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Pittsburgh Penguins, 1971-72

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West Division Made the playoffs

1971-72 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
10 78 26-38-14 66 0.423 220 258 -38 18-15-6 8-23-8

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Quarterfinals Chicago Blackhawks Lost 0-4

Roster

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

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Syl Apps C 72 15 44 59 17 78 164 0
Jean Pronovost R 68 30 23 53 13 12 214 0
Greg Polis R 76 30 19 49 -3 38 208 0
Ron Schock C 78 17 29 46 -9 22 151 0
Ken Schinkel R 75 15 30 45 -10 8 154 0
Bryan Hextall C 78 20 24 44 -26 126 145 0
Darryl Edestrand D 77 10 23 33 -11 52 156 0
Bobby Leiter C 78 14 17 31 -25 18 147 0
Nick Harbaruk R 78 12 17 29 -13 46 141 0
Duane Rupp D 34 4 18 22 0 32 91 0
Bryan Watson D 77 3 17 20 5 212 106 0
Val Fonteyne L 69 6 13 19 -1 0 35 0
Al McDonough R 37 7 11 18 -6 8 112 0
Rene Robert R 52 7 11 18 -11 42 71 0
Steve Cardwell L 28 7 8 15 0 18 47 0
Eddie Shack L 13 5 9 14 5 12 47 0
Dave Burrows D 77 2 10 12 -8 48 100 0
Tim Horton D 45 2 9 11 5 40 84 0
John Stewart L 26 2 8 10 -6 23 33 0
Keith McCreary R 33 4 4 8 -10 22 68 0
Joe Noris C 35 2 5 7 -8 20 48 0
Sheldon Kannegiesser D 59 2 4 6 -14 47 49 0
Bob Woytowich D 31 1 4 5 -19 8 36 0
Bill Hicke R 12 2 0 2 -6 6 19 0
Brian McKenzie L 6 1 1 2 -2 4 8 0
Rick Kessell C 3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0
Wally Boyer C 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Robin Burns L 5 0 0 0 -4 8 4 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Jim Rutherford 40 1715501 1066 950 116 3.23 0.891
Les Binkley 31 715500 836 738 98 3.53 0.883
Roy Edwards 15 28400 386 350 36 2.55 0.907

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 2, 1972 vs STL W 6-2 42 31
Apr 1, 1972 @ PHI T 4-4 35 31
Mar 29, 1972 vs CGS W 5-4 31 20
Mar 26, 1972 @ BUF T 2-2 36 27
Mar 25, 1972 vs MNS W 3-2 44 22
Mar 22, 1972 vs BUF L 3-4 37 30
Mar 19, 1972 @ CGS T 3-3 29 26
Mar 18, 1972 @ LAK T 4-4 32 16
Mar 14, 1972 @ VAN W 7-4 39 28
Mar 12, 1972 @ BOS T 4-4 33 40
Mar 11, 1972 vs BOS W 6-4 29 30
Mar 8, 1972 vs MTL L 4-5 38 34
Mar 5, 1972 @ DET L 3-6 30 31
Mar 4, 1972 vs MNS W 4-2 44 32
Mar 2, 1972 vs DET W 7-4 36 26
Feb 27, 1972 @ MTL L 3-5 27 40
Feb 26, 1972 vs PHI W 5-2 45 29
Feb 23, 1972 @ TOR L 0-2 34 40
Feb 20, 1972 @ MNS L 0-2 40 36
Feb 19, 1972 vs DET L 2-6 31 30
Feb 17, 1972 @ BUF W 2-0 28 23
Feb 16, 1972 vs TOR W 4-2 42 29
Feb 13, 1972 vs VAN W 6-4 29 23
Feb 12, 1972 vs NYR L 3-8 25 39
Feb 10, 1972 vs LAK W 6-1 46 23
Feb 9, 1972 @ TOR W 4-1 35 34
Feb 5, 1972 @ LAK L 1-8 38 34
Feb 3, 1972 @ STL W 4-3 37 28
Jan 30, 1972 @ PHI L 0-4 33 40
Jan 29, 1972 vs CHI L 2-4 30 26
Jan 26, 1972 vs STL L 1-2 24 31
Jan 23, 1972 vs MTL T 3-3 37 31
Jan 22, 1972 @ STL L 0-1 25 30
Jan 19, 1972 vs VAN L 1-6 25 40
Jan 15, 1972 vs PHI W 4-2 32 26
Jan 13, 1972 @ MTL L 1-7 23 50
Jan 12, 1972 vs BOS T 2-2 27 28
Jan 9, 1972 @ DET L 2-4 22 28
Jan 8, 1972 vs CHI L 0-4 24 32
Jan 5, 1972 @ CHI T 3-3 16 31
Dec 31, 1971 vs BUF T 3-3 37 32
Dec 28, 1971 vs TOR L 2-4 28 22
Dec 26, 1971 @ PHI L 1-6 31 34
Dec 25, 1971 vs MTL W 4-2 28 42
Dec 22, 1971 @ NYR L 2-4 27 42
Dec 19, 1971 @ BOS T 2-2 33 35
Dec 18, 1971 vs BOS L 3-4 33 28
Dec 15, 1971 @ TOR L 2-3 32 30
Dec 12, 1971 @ NYR L 1-6 26 27
Dec 11, 1971 vs BUF T 3-3 35 26
Dec 8, 1971 vs CGS T 1-1 28 21
Dec 5, 1971 @ BOS L 3-5 21 33
Dec 4, 1971 vs NYR W 4-2 24 34
Dec 1, 1971 vs DET W 4-2 32 22
Nov 27, 1971 @ MTL L 1-3 17 38
Nov 24, 1971 vs TOR L 1-2 31 33
Nov 21, 1971 @ CHI L 3-7 28 23
Nov 20, 1971 vs STL L 2-4 23 28
Nov 18, 1971 @ MNS L 3-4 37 27
Nov 16, 1971 vs MNS L 1-5 25 26
Nov 13, 1971 vs LAK W 6-4 37 27
Nov 10, 1971 vs VAN W 3-1 28 26
Nov 9, 1971 @ STL W 4-1 37 23
Nov 7, 1971 @ CHI L 1-4 17 30
Nov 5, 1971 @ VAN L 2-4 46 24
Nov 3, 1971 @ CGS L 3-5 33 39
Oct 31, 1971 @ DET L 1-3 36 20
Oct 30, 1971 vs NYR T 1-1 25 26
Oct 28, 1971 @ MNS L 0-2 35 27
Oct 27, 1971 vs CGS L 4-6 25 23
Oct 24, 1971 @ NYR T 1-1 26 35
Oct 23, 1971 vs CHI L 2-5 21 27
Oct 20, 1971 vs LAK W 8-1 39 21
Oct 17, 1971 @ CGS W 4-2 32 15
Oct 16, 1971 @ VAN W 2-1 21 16
Oct 13, 1971 @ LAK W 4-1 36 29
Oct 10, 1971 @ BUF L 1-2 35 35
Oct 9, 1971 vs PHI W 3-2 25 23