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Butch Goring

#22 · Centre · Boston Bruins

Born Oct 22, 1949 in St. Boniface, Manitoba, CAN · 5'9", 170 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 51st overall in 1969 by LAK (round 5)

Trophy case

×4 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1982-83, 1981-82, 1980-81, 1979-80
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 1980-81
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy Perseverance, Sportsmanship and Dedication 1977-78
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Sportsmanship and Gentlemanly Conduct 1977-78

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Darryl Sittler TOR · 87 P in 70 GP Rick Middleton BOS · 86 P in 72 GP Gilbert Perreault BUF · 85 P in 79 GP Lanny McDonald TOR · 85 P in 79 GP Dennis Maruk WSH · 90 P in 78 GP

Career

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

0204060801969-70: 36 points3669-701970-71: 7 points71971-72: 50 points5071-721972-73: 59 points591973-74: 61 points6173-741974-75: 60 points601975-76: 73 points7375-761976-77: 85 points851977-78: 73 points7377-781978-79: 87 points871979-80: 79 points7979-801980-81: 60 points601981-82: 32 points3281-821982-83: 39 points391983-84: 46 points4683-841984-85: 41 points41

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1969-70 LAK 60 13 23 36 -16 8 125 0 0.60
1970-71 LAK 22 2 5 7 5 2 15 0 0.32
1971-72 LAK 76 21 29 50 -11 2 137 0 0.66
1972-73 LAK 67 28 31 59 0 2 148 0 0.88
1973-74 LAK 70 28 33 61 1 2 161 0 0.87
1974-75 LAK 60 27 33 60 26 6 134 0 1.00
1975-76 LAK 80 33 40 73 0 8 193 0 0.91
1976-77 LAK 78 30 55 85 10 6 216 0 1.09
1977-78 LAK 80 37 36 73 -4 2 245 0 0.91
1978-79 LAK 80 36 51 87 -20 16 217 0 1.09
1979-80 LAK 69 20 48 68 -20 12 160 0 0.99
1979-80 NYI 12 6 5 11 7 2 20 0 0.92
1980-81 NYI 78 23 37 60 4 0 152 0 0.77
1981-82 NYI 67 15 17 32 -3 10 63 0 0.48
1982-83 NYI 75 19 20 39 9 8 97 0 0.52
1983-84 NYI 71 22 24 46 6 8 88 0 0.65
1984-85 NYI 29 2 5 7 -12 2 19 0 0.24
1984-85 BOS 39 13 21 34 -8 6 85 0 0.87
16 seasons Career 1113 375 513 888 -26 102 2275 0 0.80

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 LAK 5 0 1 1 -1 0 12 0 0.20
1974-75 LAK 3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0.00
1975-76 LAK 9 2 3 5 -2 4 25 0 0.56
1976-77 LAK 9 7 5 12 -2 0 26 0 1.33
1977-78 LAK 2 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 0.00
1978-79 LAK 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
1979-80 NYI 21 7 12 19 8 2 43 0 0.90
1980-81 NYI 18 10 10 20 6 6 36 0 1.11
1981-82 NYI 19 6 5 11 8 12 25 0 0.58
1982-83 NYI 20 4 8 12 5 4 26 0 0.60
1983-84 NYI 21 1 5 6 2 2 16 0 0.29
1984-85 BOS 5 1 1 2 1 0 11 0 0.40
12 seasons Playoffs 134 38 50 88 22 32 227 0 0.66

1978-79 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 36 51 87 -20 16 217 0 1.09 16.6 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 1979 vs MNS W 7-1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 5, 1979 vs CLR T 4-4 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1979 @ WSH L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1979 @ NYR L 4-5 2 1 3 1 0 8 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1979 @ DET W 5-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1979 @ AFM L 3-5 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1979 vs DET W 8-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1979 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1979 vs STL T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1979 vs AFM W 4-3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1979 vs MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1979 vs PIT T 3-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1979 @ PHI L 3-6 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1979 @ TOR L 4-9 1 0 1 -1 0 8 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1979 @ BUF L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1979 @ PIT W 4-0 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1979 @ VAN W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1979 vs CHI W 8-5 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1979 vs WSH T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1979 vs VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1979 vs PHI L 3-4 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1979 vs BOS W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1979 vs NYI L 3-8 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1979 @ TOR L 2-5 1 1 2 -4 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1979 @ MTL T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1979 @ DET W 3-2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1979 @ CLR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1979 vs NYR W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1979 @ WSH L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1979 @ STL L 1-7 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1979 @ BOS W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1979 @ PIT L 3-5 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1979 vs DET T 6-6 2 1 3 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1979 vs PIT W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1979 vs TOR L 2-3 0 1 1 -2 2 5 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1979 vs MTL L 3-7 0 2 2 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1979 @ BOS W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1979 @ DET W 7-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1979 @ CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1979 @ NYI L 1-7 0 0 0 -4 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1979 @ PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1979 @ PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1979 @ MTL W 5-4 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1979 @ WSH L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1979 vs CLR W 5-3 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1978 vs VAN W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1978 @ MTL T 3-3 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1978 @ PIT L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1978 @ VAN L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1978 vs PIT L 1-4 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1978 @ CLR T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1978 vs MTL L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1978 @ NYR L 7-8 1 1 2 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1978 @ NYI T 5-5 2 0 2 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1978 vs AFM W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1978 @ BUF T 3-3 2 1 3 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1978 @ MNS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1978 vs WSH W 10-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1978 vs DET W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1978 vs NYI T 5-5 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1978 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1978 @ MNS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1978 vs DET T 3-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1978 vs CHI W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1978 vs PIT L 1-3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1978 vs MTL W 6-3 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1978 @ STL W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1978 @ CHI W 4-1 1 2 3 0 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1978 vs MNS W 8-1 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1978 vs PHI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1978 vs NYR L 3-7 2 0 2 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1978 vs TOR L 2-4 0 2 2 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1978 vs WSH W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1978 vs BUF W 6-0 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1978 @ AFM L 2-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1978 @ MTL L 4-8 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1978 @ WSH W 6-4 2 0 2 3 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1978 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1978 vs STL W 6-2 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1978 vs WSH L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00