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Jim Neilson's 1973-1974 season

Points
11
NHL#264
Goals
4
NHL#220
Assists
7
NHL#263
Plus/minus
-5
NHL#253
Games
72
92%
92% of 78

Defenceman Jim Neilson was 32 years old when the 1973-1974 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 72 of a possible 78 games and scored 4 goals and 7 assists for 11 points, 0.15 points per game. In the playoffs he played 12 games for 1 points.

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

1973-1974Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Jim Neilson plays the 1973-1974 season for New York Rangers

    Jim was 32 years old when the 1973-1974 season began. It was his 10th season with the team. His 10th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      DET1–4NYR
      W
      game 1/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR8–2PIT
      W
      game 2/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK1–1NYR
      game 3/781
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL0–4NYR
      W
      game 4/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR2–3TOR
      L
      game 5/782
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–2NYR
      L
      game 6/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–3NYI
      L
      game 7/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT7–2NYR
      L
      game 8/78
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–3VAN
      game 9/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • November 1973
    • The game
      NYR1–2LAK
      L
      game 10/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–4CHI
      L
      game 11/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–7NYR
      W
      game 12/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–3AFM
      game 13/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–5NYR
      W
      game 14/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–10BOS
      L
      game 16/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–3MNS
      W
      game 17/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT0–7NYR
      W
      game 18/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGS0–3NYR
      W
      game 19/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR7–6BUF
      W
      game 20/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 7819 of 20 played
      2
      points
      NHL#240
      1
      goals
      NHL#182
      1
      assists
      NHL#237
      -5
      +/-
      NHL#74
      NYR
      9-7-0W-L-OT22Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      LAK5–5NYR
      game 21/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      VAN0–5NYR
      W
      game 22/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–2PHI
      game 23/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • December 1973
    • The game
      NYR4–4STL
      game 24/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–6NYR
      W
      game 25/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL1–5NYR
      W
      game 26/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–8BUF
      L
      game 27/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–2TOR
      game 30/782
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI6–1NYR
      L
      game 31/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–2NYR
      W
      game 35/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–7MTL
      L
      game 36/78
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–4NYR
      W
      game 37/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +4+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR2–4PHI
      L
      game 38/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–2NYR
      L
      game 39/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 7833 of 39 played
      4
      points
      NHL#257
      2
      goals
      NHL#201
      2
      assists
      NHL#269
      -9
      +/-
      NHL#82
      NYR
      17-13-0W-L-OT43Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      AFM2–5NYR
      W
      game 40/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–7BUF
      L
      game 41/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–1VAN
      W
      game 42/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR7–2CGS
      W
      game 43/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–4DET
      game 44/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–3STL
      L
      game 45/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–2CHI
      W
      game 46/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      AFM1–4NYR
      W
      game 47/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–5NYR
      W
      game 48/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–2PIT
      W
      game 49/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • February 1974
    • The game
      NYR3–1MNS
      W
      game 50/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS5–5NYR
      game 51/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI0–6NYR
      W
      game 52/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–7MTL
      L
      game 53/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL2–4NYR
      W
      game 54/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR4–4PHI
      game 55/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR9–4VAN
      W
      game 56/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–3LAK
      W
      game 57/781
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–3CGS
      W
      game 58/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Jim Neilson reaches 250 career points

    in the game against California Golden Seals · February 22

    • The game
      PHI2–3NYR
      W
      game 59/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 7853 of 59 played
      8
      points
      NHL#258
      3
      goals
      NHL#215
      5
      assists
      NHL#262
      -3
      +/-
      NHL#65
      NYR
      31-16-0W-L-OT74Points
      Playoff spot
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN2–4NYR
      W
      game 60/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • March 1974
    • The game
      NYR3–1MNS
      W
      game 61/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGS2–8NYR
      W
      game 62/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–9NYR
      W
      game 63/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–4MTL
      L
      game 64/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4NYR
      W
      game 65/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–2NYR
      L
      game 66/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–1NYI
      W
      game 67/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Jim Neilson reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against New York Islanders · March 16

    • The game
      NYR2–5BOS
      L
      game 68/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN7–5NYR
      L
      game 69/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–5AFM
      game 70/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–5DET
      L
      game 71/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–5NYR
      W
      game 72/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–2NYR
      L
      game 73/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–7TOR
      L
      game 74/782
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–3NYR
      game 75/782
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • April 1974
    • The game
      DET3–5NYR
      W
      game 76/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–8DET
      L
      game 77/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–6NYR
      W
      game 78/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    The season in numbers

    Jim Neilson closes the 1973-1974 season with 11 points

    Points
    11
    NHL#264
    Games
    72of 78
    92%
    Goals
    4
    NHL#220
    Assists
    7
    NHL#263
    P/GP
    0.15
    NHL#280
    +/-
    -5
    NHL#253
    Events
    250
    career points
    50
    career goals
    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
      NYR4–1MTL
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      MTL4–2NYR
      L
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      MTL4–6NYR
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • New York Rangersare2–2withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      NYR3–2MTL
      W
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangerslead3–2againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 6
      MTL2–5NYR
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–2

    NYR4–2MTL
    Advance
    5Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    2 days later
    Semifinal

    New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers

    NYRvsPHI
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NYR0–4PHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR2–5PHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      PHI3–5NYR
      W
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      PHI1–2NYR
      W
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • New York Rangersare2–2withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      NYR1–4PHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • May 1974
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–2againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 6
      PHI1–4NYR
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • New York Rangersare3–3withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 7
      NYR3–4PHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    Semifinal

    Philadelphia Flyers knock New York Rangers out 4–3

    NYR3–4PHI
    Eliminated
    7Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Jim Neilson ends the 1973-1974 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    NHL#82
    Games
    12
    Goals
    0
    NHL#78
    Assists
    1
    NHL#68
    P/GP
    0.08
    NHL#76
    +/-
    +3
    NHL#16
    MTL4–2→PHI3–4