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Gene Carr's 1971-1972 season

Points
21
NHL#159
Goals
11
NHL#117
Assists
10
NHL#190
Plus/minus
+16
NHL#44
Games
74
93%
93% of 79

Centre Gene Carr was 20 years old when the 1971-1972 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for St. Louis Blues och New York Rangers. He played 74 of a possible 79 games and scored 11 goals and 10 assists for 21 points, 0.28 points per game. He moved from St. Louis Blues to New York Rangers in November. In the playoffs he played 16 games for 4 points.

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

1971-1972Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Gene Carr makes his NHL debut in 4–⁠1 win against Buffalo Sabres

    Gene was 20 years old · St. Louis Arena, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    0
    +/-
    • The game
      BUF1–4STL
      W
      game 2/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL0–1CHI
      L
      game 3/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–9STL
      W
      game 4/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Gene Carr scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Detroit Red Wings · October 16

    • The game
      STL3–5DET
      L
      game 5/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–1STL
      L
      game 6/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR4–3STL
      L
      game 7/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL3–2BUF
      W
      game 8/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–1STL
      L
      game 9/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Gene Carr records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Minnesota North Stars · October 27

    • The game
      PHI4–4STL
      game 10/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • November 1971
    • The game
      STL1–5MTL
      L
      game 11/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL1–6BOS
      L
      game 12/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL1–5MNS
      L
      game 13/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–1STL
      L
      game 14/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGS1–5STL
      W
      game 15/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–4MNS
      L
      game 18/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGS1–12NYR
      W
      game 19/78
      His night
      +4P+2G+2A
      +3+/-3SOG1PPP
      +4 points
    • The game
      STL3–8NYR
      W
      game 20/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 7817 of 20 played
      9
      points
      NHL#106
      5
      goals
      NHL#53
      4
      assists
      NHL#132
      NYR
      14-2-0W-L-OT32Points
      1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR1–3DET
      L
      game 21/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–2PHI
      W
      game 22/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • December 1971
    • The game
      BUF2–7NYR
      W
      game 23/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-8SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR2–4PIT
      L
      game 24/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–6NYR
      W
      game 25/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–2CHI
      game 26/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–0PHI
      W
      game 27/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT1–6NYR
      W
      game 28/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI2–6NYR
      W
      game 29/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–8BOS
      L
      game 30/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–2STL
      W
      game 31/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS1–1NYR
      game 32/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–4NYR
      W
      game 33/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–1MNS
      W
      game 34/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–5NYR
      W
      game 35/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–5NYR
      W
      game 36/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–1NYR
      L
      game 37/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL1–9NYR
      W
      game 38/78
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK0–8NYR
      W
      game 39/781
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 7836 of 39 played
      15
      points
      NHL#122
      8
      goals
      NHL#77
      7
      assists
      NHL#156
      NYR
      27-6-0W-L-OT60Points
      1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR5–5CHI
      game 40/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–2BUF
      W
      game 41/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +4+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR3–4TOR
      L
      game 42/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–1LAK
      W
      game 43/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–0CGS
      W
      game 44/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR2–5VAN
      L
      game 45/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–5NYR
      W
      game 46/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–4MNS
      L
      game 47/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS1–1NYR
      game 48/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • February 1972
    • The game
      NYR4–2BUF
      W
      game 50/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–6STL
      L
      game 51/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–2NYR
      game 52/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–4NYR
      W
      game 53/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR8–3PIT
      W
      game 54/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK2–4NYR
      W
      game 55/781
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR5–1VAN
      W
      game 56/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–4LAK
      W
      game 57/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–2CGS
      game 58/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–4NYR
      W
      game 59/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 7855 of 59 played
      20
      points
      NHL#131
      11
      goals
      NHL#92
      9
      assists
      NHL#168
      NYR
      38-11-0W-L-OT86Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR7–3MTL
      W
      game 60/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–4NYR
      W
      game 61/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL0–2NYR
      W
      game 62/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • March 1972
    • The game
      CGS1–4NYR
      W
      game 63/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–3BUF
      W
      game 64/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–6NYR
      W
      game 65/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–3NYR
      game 66/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–2DET
      W
      game 67/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGS7–3NYR
      L
      game 68/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–3CHI
      L
      game 69/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–1DET
      W
      game 70/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–3PHI
      W
      game 71/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–5NYR
      W
      game 72/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–4BOS
      L
      game 73/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–3MTL
      game 74/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS5–0NYR
      L
      game 75/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2NYR
      game 76/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • April 1972
    • The game
      NYR1–2TOR
      L
      game 77/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–5NYR
      L
      game 78/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    The season in numbers

    Gene Carr closes the 1971-1972 season with 21 points

    Points
    21
    NHL#159
    Games
    74of 78
    95%
    Goals
    11
    NHL#117
    Assists
    10
    NHL#190
    P/GP
    0.28
    NHL#181
    +/-
    +16
    NHL#44
    Events
    1
    First NHL assist
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL goal
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Rangers are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers meet Montréal Canadiens

    NYRvsMTL
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      MTL2–3NYR
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL2–5NYR
      W
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      NYR1–2MTL
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      NYR6–4MTL
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      MTL2–1NYR
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • New York Rangerslead3–2againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 6
      NYR3–2MTL
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–2

    NYR4–2MTL
    Advance
    6Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    3 days later
    Semifinal

    New York Rangers meet Chicago Blackhawks

    NYRvsCHI
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Chicago Blackhawks
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NYR3–2CHI
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 2
      NYR5–3CHI
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • New York Rangerslead2–0againstChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 3
      CHI2–3NYR
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangerslead3–0againstChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 4
      CHI2–6NYR
      W
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    Semifinal

    New York Rangers knock Chicago Blackhawks out 4–0

    NYR4–0CHI
    Advance
    4Games3Points1Goals2Assists
    7 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    New York Rangers play the Stanley Cup Final against Boston Bruins

    NYRvsBOS
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NYR5–6BOS
      L
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • May 1972
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR1–2BOS
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      BOS2–5NYR
      W
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      BOS3–2NYR
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      NYR3–2BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead3–2againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 6
      BOS3–0NYR
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    Stanley Cup Final

    Boston Bruins knock New York Rangers out 4–2

    NYR2–4BOS
    Eliminated
    6Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Gene Carr ends the 1971-1972 playoffs with 4 points

    Points
    4
    NHL#45
    Games
    16
    Goals
    1
    NHL#50
    Assists
    3
    NHL#36
    P/GP
    0.25
    NHL#66
    +/-
    +3
    NHL#20
    Events
    1
    First playoff goal
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff assist
    MTL4–2→CHI4–0→BOS2–4