1972-73 Boston Bruins Roster and Statistics

Record: 51-22-5 (107 points), Finished 2nd in NHL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tom Johnson (31-16-5), Bep Guidolin (20-6-0)

Captain:

Goals For: 330 (1st of 16), Goals Against: 235 (6th of 16)
SRS: 1.14 (2nd of 16), SOS: -0.08 (15th of 16)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-1) to New York Rangers

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

78. Apr 1, BOS (51-22) lost to MTL, 3-5

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	51	22	5	107	.686	330	235	1.14	-0.08	4.23	3.01	67	241	27.80	43	275	84.36	15	5	2677	12.3	2259	.896		9
League Average	78	34	34	11	78	.500	256	256					49	261	18.73	49	261	81.27	6	6	2426	10.5	2426	.895		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
31	John Adams	ca CA	G	26	6-0	200	-/L	R	July 27, 1946
26	Don Awrey	ca CA	D	29	6-0	175	L/-	9	July 18, 1943
14	Ace Bailey	ca CA	LW	24	5-11	192	L/-	4	June 13, 1948
6	Nick Beverley	ca CA	D	25	6-2	185	R/-	3	April 21, 1947
30	Ross Brooks	ca CA	G	35	5-8	173	-/L	R	October 17, 1937
9	Johnny Bucyk	ca CA	LW	37	6-0	215	L/-	17	May 12, 1935
12	Wayne Cashman	ca CA	LW	27	6-1	208	R/-	6	June 24, 1945
25	Gary Doak	ca CA	D	26	5-11	175	R/-	7	February 25, 1946
7	Phil Esposito	ca CA	C	30	6-1	205	L/-	9	February 20, 1942
8	Ken Hodge	gb GB	RW	28	6-2	210	R/-	8	June 25, 1944
1	Eddie Johnston	ca CA	G	37	6-0	190	-/L	10	November 24, 1935
29	Ron Jones	ca CA	D	21	6-1	195	L/-	1	April 11, 1951
18	Rich LeDuc	ca CA	C	21	5-11	170	L/-	R	August 24, 1951
21	Don Marcotte	ca CA	LW	25	5-11	183	L/-	5	April 15, 1947
16	Fred O'Donnell	ca CA	RW	23	5-10	175	R/-	R	December 6, 1949
24	Terry O'Reilly	ca CA	RW	21	6-1	200	R/-	1	June 7, 1951
22	Chris Oddleifson	ca CA	C	22	6-2	185	R/-	R	September 7, 1950
4	Bobby Orr	ca CA	D	24	6-0	197	L/-	6	March 20, 1948
31	Jacques Plante	ca CA	G	44	6-0	175	-/L	17	January 17, 1929
23	Matt Ravlich	ca CA	D	34	5-10	185	L/-	8	July 12, 1938
28	Doug Roberts	us US	RW	30	6-2	212	R/-	7	October 28, 1942
27	Derek Sanderson	ca CA	C	26	6-0	185	L/-	7	June 16, 1946
19	Gregg Sheppard	ca CA	C	23	5-8	170	L/-	R	April 23, 1949
20	Dallas Smith	ca CA	D	31	5-11	180	L/-	10	October 10, 1941
17	Fred Stanfield	ca CA	C	28	5-10	185	L/-	8	May 4, 1944
10	Carol Vadnais	ca CA	D	27	6-1	185	L/-	6	September 25, 1945
11	Mike Walton	ca CA	C	28	5-10	175	L/-	7	January 3, 1945

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*	30	C	78	55	75	130	17	87	31	19	5	11	49	25	1	411	13.4			11.8	1.2	13.1
2	Bobby Orr*	24	D	63	29	72	101	55	99	21	7	1	3	40	28	4	282	10.3			9.5	6.0	15.6
3	Johnny Bucyk*	37	LW	78	40	53	93	17	12	30	10	0	10	28	25	0	168	23.8			7.5	1.2	8.8
4	Ken Hodge	28	RW	73	37	44	81	11	58	21	16	0	5	33	11	0	197	18.8			6.5	1.0	7.5
5	Fred Stanfield	28	C	78	20	58	78	11	10	13	7	0	2	36	22	0	214	9.3			4.7	1.0	5.7
6	Wayne Cashman	27	LW	76	29	39	68	5	100	23	6	0	3	34	5	0	169	17.2			4.7	0.8	5.5
7	Don Marcotte	25	LW	78	24	31	55	31	49	21	1	2	3	27	0	4	175	13.7			3.1	1.7	4.8
8	Gregg Sheppard	23	C	64	24	26	50	37	18	22	0	2	3	23	0	3	151	15.9			3.3	1.7	5.0
9	Mike Walton	28	C	56	25	22	47	10	37	25	0	0	2	18	4	0	128	19.5			3.5	0.8	4.3
10	Carol Vadnais	27	D	78	7	24	31	20	127	6	1	0	3	22	2	0	150	4.7			1.6	4.5	6.1
11	Dallas Smith	31	D	78	4	27	31	38	72	4	0	0	0	21	2	4	130	3.1			1.4	5.6	7.0
12	Terry O'Reilly	21	RW	72	5	22	27	27	109	5	0	0	1	22	0	0	80	6.3			-0.5	1.5	1.0
13	Ace Bailey	24	LW	57	8	13	21	6	89	5	0	3	1	12	0	1	76	10.5			-0.1	0.7	0.6
14	Don Awrey	29	D	78	2	17	19	29	90	2	0	0	0	16	0	1	110	1.8			0.2	5.0	5.3
15	Derek Sanderson	26	C	25	5	10	15	11	38	3	0	2	0	6	0	4	41	12.2			0.6	0.6	1.1
16	Fred O'Donnell	23	RW	72	10	4	14	3	55	10	0	0	2	4	0	0	56	17.9			-1.2	0.7	-0.5
17	Doug Roberts	30	RW	45	4	7	11	13	7	4	0	0	2	7	0	0	67	6.0			-0.7	0.8	0.1
18	Nick Beverley	25	D	76	1	10	11	7	26	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	57	1.8			-0.5	3.6	3.1
19	Rich LeDuc	21	C	5	1	1	2	-1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	8.3			0.0	0.0	0.0
20	Ross Brooks	35	G	16	0	1	1	0	0				0	1			0		910	56:51	0.0	0.0	3.3
21	Eddie Johnston	37	G	45	0	1	1	0	0				0	1			0		2505	55:40	0.0	0.0	6.7
22	Matt Ravlich	34	D	5	0	1	1	-6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	-0.2	-0.2
23	John Adams	26	G	14	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		780	55:43	0.0	0.0	2.4
24	Gary Doak	26	D	5	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			-0.1	0.1	0.0
25	Ron Jones	21	D	7	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.4	0.2
26	Chris Oddleifson	22	C	6	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			-0.3	0.0	-0.2
27	Jacques Plante*	44	G	8	0			0	2				0	2			0		480	60:00	0.0	0.0	2.2
	Team Total			78	330	558	888	340	1091	248	67	15	51	414	124	22	2677	12.3			54.9	38.9	108.5

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	Eddie Johnston	37	45		24	17	1	137	1204	1067	.886	3.28	5	2505				109	-11.7	3.04	6.7
2	Ross Brooks	35	16		11	1	3	40	417	377	.904	2.64	1	910				92	3.4	2.44	3.3
3	John Adams	26	14		9	3	1	39	415	376	.906	3.00	1	780				90	4.2	2.77	2.4
4	Jacques Plante*	44	8		7	1	0	16	220	204	.927	2.00	2	480						1.87	2.2
	Team Total				51	22	5	232	2256	2024	.897	2.98	9	4675				99	2.7	2.76	14.6