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Earl Anderson's 1974-1975 season

Points
16
NHL#269
Goals
9
NHL#193
Assists
7
NHL#301
Plus/minus
-6
NHL#314
Games
64
81%
81% of 79

Right winger Earl Anderson was 23 years old when the 1974-1975 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings och Boston Bruins. He played 64 of a possible 79 games and scored 9 goals and 7 assists for 16 points, 0.25 points per game. He moved from Detroit Red Wings to Boston Bruins in February. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 1 points.

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

1974-1975Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Earl Anderson makes his NHL debut in 2–⁠1 win against Chicago Blackhawks

    Earl was 23 years old · Detroit Olympia, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    0
    +/-

    Swedes on the ice: Thommie Bergman.

    • The game
      CHI1–2DET
      W
      game 1/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–7PIT
      L
      game 2/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Earl Anderson records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Pittsburgh Penguins · October 12

    • The game
      DET3–0WSH
      W
      game 6/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET1–10AFM
      L
      game 7/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Earl Anderson scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Atlanta Flames · October 23

    • The game
      DET2–4MTL
      L
      game 8/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET0–7VAN
      L
      game 9/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • November 1974
    • The game
      DET4–4CGS
      game 10/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      DET1–5LAK
      L
      game 11/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–4DET
      game 12/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET4–7MNS
      L
      game 14/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–5DET
      W
      game 15/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–2DET
      L
      game 16/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–4DET
      L
      game 17/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–4STL
      L
      game 18/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–1DET
      L
      game 19/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–6PHI
      L
      game 20/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8016 of 20 played
      2
      points
      NHL#297
      1
      goals
      NHL#231
      1
      assists
      NHL#298
      DET
      6-12-0W-L-OT14Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • December 1974
    • The game
      DET2–4NYR
      L
      game 23/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET6–4BOS
      W
      game 24/80
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      DET3–3TOR
      game 25/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–4DET
      W
      game 26/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL4–3DET
      L
      game 27/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–2DET
      L
      game 28/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET5–7CHI
      L
      game 29/80
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      PHI2–2DET
      game 30/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET4–5BOS
      L
      game 31/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–4DET
      game 32/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET1–7MTL
      L
      game 33/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–2DET
      L
      game 34/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CGS3–4DET
      W
      game 35/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET1–2KCS
      L
      game 36/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–0DET
      L
      game 37/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–4DET
      game 38/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3DET
      game 39/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8033 of 40 played
      9
      points
      NHL#242
      7
      goals
      NHL#144
      2
      assists
      NHL#317
      DET
      10-23-0W-L-OT27Points
      16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      KCS4–7DET
      W
      game 41/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–5NYI
      L
      game 42/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–4DET
      game 43/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET1–5BUF
      L
      game 44/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–5DET
      W
      game 45/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET3–6WSH
      L
      game 46/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET4–4STL
      game 47/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–5DET
      W
      game 48/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • February 1975
    • The game
      NYI4–1DET
      L
      game 49/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET5–5NYR
      game 50/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF6–1DET
      L
      game 51/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET5–8MTL
      L
      game 52/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–6CGS
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8046 of 60 played
      10
      points
      NHL#272
      7
      goals
      NHL#184
      3
      assists
      NHL#319
      BOS
      31-18-0W-L-OT73Points
      Playoff spot
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS0–6LAK
      L
      game 61/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET4–9BOS
      W
      game 63/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • March 1975
    • The game
      CHI2–6BOS
      W
      game 64/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS8–0WSH
      W
      game 65/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS4–2AFM
      W
      game 66/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM2–5BOS
      W
      game 67/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–5PIT
      L
      game 69/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–3NYI
      L
      game 70/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL2–7BOS
      W
      game 71/80
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      BOS1–2MTL
      L
      game 72/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–8BOS
      W
      game 73/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–7NYR
      L
      game 74/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS1–3STL
      L
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–1TOR
      game 76/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2BOS
      game 77/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • April 1975
    • The game
      BUF3–1BOS
      L
      game 78/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–4BUF
      L
      game 79/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–4BOS
      game 80/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    The season in numbers

    Earl Anderson closes the 1974-1975 season with 16 points

    Points
    16
    NHL#269
    Games
    64of 80
    80%
    Goals
    9
    NHL#193
    Assists
    7
    NHL#301
    P/GP
    0.25
    NHL#275
    +/-
    -6
    NHL#314
    Events
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    2 days later
    Playoffs

    Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Boston Bruins meet Chicago Blackhawks

    BOSvsCHI
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Chicago Blackhawks
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      CHI2–8BOS
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 2
      BOS3–4CHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Boston Bruinsare1–1withChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 3
      CHI6–4BOS
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    Preliminary round

    Chicago Blackhawks knock Boston Bruins out 2–1

    BOS1–2CHI
    Eliminated
    3Games1Points0Goals1Assists