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Frank Mahovlich's 1972-1973 season

Points
93
NHL#7
Goals
38
NHL#14
Assists
55
NHL#10
Plus/minus
+42
NHL#8
Games
78
100%
100% of 78

Left winger Frank Mahovlich was 34 years old when the 1972-1973 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played all 78 games and scored 38 goals and 55 assists for 93 points, 1.19 points per game. The season ended with Frank Mahovlich winning the Stanley Cup with Montréal Canadiens against Chicago Blackhawks, after 17 playoff games and 23 points.

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

1972-1973Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Frank Mahovlich plays the 1972-1973 season for Montréal Canadiens

    Frank was 34 years old when the 1972-1973 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      MNS0–3MTL
      W
      game 1/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL2–2TOR
      game 2/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      AFM0–3MTL
      W
      game 3/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–6MTL
      W
      game 4/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL4–4STL
      game 5/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      VAN3–5MTL
      W
      game 6/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL1–1NYR
      game 7/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–3NYI
      W
      game 8/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL0–7MTL
      W
      game 9/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3MTL
      game 10/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–1DET
      W
      game 11/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • November 1972
    • The game
      MTL7–1PIT
      W
      game 12/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL6–1AFM
      W
      game 13/78
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      DET4–2MTL
      L
      game 14/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR2–5MTL
      W
      game 15/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK2–5MTL
      W
      game 16/781
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -2+/-5SOG2PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      MTL5–3BOS
      W
      game 17/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL7–2NYI
      W
      game 18/781
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +4+/-5SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      PHI5–6MTL
      W
      game 19/78
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-2SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      CHI5–3MTL
      L
      game 20/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 78
      25
      points
      NHL#8
      9
      goals
      NHL#17
      16
      assists
      NHL#8
      MTL
      14-2-0W-L-OT32Points
      1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL3–3LAK
      game 21/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL9–1VAN
      W
      game 22/78
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +3+/-3SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      MTL2–3CHI
      L
      game 23/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3MTL
      game 24/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • December 1972
    • The game
      AFM4–4MTL
      game 25/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL2–5PHI
      L
      game 26/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–6MTL
      W
      game 27/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CGS1–2MTL
      W
      game 28/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL2–4BUF
      L
      game 29/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL2–2CGS
      game 30/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL4–2VAN
      W
      game 31/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–1LAK
      W
      game 32/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–4MTL
      W
      game 33/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–6MTL
      W
      game 34/78
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      MTL4–1STL
      W
      game 35/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL2–3MNS
      L
      game 36/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      AFM1–1MTL
      game 37/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL8–4TOR
      W
      game 38/78
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-4SOG1SHP
      +3 points
    • The game
      CGS0–5MTL
      W
      game 39/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 78
      43
      points
      NHL#18
      16
      goals
      NHL#34
      27
      assists
      NHL#12
      MTL
      24-6-0W-L-OT57Points
      1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MNS3–3MTL
      game 40/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL6–0MNS
      W
      game 41/78
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +4+/-3SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      MTL3–3CGS
      game 42/78
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-6SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      MTL3–0VAN
      W
      game 43/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT4–6MTL
      W
      game 44/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–2PIT
      W
      game 45/78
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-4SOG1SHP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      PHI3–6MTL
      W
      game 46/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–2AFM
      W
      game 47/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI1–6MTL
      W
      game 48/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TOR2–4MTL
      W
      game 49/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET4–2MTL
      L
      game 50/781
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG
    • February 1973
    • The game
      MTL3–3STL
      game 51/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-7SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      MTL7–1LAK
      W
      game 52/781
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      MTL6–1CGS
      W
      game 53/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–5MTL
      W
      game 54/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF1–2MTL
      W
      game 55/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      MTL2–2NYR
      game 56/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-8SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR3–6MTL
      W
      game 57/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI7–6MTL
      L
      game 58/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL2–1TOR
      W
      game 59/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 78
      71
      points
      NHL#10
      30
      goals
      NHL#10
      41
      assists
      NHL#12
      MTL
      38-8-0W-L-OT89Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL4–2CHI
      W
      game 60/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–3DET
      game 61/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN3–7MTL
      W
      game 62/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK2–5MTL
      W
      game 63/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • March 1973
    • The game
      BOS1–5MTL
      W
      game 64/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–2BUF
      W
      game 65/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL3–2NYI
      W
      game 66/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR1–4MTL
      W
      game 67/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET0–2MTL
      W
      game 68/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL3–5BOS
      L
      game 69/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL5–3DET
      W
      game 70/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–3MTL
      game 71/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–4PHI
      game 72/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-6SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      VAN2–3MTL
      W
      game 73/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL4–11MTL
      W
      game 74/78
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      MTL5–6CHI
      L
      game 75/78
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +3 assists
    • The game
      CHI3–4MTL
      W
      game 76/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR1–5MTL
      W
      game 77/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • April 1973
    • The game
      MTL5–3BOS
      W
      game 78/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Frank Mahovlich closes the 1972-1973 season with 93 points

    Points
    93
    NHL#7
    Games
    78of 78
    100%
    Goals
    38
    NHL#14
    Assists
    55
    NHL#10
    P/GP
    1.19
    NHL#10
    +/-
    +42
    NHL#8
    Events
    55
    career best in assists
    13 i rad
    games with a point · 15 pts
    4 i rad
    games with a goal
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens meet Buffalo Sabres

    MTLvsBUF
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      BUF1–2MTL
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 2
      BUF3–7MTL
      W
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +4+/-1SOG
      +3 assists
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      MTL5–2BUF
      W
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      MTL1–5BUF
      L
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 5
      BUF3–2MTL
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 6
      MTL4–2BUF
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

    MTL4–2BUF
    Advance
    6Games6Points2Goals4Assists
    2 days later
    Semifinal

    Montréal Canadiens meet Philadelphia Flyers

    MTLvsPHI
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      PHI5–4MTL
      L
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-4SOG
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      PHI3–4MTL
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadiensare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      MTL2–1PHI
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      MTL4–1PHI
      W
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      PHI3–5MTL
      W
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    Semifinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–1

    MTL4–1PHI
    Advance
    5Games6Points2Goals4Assists
    5 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Montréal Canadiens play the Stanley Cup Final against Chicago Blackhawks

    MTLvsCHI
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Chicago Blackhawks
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      CHI3–8MTL
      W
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • May 1973
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 2
      CHI1–4MTL
      W
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 3
      MTL4–7CHI
      L
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -2+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 4
      MTL4–0CHI
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–1againstChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 5
      CHI8–7MTL
      L
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 6
      MTL6–4CHI
      W
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    Stanley Cup Champions

    Montréal Canadiens

    beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 in the final

    6Games11Points5Goals6Assists
    The run in numbers

    Frank Mahovlich ends the 1972-1973 playoffs with 23 points

    Points
    23
    NHL#3
    Games
    17
    Goals
    9
    NHL#3
    Assists
    14
    NHL#3
    P/GP
    1.35
    NHL#4
    +/-
    0
    NHL#56
    Events
    50
    playoff points
    25
    playoff goals
    7 i rad
    games with a point
    3 points
    best game
    BUF4–2→PHI4–1→CHI4–2