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Montréal Canadiens, 1972-73

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

1972-73 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
1 78 52-10-16 120 0.769 329 184 +145 29-4-6 23-6-10

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Quarterfinals Buffalo Sabres Won 4-2
Semifinals Philadelphia Flyers Won 4-1
Stanley Cup Final Chicago Blackhawks 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 Hits
Jacques Lemaire C 77 44 51 95 59 16 294 0
Frank Mahovlich L 78 38 55 93 42 51 242 0
Yvan Cournoyer R 68 40 39 79 50 18 194 0
Peter Mahovlich C 61 21 38 59 21 49 173 0
Guy Lafleur R 69 28 27 55 15 51 176 0
Guy Lapointe D 76 19 35 54 52 117 196 0
Marc Tardif L 77 25 25 50 18 48 152 0
Rejean Houle L 72 13 35 48 24 36 117 0
Chuck Lefley R 65 21 25 46 35 22 99 0
Henri Richard C 71 8 35 43 33 21 133 0
Serge Savard D 74 7 32 39 70 58 106 0
Claude Larose R 73 11 23 34 29 30 132 0
Jimmy Roberts R 77 14 18 32 33 28 104 0
Murray Wilson L 58 18 9 27 14 16 68 0
Bob Murdoch D 70 2 22 24 39 55 54 0
Jacques Laperriere D 58 7 16 23 77 34 89 0
Steve Shutt L 57 8 8 16 5 24 55 0
Pierre Bouchard D 48 0 7 7 11 69 31 0
Larry Robinson D 38 2 4 6 3 20 36 0
Chuck Arnason R 20 1 1 2 -2 2 18 0
Dale Hoganson D 30 0 2 2 4 2 17 0
Dave Gardner C 5 1 1 2 0 0 6 0
Randy Rota C 2 1 1 2 2 0 4 0
Yvon Lambert L 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Ken Dryden 54 3371306 1617 1498 119 2.26 0.926
Michel Plasse 17 112300 456 416 40 2.58 0.912
Wayne Thomas 10 81001 259 236 23 2.37 0.911

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 1, 1973 @ BOS W 5-3 27 26
Mar 31, 1973 vs NYR W 5-1 29 28
Mar 28, 1973 vs CHI W 4-3 35 25
Mar 25, 1973 @ CHI L 5-6 37 45
Mar 24, 1973 vs STL W 11-4 46 33
Mar 21, 1973 vs VAN W 3-2 41 25
Mar 18, 1973 @ PHI T 4-4 38 39
Mar 17, 1973 vs BUF T 3-3 41 34
Mar 14, 1973 @ DET W 5-3 32 37
Mar 11, 1973 @ BOS L 3-5 21 41
Mar 10, 1973 vs DET W 2-0 25 35
Mar 7, 1973 vs TOR W 4-1 34 27
Mar 6, 1973 @ NYI W 3-2 37 35
Mar 4, 1973 @ BUF W 4-2 32 35
Mar 3, 1973 vs BOS W 5-1 27 29
Feb 28, 1973 vs LAK W 5-2 36 25
Feb 24, 1973 vs VAN W 7-3 29 29
Feb 22, 1973 @ DET T 3-3 31 37
Feb 21, 1973 @ CHI W 4-2 26 26
Feb 18, 1973 @ TOR W 2-1 45 41
Feb 17, 1973 vs PHI L 6-7 39 42
Feb 14, 1973 vs NYR W 6-3 21 33
Feb 11, 1973 @ NYR T 2-2 28 34
Feb 10, 1973 vs BUF W 2-1 27 26
Feb 7, 1973 vs PIT W 5-2 31 29
Feb 4, 1973 @ CGS W 6-1 39 31
Feb 3, 1973 @ LAK W 7-1 22 20
Feb 1, 1973 @ STL T 3-3 38 38
Jan 28, 1973 vs DET L 2-4 26 24
Jan 27, 1973 vs TOR W 4-2 24 21
Jan 24, 1973 vs NYI W 6-1 32 18
Jan 21, 1973 @ AFM W 3-2 36 34
Jan 20, 1973 vs PHI W 6-3 46 25
Jan 18, 1973 @ PIT W 5-2 31 30
Jan 17, 1973 vs PIT W 6-4 33 31
Jan 14, 1973 @ VAN W 3-0 34 20
Jan 12, 1973 @ CGS T 3-3 26 23
Jan 10, 1973 @ MNS W 6-0 32 32
Jan 8, 1973 vs MNS T 3-3 35 28
Jan 6, 1973 vs CGS W 5-0 40 21
Jan 3, 1973 @ TOR W 8-4 44 41
Dec 30, 1972 vs AFM T 1-1 30 21
Dec 27, 1972 @ MNS L 2-3 37 30
Dec 26, 1972 @ STL W 4-1 32 36
Dec 23, 1972 vs PIT W 6-3 32 26
Dec 20, 1972 vs NYI W 4-2 26 23
Dec 16, 1972 @ LAK W 3-1 34 27
Dec 15, 1972 @ VAN W 4-2 31 32
Dec 13, 1972 @ CGS T 2-2 31 25
Dec 10, 1972 @ BUF L 2-4 28 38
Dec 9, 1972 vs CGS W 2-1 30 19
Dec 6, 1972 vs MNS W 6-3 30 27
Dec 3, 1972 @ PHI L 2-5 30 38
Dec 2, 1972 vs AFM T 4-4 34 33
Nov 29, 1972 vs BOS T 3-3 28 32
Nov 26, 1972 @ CHI L 2-3 20 28
Nov 24, 1972 @ VAN W 9-1 38 26
Nov 22, 1972 @ LAK T 3-3 28 20
Nov 18, 1972 vs CHI L 3-5 29 26
Nov 16, 1972 vs PHI W 6-5 37 34
Nov 14, 1972 @ NYI W 7-2 28 28
Nov 12, 1972 @ BOS W 5-3 27 39
Nov 11, 1972 vs LAK W 5-2 27 24
Nov 8, 1972 vs TOR W 5-2 37 31
Nov 4, 1972 vs DET L 2-4 23 30
Nov 2, 1972 @ AFM W 6-1 40 22
Nov 1, 1972 @ PIT W 7-1 37 32
Oct 29, 1972 @ DET W 2-1 27 31
Oct 28, 1972 vs BUF T 3-3 31 31
Oct 26, 1972 vs STL W 7-0 37 37
Oct 24, 1972 @ NYI W 4-3 33 25
Oct 22, 1972 @ NYR T 1-1 24 36
Oct 21, 1972 vs VAN W 5-3 32 24
Oct 18, 1972 @ STL T 4-4 24 31
Oct 14, 1972 vs NYR W 6-1 31 33
Oct 12, 1972 vs AFM W 3-0 34 22
Oct 11, 1972 @ TOR T 2-2 31 31
Oct 7, 1972 vs MNS W 3-0 36 33