1971-72 Boston Bruins Roster and Statistics

Record: 54-13-11 (119 points), Finished 1st in NHL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tom Johnson (54-13-11)

Captain:

1971-72 Stanley Cup Champions

Goals For: 330 (1st of 14), Goals Against: 204 (4th of 14)
SRS: 1.50 (1st of 14), SOS: -0.12 (14th of 14)

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

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Boston Bruins	78	54	13	11	119	.763	330	204	1.50	-0.12	4.23	2.62	73	256	28.52	51	290	82.41	17	2	2630	12.5	2271	.910		4
League Average	78	32	32	13	78	.500	239	239					52	269	19.38	52	269	80.62	7	7	2417	9.9	2417	.901		5

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Boston Bruins
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
26	Don Awrey	ca CA	D	28	6-0	175	L/-	8	July 18, 1943
14	Ace Bailey	ca CA	LW	23	5-11	192	L/-	3	June 13, 1948
27	Nick Beverley	ca CA	D	24	6-2	185	R/-	2	April 21, 1947
22	Ivan Boldirev	yu YU	C	22	6-0	190	L/-	1	August 15, 1949
9	Johnny Bucyk	ca CA	LW	36	6-0	215	L/-	16	May 12, 1935
12	Wayne Cashman	ca CA	LW	26	6-1	208	R/-	5	June 24, 1945
30	Gerry Cheevers	ca CA	G	31	5-11	185	-/L	7	December 7, 1940
7	Phil Esposito	ca CA	C	29	6-1	205	L/-	8	February 20, 1942
6	Ted Green	ca CA	D	31	5-10	200	R/-	10	March 23, 1940
27	Chris Hayes	ca CA	LW	25	5-10	180	L/-	R	August 24, 1946
8	Ken Hodge	gb GB	RW	27	6-2	210	R/-	7	June 25, 1944
1	Eddie Johnston	ca CA	G	36	6-0	190	-/L	9	November 24, 1935
29	Ron Jones	ca CA	D	20	6-1	195	L/-	R	April 11, 1951
27	Reggie Leach	ca CA	RW	21	6-0	180	R/-	1	April 23, 1950
21	Don Marcotte	ca CA	LW	24	5-11	183	L/-	4	April 15, 1947
19	John McKenzie	ca CA	RW	34	5-9	175	R/-	11	December 12, 1937
23	Terry O'Reilly	ca CA	RW	20	6-1	200	R/-	R	June 7, 1951
4	Bobby Orr	ca CA	D	23	6-0	197	L/-	5	March 20, 1948
25	Garry Peters	ca CA	C	29	5-10	185	L/-	7	October 9, 1942
23	Matt Ravlich	ca CA	D	33	5-10	185	L/-	7	July 12, 1938
28	Doug Roberts	us US	RW	29	6-2	212	R/-	6	October 28, 1942
16	Derek Sanderson	ca CA	C	25	6-0	185	L/-	6	June 16, 1946
20	Dallas Smith	ca CA	D	30	5-11	180	L/-	9	October 10, 1941
10	Rick Smith	ca CA	D	23	5-11	190	L/-	3	June 29, 1948
17	Fred Stanfield	ca CA	C	27	5-10	185	L/-	7	May 4, 1944
24	Bob Stewart	ca CA	D	21	6-1	206	L/-	R	November 10, 1950
10	Carol Vadnais	ca CA	D	26	6-1	185	L/-	5	September 25, 1945
11	Mike Walton	ca CA	C/RW	27	5-10	175	L/-	6	January 3, 1945
18	Ed Westfall	ca CA	RW	31	6-1	197	R/-	10	September 19, 1940

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Phil Esposito*	29	C	76	66	67	133	54	76	37	27	2	16	40	25	2	426	15.5			14.3	2.4	16.7
2	Bobby Orr*	23	D	76	37	80	117	83	106	22	11	4	4	51	24	5	353	10.5			12.0	8.1	20.1
3	Johnny Bucyk*	36	LW	78	32	51	83	15	4	19	13	0	7	19	32	0	174	18.4			6.8	1.1	7.9
4	Fred Stanfield	27	C	78	23	56	79	19	14	18	5	0	4	34	22	0	169	13.6			5.7	1.2	6.9
5	John McKenzie	34	RW	77	22	47	69	20	128	12	10	0	3	26	21	0	133	16.5			4.8	1.2	6.0
6	Derek Sanderson	25	C	78	25	33	58	25	108	18	0	7	2	28	0	5	198	12.6			4.0	1.4	5.4
7	Mike Walton	27	C	76	28	28	56	23	45	22	6	0	4	23	5	0	236	11.9			4.2	1.3	5.5
8	Ken Hodge	27	RW	60	16	40	56	39	81	15	0	1	2	35	4	1	140	11.4			3.8	1.7	5.6
9	Wayne Cashman	26	LW	74	23	29	52	41	103	22	1	0	3	27	2	0	150	15.3			3.5	1.9	5.4
10	Ed Westfall	31	RW	77	18	26	44	28	19	16	0	2	5	20	0	6	123	14.6			2.2	1.5	3.7
11	Dallas Smith	30	D	78	8	22	30	36	132	7	0	1	1	22	0	0	111	7.2			1.7	5.1	6.7
12	Ace Bailey	23	LW	73	9	13	22	11	64	9	0	0	0	13	0	0	64	14.1			-0.4	0.9	0.6
13	Reggie Leach	21	RW	56	7	13	20	8	12	7	0	0	2	13	0	0	66	10.6			0.0	0.7	0.7
14	Ted Green	31	D	55	1	16	17	11	21	1	0	0	0	16	0	0	41	2.4			0.4	2.6	3.0
15	Rick Smith	23	D	61	2	12	14	52	44	2	0	0	0	11	0	1	81	2.5			0.1	5.5	5.7
16	Don Marcotte	24	LW	47	6	4	10	-2	12	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	51	11.8			-0.6	0.3	-0.3
17	Carol Vadnais	26	D	16	4	6	10	2	37	4	0	0	0	5	1	0	37	10.8			0.9	0.7	1.6
18	Don Awrey	28	D	34	1	8	9	19	52	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	53	1.9			0.2	2.4	2.6
19	Eddie Johnston	36	G	38	0	4	4	0	0				0	4			0		2258	59:26	0.0	0.0	7.3
20	Ivan Boldirev	22	C	11	0	2	2	1	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.0			-0.3	0.1	-0.2
21	Gerry Cheevers*	31	G	41	0	2	2	0	25				0	2			0		2420	59:01	0.0	0.0	8.5
22	Terry O'Reilly	20	RW	1	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0			0.1	0.1	0.2
23	Doug Roberts	29	RW	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3			0.0	0.1	0.1
24	Matt Ravlich	33	D	26	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	0.0			-0.5	1.2	0.7
25	Nick Beverley	24	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
26	Ron Jones	20	D	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0			0.0	0.1	0.1
27	Garry Peters	29	C	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
28	Bob Stewart	21	D	8	0	0	0	3	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.2	0.5	0.3
	Team Total			78	330	560	890	497	1108	240	73	17	54	404	136	20	2630	12.5			62.8	42.2	120.7

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Gerry Cheevers*	31	41		27	5	8	101	1264	1163	.920	2.50	2	2420				82	22.1	2.48	8.5
2	Eddie Johnston	36	38		27	8	3	102	1006	904	.899	2.71	2	2258				104	-4.0	2.68	7.3
	Team Total				54	13	11	203	2270	2067	.911	2.60	4	4678				92	18.1	2.58	15.8