Regular seasonVAN

Dennis Kearns's 1971-1972 season

Points

NHL#124

Goals

NHL#196

Assists

NHL#69

Plus/minus

-26

NHL#310

Games

93% of 78

Defenceman Dennis Kearns was 26 years old when the 1971-1972 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Vancouver Canucks. He played 73 of a possible 78 games and scored 3 goals and 26 assists for 29 points, 0.40 points per game. Vancouver Canucks did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1971-1972

Year 1971
55 years ago
NHL debut
October 8
Dennis Kearns makes his NHL debut in 2–⁠3 loss against Toronto Maple Leafs
TORToronto Maple Leafs3–2VANVancouver Canucks
Dennis was 26 years old · Pacific Coliseum, Canada
His first NHL game
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
-1
+/-
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- The game
  TOR3–2VAN
  L
  October 8game 1/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  LAK4–3VAN
  L
  October 10game 2/781
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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Milestone
Dennis Kearns records his first NHL assist
in the game against Los Angeles Kings · October 10
- The game
  VAN9–6CGS
  W
  October 15game 4/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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Milestone
Dennis Kearns scores his first NHL goal
in the game against California Golden Seals · October 15
- The game
  PIT2–1VAN
  L
  October 16game 5/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN3–1STL
  W
  October 19game 6/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN0–7MNS
  L
  October 20game 7/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MTL6–0VAN
  L
  October 22game 8/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BOS4–3VAN
  L
  October 24game 9/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  VAN0–0TOR
  October 27game 10/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  VAN2–3PHI
  L
  October 28game 11/78
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF4–4VAN
  October 30game 12/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CHI2–6VAN
  W
  October 31game 13/78
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- November 1971
- The game
  PIT2–4VAN
  W
  November 5game 14/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR3–1VAN
  L
  November 6game 15/78
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  VAN1–3PIT
  L
  November 10game 16/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  VAN3–4PHI
  L
  November 11game 17/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  VAN0–3CHI
  L
  November 17game 20/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- Checkpoint
  November 17
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 7817 of 20 played
  5
  points
  NHL#137
  1
  goals
  NHL#148
  4
  assists
  NHL#103
  +3
  +/-
  NHL#28
  VAN
  5-12-0W-L-OT13Points
  12th in the whole NHL
- The game
  VAN0–5BOS
  L
  November 18game 21/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  DET2–2VAN
  November 21game 22/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  MNS2–1VAN
  L
  November 23game 23/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–5VAN
  W
  November 27game 24/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  CHI2–4VAN
  W
  November 30game 25/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- December 1971
- The game
  VAN0–7MTL
  L
  December 4game 26/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  VAN3–6NYR
  L
  December 5game 27/78
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  STL1–2VAN
  W
  December 7game 28/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS6–2VAN
  L
  December 11game 29/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  DET4–3VAN
  L
  December 14game 30/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL6–2VAN
  L
  December 17game 31/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN1–5BUF
  L
  December 19game 32/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-5SOG
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- The game
  VAN0–3DET
  L
  December 22game 33/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CGS2–6VAN
  W
  December 26game 34/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN1–3LAK
  L
  December 29game 35/781
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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Year 1972
54 years ago
- The game
  LAK6–3VAN
  L
  January 2game 36/781
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-6SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN4–6MTL
  L
  January 5game 37/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  VAN5–1MNS
  W
  January 8game 38/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MNS2–2VAN
  January 11game 39/78
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-4SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- Checkpoint
  January 11
  1/2 into the season
  Game 39 of 7836 of 39 played
  14
  points
  NHL#128
  2
  goals
  NHL#171
  12
  assists
  NHL#91
  -4
  +/-
  NHL#65
  VAN
  10-24-0W-L-OT25Points
  13th in the whole NHL
- The game
  VAN3–5CGS
  L
  January 14game 40/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CGS3–4VAN
  W
  January 15game 41/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
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- The game
  VAN6–1PIT
  W
  January 19game 42/78
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  VAN0–1BUF
  L
  January 20game 43/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR2–5VAN
  W
  January 22game 44/78
  His night
  +3P+3A
  +1+/-2SOG2PPP
  +3 assists
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- The game
  VAN0–4CHI
  L
  January 27game 45/78
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-2SOG
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- The game
  TOR2–5VAN
  W
  January 29game 46/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CGS2–0VAN
  L
  January 30game 47/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- February 1972
- The game
  VAN5–1CGS
  W
  February 2game 48/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CHI6–2VAN
  L
  February 4game 49/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -5+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL4–2VAN
  L
  February 6game 50/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  PHI3–1VAN
  L
  February 8game 51/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  VAN1–9BOS
  L
  February 10game 52/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  VAN4–5STL
  L
  February 12game 53/78
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  VAN4–6PIT
  L
  February 13game 54/78
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR5–1VAN
  L
  February 15game 55/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  VAN3–5LAK
  L
  February 19game 57/781
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-1SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BOS4–3VAN
  L
  February 22game 58/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  VAN0–2DET
  L
  February 24game 59/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Checkpoint
  February 24
  3/4 into the season
  Game 59 of 7855 of 59 played
  25
  points
  NHL#107
  2
  goals
  NHL#196
  23
  assists
  NHL#53
  -11
  +/-
  NHL#86
  VAN
  16-38-0W-L-OT37Points
  14th in the whole NHL
- The game
  VAN1–7TOR
  L
  February 26game 60/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  VAN3–3CHI
  February 27game 61/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN2–8DET
  L
  February 29game 62/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- March 1972
- The game
  VAN3–7BOS
  L
  March 2game 63/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  VAN0–5MTL
  L
  March 4game 64/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  VAN1–6NYR
  L
  March 5game 65/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  PHI6–5VAN
  L
  March 8game 66/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF2–3VAN
  W
  March 10game 67/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  PIT7–4VAN
  L
  March 14game 68/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  VAN2–6MNS
  L
  March 16game 69/78
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-1SOG
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- The game
  VAN6–2BUF
  W
  March 17game 70/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  DET7–5VAN
  L
  March 21game 72/78
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-3SOG
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- The game
  TOR3–5VAN
  W
  March 24game 73/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN1–4PHI
  L
  March 26game 74/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  VAN1–2STL
  L
  March 28game 75/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  VAN2–4LAK
  L
  March 29game 76/781
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  LAK4–4VAN
  March 31game 77/781
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- April 1972
- The game
  MNS1–4VAN
  W
  April 2game 78/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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The season in numbers
April 2
Dennis Kearns closes the 1971-1972 season with 29 points
VANVancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks did not reach the playoffs
Points
29
NHL#124
Games
73of 78
94%
Goals
3
NHL#196
Assists
26
NHL#69
P/GP
0.40
NHL#137
+/-
-26
NHL#310
Events
1
First NHL goal
1
First NHL point
1
First NHL assist
4 i rad
games with a point · 4 pts

Dennis Kearns makes his NHL debut in 2–⁠3 loss against Toronto Maple Leafs

Dennis Kearns records his first NHL assist

Dennis Kearns scores his first NHL goal

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Dennis Kearns closes the 1971-1972 season with 29 points