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Eddie Shack's 1971-1972 season

Points

NHL#90

Goals

NHL#80

Assists

NHL#90

Plus/minus

-6

NHL#213

Games

87% of 78

Left winger Eddie Shack was 34 years old when the 1971-1972 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres och Pittsburgh Penguins. He played 68 of a possible 78 games and scored 16 goals and 23 assists for 39 points, 0.57 points per game. He moved from Buffalo Sabres to Pittsburgh Penguins in March. In the playoffs he played 4 games for 1 points.

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

1971-1972Playoffs

Year 1971
55 years ago
Season opener
October 10
Eddie Shack opens the 1971-1972 season with Buffalo Sabres
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Eddie was 34 years old when the 1971-1972 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.
- The game
  PIT1–2BUF
  W
  October 10game 1/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–4STL
  L
  October 12game 2/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–6BOS
  L
  October 14game 3/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–9MTL
  L
  October 16game 4/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MNS3–2BUF
  L
  October 17game 5/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-5SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF7–2TOR
  W
  October 20game 6/78
  His night
  +2P+2G
  0+/-3SOG2PPP
  +2 goals
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- The game
  CHI5–2BUF
  L
  October 21game 7/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF1–5MNS
  L
  October 23game 8/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  STL3–2BUF
  L
  October 24game 9/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- November 1971
- The game
  BUF4–4DET
  November 4game 13/78
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  PHI2–5BUF
  W
  November 5game 14/78
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-1SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  DET3–3BUF
  November 7game 15/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  LAK4–2BUF
  L
  November 11game 16/781
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–5NYR
  L
  November 13game 17/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -3+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL2–2BUF
  November 14game 18/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CGS7–5BUF
  L
  November 18game 19/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  November 18
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 7816 of 20 played
  9
  points
  NHL#98
  4
  goals
  NHL#71
  5
  assists
  NHL#101
  BUF
  4-11-0W-L-OT13Points
  13th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF3–5LAK
  L
  November 24game 21/781
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF2–5VAN
  L
  November 27game 22/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF3–5CGS
  L
  November 28game 23/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- December 1971
- The game
  BUF2–7NYR
  L
  December 1game 24/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  LAK0–2BUF
  W
  December 2game 25/781
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF1–5STL
  L
  December 4game 26/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CHI3–1BUF
  L
  December 9game 28/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–3PIT
  December 11game 29/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TOR4–2BUF
  L
  December 12game 30/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–2CHI
  L
  December 15game 31/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF0–5PHI
  L
  December 16game 32/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–8TOR
  L
  December 18game 33/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  VAN1–5BUF
  W
  December 19game 34/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS4–4BUF
  December 23game 35/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF4–4STL
  December 25game 36/78
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  STL3–6BUF
  W
  December 26game 37/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  DET7–3BUF
  L
  December 29game 38/78
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -2+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BUF3–3PIT
  December 31game 39/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  December 31
  1/2 into the season
  Game 39 of 7834 of 39 played
  19
  points
  NHL#76
  7
  goals
  NHL#77
  12
  assists
  NHL#71
  BUF
  8-22-0W-L-OT25Points
  12th in the whole NHL
Year 1972
54 years ago
- The game
  CGS4–4BUF
  January 2game 40/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BOS5–2BUF
  L
  January 6game 41/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  TOR2–1BUF
  L
  January 9game 42/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR5–2BUF
  L
  January 13game 43/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–6MTL
  L
  January 15game 44/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–3DET
  L
  January 22game 47/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  DET3–1BUF
  L
  January 27game 50/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  LAK2–2BUF
  January 30game 51/781
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- February 1972
- The game
  NYR4–2BUF
  L
  February 3game 52/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF3–3MNS
  February 5game 53/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BOS2–8BUF
  W
  February 6game 54/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +3+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF2–4DET
  L
  February 10game 55/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF1–5BOS
  L
  February 12game 56/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
Milestone
Eddie Shack reaches 500 NHL games
in the game against Boston Bruins · February 12
- The game
  PHI4–4BUF
  February 13game 57/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PIT2–0BUF
  L
  February 17game 58/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–4TOR
  L
  February 19game 59/78
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-1SOG
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- Checkpoint
  February 19
  3/4 into the season
  Game 59 of 7850 of 59 played
  23
  points
  NHL#115
  10
  goals
  NHL#101
  13
  assists
  NHL#123
  BUF
  11-34-0W-L-OT36Points
  14th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF2–1CHI
  W
  February 23game 61/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CHI3–5BUF
  W
  February 24game 62/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CGS4–4BUF
  February 27game 63/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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Milestone
Eddie Shack reaches 250 career points
in the game against California Golden Seals · February 27
- The game
  BUF1–4MTL
  L
  March 1game 64/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–3BUF
  L
  March 2game 65/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  PIT3–6DET
  L
  March 5game 66/78
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MTL5–4PIT
  L
  March 8game 67/78
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-4SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  BOS4–6PIT
  W
  March 11game 68/78
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +1+/-3SOG2PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  PIT4–4BOS
  March 12game 69/78
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-4SOG
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- The game
  PIT7–4VAN
  W
  March 14game 70/78
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  -1+/-1SOG3PPP
  +3 points
  View the game
- The game
  PIT4–4LAK
  March 18game 71/781
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  PIT3–3CGS
  March 19game 72/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF4–3PIT
  L
  March 22game 73/78
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-5SOG
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- The game
  MNS2–3PIT
  W
  March 25game 74/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG
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- The game
  PIT2–2BUF
  March 26game 75/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  CGS4–5PIT
  W
  March 29game 76/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- April 1972
- The game
  PIT4–4PHI
  April 1game 77/78
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-4SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  STL2–6PIT
  W
  April 2game 78/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-6SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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The season in numbers
April 2
Eddie Shack closes the 1971-1972 season with 39 points
BUFBuffalo Sabres PITPittsburgh Penguins
Points
39
NHL#90
Games
68of 78
87%
Goals
16
NHL#80
Assists
23
NHL#90
P/GP
0.57
NHL#83
+/-
-6
NHL#213
Events
23
career best in assists
500
NHL games
250
career points
4 i rad
games with a point · 4 pts
3 days later
Playoffs
April 5
Pittsburgh Penguins are in the playoffs
Quarterfinal
April 5
Pittsburgh Penguins meet Chicago Blackhawks
PITvsCHI
Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
No Swedes
Swedes on Chicago Blackhawks
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  PIT1–3CHI
  L
  April 5
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- Chicago Blackhawkslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
- Game 2
  PIT2–3CHI
  L
  April 6
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- Chicago Blackhawkslead2–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
- Game 3
  CHI2–0PIT
  L
  April 8
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- Chicago Blackhawkslead3–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
- Game 4
  CHI6–5PIT
  L
  April 9
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
Quarterfinal
April 9
Chicago Blackhawks knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 4–0
PIT0–4CHI
Eliminated
4Games1Points0Goals1Assists
The run in numbers
April 9
Eddie Shack ends the 1971-1972 playoffs with 1 points
BUFBuffalo Sabres PITPittsburgh Penguins
Points
1
NHL#86
Games
4
Goals
0
NHL#77
Assists
1
NHL#67
P/GP
0.25
+/-
-3
NHL#119
CHI0–4

Eddie Shack opens the 1971-1972 season with Buffalo Sabres

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

Eddie Shack reaches 500 NHL games

3/4 into the season

Eddie Shack reaches 250 career points

Eddie Shack closes the 1971-1972 season with 39 points

Pittsburgh Penguins are in the playoffs

Pittsburgh Penguins meet Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 4–0

Eddie Shack ends the 1971-1972 playoffs with 1 points