1972–73 Montreal Canadiens season

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".The 1972–73 Montreal Canadiens season, the club's 64th season, led to the Canadiens winning their 18th Stanley Cup in club history.

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Regular season

Rookie goalie Wayne Thomas left his mark in Canadiens history by becoming only the second goaltender in over 50 seasons to record a shutout (3–0) in his NHL debut against Vancouver on January 14, 1973.[1]

Final standings

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GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 78 52 10 16 329 184 +145 120
2 Boston Bruins 78 51 22 5 330 235 +95 107
3 New York Rangers 78 47 23 8 297 208 +89 102
4 Buffalo Sabres 78 37 27 14 257 219 +38 88
5 Detroit Red Wings 78 37 29 12 265 243 +22 86
6 Toronto Maple Leafs 78 27 41 10 247 279 −32 64
7 Vancouver Canucks 78 22 47 9 233 339 −106 53
8 New York Islanders 78 12 60 6 170 347 −177 30


Record vs. opponents

Template:1972–73 NHL Record vs. opponents (East)

Schedule and results

Template:Game log start Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-won |1||W||October 7, 1972||3–0 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) ||1–0–0 |- Template:Game-tied |2||T||October 11, 1972||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73) ||1–0–1 |- Template:Game-won |3||W||October 12, 1972||3–0 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1972–73) ||2–0–1 |- Template:Game-won |4||W||October 14, 1972||6–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1972–73) ||3–0–1 |- Template:Game-tied |5||T||October 18, 1972||4–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1972–73) ||3–0–2 |- Template:Game-won |6||W||October 21, 1972||5–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) ||4–0–2 |- Template:Game-tied |7||T||October 22, 1972||1–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1972–73) ||4–0–3 |- Template:Game-won |8||W||October 24, 1972||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1972–73) ||5–0–3 |- Template:Game-won |9||W||October 26, 1972||7–0 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1972–73) ||6–0–3 |- Template:Game-tied |10||T||October 28, 1972||3–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) ||6–0–4 |- Template:Game-won |11||W||October 29, 1972||2–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) ||7–0–4 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-won |12||W||November 1, 1972||7–1 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) ||8–0–4 |- Template:Game-won |13||W||November 2, 1972||6–1 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1972–73) ||9–0–4 |- Template:Game-lost |14||L||November 4, 1972||2–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) ||9–1–4 |- Template:Game-won |15||W||November 8, 1972||5–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73) ||10–1–4 |- Template:Game-won |16||W||November 11, 1972||5–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) ||11–1–4 |- Template:Game-won |17||W||November 12, 1972||5–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1972–73) ||12–1–4 |- Template:Game-won |18||W||November 14, 1972||7–2 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1972–73) ||13–1–4 |- Template:Game-won |19||W||November 16, 1972||6–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) ||14–1–4 |- Template:Game-lost |20||L||November 18, 1972||3–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) ||14–2–4 |- Template:Game-tied |21||T||November 22, 1972||3–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) ||14–2–5 |- Template:Game-won |22||W||November 24, 1972||9–1 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) ||15–2–5 |- Template:Game-lost |23||L||November 26, 1972||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) ||15–3–5 |- Template:Game-tied |24||T||November 29, 1972||3–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1972–73) ||15–3–6 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-tied |25||T||December 2, 1972||4–4 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1972–73) ||15–3–7 |- Template:Game-lost |26||L||December 3, 1972||2–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) ||15–4–7 |- Template:Game-won |27||W||December 6, 1972||6–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) ||16–4–7 |- Template:Game-won |28||W||December 9, 1972||2–1 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1972–73) ||17–4–7 |- Template:Game-lost |29||L||December 10, 1972||2–4 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) ||17–5–7 |- Template:Game-tied |30||T||December 13, 1972||2–2 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1972–73) ||17–5–8 |- Template:Game-won |31||W||December 15, 1972||4–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) ||18–5–8 |- Template:Game-won |32||W||December 16, 1972||3–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) ||19–5–8 |- Template:Game-won |33||W||December 20, 1972||4–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1972–73) ||20–5–8 |- Template:Game-won |34||W||December 23, 1972||6–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) ||21–5–8 |- Template:Game-won |35||W||December 26, 1972||4–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1972–73) ||22–5–8 |- Template:Game-lost |36||L||December 27, 1972||2–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) ||22–6–8 |- Template:Game-tied |37||T||December 30, 1972||1–1 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1972–73) ||22–6–9 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-won |38||W||January 3, 1973||8–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73) ||23–6–9 |- Template:Game-won |39||W||January 6, 1973||5–0 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1972–73) ||24–6–9 |- Template:Game-tied |40||T||January 8, 1973||3–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) ||24–6–10 |- Template:Game-won |41||W||January 10, 1973||6–0 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) ||25–6–10 |- Template:Game-tied |42||T||January 12, 1973||3–3 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1972–73) ||25–6–11 |- Template:Game-won |43||W||January 14, 1973||3–0 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) ||26–6–11 |- Template:Game-won |44||W||January 17, 1973||6–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) ||27–6–11 |- Template:Game-won |45||W||January 18, 1973||5–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) ||28–6–11 |- Template:Game-won |46||W||January 20, 1973||6–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) ||29–6–11 |- Template:Game-won |47||W||January 21, 1973||3–2 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1972–73) ||30–6–11 |- Template:Game-won |48||W||January 24, 1973||6–1 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1972–73) ||31–6–11 |- Template:Game-won |49||W||January 27, 1973||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73) ||32–6–11 |- Template:Game-lost |50||L||January 28, 1973||2–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) ||32–7–11 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-tied |51||T||February 1, 1973||3–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1972–73) ||32–7–12 |- Template:Game-won |52||W||February 3, 1973||7–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) ||33–7–12 |- Template:Game-won |53||W||February 4, 1973||6–1 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1972–73) ||34–7–12 |- Template:Game-won |54||W||February 7, 1973||5–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) ||35–7–12 |- Template:Game-won |55||W||February 10, 1973||2–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) ||36–7–12 |- Template:Game-tied |56||T||February 11, 1973||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1972–73) ||36–7–13 |- Template:Game-won |57||W||February 14, 1973||6–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1972–73) ||37–7–13 |- Template:Game-lost |58||L||February 17, 1973||6–7 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) ||37–8–13 |- Template:Game-won |59||W||February 18, 1973||2–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73) ||38–8–13 |- Template:Game-won |60||W||February 21, 1973||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) ||39–8–13 |- Template:Game-tied |61||T||February 22, 1973||3–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) ||39–8–14 |- Template:Game-won |62||W||February 24, 1973||7–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) ||40–8–14 |- Template:Game-won |63||W||February 28, 1973||5–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) ||41–8–14 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-won |64||W||March 3, 1973||5–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1972–73) ||42–8–14 |- Template:Game-won |65||W||March 4, 1973||4–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) ||43–8–14 |- Template:Game-won |66||W||March 6, 1973||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1972–73) ||44–8–14 |- Template:Game-won |67||W||March 7, 1973||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73) ||45–8–14 |- Template:Game-won |68||W||March 10, 1973||2–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) ||46–8–14 |- Template:Game-lost |69||L||March 11, 1973||3–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1972–73) ||46–9–14 |- Template:Game-won |70||W||March 14, 1973||5–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) ||47–9–14 |- Template:Game-tied |71||T||March 17, 1973||3–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) ||47–9–15 |- Template:Game-tied |72||T||March 18, 1973||4–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) ||47–9–16 |- Template:Game-won |73||W||March 21, 1973||3–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) ||48–9–16 |- Template:Game-won |74||W||March 24, 1973||11–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1972–73) ||49–9–16 |- Template:Game-lost |75||L||March 25, 1973||5–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) ||49–10–16 |- Template:Game-won |76||W||March 28, 1973||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) ||50–10–16 |- Template:Game-won |77||W||March 31, 1973||5–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1972–73) ||51–10–16 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-won |78||W||April 1, 1973||5–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1972–73) ||52–10–16 |- Template:Game log section end |- | Legend:

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Playoffs

The Canadiens met the Buffalo Sabres making their playoff debut in the first round, defeating the Sabres four games to two. In the second round, the Canadiens defeated the Philadelphia Flyers who had beaten the Minnesota North Stars, winning the series four games to one to advance to the finals against the Chicago Black Hawks.

Finals

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Chicago Black Hawks vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date Visitors Score Home Score Notes
April 29 Chicago 3 Montreal 8
May 1 Chicago 1 Montreal 4
May 3 Montreal 4 Chicago 7
May 6 Montreal 4 Chicago 0
May 8 Chicago 8 Montreal 7
May 10 Montreal 6 Chicago 4

Montreal wins the series 4–2.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
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Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 78 38 55 93 51 42 8 2 5
Script error: No such module "Sort". RW 67 40 39 79 18 50 6 0 4
Script error: No such module "Sort". C 61 21 38 59 49 21 3 4 3
Script error: No such module "Sort". RW 69 28 27 55 51 16 9 0 7
Script error: No such module "Sort". D 76 19 35 54 117 51 3 0 2
Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 76 25 25 50 48 18 3 0 4
Script error: No such module "Sort". W 72 13 35 48 36 24 3 0 1
Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 65 21 25 46 22 35 1 1 7
Script error: No such module "Sort". C 71 8 35 43 21 34 0 0 2
Script error: No such module "Sort". D 74 7 32 39 58 70 2 1 0
Script error: No such module "Sort". RW 73 11 23 34 30 29 0 0 0
Script error: No such module "Sort". D/RW 77 14 18 32 28 33 0 1 3
Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 52 18 9 27 16 14 0 0 3
Script error: No such module "Sort". D 69 2 22 24 55 39 0 0 2
Script error: No such module "Sort". D 57 7 16 23 34 78 2 0 0
Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 50 8 8 16 24 5 1 0 2
Script error: No such module "Sort". D 41 0 7 7 69 11 0 0 0
Script error: No such module "Sort". D 36 2 4 6 20 3 0 0 1
Script error: No such module "Sort". G 54 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 0
Script error: No such module "Sort". RW 19 1 1 2 2 −1 1 0 0
Script error: No such module "Sort". C 5 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
Script error: No such module "Sort". C/LW 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1
Script error: No such module "Sort". D 25 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 0
Script error: No such module "Sort". G 10 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Script error: No such module "Sort". G 17 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

= Indicates league leader
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Script error: No such module "Sort". 3165 54 33 7 13 119 2.26 6
Script error: No such module "Sort". 932 17 11 2 3 40 2.58 0
Script error: No such module "Sort". 583 10 8 1 0 23 2.37 1
Team: 4680 78 52 10 16 182 2.33 7

Playoffs

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Script error: No such module "Sort". RW 17 15 10 25 2 3 0 3
Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 17 9 14 23 6 1 0 0
Script error: No such module "Sort". C 17 7 13 20 2 3 0 1
Script error: No such module "Sort". D 17 6 7 13 20 2 0 1
Script error: No such module "Sort". C 17 4 9 13 22 2 1 0
Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 14 6 6 12 6 2 0 2
Script error: No such module "Sort". D 17 3 8 11 22 0 0 0
Script error: No such module "Sort". C 17 6 4 10 14 0 0 2
Script error: No such module "Sort". W 17 3 6 9 0 0 0 0
Script error: No such module "Sort". RW 17 3 5 8 9 2 0 1
Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 17 3 5 8 6 0 0 0
Script error: No such module "Sort". RW 17 3 4 7 6 0 0 0
Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 16 2 4 6 6 0 0 1
Script error: No such module "Sort". D 11 1 4 5 9 0 0 1
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Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
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Team: 1039 17 12 5 50 2.89 1

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Awards and records

Transactions

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Draft picks

Montreal's draft picks at the 1972 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 4 Steve Shutt Template:Flagu Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
1 6 Michel Larocque Template:Flagu Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
1 8 Dave Gardner Template:Flagu Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
1 14 John Van Boxmeer Template:Flagu Guelph CMC's (SOJHL)
3 46 Ed Gilbert Template:Flagu Hamilton Red Wings (OMJHL)
4 62 Dave Elenbaas Template:Flagu Cornell University (ECAC)
5 66 Bill Nyrop Template:Flagu University of Notre Dame (WCHA)
6 94 D'Arcy Ryan Template:Flagu Yale University (ECAC)
7 110 Yves Archambault Template:Flagu Sorel Eperviers (QMJHL)
8 126 Graham Parsons Template:Flagu Red Deer Rustlers (AJHL)
9 142 Eddie Bumbacco Template:Flagu University of Notre Dame (WCHA)
10 151 Fred Riggall Template:Flagu Dartmouth College (ECAC)
11 152 Ron LeBlanc Template:Flagu Universite de Moncton (CIAU)

See also

Citations

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References

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