Regular season and playoffsBOS

Bobby Orr's 1968-1969 season

James Norris Memorial Trophy

Points

NHL#21

Goals

NHL#46

Assists

NHL#14

Plus/minus

+55

NHL#1

Games

88% of 76

Defenceman Bobby Orr was 20 years old when the 1968-1969 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played 67 of a possible 76 games and scored 21 goals and 43 assists for 64 points, 0.96 points per game. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 8 points. He won James Norris Memorial Trophy.

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

1968-1969Playoffs

Year 1968
58 years ago
Season opener
October 11
Bobby Orr plays the 1968-1969 season for Boston Bruins
BOSBoston Bruins
Bobby was 20 years old when the 1968-1969 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.
- The game
  DET2–4BOS
  W
  October 11game 1/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI2–3BOS
  W
  October 13game 2/76
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-9SOG
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- The game
  BOS2–1OAK
  W
  October 16game 3/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS1–2LAK
  L
  October 17game 4/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  BOS5–1PIT
  W
  October 19game 5/76
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  STL2–1BOS
  L
  October 24game 6/76
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS0–2TOR
  L
  October 26game 7/76
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–4BOS
  W
  October 27game 8/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BOS4–2MNS
  W
  October 30game 9/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +3+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS5–7DET
  L
  October 31game 10/76
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -2+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- November 1968
- The game
  CHI3–5BOS
  W
  November 3game 11/76
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-5SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  PHI1–7BOS
  W
  November 6game 12/76
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +3+/-6SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  STL1–1BOS
  November 10game 13/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-6SOG
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- The game
  BOS1–1TOR
  November 13game 14/76
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  BOS2–4PHI
  L
  November 14game 15/76
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  OAK3–6BOS
  W
  November 17game 16/76
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  LAK1–4BOS
  W
  November 21game 17/76
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-11SOG2PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  NYR1–5BOS
  W
  November 23game 18/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TOR4–7BOS
  W
  November 24game 19/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-6SOG
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- Checkpoint
  November 24
  1/4 into the season
  Game 19 of 76
  16
  points
  NHL#22
  5
  goals
  NHL#36
  11
  assists
  NHL#18
  +9
  +/-
  NHL#8
  BOS
  12-5-0W-L-OT26Points
  3rd in the whole NHL
- The game
  BOS4–4STL
  November 27game 20/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–1BOS
  L
  November 30game 21/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
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- December 1968
- The game
  MNS0–4BOS
  W
  December 1game 22/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-6SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL2–2BOS
  December 5game 23/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  DET1–4BOS
  W
  December 7game 24/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS4–7CHI
  L
  December 8game 25/76
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-7SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS2–2NYR
  December 11game 26/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  CHI5–10BOS
  W
  December 14game 27/76
  His night
  +5P+3G+2A
  +1+/-7SOG2PPP
  HAT TRICK
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- The game
  PIT3–5BOS
  W
  December 15game 28/76
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  LAK4–6BOS
  W
  December 19game 29/76
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-3SOG2PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BOS0–0MTL
  December 21game 30/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-6SOG
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- The game
  MTL5–7BOS
  W
  December 22game 31/76
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
Milestone
Bobby Orr reaches 100 career points
in the game against Montréal Canadiens · December 22
- The game
  OAK3–1BOS
  L
  December 25game 32/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS6–2STL
  W
  December 28game 33/76
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-7SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BOS3–3DET
  December 29game 34/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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Year 1969
57 years ago
- The game
  BOS4–2NYR
  W
  January 2game 35/76
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-7SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  BOS2–2MNS
  January 4game 36/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  TOR2–3BOS
  W
  January 9game 37/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +3+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS6–3MTL
  W
  January 11game 38/76
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +3+/-2SOG1PPP
  +2 points
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  January 11
  1/2 into the season
  Game 38 of 76
  36
  points
  NHL#15
  12
  goals
  NHL#36
  24
  assists
  NHL#11
  +28
  +/-
  NHL#2
  BOS
  22-8-0W-L-OT52Points
  2nd in the whole NHL
- The game
  PIT4–8BOS
  W
  January 12game 39/76
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BOS5–5TOR
  January 15game 40/76
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-7SOG
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- The game
  MNS1–5BOS
  W
  January 16game 41/76
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BOS5–3PHI
  W
  January 18game 42/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-6SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TOR3–5BOS
  W
  January 19game 43/76
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +3+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS2–2DET
  January 23game 44/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  STL0–4BOS
  W
  January 25game 45/76
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-4SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  MNS3–4BOS
  W
  January 26game 46/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-5SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS3–3OAK
  January 29game 47/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  BOS7–5LAK
  W
  January 30game 48/76
  His night
  No points
  +3+/-4SOG
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- Checkpoint
  January 30
  3/4 into the season
  Game 57 of 7648 of 57 played
  45
  points
  NHL#29
  13
  goals
  NHL#58
  32
  assists
  NHL#14
  +43
  +/-
  NHL#1
  BOS
  33-12-0W-L-OT78Points
  Playoff spot
  1st in the whole NHL
- February 1969
- The game
  BOS0–9NYR
  L
  February 23game 58/76
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BOS4–2LAK
  W
  February 26game 59/76
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-7SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BOS9–0OAK
  W
  February 27game 60/76
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +6+/-2SOG
  +2 points
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- March 1969
- The game
  NYR5–8BOS
  W
  March 1game 61/76
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +4+/-4SOG1PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  PIT0–4BOS
  W
  March 2game 62/76
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +3+/-5SOG1SHP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  DET2–2BOS
  March 5game 63/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS4–7DET
  L
  March 8game 64/76
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -2+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  LAK2–7BOS
  W
  March 9game 65/76
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-6SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  BOS3–3MNS
  March 11game 66/76
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  BOS1–2PHI
  L
  March 13game 67/76
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BOS4–7TOR
  L
  March 15game 68/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-6SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TOR3–11BOS
  W
  March 16game 69/76
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-8SOG
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- The game
  BOS3–2PIT
  W
  March 19game 70/76
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  CHI5–5BOS
  March 20game 71/76
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS5–3CHI
  W
  March 22game 72/76
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BOS2–4NYR
  L
  March 23game 73/76
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-5SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–3BOS
  March 27game 74/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BOS3–5MTL
  L
  March 29game 75/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL3–6BOS
  W
  March 30game 76/76
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-2SOG
  View the game
The season in numbers
March 30
Bobby Orr closes the 1968-1969 season with 64 points
BOSBoston Bruins
Points
64
NHL#21
Games
67of 76
88%
Goals
21
NHL#46
Assists
43
NHL#14
P/GP
0.96
NHL#15
+/-
+55
NHL#1
Events
1
hat trick
100
career points
50
career assists
25
career goals
8 i rad
games with a point · 14 pts
3 days later
Playoffs
April 2
Boston Bruins are in the playoffs
Quarterfinal
April 2
Boston Bruins meet Toronto Maple Leafs
BOSvsTOR
Swedes on Boston Bruins
No Swedes
Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
No Swedes
View the whole round
- Game 1
  TOR0–10BOS
  W
  April 2
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-5SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- Boston Bruinslead1–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
- Game 2
  TOR0–7BOS
  W
  April 3
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- Boston Bruinslead2–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
- Game 3
  BOS4–3TOR
  W
  April 5
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +2 assists
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- Boston Bruinslead3–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
- Game 4
  BOS3–2TOR
  W
  April 6
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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Quarterfinal
April 6
Boston Bruins knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 4–0
BOS4–0TOR
Advance
4Games4Points0Goals4Assists
4 days later
Semifinal
April 10
Boston Bruins meet Montréal Canadiens
BOSvsMTL
Swedes on Boston Bruins
No Swedes
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
No Swedes
View the whole round
- Game 1
  BOS2–3MTL
  L
  April 10
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
- Game 2
  BOS3–4MTL
  L
  April 13
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
- Game 3
  MTL0–5BOS
  W
  April 17
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +4+/-2SOG
  +2 assists
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- Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
- Game 4
  MTL2–3BOS
  W
  April 20
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +3+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- Boston Bruinsare2–2withMontréal Canadiens
- Game 5
  BOS2–4MTL
  L
  April 22
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstBoston Bruins
- Game 6
  MTL2–1BOS
  L
  April 24
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-6SOG
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Semifinal
April 24
Montréal Canadiens knock Boston Bruins out 4–2
BOS2–4MTL
Eliminated
6Games4Points1Goals3Assists
The run in numbers
April 24
Bobby Orr ends the 1968-1969 playoffs with 8 points
BOSBoston Bruins
Points
8
NHL#15
Games
10
Goals
1
NHL#47
Assists
7
NHL#4
P/GP
0.80
NHL#14
+/-
+9
NHL#2
Events
10
playoff points
1
First playoff goal
2 points
best game
TOR4–0→MTL2–4
Honour
1968-1969
Bobby Orr won James Norris Memorial Trophy for 1968-1969
James Norris Memorial Trophy
BOSBoston Bruins

Bobby Orr plays the 1968-1969 season for Boston Bruins

1/4 into the season

Bobby Orr reaches 100 career points

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Bobby Orr closes the 1968-1969 season with 64 points

Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

Boston Bruins meet Toronto Maple Leafs

Boston Bruins knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 4–0

Boston Bruins meet Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens knock Boston Bruins out 4–2

Bobby Orr ends the 1968-1969 playoffs with 8 points

Bobby Orr won James Norris Memorial Trophy for 1968-1969