffalo Sabres | W | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Wed, Oct 27, 1971 | Minnesota North Stars | L | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | L 1 | |||
| 10 | Sat, Oct 30, 1971 | Philadelphia Flyers | T | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | T 1 | |||
| 11 | Wed, Nov 3, 1971 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | L | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Thu, Nov 4, 1971 | @ | Boston Bruins | L | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | L 2 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 6, 1971 | @ | Minnesota North Stars | L | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | L 3 | ||
| 14 | Tue, Nov 9, 1971 | Pittsburgh Penguins | L | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | L 4 | |||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 13, 1971 | California Golden Seals | W | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 16 | Tue, Nov 16, 1971 | Detroit Red Wings | T | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | T 1 | |||
| 17 | Thu, Nov 18, 1971 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | T | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | T 2 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Nov 20, 1971 | @ | Pittsburgh Penguins | W | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Sun, Nov 21, 1971 | @ | Boston Bruins | L | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Tue, Nov 23, 1971 | Los Angeles Kings | W | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Wed, Nov 24, 1971 | @ | New York Rangers | L | 3 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Nov 27, 1971 | Boston Bruins | T | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | T 1 | |||
| 23 | Tue, Nov 30, 1971 | California Golden Seals | W | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 24 | Wed, Dec 1, 1971 | @ | Toronto Maple Leafs | L | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 4, 1971 | Buffalo Sabres | W | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 26 | Sun, Dec 5, 1971 | @ | Detroit Red Wings | W | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 27 | Tue, Dec 7, 1971 | @ | Vancouver Canucks | L | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Fri, Dec 10, 1971 | @ | California Golden Seals | T | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | T 1 | ||
| 29 | Sat, Dec 11, 1971 | @ | Los Angeles Kings | L | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Tue, Dec 14, 1971 | Toronto Maple Leafs | L | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 5 | L 2 | |||
| 31 | Wed, Dec 15, 1971 | @ | Minnesota North Stars | L | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 5 | L 3 | ||
| 32 | Sat, Dec 18, 1971 | New York Rangers | L | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | L 4 | |||
| 33 | Sun, Dec 19, 1971 | @ | Chicago Black Hawks | L | 0 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 5 | L 5 | ||
| 34 | Wed, Dec 22, 1971 | Los Angeles Kings | L | 1 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 5 | L 6 | |||
| 35 | Sat, Dec 25, 1971 | Buffalo Sabres | T | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 6 | T 1 | |||
| 36 | Sun, Dec 26, 1971 | @ | Buffalo Sabres | L | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 37 | Wed, Dec 29, 1971 | @ | Toronto Maple Leafs | W | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 38 | Sat, Jan 1, 1972 | Philadelphia Flyers | T | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 7 | T 1 | |||
| 39 | Wed, Jan 5, 1972 | @ | New York Rangers | L | 1 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 40 | Thu, Jan 6, 1972 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 3 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 8, 1972 | Boston Bruins | W | 5 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 7 | W 2 | |||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 11, 1972 | Montreal Canadiens | W | 7 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 7 | W 3 | |||
| 43 | Sat, Jan 15, 1972 | Minnesota North Stars | W | 7 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 7 | W 4 | |||
| 44 | Sun, Jan 16, 1972 | @ | Toronto Maple Leafs | W | 4 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 7 | W 5 | ||
| 45 | Tue, Jan 18, 1972 | Boston Bruins | L | 0 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 7 | L 1 | |||
| 46 | Sat, Jan 22, 1972 | Pittsburgh Penguins | W | 1 | 0 | 16 | 23 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 47 | Sun, Jan 23, 1972 | @ | Detroit Red Wings | L | 1 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Wed, Jan 26, 1972 | @ | Pittsburgh Penguins | W | 2 | 1 | 17 | 24 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 49 | Sat, Jan 29, 1972 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | L | 0 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 50 | Sun, Jan 30, 1972 | @ | Boston Bruins | L | 2 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 51 | Tue, Feb 1, 1972 | Montreal Canadiens | L | 1 | 3 | 17 | 27 | 7 | L 3 | |||
| 52 | Thu, Feb 3, 1972 | Pittsburgh Penguins | L | 3 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 7 | L 4 | |||
| 53 | Sat, Feb 5, 1972 | New York Rangers | W | 6 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 54 | Sun, Feb 6, 1972 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | T | 2 | 2 | 18 | 28 | 8 | T 1 | ||
| 55 | Tue, Feb 8, 1972 | Toronto Maple Leafs | L | 1 | 2 | 18 | 29 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 56 | Thu, Feb 10, 1972 | Minnesota North Stars | L | 1 | 3 | 18 | 30 | 8 | L 2 | |||
| 57 | Sat, Feb 12, 1972 | Vancouver Canucks | W | 5 | 4 | 19 | 30 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Tue, Feb 15, 1972 | Chicago Black Hawks | L | 2 | 3 | 19 | 31 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 59 | Wed, Feb 16, 1972 | @ | Los Angeles Kings | W | 3 | 1 | 20 | 31 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 60 | Fri, Feb 18, 1972 | @ | Vancouver Canucks | L | 2 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Feb 20, 1972 | @ | California Golden Seals | T | 4 | 4 | 20 | 32 | 9 | T 1 | ||
| 62 | Wed, Feb 23, 1972 | @ | Los Angeles Kings | W | 2 | 0 | 21 | 32 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 63 | Sat, Feb 26, 1972 | @ | Minnesota North Stars | W | 3 | 2 | 22 | 32 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 64 | Sun, Feb 27, 1972 | @ | New York Rangers | L | 0 | 2 | 22 | 33 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 65 | Wed, Mar 1, 1972 | Toronto Maple Leafs | L | 1 | 3 | 22 | 34 | 9 | L 2 | |||
| 66 | Sat, Mar 4, 1972 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | L | 2 | 6 | 22 | 35 | 9 | L 3 | ||
| 67 | Sun, Mar 5, 1972 | @ | Buffalo Sabres | W | 6 | 2 | 23 | 35 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 68 | Tue, Mar 7, 1972 | Los Angeles Kings | W | 4 | 2 | 24 | 35 | 9 | W 2 | |||
| 69 | Thu, Mar 9, 1972 | Montreal Canadiens | L | 1 | 5 | 24 | 36 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 70 | Sat, Mar 11, 1972 | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 4 | 2 | 25 | 36 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 71 | Fri, Mar 17, 1972 | @ | California Golden Seals | T | 2 | 2 | 25 | 36 | 10 | T 1 | ||
| 72 | Sun, Mar 19, 1972 | @ | Vancouver Canucks | T | 3 | 3 | 25 | 36 | 11 | T 2 | ||
| 73 | Wed, Mar 22, 1972 | California Golden Seals | W | 4 | 1 | 26 | 36 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 74 | Sat, Mar 25, 1972 | Detroit Red Wings | W | 5 | 3 | 27 | 36 | 11 | W 2 | |||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 26, 1972 | @ | Chicago Black Hawks | L | 0 | 4 | 27 | 37 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 76 | Tue, Mar 28, 1972 | Vancouver Canucks | W | 2 | 1 | 28 | 37 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 77 | Sat, Apr 1, 1972 | Chicago Black Hawks | L | 0 | 2 | 28 | 38 | 11 | L 1 | |||
| 78 | Sun, Apr 2, 1972 | @ | Pittsburgh Penguins | L | 2 | 6 | 28 | 39 | 11 | L 2 |
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Apr 5, 1972 | @ | Minnesota North Stars | L | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Thu, Apr 6, 1972 | @ | Minnesota North Stars | L | OT | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | L 2 | |
| 3 | Sat, Apr 8, 1972 | Minnesota North Stars | W | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Sun, Apr 9, 1972 | Minnesota North Stars | W | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 5 | Tue, Apr 11, 1972 | @ | Minnesota North Stars | L | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Thu, Apr 13, 1972 | Minnesota North Stars | W | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Sun, Apr 16, 1972 | @ | Minnesota North Stars | W | OT | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 8 | Tue, Apr 18, 1972 | @ | Boston Bruins | L | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Thu, Apr 20, 1972 | @ | Boston Bruins | L | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | L 2 | ||
| 10 | Sun, Apr 23, 1972 | Boston Bruins | L | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | L 3 | |||
| 11 | Tue, Apr 25, 1972 | Boston Bruins | L | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | L 4 |