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Bob Gainey

#23 · Left wing · Montréal Canadiens · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Dec 13, 1953 in Peterborough, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 8th overall in 1973 by MTL (round 1)

Trophy case

×5 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1985-86, 1978-79, 1977-78, 1976-77, 1975-76
×4 Frank J. Selke Trophy Top Defensive Forward 1980-81, 1979-80, 1978-79, 1977-78
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 1978-79

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1973-74. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Blaine Stoughton PIT · 11 P in 34 GP Vic Venasky LAK · 11 P in 32 GP Peter McNab BUF · 9 P in 25 GP Eric Vail AFM · 11 P in 23 GP Dave Hudson NYI · 12 P in 66 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0102030401973-74: 10 points1073-741974-75: 37 points371975-76: 28 points2875-761976-77: 33 points331977-78: 31 points3177-781978-79: 38 points381979-80: 33 points3379-801980-81: 47 points471981-82: 45 points4581-821982-83: 30 points301983-84: 39 points3983-841984-85: 32 points321985-86: 43 points4385-861986-87: 16 points161987-88: 22 points2287-881988-89: 17 points17

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1973-74 MTL 70 3 7 10 -9 34 55 0 0.14
1974-75 MTL 80 17 20 37 25 49 132 0 0.46
1975-76 MTL 78 15 13 28 20 57 155 0 0.36
1976-77 MTL 80 14 19 33 31 41 143 0 0.41
1977-78 MTL 66 15 16 31 11 57 140 0 0.47
1978-79 MTL 79 20 18 38 12 44 153 0 0.48
1979-80 MTL 64 14 19 33 -1 32 153 0 0.52
1980-81 MTL 78 23 24 47 13 36 181 0 0.60
1981-82 MTL 79 21 24 45 36 24 172 0 0.57
1982-83 MTL 80 12 18 30 6 43 149 0 0.38
1983-84 MTL 77 17 22 39 11 41 125 0 0.51
1984-85 MTL 79 19 13 32 14 40 164 0 0.41
1985-86 MTL 80 20 23 43 11 20 133 0 0.54
1986-87 MTL 47 8 8 16 0 19 73 0 0.34
1987-88 MTL 78 11 11 22 8 14 101 0 0.28
1988-89 MTL 49 10 7 17 13 34 65 0 0.35
16 seasons Career 1164 239 262 501 201 585 2094 0 0.43

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1973-74 MTL 6 0 0 0 -1 6 5 0 0.00
1974-75 MTL 11 2 4 6 7 4 21 0 0.55
1975-76 MTL 13 1 3 4 4 20 34 0 0.31
1976-77 MTL 14 4 1 5 2 25 28 0 0.36
1977-78 MTL 15 2 7 9 4 14 45 0 0.60
1978-79 MTL 16 6 10 16 4 10 38 0 1.00
1979-80 MTL 10 1 1 2 2 4 23 0 0.20
1980-81 MTL 3 0 0 0 -5 2 9 0 0.00
1981-82 MTL 5 0 1 1 -1 8 10 0 0.20
1982-83 MTL 3 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0 0.00
1983-84 MTL 15 1 5 6 6 9 10 0 0.40
1984-85 MTL 12 1 3 4 -7 13 15 0 0.33
1985-86 MTL 20 5 5 10 3 12 36 0 0.50
1986-87 MTL 17 1 3 4 -7 6 26 0 0.24
1987-88 MTL 6 0 1 1 -4 6 5 0 0.17
1988-89 MTL 16 1 4 5 0 8 14 0 0.31
16 seasons Playoffs 182 25 48 73 5 151 321 0 0.40

1973-74 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
70 3 7 10 -9 34 55 0 0.14 5.5 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 1974 @ NYR L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 6, 1974 vs BOS W 6-2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1974 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1974 @ LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1974 @ CGS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1974 @ VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1974 @ BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1974 vs STL W 7-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1974 vs DET L 6-7 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1974 vs NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1974 vs CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1974 @ CHI T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1974 @ PIT W 5-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1974 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1974 @ NYR L 2-9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1974 @ PHI L 0-6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1974 vs CGS L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1974 vs DET W 9-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1974 vs AFM L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1974 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1974 vs NYR W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1974 @ MNS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1974 @ STL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1974 @ DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1974 vs CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1974 @ BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1974 vs TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1974 @ DET W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1974 vs BOS L 0-8 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1974 vs MNS W 6-1 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1974 vs LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1974 @ BOS W 7-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1974 vs NYI W 8-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1974 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1974 vs VAN W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1974 @ STL L 4-8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1973 vs NYR W 7-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1973 @ TOR L 2-9 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1973 @ NYI T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1973 vs BUF W 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1973 @ BUF T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1973 vs CGS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1973 @ LAK W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1973 @ CGS T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1973 @ VAN T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1973 vs NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1973 @ NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1973 @ AFM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1973 vs CHI L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1973 vs LAK W 5-3 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1973 @ CHI W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1973 @ PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1973 @ MNS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1973 @ DET L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1973 vs BUF W 8-5 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1973 vs BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1973 vs STL L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1973 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1973 @ TOR W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1973 @ BUF T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1973 vs CGS W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1973 vs PIT T 1-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1973 vs MNS W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1973 @ PHI W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1973 @ PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1973 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1973 vs AFM L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1973 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1973 vs VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1973 @ MNS W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00