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Don Marcotte's 1972-1973 season

Points
55
NHL#56
Goals
24
NHL#60
Assists
31
NHL#69
Plus/minus
+31
NHL#22
Games
78
100%
100% of 78

Left winger Don Marcotte was 25 years old when the 1972-1973 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played all 78 games and scored 24 goals and 31 assists for 55 points, 0.71 points per game. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 2 points.

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

1972-1973Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Don Marcotte plays the 1972-1973 season for Boston Bruins

    Don was 25 years old when the 1972-1973 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 6th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      LAK4–2BOS
      L
      game 1/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–4DET
      L
      game 2/781
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS7–4NYI
      W
      game 3/78
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +3+/-4SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      PIT4–8BOS
      W
      game 4/78
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–7NYR
      L
      game 5/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–2PIT
      W
      game 6/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN5–4BOS
      L
      game 7/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–2BUF
      game 8/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI6–3BOS
      L
      game 9/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–2TOR
      W
      game 10/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI1–9BOS
      W
      game 11/78
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +4+/-1SOG
      +3 points
    • November 1972
    • The game
      BOS2–5LAK
      L
      game 12/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–6CGS
      game 13/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS4–2VAN
      W
      game 14/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET3–8BOS
      W
      game 15/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL5–3BOS
      L
      game 16/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL0–4BOS
      W
      game 17/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS7–3NYI
      W
      game 18/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR5–6BOS
      W
      game 19/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CGS2–4BOS
      W
      game 20/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 78
      21
      points
      NHL#30
      8
      goals
      NHL#34
      13
      assists
      NHL#29
      BOS
      11-7-0W-L-OT24Points
      3rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS4–0AFM
      W
      game 21/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI4–6BOS
      W
      game 22/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS3–3MTL
      game 23/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF4–5BOS
      W
      game 24/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • December 1972
    • The game
      NYI1–5BOS
      W
      game 25/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL0–5BOS
      W
      game 26/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS4–3PHI
      W
      game 27/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG
    • The game
      CGS4–8BOS
      W
      game 28/78
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      BOS3–7BUF
      L
      game 29/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR2–4BOS
      W
      game 30/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–3PHI
      W
      game 31/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–2PIT
      W
      game 32/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET1–8BOS
      W
      game 33/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      AFM1–3BOS
      W
      game 34/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–1AFM
      W
      game 35/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–0MNS
      W
      game 36/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS8–2VAN
      W
      game 37/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS2–4STL
      L
      game 38/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–5CHI
      L
      game 39/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 78
      35
      points
      NHL#36
      17
      goals
      NHL#29
      18
      assists
      NHL#49
      BOS
      26-10-0W-L-OT55Points
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MNS1–1BOS
      game 40/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–1TOR
      W
      game 41/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF0–6BOS
      W
      game 42/78
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +3+/-3SOG2SHP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      NYI9–7BOS
      L
      game 43/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS0–3PIT
      L
      game 44/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGS2–5BOS
      W
      game 45/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–4NYR
      L
      game 46/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET4–2BOS
      L
      game 47/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–2BOS
      L
      game 48/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK5–6BOS
      W
      game 49/781
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG
    • February 1973
    • The game
      TOR2–5BOS
      W
      game 50/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR7–3BOS
      L
      game 51/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–2BOS
      game 52/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–2MNS
      W
      game 53/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–6BOS
      W
      game 54/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK0–2BOS
      W
      game 55/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–7BOS
      W
      game 56/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Don Marcotte reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against Vancouver Canucks · February 13

    • The game
      BOS3–1PHI
      W
      game 57/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–5MNS
      L
      game 58/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS4–1CHI
      W
      game 59/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 78
      46
      points
      NHL#51
      19
      goals
      NHL#52
      27
      assists
      NHL#47
      BOS
      37-17-0W-L-OT79Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS7–6VAN
      W
      game 60/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS6–2CGS
      W
      game 61/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS7–5LAK
      W
      game 62/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Don Marcotte reaches 100 career points

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · February 24

    • The game
      STL4–3BOS
      L
      game 63/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–5MTL
      L
      game 64/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI0–4BOS
      W
      game 65/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–5STL
      L
      game 66/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–2AFM
      W
      game 67/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–5BOS
      W
      game 68/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–0NYI
      W
      game 69/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–1BUF
      W
      game 70/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–4DET
      W
      game 71/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      AFM1–7BOS
      W
      game 72/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS3–5BOS
      W
      game 73/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR0–3BOS
      W
      game 74/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–6BOS
      W
      game 75/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–3NYR
      W
      game 76/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–7TOR
      L
      game 77/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • April 1973
    • The game
      MTL5–3BOS
      L
      game 78/78
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-2SOG1SHP
      +2 goals
    The season in numbers

    Don Marcotte closes the 1972-1973 season with 55 points

    Points
    55
    NHL#56
    Games
    78of 78
    100%
    Goals
    24
    NHL#60
    Assists
    31
    NHL#69
    P/GP
    0.71
    NHL#66
    +/-
    +31
    NHL#22
    Events
    100
    career points
    50
    career assists
    50
    career goals
    14 i rad
    games with a point · 18 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Boston Bruins meet New York Rangers

    BOSvsNYR
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NYR6–2BOS
      L
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      NYR4–2BOS
      L
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      BOS4–2NYR
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      BOS0–4NYR
      L
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      NYR6–3BOS
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers knock Boston Bruins out 4–1

    BOS1–4NYR
    Eliminated
    5Games2Points1Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Don Marcotte ends the 1972-1973 playoffs with 2 points

    Points
    2
    NHL#74
    Games
    5
    Goals
    1
    NHL#54
    Assists
    1
    NHL#76
    P/GP
    0.40
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#71
    Events
    1
    First playoff assist
    NYR1–4