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Ken Murray's 1972-1973 season

Points
6
NHL#278
Goals
1
NHL#264
Assists
5
NHL#274
Plus/minus
-25
NHL#324
Games
70
87%
87% of 80

Defenceman Ken Murray was 24 years old when the 1972-1973 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders och Detroit Red Wings. He played 70 of a possible 80 games and scored 1 goals and 5 assists for 6 points, 0.09 points per game. He moved from New York Islanders to Detroit Red Wings in January. Detroit Red Wings did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1972-1973
  1. Season opener

    Ken Murray opens the 1972-1973 season with New York Islanders

    Ken was 24 years old when the 1972-1973 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 3rd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      AFM3–2NYI
      L
      game 1/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK2–3NYI
      W
      game 2/781
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS7–4NYI
      L
      game 3/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT5–0NYI
      L
      game 4/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–1NYI
      L
      game 5/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–3NYI
      L
      game 6/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–4NYI
      game 7/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–9BOS
      L
      game 8/78
      His night
      No points
      -5+/-1SOG
    • November 1972
    • The game
      NYI6–2CGS
      W
      game 9/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–7VAN
      L
      game 10/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–9LAK
      L
      game 11/781
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–6CHI
      L
      game 12/781
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI0–3MNS
      L
      game 13/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL7–2NYI
      L
      game 14/781
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGS2–4NYI
      W
      game 17/78
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–5PHI
      L
      game 18/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 7816 of 20 played
      2
      points
      NHL#252
      0
      goals
      NHL#241
      2
      assists
      NHL#224
      -4
      +/-
      NHL#77
      NYI
      3-15-0W-L-OT8Points
      16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF7–2NYI
      L
      game 21/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • December 1972
    • The game
      DET4–1NYI
      L
      game 22/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–5BOS
      L
      game 23/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK6–1NYI
      L
      game 24/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–1NYI
      L
      game 25/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–4NYR
      L
      game 26/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL4–4NYI
      game 27/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI1–9PIT
      L
      game 28/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI2–1NYI
      L
      game 29/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI0–4AFM
      L
      game 30/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4MTL
      L
      game 31/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–4NYI
      game 32/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–4NYI
      W
      game 33/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–4LAK
      L
      game 34/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–5CGS
      L
      game 35/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM6–1NYI
      L
      game 37/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–4BUF
      L
      game 38/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET4–0NYI
      L
      game 39/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 7834 of 39 played
      4
      points
      NHL#256
      0
      goals
      NHL#267
      4
      assists
      NHL#242
      -22
      +/-
      NHL#106
      NYI
      4-31-0W-L-OT12Points
      16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI0–4DET
      L
      game 40/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–2NYI
      L
      game 41/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4TOR
      L
      game 42/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–8MNS
      L
      game 43/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL2–1NYI
      L
      game 44/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4DET
      W
      game 45/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS5–3DET
      L
      game 46/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET4–4PHI
      game 47/781
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET4–2BOS
      W
      game 48/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–3DET
      L
      game 49/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET4–2MTL
      W
      game 50/781
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • February 1973
    • The game
      CGS4–6DET
      W
      game 51/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Ken Murray scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against California Golden Seals · February 1

    • The game
      AFM0–1DET
      W
      game 52/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–8DET
      W
      game 53/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET1–3MNS
      L
      game 55/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET5–2BUF
      W
      game 56/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2LAK
      game 57/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2CGS
      game 58/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2VAN
      game 59/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 7853 of 59 played
      5
      points
      NHL#270
      1
      goals
      NHL#249
      4
      assists
      NHL#269
      -24
      +/-
      NHL#105
      DET
      29-20-0W-L-OT68Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL3–3DET
      game 60/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–4NYI
      L
      game 61/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL0–5DET
      W
      game 62/781
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–6DET
      W
      game 63/781
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • March 1973
    • The game
      NYR6–3DET
      L
      game 64/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–5DET
      W
      game 65/781
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET5–2AFM
      W
      game 66/781
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET0–2MTL
      L
      game 67/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL1–3DET
      W
      game 68/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–3DET
      L
      game 69/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–0CHI
      W
      game 71/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–6STL
      L
      game 72/781
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET3–5LAK
      L
      game 73/782
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET5–8CGS
      L
      game 74/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET8–1TOR
      W
      game 75/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR6–4DET
      L
      game 76/781
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–4DET
      W
      game 77/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Ken Murray closes the 1972-1973 season with 6 points

    New York Islanders did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    6
    NHL#278
    Games
    70of 78
    90%
    Goals
    1
    NHL#264
    Assists
    5
    NHL#274
    P/GP
    0.09
    NHL#285
    +/-
    -25
    NHL#324
    Events
    6
    career best in points
    1
    career best in goals
    5
    career best in assists
    1
    First NHL goal