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Jimmy Roberts's 1971-1972 season

Points
34
NHL#105
Goals
12
NHL#112
Assists
22
NHL#97
Plus/minus
+7
NHL#74
Games
77
93%
93% of 82

Right winger Jimmy Roberts was 31 years old when the 1971-1972 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for St. Louis Blues och Montréal Canadiens. He played 77 of a possible 82 games and scored 12 goals and 22 assists for 34 points, 0.44 points per game. He moved from St. Louis Blues to Montréal Canadiens in December. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 1 points.

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

1971-1972Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Jimmy Roberts opens the 1971-1972 season with St. Louis Blues

    Jimmy was 31 years old when the 1971-1972 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CHI4–2STL
      L
      game 1/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF1–4STL
      W
      game 2/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL0–1CHI
      L
      game 3/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    Milestone

    Jimmy Roberts reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Chicago Blackhawks · October 13

    • The game
      DET2–9STL
      W
      game 4/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL3–5DET
      L
      game 5/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–1STL
      L
      game 6/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–3STL
      L
      game 7/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL3–2BUF
      W
      game 8/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MNS2–1STL
      L
      game 9/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–4STL
      game 10/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • November 1971
    • The game
      STL1–5MTL
      L
      game 11/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGS1–5STL
      W
      game 15/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2STL
      game 16/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL2–2MTL
      game 17/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL4–2PIT
      W
      game 18/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–6BOS
      L
      game 19/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–3STL
      W
      game 20/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 7817 of 20 played
      8
      points
      NHL#112
      3
      goals
      NHL#98
      5
      assists
      NHL#103
      STL
      6-11-0W-L-OT15Points
      9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL3–8NYR
      L
      game 21/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS6–6STL
      game 22/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CGS2–5STL
      W
      game 23/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • December 1971
    • The game
      STL2–4TOR
      L
      game 24/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF1–5STL
      W
      game 25/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL2–1DET
      W
      game 26/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL1–2VAN
      L
      game 27/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL4–4CGS
      game 28/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL1–4LAK
      L
      game 29/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–1LAK
      W
      game 28/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–2VAN
      W
      game 29/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–3CGS
      game 30/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–4MTL
      W
      game 31/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–4PIT
      L
      game 32/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–5NYR
      L
      game 33/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CGS2–3MTL
      W
      game 34/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–5TOR
      L
      game 35/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–6DET
      L
      game 36/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–6MTL
      W
      game 37/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK2–10MTL
      W
      game 38/781
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    Milestone

    Jimmy Roberts reaches 100 career assists

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · January 8

    • The game
      MTL2–5CHI
      L
      game 39/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 7838 of 39 played
      15
      points
      NHL#122
      5
      goals
      NHL#122
      10
      assists
      NHL#111
      MTL
      23-9-0W-L-OT53Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL3–7STL
      L
      game 40/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–7MTL
      W
      game 41/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–6MTL
      W
      game 42/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–4BUF
      L
      game 43/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR0–1MTL
      W
      game 44/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS8–5MTL
      L
      game 45/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–3PIT
      game 46/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS6–5MTL
      L
      game 47/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG
    • The game
      STL0–4MTL
      W
      game 48/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • February 1972
    • The game
      MTL3–1STL
      W
      game 49/78
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–1LAK
      game 50/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2CGS
      game 51/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–2VAN
      W
      game 52/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI1–7MTL
      W
      game 53/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK5–6MTL
      W
      game 54/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2BOS
      game 55/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGS1–1MTL
      game 56/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–3MTL
      W
      game 57/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–0BUF
      W
      game 58/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR7–3MTL
      L
      game 59/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 7858 of 59 played
      21
      points
      NHL#127
      6
      goals
      NHL#131
      15
      assists
      NHL#114
      MTL
      33-14-0W-L-OT78Points
      Playoff spot
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL4–2MNS
      W
      game 60/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DET1–8MTL
      W
      game 61/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–5MTL
      W
      game 62/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • March 1972
    • The game
      BUF1–4MTL
      W
      game 63/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN0–5MTL
      W
      game 64/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–0PHI
      W
      game 65/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL5–4PIT
      W
      game 66/78
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +3+/-4SOG1SHP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      MTL5–1STL
      W
      game 67/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–1MTL
      game 68/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI1–2MTL
      W
      game 69/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–2TOR
      W
      game 70/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–4MTL
      W
      game 71/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–7DET
      L
      game 72/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR3–3MTL
      game 73/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–3MTL
      game 74/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–5BOS
      L
      game 75/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–5CHI
      game 76/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • April 1972
    • The game
      BOS2–6MTL
      W
      game 77/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL6–5NYR
      W
      game 78/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG2SHP
      +2 points
    The season in numbers

    Jimmy Roberts closes the 1971-1972 season with 34 points

    Points
    34
    NHL#105
    Games
    77of 78
    99%
    Goals
    12
    NHL#112
    Assists
    22
    NHL#97
    P/GP
    0.44
    NHL#121
    +/-
    +7
    NHL#74
    Events
    500
    NHL games
    100
    career assists
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens meet New York Rangers

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

    New York Rangers knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–2

    MTL2–4NYR
    Eliminated
    6Games1Points1Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Jimmy Roberts ends the 1971-1972 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    NHL#86
    Games
    6
    Goals
    1
    NHL#50
    Assists
    0
    NHL#96
    P/GP
    0.17
    NHL#72
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#35
    NYR2–4