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Al McDonough's 1971-1972 season

Points
23
NHL#150
Goals
10
NHL#127
Assists
13
NHL#167
Plus/minus
-14
NHL#271
Games
68
86%
86% of 79

Right winger Al McDonough was 21 years old when the 1971-1972 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for Los Angeles Kings och Pittsburgh Penguins. He played 68 of a possible 79 games and scored 10 goals and 13 assists for 23 points, 0.34 points per game. He moved from Los Angeles Kings to Pittsburgh Penguins in January. In the playoffs he played 4 games for 1 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1971-1972Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Al McDonough opens the 1971-1972 season with Los Angeles Kings

    Al was 21 years old when the 1971-1972 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      LAK4–4CGS
      game 1/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK4–3VAN
      W
      game 2/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT4–1LAK
      L
      game 3/781
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–8PIT
      L
      game 6/781
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      LAK7–0PHI
      W
      game 7/781
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–1LAK
      L
      game 8/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MNS6–3LAK
      L
      game 9/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF3–2LAK
      L
      game 10/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–1LAK
      L
      game 11/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • November 1971
    • The game
      NYR7–1LAK
      L
      game 12/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–7NYR
      L
      game 14/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–6PIT
      L
      game 16/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–5TOR
      L
      game 18/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET1–3LAK
      W
      game 20/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 7814 of 20 played
      3
      points
      NHL#189
      2
      goals
      NHL#123
      1
      assists
      NHL#206
      LAK
      4-15-0W-L-OT9Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      LAK1–3STL
      L
      game 21/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–5LAK
      W
      game 22/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–1LAK
      L
      game 23/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • December 1971
    • The game
      LAK3–5MTL
      L
      game 24/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK0–2BUF
      L
      game 25/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–4LAK
      W
      game 31/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK2–3MNS
      L
      game 32/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK2–1STL
      W
      game 33/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CGS3–1LAK
      L
      game 34/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–6CHI
      L
      game 35/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–3LAK
      W
      game 36/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–2LAK
      L
      game 37/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK6–3VAN
      W
      game 38/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGS1–4LAK
      W
      game 39/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 7828 of 39 played
      4
      points
      NHL#221
      2
      goals
      NHL#166
      2
      assists
      NHL#225
      LAK
      11-27-0W-L-OT23Points
      13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      LAK2–6CGS
      L
      game 40/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK2–10MTL
      L
      game 41/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK0–8NYR
      L
      game 42/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–2PIT
      game 42/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–7MTL
      L
      game 43/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–4PIT
      W
      game 44/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN6–1PIT
      L
      game 45/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PIT0–1STL
      L
      game 46/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–3PIT
      game 47/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      STL2–1PIT
      L
      game 48/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–2PIT
      L
      game 49/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT0–4PHI
      L
      game 50/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • February 1972
    • The game
      PIT4–3STL
      W
      game 51/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT1–8LAK
      L
      game 52/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–1TOR
      W
      game 53/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–6PIT
      W
      game 54/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR8–3PIT
      L
      game 55/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–6PIT
      W
      game 56/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–4PIT
      W
      game 57/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT2–0BUF
      W
      game 58/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET6–2PIT
      L
      game 59/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 7849 of 59 played
      7
      points
      NHL#221
      4
      goals
      NHL#158
      3
      assists
      NHL#234
      PIT
      18-32-0W-L-OT45Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT0–2MNS
      L
      game 60/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      PIT0–2TOR
      L
      game 61/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–5PIT
      W
      game 62/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–5MTL
      L
      game 63/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • March 1972
    • The game
      DET4–7PIT
      W
      game 64/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MNS2–4PIT
      W
      game 65/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-7SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PIT3–6DET
      L
      game 66/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      MTL5–4PIT
      L
      game 67/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–6PIT
      W
      game 68/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT4–4BOS
      game 69/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PIT7–4VAN
      W
      game 70/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PIT4–4LAK
      game 71/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT3–3CGS
      game 72/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–3PIT
      L
      game 73/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-7SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MNS2–3PIT
      W
      game 74/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–2BUF
      game 75/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-7SOG
    • The game
      CGS4–5PIT
      W
      game 76/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • April 1972
    • The game
      PIT4–4PHI
      game 77/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-5SOG
    • The game
      STL2–6PIT
      W
      game 78/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-3SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    The season in numbers

    Al McDonough closes the 1971-1972 season with 23 points

    Points
    23
    NHL#150
    Games
    68of 78
    87%
    Goals
    10
    NHL#127
    Assists
    13
    NHL#167
    P/GP
    0.34
    NHL#161
    +/-
    -14
    NHL#271
    Events
    6 i rad
    games with a point · 8 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Pittsburgh Penguins are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Pittsburgh Penguins meet Chicago Blackhawks

    PITvsCHI
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Chicago Blackhawks
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      PIT1–3CHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • Chicago Blackhawkslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 2
      PIT2–3CHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Chicago Blackhawkslead2–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 3
      CHI2–0PIT
      L
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-6SOG
    • Chicago Blackhawkslead3–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 4
      CHI6–5PIT
      L
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    Quarterfinal

    Chicago Blackhawks knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 4–0

    PIT0–4CHI
    Eliminated
    4Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Al McDonough ends the 1971-1972 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    NHL#86
    Games
    4
    Goals
    0
    NHL#77
    Assists
    1
    NHL#67
    P/GP
    0.25
    +/-
    -5
    NHL#133
    Events
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff assist
    CHI0–4