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1972–73 Boston Bruins
Division	2nd East
Conference	TBD
1972–73 record	51-22-5
Home record	TBD
Road record	TBD
Goals for	TBD
Goals against	TBD
Team information
General Manager	Harry Sinden
Coach	Bep Guidolin
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Johnny Bucyk Phil Esposito Dallas Smith
Arena	Boston Garden
Average attendance	TBD
Team leaders
Goals	Phil Esposito (55)
Assists	Phil Esposito (75)
Points	Phil Esposito (130)
Penalties in minutes	Carol Vadnais (127)
Plus/minus	TBD
Wins	Eddie Johnston (24)
Goals against average	Jacques Plante (2.00)

<1971–72	1973–74>

The 1972–73 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 49th season in the NHL.

Offseason

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Regular season

Divisional standings

East Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	PTS
Montreal Canadiens	78	52	10	16	329	184	783	120
Boston Bruins	78	51	22	5	330	235	1097	107
New York Rangers	78	47	23	8	297	208	765	102
Buffalo Sabres	78	37	27	14	257	219	940	88
Detroit Red Wings	78	37	29	12	265	243	893	86
Toronto Maple Leafs	78	27	41	10	247	279	716	64
Vancouver Canucks	78	22	47	9	233	339	943	53
New York Islanders	78	12	60	6	170	347	881	30

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 8, 1972	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	0–1–0
2	L	October 11, 1972	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	0–2–0
3	W	October 14, 1972	7–4	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	1–2–0
4	W	October 15, 1972	8–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	2–2–0
5	L	October 18, 1972	1–7	@ New York Rangers (1972–73)	2–3–0
6	W	October 21, 1972	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	3–3–0
7	L	October 22, 1972	4–5	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	3–4–0
8	T	October 25, 1972	2–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	3–4–1
9	L	October 26, 1972	3–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	3–5–1
10	W	October 28, 1972	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	4–5–1
11	W	October 29, 1972	9–1	New York Islanders (1972–73)	5–5–1
12	L	November 2, 1972	2–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	5–6–1
13	T	November 3, 1972	6–6	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	5–6–2
14	W	November 5, 1972	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	6–6–2
15	W	November 9, 1972	8–3	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	7–6–2
16	L	November 12, 1972	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	7–7–2
17	W	November 16, 1972	4–0	St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	8–7–2
18	W	November 18, 1972	7–3	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	9–7–2
19	W	November 19, 1972	6–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	10–7–2
20	W	November 23, 1972	4–2	California Golden Seals (1972–73)	11–7–2
21	W	November 24, 1972	4–0	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	12–7–2
22	W	November 26, 1972	6–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	13–7–2
23	T	November 29, 1972	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	13–7–3
24	W	November 30, 1972	5–4	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	14–7–3
25	W	December 3, 1972	5–1	New York Islanders (1972–73)	15–7–3
26	W	December 7, 1972	5–0	St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	16–7–3
27	W	December 9, 1972	4–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	17–7–3
28	W	December 10, 1972	8–4	California Golden Seals (1972–73)	18–7–3
29	L	December 13, 1972	3–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	18–8–3
30	W	December 14, 1972	4–2	New York Rangers (1972–73)	19–8–3
31	W	December 17, 1972	5–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	20–8–3
32	W	December 19, 1972	3–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	21–8–3
33	W	December 21, 1972	8–1	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	22–8–3
34	W	December 23, 1972	3–1	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	23–8–3
35	W	December 27, 1972	3–1	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	24–8–3
36	W	December 29, 1972	2–0	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	25–8–3
37	W	January 1, 1973	8–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	26–8–3
38	L	January 4, 1973	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	26–9–3
39	L	January 7, 1973	4–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	26–10–3
40	T	January 11, 1973	1–1	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	26–10–4
41	W	January 13, 1973	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	27–10–4
42	W	January 14, 1973	6–0	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	28–10–4
43	L	January 18, 1973	7–9	New York Islanders (1972–73)	28–11–4
44	L	January 20, 1973	0–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	28–12–4
45	W	January 21, 1973	5–2	California Golden Seals (1972–73)	29–12–4
46	L	January 24, 1973	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1972–73)	29–13–4
47	L	January 25, 1973	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	29–14–4
48	L	January 27, 1973	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	29–15–4
49	W	January 28, 1973	6–5	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	30–15–4
50	W	February 1, 1973	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	31–15–4
51	L	February 3, 1973	3–7	New York Rangers (1972–73)	31–16–4
52	T	February 4, 1973	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	31–16–5
53	W	February 7, 1973	3–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	32–16–5
54	W	February 10, 1973	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	33–16–5
55	W	February 11, 1973	2–0	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	34–16–5
56	W	February 13, 1973	7–3	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	35–16–5
57	W	February 15, 1973	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	36–16–5
58	L	February 17, 1973	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	36–17–5
59	W	February 18, 1973	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	37–17–5
60	W	February 20, 1973	7–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	38–17–5
61	W	February 21, 1973	6–2	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	39–17–5
62	W	February 24, 1973	7–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	40–17–5
63	L	March 1, 1973	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	40–18–5
64	L	March 3, 1973	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	40–19–5
65	W	March 4, 1973	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	41–19–5
66	L	March 7, 1973	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	41–20–5
67	W	March 9, 1973	3–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	42–20–5
68	W	March 11, 1973	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	43–20–5
69	W	March 13, 1973	3–0	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	44–20–5
70	W	March 15, 1973	4–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	45–20–5
71	W	March 16, 1973	5–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)	46–20–5
72	W	March 18, 1973	7–1	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	47–20–5
73	W	March 22, 1973	5–3	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	48–20–5
74	W	March 24, 1973	3–0	New York Rangers (1972–73)	49–20–5
75	W	March 25, 1973	6–1	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	50–20–5
76	W	March 28, 1973	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1972–73)	51–20–5
77	L	March 31, 1973	3–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	51–21–5
78	L	April 1, 1973	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	51–22–5

Playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	C	78	55	75	130	87	16	19	5	11
Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	D	63	29	72	101	99	56	7	1	3
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	78	40	53	93	12	18	10	0	10
Hodge, KenKen Hodge	RW	73	37	44	81	58	10	16	0	5
Stanfield, FredFred Stanfield	LW	78	20	58	78	10	12	7	0	2
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	76	29	39	68	100	5	6	0	3
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	78	24	31	55	49	32	1	2	3
Sheppard, GreggGregg Sheppard	C	64	24	26	50	18	37	0	2	3
Walton, MikeMike Walton	C	56	25	22	47	37	10	0	0	2
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	78	7	24	31	127	21	1	0	3
Smith, DallasDallas Smith	D	78	4	27	31	72	38	0	0	0
O'Reilly, TerryTerry O'Reilly	RW	72	5	22	27	109	27	0	0	1
Bailey, GarnetGarnet Bailey	LW	57	8	13	21	89	7	0	3	1
Awrey, DonDon Awrey	D	78	2	17	19	90	29	0	0	0
Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson	C	25	5	10	15	38	11	0	2	0
O'Donnell, FredFred O'Donnell	RW	72	10	4	14	55	3	0	0	2
Roberts, DougDoug Roberts	RW	45	4	7	11	7	13	0	0	2
Beverley, NickNick Beverley	D	76	1	10	11	26	7	0	0	0
LeDuc, RichRich LeDuc	C	5	1	1	2	2	-1	0	0	0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	8	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Brooks, RossRoss Brooks	G	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	G	45	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Ravlich, MattMatt Ravlich	D	5	0	1	1	0	-5	0	0	0
Adams, JohnJohn Adams	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doak, GaryGary Doak	D	5	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Jones, RonRon Jones	D	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Oddleifson, ChrisChris Oddleifson	C	6	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	2510	45	24	17	1	137	3.27	5
Brooks, RossRoss Brooks	910	16	11	1	3	40	2.64	1
Adams, JohnJohn Adams	780	14	9	3	1	39	3.00	1
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	480	8	7	1	0	16	2.00	2
Team:	4680	78	51	22	5	232	2.97	9

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sheppard, GreggGregg Sheppard	C	5	2	1	3	0	0	1	1
Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson	C	5	1	2	3	13	0	0	0
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	5	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
Roberts, DougDoug Roberts	RW	5	2	0	2	6	0	0	0
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	0
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	D	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	0
Stanfield, FredFred Stanfield	LW	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Walton, MikeMike Walton	C	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Smith, DallasDallas Smith	D	5	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Hodge, KenKen Hodge	RW	5	1	0	1	7	1	0	0
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	C	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
O'Donnell, FredFred O'Donnell	RW	5	0	1	1	5	0	0	0
Awrey, DonDon Awrey	D	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Beverley, NickNick Beverley	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brooks, RossRoss Brooks	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doak, GaryGary Doak	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
O'Reilly, TerryTerry O'Reilly	RW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	160	3	1	2	9	3.38
Brooks, RossRoss Brooks	20	1	0	0	3	9.00
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	120	2	0	2	10	5.00
Team:	300	5	1	4	22	4.40

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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;

Awards and records

Phil Esposito, Runner up, Hart Trophy^[2]

Records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Player	Former Team

Claimed from waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)

Roster

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Farm teams

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References

^ "1972-73 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1973.html. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.220, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5

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