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1972–73 Toronto Maple Leafs season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1972–73
year	1972
Team	Toronto Maple Leafs
Record	27–41–10
HomeRecord	20–12–7
RoadRecord	7–29–3
Division	East
DivisionRank	6th
GoalsFor	247
GoalsAgainst	279
GeneralManager	Jim Gregory
Coach	John McLellan
Captain	Dave Keon
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
GoalsLeader	Dave Keon (37)
AssistsLeader	Darryl Sittler (48)
PointsLeader	Darryl Sittler (77)
PIMLeader	Mike Pelyk (118)
WinsLeader	Ron Low (12)
GAALeader	Jacques Plante (3.04)

The 1972–73 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 56th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Leafs slipped to sixth place in the East and missed the playoffs for the first time since the 1969–70 season.

Offseason

Toronto lost Bernie Parent, Rick Ley, Brad Selwood, Guy Trottier and Larry Pleau, who jumped to the new World Hockey Association (WHA).

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||L||October 7, 1972||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) ||0–1–0 |- |2||T||October 11, 1972||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1972–73) ||0–1–1 |- |3||W||October 14, 1972||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) ||1–1–1 |- |4||L||October 15, 1972||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) ||1–2–1 |- |5||W||October 18, 1972||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) ||2–2–1 |- |6||L||October 21, 1972||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) ||2–3–1 |- |7||L||October 22, 1972||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) ||2–4–1 |- |8||W||October 25, 1972||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) ||3–4–1 |- |9||L||October 28, 1972||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1972–73) ||3–5–1 |- |10||L||October 29, 1972||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) ||3–6–1

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
C	78	29	48	77	69	−11	8	0	1
RW	77	33	42	75	20	−11	2	0	5
C	76	37	36	73	2	4	8	2	6
C	65	20	35	55	10	−18	3	0	1
D	77	11	41	52	55	6	5	0	0
RW	78	22	29	51	22	−1	4	1	2
LW	74	19	18	37	42	−13	2	0	2
LW	61	13	23	36	10	−4	4	0	0
RW	40	18	16	34	18	2	2	0	3
LW	68	13	19	32	8	4	2	0	1
LW	78	13	18	31	53	−3	0	0	3
C	72	10	13	23	34	−17	3	0	1
D	72	3	16	19	118	−20	0	0	1
D	44	1	10	11	54	2	0	0	0
D	49	2	8	10	20	4	1	0	1
D	49	1	7	8	76	−22	0	0	0
D	23	1	4	5	63	−10	0	0	0
D	40	0	3	3	26	6	0	0	0
D	5	1	1	2	4	−5	0	0	0
LW	26	0	2	2	0	−5	0	0	0
RW	32	0	1	1	6	−10	0	0	0
G	42	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	1	0	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0
G	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2343	42	12	24	4	152	3.89	1
	1717	32	8	14	6	87	3.04	1
	620	11	7	3	0	39	3.77	0
Team:	4680	78	27	41	10	278	3.56	2

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1972–73 season.

Trades

May 15, 1973	To New York IslandersCash	To Toronto Maple Leafs10th round pick in [1973](1973-nhl-entry-draft) – Lee Palmer
11th round pick in [1973](1973-nhl-entry-draft) – Norm McLeod

Free agents

Inge Hammarstrom	Brynäs IF (Division 1)

Draft picks

Toronto'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	11	George Ferguson	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
2	27	Randy Osburn	Canada	London Knights (OMJHL)
3	43	Denis Deslauriers	Canada	Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)
4	59	Brian Bowles	Canada	Cornwall Royals (OMJHL)
5	75	Michel Plante	Canada	Drummondville Rangers (QMJHL)
6	91	Dave Shardlow	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
7	107	Monte Miron	Canada	Clarkson University (ECAC)
8	123	Peter Williams	Canada	University of Prince Edward Island (CIAU)
9	139	Pat Boutette	Canada	University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)
9	143	Garry Schofield	United States	Clarkson University (ECAC)

References

"1972-73 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule".
"1972-73 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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