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Brian Spencer's 1973-1974 season

Points
26
NHL#169
Goals
8
NHL#170
Assists
18
NHL#153
Plus/minus
-19
NHL#347
Games
67
85%
85% of 78

Left winger Brian Spencer was 24 years old when the 1973-1974 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders och Buffalo Sabres. He played 67 of a possible 78 games and scored 8 goals and 18 assists for 26 points, 0.39 points per game. He moved from New York Islanders to Buffalo Sabres in March. Buffalo Sabres did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1973-1974
  1. Season opener

    Brian Spencer opens the 1973-1974 season with New York Islanders

    Brian was 24 years old when the 1973-1974 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI1–1AFM
      game 1/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI6–0NYI
      L
      game 2/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3BOS
      L
      game 3/781
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      LAK4–4NYI
      game 4/782
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF2–1NYI
      L
      game 5/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–3CHI
      game 6/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      MNS1–1NYI
      game 7/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–3NYI
      W
      game 8/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–5BUF
      L
      game 9/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • November 1973
    • The game
      TOR2–2NYI
      game 10/783
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 7810 of 20 played
      3
      points
      NHL#227
      1
      goals
      NHL#191
      2
      assists
      NHL#210
      NYI
      4-9-0W-L-OT15Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • December 1973
    • The game
      PHI2–1NYI
      L
      game 21/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–5BOS
      L
      game 22/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL3–1NYI
      L
      game 23/781
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–2NYI
      L
      game 24/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–3MTL
      L
      game 25/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGS3–6NYI
      W
      game 26/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–3LAK
      L
      game 27/782
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–3NYI
      game 28/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      NYI0–4PHI
      L
      game 29/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–2NYI
      game 30/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–2STL
      W
      game 31/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–1NYI
      game 32/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI0–1MNS
      L
      game 33/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–4CGS
      game 34/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI4–3VAN
      W
      game 35/781
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYI1–5CHI
      L
      game 36/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–3NYI
      W
      game 37/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS6–2NYI
      L
      game 38/781
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      LAK3–1NYI
      L
      game 39/782
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 7829 of 39 played
      11
      points
      NHL#182
      1
      goals
      NHL#240
      10
      assists
      NHL#122
      NYI
      8-20-0W-L-OT27Points
      13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI3–8MTL
      L
      game 40/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–3MNS
      W
      game 41/781
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      AFM3–4NYI
      W
      game 42/781
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF2–2NYI
      game 43/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGS3–4NYI
      W
      game 44/781
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS4–0NYI
      L
      game 45/781
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–2CHI
      W
      game 46/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–2LAK
      W
      game 47/782
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • February 1974
    • The game
      NYI2–2VAN
      game 48/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4CGS
      L
      game 49/781
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–6NYI
      W
      game 50/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI0–6NYR
      L
      game 51/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–2NYI
      L
      game 52/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      AFM4–1NYI
      L
      game 53/781
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–2STL
      game 54/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI4–0NYI
      L
      game 55/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–5NYI
      W
      game 56/781
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–5DET
      L
      game 57/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN1–1NYI
      game 58/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR6–4NYI
      L
      game 59/782
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 7849 of 59 played
      20
      points
      NHL#164
      5
      goals
      NHL#185
      15
      assists
      NHL#139
      NYI
      15-29-0W-L-OT45Points
      13th in the whole NHL
    • March 1974
    • The game
      NYI2–5TOR
      L
      game 60/783
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–4BUF
      L
      game 61/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–1NYI
      L
      game 62/781
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET3–1NYI
      L
      game 63/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4NYR
      L
      game 64/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–4BOS
      L
      game 66/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–3BUF
      L
      game 67/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF2–2STL
      game 68/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–5BUF
      W
      game 69/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–2CHI
      W
      game 70/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–1NYI
      game 71/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–5NYR
      L
      game 72/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–3DET
      L
      game 73/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–2BUF
      game 74/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MNS1–6BUF
      W
      game 75/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • April 1974
    • The game
      BUF2–4PIT
      L
      game 76/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF1–3TOR
      L
      game 77/782
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL2–5BUF
      W
      game 78/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    The season in numbers

    Brian Spencer closes the 1973-1974 season with 26 points

    New York Islanders did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    26
    NHL#169
    Games
    67of 78
    86%
    Goals
    8
    NHL#170
    Assists
    18
    NHL#153
    P/GP
    0.39
    NHL#178
    +/-
    -19
    NHL#347
    Events
    50
    career assists
    25
    career goals