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Chris Evans's 1971-1972 season

Points

NHL#145

Goals

NHL#154

Assists

NHL#125

Plus/minus

-20

NHL#296

Games

81% of 77

Defenceman Chris Evans was 25 years old when the 1971-1972 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres och St. Louis Blues. He played 63 of a possible 77 games and scored 6 goals and 18 assists for 24 points, 0.38 points per game. He moved from Buffalo Sabres to St. Louis Blues in March. In the playoffs he played 7 games for 1 points.

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

1971-1972Playoffs

Year 1971
55 years ago
Season opener
October 20
Chris Evans opens the 1971-1972 season with Buffalo Sabres
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Chris was 25 years old when the 1971-1972 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 2nd NHL season in all.
A late start
October 20
Chris Evans's season starts in game 6 of 78
Buffalo Sabres have played 5 games5 of 78 without him
- The game
  BUF7–2TOR
  W
  October 20game 6/78
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  CHI5–2BUF
  L
  October 21game 7/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–5MNS
  L
  October 23game 8/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  STL3–2BUF
  L
  October 24game 9/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–2LAK
  W
  October 27game 10/781
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
Milestone
Chris Evans records his first NHL assist
in the game against Los Angeles Kings · October 27
- The game
  BUF4–4VAN
  October 30game 11/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–2CGS
  October 31game 12/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- November 1971
- The game
  BUF4–4DET
  November 4game 13/78
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  PHI2–5BUF
  W
  November 5game 14/78
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +4+/-3SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  DET3–3BUF
  November 7game 15/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  LAK4–2BUF
  L
  November 11game 16/781
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–5NYR
  L
  November 13game 17/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–2BUF
  November 14game 18/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  CGS7–5BUF
  L
  November 18game 19/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
  View the game
Milestone
Chris Evans scores his first NHL goal
in the game against California Golden Seals · November 18
- The game
  TOR4–3BUF
  L
  November 21game 20/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  November 21
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 7815 of 20 played
  7
  points
  NHL#127
  1
  goals
  NHL#160
  6
  assists
  NHL#76
  0
  +/-
  NHL#41
  BUF
  4-11-0W-L-OT13Points
  13th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF3–5LAK
  L
  November 24game 21/781
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF2–5VAN
  L
  November 27game 22/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF3–5CGS
  L
  November 28game 23/78
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-3SOG
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- December 1971
- The game
  BUF2–7NYR
  L
  December 1game 24/78
  His night
  No points
  -4+/-2SOG
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- The game
  LAK0–2BUF
  W
  December 2game 25/781
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-1SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BUF1–5STL
  L
  December 4game 26/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MNS1–3BUF
  W
  December 5game 27/78
  His night
  No points
  +3+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CHI3–1BUF
  L
  December 9game 28/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–3PIT
  December 11game 29/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  TOR4–2BUF
  L
  December 12game 30/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF1–2CHI
  L
  December 15game 31/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF0–5PHI
  L
  December 16game 32/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–8TOR
  L
  December 18game 33/78
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-2SOG
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- The game
  VAN1–5BUF
  W
  December 19game 34/78
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BOS4–4BUF
  December 23game 35/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF4–4STL
  December 25game 36/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  STL3–6BUF
  W
  December 26game 37/78
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  DET7–3BUF
  L
  December 29game 38/78
  His night
  No points
  -5+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–3PIT
  December 31game 39/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  December 31
  1/2 into the season
  Game 39 of 7834 of 39 played
  16
  points
  NHL#100
  5
  goals
  NHL#114
  11
  assists
  NHL#80
  -7
  +/-
  NHL#77
  BUF
  8-22-0W-L-OT25Points
  12th in the whole NHL
Year 1972
54 years ago
- The game
  CGS4–4BUF
  January 2game 40/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BOS5–2BUF
  L
  January 6game 41/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  TOR2–1BUF
  L
  January 9game 42/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR5–2BUF
  L
  January 13game 43/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF2–6MTL
  L
  January 15game 44/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–4BUF
  W
  January 16game 45/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN0–1BUF
  W
  January 20game 46/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–3DET
  L
  January 22game 47/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–3BOS
  January 23game 48/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–5NYR
  L
  January 26game 49/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  DET3–1BUF
  L
  January 27game 50/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  LAK2–2BUF
  January 30game 51/781
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- February 1972
- The game
  NYR4–2BUF
  L
  February 3game 52/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF3–3MNS
  February 5game 53/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  BOS2–8BUF
  W
  February 6game 54/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–4DET
  L
  February 10game 55/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BUF1–5BOS
  L
  February 12game 56/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PHI4–4BUF
  February 13game 57/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-7SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  PIT2–0BUF
  L
  February 17game 58/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–4TOR
  L
  February 19game 59/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- Checkpoint
  February 19
  3/4 into the season
  Game 59 of 7854 of 59 played
  22
  points
  NHL#124
  6
  goals
  NHL#130
  16
  assists
  NHL#97
  -17
  +/-
  NHL#96
  BUF
  11-34-0W-L-OT36Points
  14th in the whole NHL
- The game
  MTL4–0BUF
  L
  February 20game 60/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–1CHI
  W
  February 23game 61/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CHI3–5BUF
  W
  February 24game 62/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CGS4–4BUF
  February 27game 63/78
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- March 1972
- The game
  BUF1–4MTL
  L
  March 1game 64/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–3BUF
  L
  March 2game 65/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  STL6–2BUF
  L
  March 5game 66/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  LAK2–4STL
  W
  March 7game 68/781
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  PHI2–4STL
  W
  March 11game 70/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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The season in numbers
March 11
Chris Evans closes the 1971-1972 season with 24 points
BUFBuffalo Sabres STLSt. Louis Blues
Points
24
NHL#145
Games
63of 78
81%
Goals
6
NHL#154
Assists
18
NHL#125
P/GP
0.38
NHL#145
+/-
-20
NHL#296
Events
24
career best in points
18
career best in assists
1
First NHL goal
1
First NHL point
1
First NHL assist
4 i rad
games with a point · 4 pts
25 days later
Playoffs
April 5
St. Louis Blues are in the playoffs
Quarterfinal
April 5
St. Louis Blues meet Minnesota North Stars
STLvsMNS
Swedes on St. Louis Blues
No Swedes
Swedes on Minnesota North Stars
No Swedes
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- Game 3
  MNS1–2STL
  W
  April 8
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Minnesota North Starslead2–1againstSt. Louis Blues
- Game 4
  MNS2–3STL
  W
  April 9
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- St. Louis Bluesare2–2withMinnesota North Stars
- Game 5
  STL3–4MNS
  L
  April 11
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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Quarterfinal
April 16
St. Louis Blues knock Minnesota North Stars out 4–3
STL4–3MNS
Advance
3Games0Points0Goals0Assists
2 days later
Semifinal
April 18
St. Louis Blues meet Boston Bruins
STLvsBOS
Swedes on St. Louis Blues
No Swedes
Swedes on Boston Bruins
No Swedes
View the whole round
- Game 1
  STL1–6BOS
  L
  April 18
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- Boston Bruinslead1–0againstSt. Louis Blues
- Game 2
  STL2–10BOS
  L
  April 20
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- Boston Bruinslead2–0againstSt. Louis Blues
- Game 3
  BOS7–2STL
  L
  April 23
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- Boston Bruinslead3–0againstSt. Louis Blues
- Game 4
  BOS5–3STL
  L
  April 25
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
Semifinal
April 25
Boston Bruins knock St. Louis Blues out 4–0
STL0–4BOS
Eliminated
4Games1Points1Goals0Assists
The run in numbers
April 25
Chris Evans ends the 1971-1972 playoffs with 1 points
BUFBuffalo Sabres STLSt. Louis Blues
Points
1
NHL#86
Games
7
Goals
1
NHL#50
Assists
0
NHL#96
P/GP
0.14
NHL#75
+/-
-1
NHL#75
Events
1
First playoff point
1
First playoff goal
MNS4–3→BOS0–4

Chris Evans opens the 1971-1972 season with Buffalo Sabres

Chris Evans's season starts in game 6 of 78

Chris Evans records his first NHL assist

Chris Evans scores his first NHL goal

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Chris Evans closes the 1971-1972 season with 24 points

St. Louis Blues are in the playoffs

St. Louis Blues meet Minnesota North Stars

St. Louis Blues knock Minnesota North Stars out 4–3

St. Louis Blues meet Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins knock St. Louis Blues out 4–0

Chris Evans ends the 1971-1972 playoffs with 1 points