1972–73 Boston Bruins season

The 1972–73 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 49th season in the NHL.

Regular season

Divisional standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season

|1||L||October 8, 1972||2–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) ||0–1–0

|2||L||October 11, 1972||3–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) ||0–2–0

|3||W||October 14, 1972||7–4 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1972–73) ||1–2–0

|4||W||October 15, 1972||8–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) ||2–2–0

|5||L||October 18, 1972||1–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1972–73) ||2–3–0

|6||W||October 21, 1972||4–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) ||3–3–0

|7||L||October 22, 1972||4–5 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) ||3–4–0

|8||T||October 25, 1972||2–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) ||3–4–1

|9||L||October 26, 1972||3–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) ||3–5–1

|10||W||October 28, 1972||3–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73) ||4–5–1

|11||W||October 29, 1972||9–1 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1972–73) ||5–5–1

|12||L||November 2, 1972||2–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) ||5–6–1

|13||T||November 3, 1972||6–6 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1972–73) ||5–6–2

|14||W||November 5, 1972||4–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) ||6–6–2

|15||W||November 9, 1972||8–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) ||7–6–2

|16||L||November 12, 1972||3–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1972–73) ||7–7–2

|17||W||November 16, 1972||4–0 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1972–73) ||8–7–2

|18||W||November 18, 1972||7–3 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1972–73) ||9–7–2

|19||W||November 19, 1972||6–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73) ||10–7–2

|20||W||November 23, 1972||4–2 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1972–73) ||11–7–2

|21||W||November 24, 1972||4–0 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1972–73) ||12–7–2

|22||W||November 26, 1972||6–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) ||13–7–2

|23||T||November 29, 1972||3–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73) ||13–7–3

|24||W||November 30, 1972||5–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) ||14–7–3

|25||W||December 3, 1972||5–1 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1972–73) ||15–7–3

|26||W||December 7, 1972||5–0 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1972–73) ||16–7–3

|27||W||December 9, 1972||4–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) ||17–7–3

|28||W||December 10, 1972||8–4 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1972–73) ||18–7–3

|29||L||December 13, 1972||3–7 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) ||18–8–3

|30||W||December 14, 1972||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1972–73) ||19–8–3

|31||W||December 17, 1972||5–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) ||20–8–3

|32||W||December 19, 1972||3–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) ||21–8–3

|33||W||December 21, 1972||8–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) ||22–8–3

|34||W||December 23, 1972||3–1 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1972–73) ||23–8–3

|35||W||December 27, 1972||3–1 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1972–73) ||24–8–3

|36||W||December 29, 1972||2–0 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) ||25–8–3

|37||W||January 1, 1973||8–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) ||26–8–3

|38||L||January 4, 1973||2–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1972–73) ||26–9–3

|39||L||January 7, 1973||4–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) ||26–10–3

|40||T||January 11, 1973||1–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) ||26–10–4

|41||W||January 13, 1973||4–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73) ||27–10–4

|42||W||January 14, 1973||6–0 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) ||28–10–4

|43||L||January 18, 1973||7–9 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1972–73) ||28–11–4

|44||L||January 20, 1973||0–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) ||28–12–4

|45||W||January 21, 1973||5–2 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1972–73) ||29–12–4

|46||L||January 24, 1973||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1972–73) ||29–13–4

|47||L||January 25, 1973||2–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) ||29–14–4

|48||L||January 27, 1973||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) ||29–15–4

|49||W||January 28, 1973||6–5 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) ||30–15–4

|50||W||February 1, 1973||5–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73) ||31–15–4

|51||L||February 3, 1973||3–7 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1972–73) ||31–16–4

|52||T||February 4, 1973||2–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) ||31–16–5

|53||W||February 7, 1973||3–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) ||32–16–5

|54||W||February 10, 1973||6–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) ||33–16–5

|55||W||February 11, 1973||2–0 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) ||34–16–5

|56||W||February 13, 1973||7–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) ||35–16–5

|57||W||February 15, 1973||3–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) ||36–16–5

|58||L||February 17, 1973||2–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) ||36–17–5

|59||W||February 18, 1973||4–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) ||37–17–5

|60||W||February 20, 1973||7–6 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) ||38–17–5

|61||W||February 21, 1973||6–2 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1972–73) ||39–17–5

|62||W||February 24, 1973||7–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) ||40–17–5

|63||L||March 1, 1973||3–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1972–73) ||40–18–5

|64||L||March 3, 1973||1–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73) ||40–19–5

|65||W||March 4, 1973||4–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) ||41–19–5

|66||L||March 7, 1973||2–5 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1972–73) ||41–20–5

|67||W||March 9, 1973||3–2 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1972–73) ||42–20–5

|68||W||March 11, 1973||5–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1972–73) ||43–20–5

|69||W||March 13, 1973||3–0 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1972–73) ||44–20–5

|70||W||March 15, 1973||4–1 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) ||45–20–5

|71||W||March 16, 1973||5–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) ||46–20–5

|72||W||March 18, 1973||7–1 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1972–73) ||47–20–5

|73||W||March 22, 1973||5–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) ||48–20–5

|74||W||March 24, 1973||3–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1972–73) ||49–20–5

|75||W||March 25, 1973||6–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) ||50–20–5

|76||W||March 28, 1973||6–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1972–73) ||51–20–5

|77||L||March 31, 1973||3–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73) ||51–21–5

|78||L||April 1, 1973||3–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1972–73) ||51–22–5

Legend:

Playoffs

Quarterfinals: (E2) Boston Bruins vs. (E3) New York Rangers

Player statistics

Regular season = Indicates league leader Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 78 55 75 130 871619511 D 63 29 72 101 9956713 LW 78 40 53 93 121810010 RW 73 37 44 81 58101605 LW 78 20 58 78 1012702 LW 76 29 39 68 1005603 LW 78 24 31 55 4932123 C 64 24 26 50 1837023 C 56 25 22 47 3710002 D 78 7 24 31 12721103 D 78 4 27 31 7238000 RW 72 5 22 27 10927001 LW 57 8 13 21 897031 D 78 2 17 19 9029000 C 25 5 10 15 3811020 RW 72 10 4 14 553002 RW 45 4 7 11 713002 D 76 1 10 11 267000 C 5 1 1 2 2−1000 G 8 0 2 2 20000 G 16 0 1 1 00000 G 45 0 1 1 20000 D 5 0 1 1 0−5000 G 14 0 0 0 00000 D 5 0 0 0 2−1000 D 7 0 0 0 01000 C 6 0 0 0 0−1000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 2510 45 24 17 1 137 3.27 5 910 16 11 1 3 40 2.64 1 780 14 9 3 1 39 3.00 1 480 8 7 1 0 16 2.00 2 Team: 4680 78 51 22 5 232 2.97 9

Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG C 5 2 1 3 0011 C 5 1 2 3 13000 LW 5 0 3 3 0000 RW 5 2 0 2 6000 LW 5 1 1 2 4000 LW 5 1 1 2 0000 D 5 1 1 2 7000 LW 5 1 1 2 0000 C 5 1 1 2 2000 D 5 0 2 2 2000 RW 5 1 0 1 7100 C 2 0 1 1 2000 RW 5 0 1 1 5000 D 4 0 0 0 6000 D 4 0 0 0 0000 G 1 0 0 0 0000 D 2 0 0 0 2000 G 3 0 0 0 0000 RW 5 0 0 0 2000 G 2 0 0 0 0000 D 5 0 0 0 8000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 160 3 1 2 9 3.38 0 20 1 0 0 3 9.00 0 120 2 0 2 10 5.00 0 Team: 300 5 1 4 22 4.40 0

Awards and records Phil Esposito, Runner up, Hart TrophyNational Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.220, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, Draft picks Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)1 16 Mike Bloom Left wing St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL)2 32 Wayne Elder Defense London Knights (OMJHL)3 48 Michel Boudreau Center Laval National (QMJHL)4 64 Les Jackson Left wing New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)5 80 Brian Coates Left wing Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)6 96 Peter Gaw Right wing Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)7 112 Gordie Clark Right wing University of New Hampshire (ECAC)8 128 Roy Carmichael Defense New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)

See also 1972–73 NHL season

References

Bruins on Hockey Database