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Boston Bruins, 1971-72

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East Division Stanley Cup champions Won the East Division Made the playoffs

1971-72 record

League rank	GP	Record	Points	Points %	Goals for	Goals against	Diff	Home	Away
1	78	54-13-11	119	0.763	330	204	+126	28-4-7	26-9-4

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round	Opponent	Result
Quarterfinals	Toronto Maple Leafs	Won 4-1
Semifinals	St. Louis Blues	Won 4-0
Stanley Cup Final	New York Rangers	Won 4-2

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots
Phil Esposito	C	76	66	67	133	54	76	426
Bobby Orr	D	76	37	80	117	83	106	353
Johnny Bucyk	L	78	32	51	83	15	4	174
Fred Stanfield	L	78	23	56	79	19	14	169
John McKenzie	R	77	22	47	69	20	128	133
Derek Sanderson	C	78	25	33	58	25	108	198
Ken Hodge	R	61	16	40	56	39	81	140
Mike Walton	C	78	28	28	56	23	45	236
Wayne Cashman	L	75	23	29	52	41	103	150
Ed Westfall	R	78	18	26	44	28	19	123
Dallas Smith	D	78	8	22	30	36	132	111
Garnet Bailey	L	78	9	13	22	11	64	64
Reggie Leach	R	61	7	13	20	8	12	66
Ted Green	D	66	1	16	17	11	21	41
Rick Smith	D	61	2	12	14	52	44	81
Carol Vadnais	D	17	4	6	10	2	37	37
Don Marcotte	L	49	6	4	10	-2	12	51
Don Awrey	D	34	1	8	9	19	52	53
Ivan Boldirev	C	15	0	2	2	1	6	2
Doug Roberts	R	3	1	0	1	1	0	3
Matt Ravlich	D	45	0	1	1	4	2	13
Terry O'Reilly	R	1	1	0	1	3	0	2
Bob Stewart	D	9	0	0	0	3	15	0
Garry Peters	C	2	0	0	0	0	2	1
Nick Beverley	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Jones	D	1	0	0	0	1	0	3

Goalie	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %
Gerry Cheevers	41	27	5	8	0	2	1264	1163	101	2.50	0.920
Eddie Johnston	38	27	8	3	0	2	1006	904	102	2.71	0.899

Results

Date	Opponent	Result	Shots for	Shots against
Apr 2, 1972	vs TOR	W 6-4	29	22
Apr 1, 1972	@ MTL	L 2-6	23	36
Mar 29, 1972	@ TOR	L 1-4	23	44
Mar 28, 1972	@ DET	L 3-6	36	33
Mar 26, 1972	vs MTL	W 5-4	39	40
Mar 25, 1972	vs CHI	T 5-5	38	29
Mar 23, 1972	vs NYR	W 4-1	27	38
Mar 19, 1972	vs MNS	W 7-3	34	27
Mar 16, 1972	@ LAK	W 8-3	43	24
Mar 12, 1972	vs PIT	T 4-4	40	33
Mar 11, 1972	@ PIT	L 4-6	30	29
Mar 8, 1972	@ MNS	W 5-4	42	30
Mar 5, 1972	vs LAK	L 0-2	38	25
Mar 4, 1972	@ DET	W 5-4	39	46
Mar 2, 1972	vs VAN	W 7-3	38	25
Feb 26, 1972	@ LAK	W 5-4	42	32
Feb 23, 1972	@ CGS	W 8-6	37	33
Feb 22, 1972	@ VAN	W 4-3	26	38
Feb 20, 1972	@ CHI	W 3-1	27	23
Feb 19, 1972	@ MNS	W 6-4	38	39
Feb 17, 1972	@ PHI	W 4-1	42	26
Feb 15, 1972	vs CGS	W 6-3	37	29
Feb 13, 1972	vs MTL	T 2-2	41	18
Feb 12, 1972	vs BUF	W 5-1	55	28
Feb 10, 1972	vs VAN	W 9-1	38	31
Feb 6, 1972	@ BUF	L 2-8	31	37
Feb 5, 1972	vs DET	W 3-2	28	27
Feb 3, 1972	vs MNS	W 6-1	47	16
Feb 2, 1972	@ NYR	W 2-0	35	38
Jan 30, 1972	vs STL	W 5-2	31	26
Jan 29, 1972	@ PHI	W 4-2	31	36
Jan 27, 1972	vs PHI	W 4-2	47	31
Jan 23, 1972	vs BUF	T 3-3	47	26
Jan 22, 1972	@ MTL	W 8-5	37	28
Jan 18, 1972	@ STL	W 2-0	37	25
Jan 16, 1972	vs DET	W 9-2	47	16
Jan 15, 1972	vs CHI	W 4-2	29	29
Jan 13, 1972	vs LAK	T 1-1	38	22
Jan 12, 1972	@ PIT	T 2-2	28	27
Jan 8, 1972	@ STL	L 3-5	24	31
Jan 6, 1972	@ BUF	W 5-2	40	20
Jan 5, 1972	@ TOR	W 2-0	27	29
Jan 2, 1972	@ NYR	W 4-1	18	41
Dec 30, 1971	@ MNS	T 2-2	40	46
Dec 29, 1971	@ CHI	W 5-1	22	24
Dec 26, 1971	vs TOR	W 3-1	31	29
Dec 25, 1971	vs PHI	W 5-1	35	23
Dec 23, 1971	@ BUF	T 4-4	39	28
Dec 19, 1971	vs PIT	T 2-2	35	33
Dec 18, 1971	@ PIT	W 4-3	28	33
Dec 16, 1971	vs NYR	W 8-1	28	38
Dec 12, 1971	@ CGS	L 2-4	26	26
Dec 11, 1971	@ VAN	W 6-2	29	43
Dec 8, 1971	@ LAK	W 5-3	39	26
Dec 5, 1971	vs PIT	W 5-3	33	21
Dec 4, 1971	@ TOR	W 5-3	36	37
Nov 27, 1971	@ STL	T 6-6	27	36
Nov 25, 1971	vs PHI	W 4-2	32	31
Nov 24, 1971	@ PHI	W 2-1	25	26
Nov 21, 1971	vs STL	W 6-2	32	21
Nov 20, 1971	vs CHI	W 2-1	20	19
Nov 18, 1971	vs VAN	W 5-0	36	22
Nov 14, 1971	vs LAK	W 11-2	35	31
Nov 11, 1971	vs CGS	W 5-2	32	23
Nov 10, 1971	@ CHI	L 1-3	21	24
Nov 7, 1971	vs MTL	L 2-3	34	19
Nov 6, 1971	@ DET	W 2-1	39	30
Nov 4, 1971	vs STL	W 6-1	32	27
Oct 31, 1971	vs MNS	W 5-2	36	21
Oct 28, 1971	vs CGS	L 0-2	34	19
Oct 27, 1971	@ MTL	L 2-5	30	42
Oct 24, 1971	@ VAN	W 4-3	31	28
Oct 22, 1971	@ CGS	W 5-1	32	29
Oct 20, 1971	vs DET	W 4-3	31	31
Oct 17, 1971	vs TOR	T 2-2	23	24
Oct 14, 1971	vs BUF	W 6-2	37	16
Oct 13, 1971	@ NYR	W 6-1	35	35
Oct 10, 1971	vs NYR	L 1-4	33	26