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Johnny Bucyk's 1968-1969 season

Points
66
NHL#18
Goals
24
NHL#37
Assists
42
NHL#15
Plus/minus
-4
NHL#178
Games
70
92%
92% of 76

Left winger Johnny Bucyk was 33 years old when the 1968-1969 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played 70 of a possible 76 games and scored 24 goals and 42 assists for 66 points, 0.94 points per game. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 11 points.

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

1968-1969Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Johnny Bucyk plays the 1968-1969 season for Boston Bruins

    Johnny was 33 years old when the 1968-1969 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      DET2–4BOS
      W
      game 1/76
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–3BOS
      W
      game 2/76
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–1OAK
      W
      game 3/76
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS1–2LAK
      L
      game 4/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–1PIT
      W
      game 5/76
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL2–1BOS
      L
      game 6/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS0–2TOR
      L
      game 7/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–4BOS
      W
      game 8/76
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS4–2MNS
      W
      game 9/76
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS5–7DET
      L
      game 10/76
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • November 1968
    • The game
      CHI3–5BOS
      W
      game 11/76
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI1–7BOS
      W
      game 12/76
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL1–1BOS
      game 13/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–1TOR
      game 14/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–4PHI
      L
      game 15/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      OAK3–6BOS
      W
      game 16/76
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      LAK1–4BOS
      W
      game 17/76
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–5BOS
      W
      game 18/76
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–7BOS
      W
      game 19/76
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 19 of 76
      14
      points
      NHL#34
      3
      goals
      NHL#74
      11
      assists
      NHL#18
      BOS
      12-5-0W-L-OT26Points
      3rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS4–4STL
      game 20/76
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR4–1BOS
      L
      game 21/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • December 1968
    • The game
      MNS0–4BOS
      W
      game 22/76
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL2–2BOS
      game 23/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET1–4BOS
      W
      game 24/76
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +2+/-2SOG2PPP
      +4 points
    Milestone

    Johnny Bucyk reaches 250 career points

    in the game against Detroit Red Wings · December 7

    • The game
      BOS4–7CHI
      L
      game 25/76
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–2NYR
      game 26/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–10BOS
      W
      game 27/76
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +4 points
    • The game
      PIT3–5BOS
      W
      game 28/76
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK4–6BOS
      W
      game 29/76
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      BOS0–0MTL
      game 30/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–7BOS
      W
      game 31/76
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      OAK3–1BOS
      L
      game 32/76
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR2–3BOS
      W
      game 37/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–3MTL
      W
      game 38/76
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 38 of 7634 of 38 played
      33
      points
      NHL#23
      9
      goals
      NHL#57
      24
      assists
      NHL#11
      BOS
      22-8-0W-L-OT52Points
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT4–8BOS
      W
      game 39/76
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS5–5TOR
      game 40/76
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS1–5BOS
      W
      game 41/76
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-7SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS5–3PHI
      W
      game 42/76
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL0–4BOS
      W
      game 45/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–4BOS
      W
      game 46/76
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS3–3OAK
      game 47/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS7–5LAK
      W
      game 48/76
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -3+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • February 1969
    • The game
      DET2–4BOS
      W
      game 49/76
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS7–2CHI
      W
      game 50/76
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS1–3STL
      L
      game 51/76
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–6BOS
      W
      game 52/76
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-6SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      OAK3–3BOS
      game 53/76
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–7BOS
      W
      game 54/76
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS1–3MTL
      L
      game 55/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–5CHI
      L
      game 56/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS0–3PIT
      L
      game 57/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 57 of 7651 of 57 played
      47
      points
      NHL#25
      17
      goals
      NHL#40
      30
      assists
      NHL#21
      BOS
      33-12-0W-L-OT78Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS0–9NYR
      L
      game 58/76
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–2LAK
      W
      game 59/76
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS9–0OAK
      W
      game 60/76
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-7SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • March 1969
    • The game
      NYR5–8BOS
      W
      game 61/76
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      PIT0–4BOS
      W
      game 62/76
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–2BOS
      game 63/76
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS4–7DET
      L
      game 64/76
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-1SOG
      +3 assists
    • The game
      LAK2–7BOS
      W
      game 65/76
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS3–3MNS
      game 66/76
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS1–2PHI
      L
      game 67/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–7TOR
      L
      game 68/76
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–11BOS
      W
      game 69/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–2PIT
      W
      game 70/76
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI5–5BOS
      game 71/76
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–3CHI
      W
      game 72/76
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–4NYR
      L
      game 73/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–3BOS
      game 74/76
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS3–5MTL
      L
      game 75/76
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      MTL3–6BOS
      W
      game 76/76
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    The season in numbers

    Johnny Bucyk closes the 1968-1969 season with 66 points

    Points
    66
    NHL#18
    Games
    70of 76
    92%
    Goals
    24
    NHL#37
    Assists
    42
    NHL#15
    P/GP
    0.94
    NHL#17
    +/-
    -4
    NHL#178
    Events
    250
    career points
    7 i rad
    games with a point · 12 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Boston Bruins meet Toronto Maple Leafs

    BOSvsTOR
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      TOR0–10BOS
      W
      His night
      +4P+2G+2A
      +1+/-4SOG3PPP
      +4 points
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 2
      TOR0–7BOS
      W
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • Boston Bruinslead2–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 3
      BOS4–3TOR
      W
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead3–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 4
      BOS3–2TOR
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    Quarterfinal

    Boston Bruins knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 4–0

    BOS4–0TOR
    Advance
    4Games8Points4Goals4Assists
    4 days later
    Semifinal

    Boston Bruins meet Montréal Canadiens

    BOSvsMTL
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      BOS2–3MTL
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      BOS3–4MTL
      L
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      MTL0–5BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      MTL2–3BOS
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • Boston Bruinsare2–2withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      BOS2–4MTL
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 6
      MTL2–1BOS
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-7SOG
    Semifinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock Boston Bruins out 4–2

    BOS2–4MTL
    Eliminated
    6Games3Points1Goals2Assists
    The run in numbers

    Johnny Bucyk ends the 1968-1969 playoffs with 11 points

    Points
    11
    NHL#5
    Games
    10
    Goals
    5
    NHL#6
    Assists
    6
    NHL#10
    P/GP
    1.10
    NHL#5
    +/-
    +5
    NHL#14
    Events
    10
    playoff points
    1
    First playoff goal
    4 points
    best game
    TOR4–0→MTL2–4