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Dave Burrows's 1971-1972 season

Points
12
NHL#210
Goals
2
NHL#217
Assists
10
NHL#190
Plus/minus
-8
NHL#230
Games
77
98%
98% of 78

Defenceman Dave Burrows was 22 years old when the 1971-1972 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Pittsburgh Penguins. He played 77 of a possible 78 games and scored 2 goals and 10 assists for 12 points, 0.16 points per game. In the playoffs he played 4 games for 0 points.

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

1971-1972Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Dave Burrows makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠2 win against Philadelphia Flyers

    Dave was 22 years old · Civic Arena, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    +1
    +/-
    • The game
      PHI2–3PIT
      W
      game 1/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–2BUF
      L
      game 2/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–1LAK
      W
      game 3/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Dave Burrows records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · October 13

    • The game
      PIT2–1VAN
      W
      game 4/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–2CGS
      W
      game 5/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–8PIT
      W
      game 6/781
      His night
      No points
      +4+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–2PIT
      L
      game 7/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–1NYR
      game 8/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGS6–4PIT
      L
      game 9/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT0–2MNS
      L
      game 10/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–1PIT
      game 11/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–3DET
      L
      game 12/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • November 1971
    • The game
      PIT3–5CGS
      L
      game 13/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–4VAN
      L
      game 14/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–4CHI
      L
      game 15/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–1STL
      W
      game 16/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–3PIT
      W
      game 17/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–6PIT
      W
      game 18/781
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MNS5–1PIT
      L
      game 19/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–4MNS
      L
      game 20/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 78
      1
      points
      NHL#222
      0
      goals
      NHL#204
      1
      assists
      NHL#205
      +3
      +/-
      NHL#25
      PIT
      8-10-0W-L-OT18Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL4–2PIT
      L
      game 21/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–7CHI
      L
      game 22/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–1PIT
      L
      game 23/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–3MTL
      L
      game 24/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • December 1971
    • The game
      DET2–4PIT
      W
      game 25/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–4PIT
      W
      game 26/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–5BOS
      L
      game 27/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGS1–1PIT
      game 28/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3PIT
      game 29/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–6NYR
      L
      game 30/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–3TOR
      L
      game 31/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–3PIT
      L
      game 32/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–2BOS
      game 33/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–4NYR
      L
      game 34/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–4PIT
      W
      game 35/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–6PHI
      L
      game 36/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–2PIT
      L
      game 37/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3PIT
      game 38/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–3CHI
      game 39/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 78
      1
      points
      NHL#261
      0
      goals
      NHL#246
      1
      assists
      NHL#246
      0
      +/-
      NHL#43
      PIT
      11-21-0W-L-OT29Points
      9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CHI4–0PIT
      L
      game 40/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–2PIT
      game 42/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–7MTL
      L
      game 43/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–4PIT
      W
      game 44/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN6–1PIT
      L
      game 45/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT0–1STL
      L
      game 46/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–3PIT
      game 47/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Dave Burrows scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Montréal Canadiens · January 23

    • The game
      STL2–1PIT
      L
      game 48/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–2PIT
      L
      game 49/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT0–4PHI
      L
      game 50/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • February 1972
    • The game
      PIT4–3STL
      W
      game 51/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +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
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK1–6PIT
      W
      game 54/781
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR8–3PIT
      L
      game 55/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–6PIT
      W
      game 56/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–4PIT
      W
      game 57/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–0BUF
      W
      game 58/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET6–2PIT
      L
      game 59/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 7858 of 59 played
      6
      points
      NHL#229
      1
      goals
      NHL#232
      5
      assists
      NHL#213
      -7
      +/-
      NHL#73
      PIT
      18-32-0W-L-OT45Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT0–2MNS
      L
      game 60/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT0–2TOR
      L
      game 61/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–5PIT
      W
      game 62/78
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–5MTL
      L
      game 63/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • March 1972
    • The game
      DET4–7PIT
      W
      game 64/78
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–4PIT
      W
      game 65/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–6DET
      L
      game 66/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -4+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL5–4PIT
      L
      game 67/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–6PIT
      W
      game 68/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–4BOS
      game 69/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT7–4VAN
      W
      game 70/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT4–4LAK
      game 71/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–3CGS
      game 72/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–3PIT
      L
      game 73/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS2–3PIT
      W
      game 74/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–2BUF
      game 75/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CGS4–5PIT
      W
      game 76/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • April 1972
    • The game
      PIT4–4PHI
      game 77/78
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL2–6PIT
      W
      game 78/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    The season in numbers

    Dave Burrows closes the 1971-1972 season with 12 points

    Points
    12
    NHL#210
    Games
    77of 78
    99%
    Goals
    2
    NHL#217
    Assists
    10
    NHL#190
    P/GP
    0.16
    NHL#237
    +/-
    -8
    NHL#230
    Events
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    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
      0+/-1SOG
    • Chicago Blackhawkslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 2
      PIT2–3CHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Chicago Blackhawkslead2–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 3
      CHI2–0PIT
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Chicago Blackhawkslead3–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 4
      CHI6–5PIT
      L
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    Quarterfinal

    Chicago Blackhawks knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 4–0

    PIT0–4CHI
    Eliminated
    4Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Dave Burrows ends the 1971-1972 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#108
    Games
    4
    Goals
    0
    NHL#77
    Assists
    0
    NHL#96
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#75
    CHI0–4