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1971–72 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1971–72
year	1971
Team	Boston Bruins
Division	East
DivisionRank	1st
Record	54–13–11
HomeRecord	28–4–7
RoadRecord	26–9–4
GoalsFor	330
GoalsAgainst	204
GeneralManager	Milt Schmidt
Coach	Tom Johnson
Captain	Vacant
AltCaptain	Johnny Bucyk
Phil Esposito
Ted Green
Ed Westfall
Arena	Boston Garden
GoalsLeader	Phil Esposito (66)
AssistsLeader	Bobby Orr (80)
PointsLeader	Phil Esposito (130)
PIMLeader	Dallas Smith (132)
WinsLeader	Eddie Johnston and Gerry Cheevers (27)
GAALeader	Gerry Cheevers (2.50)
DivisionWin	yes
StanleyCup	yes

Phil Esposito Ted Green Ed Westfall 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.

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 MacMahon

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

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

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1972 Stanley Cup Finals

As of 2022, the 1972 Bruins are the most recent team to have won the Cup without a formal captain. John Bucyk, as the team's senior alternate captain, accepted the Cup and circled the rink in the ceremonial skate.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||L||October 10, 1971||1–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1971–72) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 13, 1971||6–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1971–72) ||1–1–0 |- |3||W||October 14, 1971||6–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||2–1–0 |- |4||T||October 17, 1971||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) ||2–1–1 |- |5||W||October 20, 1971||4–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||3–1–1 |- |6||W||October 22, 1971||5–1 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||4–1–1 |- |7||W||October 24, 1971||4–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||5–1–1 |- |8||L||October 27, 1971||2–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||5–2–1 |- |9||L||October 28, 1971||0–2 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||5–3–1 |- |10||W||October 31, 1971||5–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||6–3–1

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 5 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 0–5 || Boston Bruins || || 1–0 |- | 2 || April 6 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–3 || Boston Bruins || 2:58 || 1–1 |- | 3 || April 8 || Boston Bruins || 2–0 || Toronto Maple Leafs || || 2–1 |- | 4 || April 9 || Boston Bruins || 5–4 || Toronto Maple Leafs || || 3–1 |- | 5 || April 11 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–3 || Boston Bruins || || 4–1

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
C	76	66	67	133	76	55	28	2	16
D	76	37	80	117	106	86	11	4	4
LW	78	32	51	83	4	16	13	0	7
LW	78	23	56	79	12	20	5	1	4
RW	77	22	47	69	126	19	10	0	3
C	78	25	33	58	108	25	0	7	2
C	76	28	28	56	45	23	6	0	4
RW	60	16	40	56	81	41	0	1	2
LW	74	23	29	52	103	42	1	0	3
D/RW	77	18	26	44	19	29	0	2	5
D	78	8	22	30	132	34	0	1	1
LW	73	9	13	22	64	11	0	0	0
RW	56	7	13	20	12	5	0	0	2
D	54	1	16	17	21	10	0	0	0
D	61	2	12	14	46	53	0	0	0
LW	47	6	4	10	12	0	0	0	1
D	16	4	6	10	37	2	0	0	0
D	34	1	8	9	52	20	0	0	0
G	38	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
C	11	0	2	2	6	2	0	0	0
G	41	0	2	2	25	0	0	0	0
RW	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
RW	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
D	25	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
D	8	0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0

;Goaltending

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

Playoffs

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
C	15	9	15	24	24	2	0	3
D	15	5	19	24	19	3	0	1
LW	15	9	11	20	6	5	0	0
RW	15	9	8	17	62	2	1	3
RW	15	5	12	17	37	3	0	0
LW	15	7	9	16	0	1	0	0
C	15	6	6	12	13	1	0	2
LW	15	4	7	11	42	1	0	0
D/RW	15	4	3	7	10	0	2	1
LW	13	2	4	6	16	0	0	1
D	15	0	4	4	45	0	0	0
D	15	0	4	4	22	0	0	0
LW	14	3	0	3	6	0	1	1
C	11	1	1	2	44	0	1	0
D	15	0	2	2	43	0	0	0
G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

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

Transactions

March 5, 1972	To California Golden Seals cash	To Boston Bruins Tom Williams

Awards and records

Prince of Wales Trophy
Phil Esposito, Art Ross Trophy Winner
Bobby Orr, Conn Smythe Trophy
Bobby Orr, Norris Trophy

References

Bruins on Hockey Database

References

Fischler, Stan. (August 15, 2022). "Fischler Report: So You Want Your Son to be an NHL Star". The Hockey News.
"1971-72 Boston Bruins Schedule".
"1971-72 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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