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1971–72 Boston Bruins
Stanley Cup Champions
Prince of Wales Trophy Winners
Division	1st East
1971–72 record	54–13–11
Goals for	330
Goals against	204
Team information
General Manager	Harry Sinden
Coach	Tom Johnson
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	John Bucyk Phil Esposito Dallas Smith John McKenzie
Arena	Boston Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Phil Esposito (66)
Assists	Bobby Orr (80)
Points	Phil Esposito (130)
Penalties in minutes	Dallas Smith (132)
Wins	Eddie Johnston and Gerry Cheevers (27)
Goals against average	Gerry Cheevers (2.50)

<1970–71	1972–73>

The 1971–72 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 48th season in the NHL. For the second time in three years, the Bruins won the Stanley Cup.

Contents

1 Offseason
- 1.1 NHL Draft
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Season standings
- 2.2 Game log
3 Playoffs
- 3.1 Stanley Cup Final
4 Player stats
- 4.1 Regular season
- 4.2 Playoffs
5 Transactions
6 Awards and records
7 References

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	Overall	Player
1	5	Ron Jones
1	14	Terry O'Reilly
2	28	Curt Ridley
3	42	Dave Bonter
4	56	Dave Hynes
5	70	Bert Scott
6	84	Bob McMahon

Regular season

Season standings

East Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	78	54	13	11	330	204	119
New York Rangers	78	48	17	13	317	192	109
Montreal Canadiens	78	46	16	16	307	205	108
Toronto Maple Leafs	78	33	31	14	209	208	80
Detroit Red Wings	78	33	35	10	261	262	76
Buffalo Sabres	78	16	43	19	203	289	51
Vancouver Canucks	78	20	50	8	203	297	48

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 10, 1971	1–4	New York Rangers (1971–72)	0–1–0
2	W	October 13, 1971	6–1	@ New York Rangers (1971–72)	1–1–0
3	W	October 14, 1971	6–2	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	2–1–0
4	T	October 17, 1971	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	2–1–1
5	W	October 20, 1971	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	3–1–1
6	W	October 22, 1971	5–1	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	4–1–1
7	W	October 24, 1971	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	5–1–1
8	L	October 27, 1971	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	5–2–1
9	L	October 28, 1971	0–2	California Golden Seals (1971–72)	5–3–1
10	W	October 31, 1971	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	6–3–1
11	W	November 4, 1971	6–1	St. Louis Blues (1971–72)	7–3–1
12	W	November 6, 1971	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	8–3–1
13	L	November 7, 1971	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	8–4–1
14	L	November 10, 1971	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	8–5–1
15	W	November 11, 1971	5–2	California Golden Seals (1971–72)	9–5–1
16	W	November 14, 1971	11–2	Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	10–5–1
17	W	November 18, 1971	5–0	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	11–5–1
18	W	November 20, 1971	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	12–5–1
19	W	November 21, 1971	6–2	St. Louis Blues (1971–72)	13–5–1
20	W	November 24, 1971	2–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	14–5–1
21	W	November 25, 1971	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	15–5–1
22	T	November 27, 1971	6–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1971–72)	15–5–2
23	W	December 4, 1971	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	16–5–2
24	W	December 5, 1971	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	17–5–2
25	W	December 8, 1971	5–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	18–5–2
26	W	December 11, 1971	6–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	19–5–2
27	L	December 12, 1971	2–4	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	19–6–2
28	W	December 16, 1971	8–1	New York Rangers (1971–72)	20–6–2
29	W	December 18, 1971	4–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	21–6–2
30	T	December 19, 1971	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	21–6–3
31	T	December 23, 1971	4–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	21–6–4
32	W	December 25, 1971	5–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	22–6–4
33	W	December 26, 1971	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	23–6–4
34	W	December 29, 1971	5–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	24–6–4
35	T	December 30, 1971	2–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	24–6–5
36	W	January 2, 1972	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1971–72)	25–6–5
37	W	January 5, 1972	2–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	26–6–5
38	W	January 6, 1972	5–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	27–6–5
39	L	January 8, 1972	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1971–72)	27–7–5
40	T	January 12, 1972	2–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	27–7–6
41	T	January 13, 1972	1–1	Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	27–7–7
42	W	January 15, 1972	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	28–7–7
43	W	January 16, 1972	9–2	Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	29–7–7
44	W	January 18, 1972	2–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1971–72)	30–7–7
45	W	January 22, 1972	8–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	31–7–7
46	T	January 23, 1972	3–3	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	31–7–8
47	W	January 27, 1972	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	32–7–8
48	W	January 29, 1972	4–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	33–7–8
49	W	January 30, 1972	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1971–72)	34–7–8
50	W	February 2, 1972	2–0	@ New York Rangers (1971–72)	35–7–8
51	W	February 3, 1972	6–1	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	36–7–8
52	W	February 5, 1972	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	37–7–8
53	L	February 6, 1972	2–8	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	37–8–8
54	W	February 10, 1972	9–1	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	38–8–8
55	W	February 12, 1972	5–1	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	39–8–8
56	T	February 13, 1972	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	39–8–9
57	W	February 15, 1972	6–3	California Golden Seals (1971–72)	40–8–9
58	W	February 17, 1972	4–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	41–8–9
59	W	February 19, 1972	6–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	42–8–9
60	W	February 20, 1972	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	43–8–9
61	W	February 22, 1972	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	44–8–9
62	W	February 23, 1972	8–6	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	45–8–9
63	W	February 26, 1972	5–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	46–8–9
64	W	March 2, 1972	7–3	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	47–8–9
65	W	March 4, 1972	5–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	48–8–9
66	L	March 5, 1972	0–2	Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	48–9–9
67	W	March 8, 1972	5–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	49–9–9
68	L	March 11, 1972	4–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	49–10–9
69	T	March 12, 1972	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	49–10–10
70	W	March 16, 1972	8–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72)	50–10–10
71	W	March 19, 1972	7–3	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	51–10–10
72	W	March 23, 1972	4–1	New York Rangers (1971–72)	52–10–10
73	T	March 25, 1972	5–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	52–10–11
74	W	March 26, 1972	5–4	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	53–10–11
75	L	March 28, 1972	3–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	53–11–11
76	L	March 29, 1972	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	53–12–11
77	L	April 1, 1972	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	53–13–11
78	W	April 2, 1972	6–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	54–13–11

Playoffs

Boston defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 and the St. Louis Blues 4–0 to advance to the final.

Stanley Cup Final

Main article: 1972 Stanley Cup Final

Boston Bruins vs. New York Rangers

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score
April 30	New York	5	Boston	6
May 2	New York	1	Boston	2
May 4	Boston	2	New York	5
May 7	Boston	3	New York	2
May 9	New York	3	Boston	2
May 11	Boston	3	New York	0

Boston wins the series 4–2.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	C	76	66	67	133	76	55	28	2	16
Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	D	76	37	80	117	106	86	11	4	4
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	78	32	51	83	4	16	13	0	7
Stanfield, FredFred Stanfield	LW	78	23	56	79	12	20	5	1	4
McKenzie, JohnJohn McKenzie	RW	77	22	47	69	126	19	10	0	3
Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson	C	78	25	33	58	108	25	0	7	2
Walton, MikeMike Walton	C	76	28	28	56	45	23	6	0	4
Hodge, KenKen Hodge	RW	60	16	40	56	81	41	0	1	2
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	74	23	29	52	103	42	1	0	3
Westfall, EdEd Westfall	D/RW	77	18	26	44	19	29	0	2	5
Smith, DallasDallas Smith	D	78	8	22	30	132	34	0	1	1
Bailey, GarnetGarnet Bailey	LW	73	9	13	22	64	11	0	0	0
Leach, ReggieReggie Leach	RW	56	7	13	20	12	5	0	0	2
Green, TedTed Green	D	54	1	16	17	21	10	0	0	0
Smith, RickRick Smith	D	61	2	12	14	46	53	0	0	0
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	47	6	4	10	12	0	0	0	1
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	16	4	6	10	37	2	0	0	0
Awrey, DonDon Awrey	D	34	1	8	9	52	20	0	0	0
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	G	38	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Boldirev, IvanIvan Boldirev	C	11	0	2	2	6	2	0	0	0
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	G	41	0	2	2	25	0	0	0	0
O'Reilly, TerryTerry O'Reilly	RW	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
Roberts, DougDoug Roberts	RW	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ravlich, MattMatt Ravlich	D	25	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0
Beverley, NickNick Beverley	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jones, RonRon Jones	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Peters, GarryGarry Peters	C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Stewart, BobBob Stewart	D	8	0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	2420	41	27	5	8	101	2.50	2
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	2260	38	27	8	3	102	2.71	2
Team:	4680	78	54	13	11	203	2.60	4

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	C	15	9	15	24	24	2	0	3
Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	D	15	5	19	24	19	3	0	1
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	15	9	11	20	6	5	0	0
Hodge, KenKen Hodge	RW	15	9	8	17	62	2	1	3
McKenzie, JohnJohn McKenzie	RW	15	5	12	17	37	3	0	0
Stanfield, FredFred Stanfield	LW	15	7	9	16	0	1	0	0
Walton, MikeMike Walton	C	15	6	6	12	13	1	0	2
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	15	4	7	11	42	1	0	0
Westfall, EdEd Westfall	D/RW	15	4	3	7	10	0	2	1
Bailey, GarnetGarnet Bailey	LW	13	2	4	6	16	0	0	1
Awrey, DonDon Awrey	D	15	0	4	4	45	0	0	0
Smith, DallasDallas Smith	D	15	0	4	4	22	0	0	0
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	14	3	0	3	6	0	1	1
Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson	C	11	1	1	2	44	0	1	0
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	15	0	2	2	43	0	0	0
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Green, TedTed Green	D	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hayes, ChrisChris Hayes	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peters, GarryGarry Peters	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	483	8	6	2	21	2.61	2
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	420	7	6	1	13	1.86	1
Team:	903	15	12	3	34	2.26	3

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

September 4, 1971	To California Golden Seals cash	To Boston Bruins Doug Roberts
November 17, 1971	To California Golden Seals Ivan Boldirev	To Boston Bruins Rich Leduc Chris Oddleifson
February 23, 1972	To California Golden Seals Reggie Leach Rick Smith Bob Stewart	To Boston Bruins Don O'Donoghue Carol Vadnais
March 5, 1972	To California Golden Seals cash	To Boston Bruins Tom Williams

Awards and records

References

Bruins on Hockey Database

^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.162, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
^ "1971-72 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1972.html. Retrieved 2009-06-09.

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