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Doug Favell's 1972-1973 season

Wins
20
NHL#9
Save pct
.916
NHL#4
GAA
2.83
NHL#13
Shutouts
3
NHL#8
Games
44
56%
56% of 78

Goaltender Doug Favell was 27 years old when the 1972-1973 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for Philadelphia Flyers. He played 44 games and won 20 of them, at .916. In the playoffs he played 11 games and won 5.

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

1972-1973Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Doug Favell plays the 1972-1973 season for Philadelphia Flyers

    Doug was 27 years old when the 1972-1973 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 6th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PHI4–4STL
      game 1/78
      His night
      .902SV%
      37SV41SA4GA60:00TOI
      .902
    • The game
      VAN3–7PHI
      W
      game 2/78
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .889
    • The game
      CGS4–1PHI
      L
      game 4/78
      His night
      .921SV%
      35SV38SA3GA59:36TOIL
      .921
    • The game
      PHI4–3LAK
      W
      game 5/781
      His night
      .919SV%
      34SV37SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .919
    • The game
      DET1–2PHI
      W
      game 8/781
      His night
      .971SV%
      34SV35SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .971
    • The game
      PHI1–2MNS
      L
      game 9/78
      His night
      .962SV%
      51SV53SA2GA59:10TOIL
      .962
    • November 1972
    • The game
      PIT2–4PHI
      W
      game 11/78
      His night
      .949SV%
      37SV39SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .949
    • The game
      NYR3–2PHI
      L
      game 13/78
      His night
      .925SV%
      37SV40SA3GA59:01TOIL
      .925
    • The game
      PHI2–5PIT
      L
      game 14/78
      His night
      .872SV%in relief
      34SV39SA5GA58:07TOIL
      in relief
    • The game
      CHI3–5PHI
      W
      game 15/78
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .917
    • The game
      BUF1–3PHI
      W
      game 16/78
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .969
    • The game
      CGS3–8PHI
      W
      game 17/78
      His night
      .903SV%
      28SV31SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .903
    • The game
      PHI5–6MTL
      L
      game 19/78
      His night
      .838SV%
      31SV37SA6GA59:09TOIL
      .838
    • The game
      PHI2–3AFM
      L
      game 20/78
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA52:18TOI
      .895
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 7813 of 20 started
      7
      wins
      NHL#2
      .919
      SV%
      NHL#6
      3.0
      GAA
      NHL#10
      PHI
      9-9-0W-L-OT20Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI3–5PHI
      W
      game 21/78
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .875
    • The game
      PHI4–6DET
      L
      game 22/781
      His night
      .861SV%
      31SV36SA5GA59:21TOIL
      .861
    • The game
      PHI4–6BOS
      L
      game 23/78
      His night
      .700SV%
      14SV20SA6GA24:20TOIL
      .700
    • The game
      AFM5–5PHI
      game 24/78
      His night
      .884SV%
      38SV43SA5GA60:00TOI
      .884
    • December 1972
    • The game
      PHI2–7MNS
      L
      game 30/78
      His night
      .714SV%in relief
      5SV7SA2GA20:00TOI
      in relief
    • The game
      BOS5–3PHI
      L
      game 33/78
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      19SV19SA0GA33:34TOI
      in relief
    • The game
      PHI1–4CHI
      L
      game 34/78
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .879
    • The game
      PHI1–6STL
      L
      game 36/78
      His night
      .848SV%
      28SV33SA5GA46:38TOIL
      .848
    • The game
      PHI3–5LAK
      L
      game 39/781
      His night
      .950SV%in relief
      19SV20SA1GA31:01TOI
      in relief
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 7819 of 39 started
      8
      wins
      NHL#12
      .903
      SV%
      NHL#11
      3.5
      GAA
      NHL#14
      PHI
      16-17-0W-L-OT38Points
      8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI3–1AFM
      W
      game 40/78
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .963
    • The game
      PHI0–2BUF
      L
      game 41/78
      His night
      .949SV%
      37SV39SA2GA59:07TOIL
      .949
    • The game
      LAK3–2PHI
      L
      game 42/781
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA59:15TOIL
      .900
    • February 1973
    • The game
      PHI2–7CHI
      L
      game 57/78
      His night
      .875SV%in relief
      7SV8SA1GA14:18TOI
      in relief
    • The game
      NYI2–8PHI
      W
      game 58/78
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .913
    • The game
      BOS3–1PHI
      L
      game 59/78
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA59:27TOIL
      .906
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 7824 of 59 started
      10
      wins
      NHL#14
      .906
      SV%
      NHL#10
      3.3
      GAA
      NHL#16
      PHI
      26-24-0W-L-OT61Points
      Playoff spot
      7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MNS1–5PHI
      W
      game 61/78
      His night
      .966SV%
      28SV29SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .966
    • The game
      PHI5–3STL
      W
      game 62/78
      His night
      .919SV%
      34SV37SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .919
    • The game
      PHI7–0CGS
      W
      game 63/78
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      31SV31SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • March 1973
    • The game
      LAK2–0PHI
      L
      game 65/781
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA60:00TOIL
      .943
    • The game
      TOR0–10PHI
      W
      game 66/78
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      29SV29SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      PHI2–2NYR
      game 67/78
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA60:00TOI
      .941
    • The game
      AFM1–2PHI
      W
      game 68/78
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .967
    • The game
      PIT2–3PHI
      W
      game 69/78
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .941
    • The game
      PHI1–5TOR
      L
      game 70/78
      His night
      .865SV%
      32SV37SA5GA59:20TOIL
      .865
    • The game
      MTL4–4PHI
      game 71/78
      His night
      .895SV%
      34SV38SA4GA60:00TOI
      .895
    • The game
      VAN0–9PHI
      W
      game 72/78
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      31SV31SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      STL2–5PHI
      W
      game 74/78
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .933
    • The game
      PHI3–6BUF
      L
      game 75/78
      His night
      .821SV%
      23SV28SA5GA59:20TOIL
      .821
    • The game
      AFM2–4PHI
      W
      game 76/78
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .917
    • The game
      NYI2–10PHI
      W
      game 77/781
      His night
      .950SV%
      19SV20SA1GA40:00TOIW
      .950
    The season in numbers

    Doug Favell closes the 1972-1973 season with 20 wins

    Wins
    20
    Games
    44of 78
    56%
    Shutouts
    3
    SV%
    .916
    GAA
    2.83
    Starts
    39
    Events
    20
    career best in wins
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Philadelphia Flyers are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Philadelphia Flyers meet Minnesota North Stars

    PHIvsMNS
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Minnesota North Stars
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      MNS3–0PHI
      L
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .893
    • Minnesota North Starslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      MNS1–4PHI
      W
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA59:56TOIW
      .969
    • Philadelphia Flyersare1–1withMinnesota North Stars
    • Game 3
      PHI0–5MNS
      L
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA49:54TOIL
      .871
    • Minnesota North Starslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI3–0MNS
      W
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      31SV31SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • Philadelphia Flyersare2–2withMinnesota North Stars
    • Game 5
      MNS2–3PHI
      W
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA68:26TOIW
      .938
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–2againstMinnesota North Stars
    • Game 6
      PHI4–1MNS
      W
      His night
      .974SV%
      37SV38SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .974
    Quarterfinal

    Philadelphia Flyers knock Minnesota North Stars out 4–2

    PHI4–2MNS
    Advance
    6Games4Wins.943SV%1.8GAA
    2 days later
    Semifinal

    Philadelphia Flyers meet Montréal Canadiens

    PHIvsMTL
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      PHI5–4MTL
      W
      His night
      .911SV%
      41SV45SA4GA62:56TOIW
      .911
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      PHI3–4MTL
      L
      His night
      .889SV%
      32SV36SA4GA66:45TOIL
      .889
    • Philadelphia Flyersare1–1withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      MTL2–1PHI
      L
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA59:13TOIL
      .923
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      MTL4–1PHI
      L
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA59:17TOIL
      .885
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      PHI3–5MTL
      L
      His night
      .853SV%
      29SV34SA5GA59:20TOIL
      .853
    Semifinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–1

    PHI1–4MTL
    Eliminated
    5Games1Wins.892SV%3.5GAA
    The run in numbers

    Doug Favell ends the 1972-1973 playoffs with 5 wins

    Wins
    5
    Games
    11
    Shutouts
    1
    SV%
    .919
    GAA
    2.61
    Starts
    11
    Events
    1
    First playoff shutout
    MNS4–2→MTL1–4