1972-73 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

Record: 52-10-16 (120 points), Finished 1st in NHL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Scotty Bowman (52-10-16)

1972-73 Stanley Cup Champions

Goals For: 329 (2nd of 16), Goals Against: 184 (1st of 16)
SRS: 1.73 (1st of 16), SOS: -0.13 (16th of 16)

Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Final (4-2) over Chicago Black Hawks
Won Semi-Finals (4-1) over Philadelphia Flyers
Won Quarter-Finals (4-2) over Buffalo Sabres

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Recent Game Results

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78. Apr 1, MTL (52-10) beat BOS, 5-3

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
Montreal Canadiens	78	52	10	16	120	.769	329	184	1.73	-0.13	4.22	2.36	52	239	21.76	37	235	84.26	9	4	2497	13.2	2334	.921		7
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%
Montreal Canadiens
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
8	Chuck Arnason	ca	RW	21	5-10	183	R/-	1	July 15, 1951	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
26	Pierre Bouchard	ca	D	24	6-2	205	L/-	2	February 20, 1948	0 G, 7 A, 7 P
12	Yvan Cournoyer	ca	RW	29	5-7	178	L/-	9	November 22, 1943	40 G, 39 A, 79 P
29	Ken Dryden	ca	G	25	6-4	205	-/L	2	August 8, 1947	33-7-13, 2.26 GAA
21	Dave Gardner	ca	C	20	6-0	185	R/-	R	August 23, 1952	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
3	Dale Hoganson	ca	D	23	5-10	190	L/-	3	July 8, 1949	0 G, 2 A, 2 P
14	Réjean Houle	ca	LW	23	5-11	170	L/-	3	October 25, 1949	13 G, 35 A, 48 P
10	Guy Lafleur	ca	RW	21	6-0	185	R/-	1	September 20, 1951	28 G, 27 A, 55 P
21	Yvon Lambert	ca	LW	22	6-2	200	L/-	R	May 20, 1950	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
2	Jacques Laperrière	ca	D	31	6-2	190	L/-	10	November 22, 1941	7 G, 16 A, 23 P
5	Guy Lapointe	ca	D	24	6-0	205	L/-	4	March 18, 1948	19 G, 35 A, 54 P
15	Claude Larose	ca	RW	30	6-0	180	R/-	10	March 2, 1942	11 G, 23 A, 34 P
24	Chuck Lefley	ca	C	23	6-2	185	L/-	2	January 20, 1950	21 G, 25 A, 46 P
25	Jacques Lemaire	ca	C	27	5-10	180	L/-	5	September 7, 1945	44 G, 51 A, 95 P
27	Frank Mahovlich	ca	LW	35	6-0	205	L/-	16	January 10, 1938	38 G, 55 A, 93 P
20	Pete Mahovlich	ca	C	26	6-5	210	L/-	7	October 10, 1946	21 G, 38 A, 59 P
23	Bob Murdoch	ca	D	26	6-0	200	R/-	2	November 20, 1946	2 G, 22 A, 24 P
1	Michel Plasse	ca	G	24	5-11	172	-/L	1	June 1, 1948	11-2-3, 2.58 GAA
16	Henri Richard (C)	ca	C	36	5-7	160	R/-	17	February 29, 1936	8 G, 35 A, 43 P
6	Jimmy Roberts	ca	RW	32	5-10	185	R/-	9	April 9, 1940	14 G, 18 A, 32 P
19	Larry Robinson	ca	D	21	6-4	225	L/-	R	June 2, 1951	2 G, 4 A, 6 P
21	Randy Rota	ca	LW	22	5-8	170	L/-	R	August 16, 1950	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
18	Serge Savard	ca	D	27	6-3	210	L/-	6	January 22, 1946	7 G, 32 A, 39 P
22	Steve Shutt	ca	LW	20	5-11	185	L/-	R	July 1, 1952	8 G, 8 A, 16 P
11	Marc Tardif	ca	LW	23	6-0	195	L/-	3	June 12, 1949	25 G, 25 A, 50 P
30	Wayne Thomas	ca	G	25	6-2	195	-/L	R	October 9, 1947	8-1-0, 2.37 GAA
17	Murray Wilson	ca	LW	21	6-1	185	L/-	R	November 7, 1951	18 G, 9 A, 27 P

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	Jacques Lemaire*	27	C	77	44	51	95	59	16	35	9	0	5	40	11	0	294	15.0			8.5	2.4	10.9
2	Frank Mahovlich*	35	LW	78	38	55	93	42	51	28	8	2	5	35	19	1	242	15.7			7.8	1.9	9.7
3	Yvan Cournoyer*	29	RW	67	40	39	79	50	18	34	6	0	4	30	9	0	194	20.6			7.2	2.1	9.3
4	Pete Mahovlich	26	C	61	21	38	59	21	49	14	3	4	3	29	9	0	173	12.1			4.2	1.1	5.3
5	Guy Lafleur*	21	RW	69	28	27	55	15	51	19	9	0	7	18	9	0	176	15.9			4.1	1.0	5.1
6	Guy Lapointe*	24	D	76	19	35	54	52	117	16	3	0	2	20	14	1	196	9.7			4.8	6.3	11.1
7	Marc Tardif	23	LW	76	25	25	50	18	48	22	3	0	4	19	6	0	152	16.4			3.1	1.1	4.2
8	Réjean Houle	23	LW	72	13	35	48	24	36	10	3	0	1	30	5	0	117	11.1			2.1	1.3	3.4
9	Chuck Lefley	23	C	65	21	25	46	35	22	19	1	1	7	24	1	0	99	21.2			2.9	1.6	4.5
10	Henri Richard*	36	C	71	8	35	43	33	21	8	0	0	2	34	1	0	133	6.0			1.2	1.6	2.8
11	Serge Savard*	27	D	74	7	32	39	70	58	4	2	1	0	27	4	1	106	6.6			2.5	7.3	9.8
12	Claude Larose	30	RW	73	11	23	34	29	30	11	0	0	0	22	0	1	132	8.3			0.6	1.5	2.1
13	Jimmy Roberts	32	RW	77	14	18	32	33	28	13	0	1	3	16	1	1	104	13.5			0.5	1.6	2.2
14	Murray Wilson	21	LW	52	18	9	27	14	16	18	0	0	3	9	0	0	68	26.5			1.6	0.8	2.4
15	Bob Murdoch	26	D	69	2	22	24	39	55	2	0	0	2	20	2	0	54	3.7			0.9	5.2	6.1
16	Jacques Laperrière*	31	D	58	7	16	23	77	34	5	2	0	0	14	1	1	89	7.9			1.5	7.1	8.6
17	Steve Shutt*	20	LW	50	8	8	16	5	24	7	1	0	2	7	1	0	55	14.5			-0.1	0.5	0.4
18	Pierre Bouchard	24	D	41	0	7	7	11	69	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	31	0.0			-0.2	2.3	2.1
19	Larry Robinson*	21	D	36	2	4	6	3	20	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	36	5.6			0.0	1.6	1.6
20	Ken Dryden*	25	G	54	0	4	4	0	2				0	4			0		3161	58:32	0.0	0.0	13.2
21	Chuck Arnason	21	RW	19	1	1	2	-2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	18	5.6			-0.6	0.1	-0.5
22	Dave Gardner	20	C	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	16.7			0.0	0.0	0.1
23	Randy Rota	22	LW	2	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	25.0			0.2	0.1	0.2
24	Dale Hoganson	23	D	25	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	0.0			-0.3	1.3	0.9
25	Wayne Thomas	25	G	10	0	1	1	0	2				0	1			0		583	58:21	0.0	0.0	2.3
26	Yvon Lambert	22	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0
27	Michel Plasse	24	G	17	0	0	0	0	4				0	0			0		931	54:47	0.0	0.0	3.4
	Team Total			78	329	514	843	634	775	268	52	9	52	414	94	6	2497	13.2			52.4	49.9	121.3

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	Ken Dryden*	25	54		33	7	13	119	1617	1498	.926	2.26	6	3161				71	49.2	2.07	13.2
2	Michel Plasse	24	17		11	2	3	40	456	416	.912	2.58	0	931				84	7.4	2.38	3.4
3	Wayne Thomas	25	10		8	1	0	23	259	236	.911	2.37	1	583						2.16	2.3
	Team Total				52	10	16	182	2332	2150	.922	2.34	7	4675				75	60.6	2.14	19.0