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Lanny McDonald's 1973-1974 season

Points
30
NHL#151
Goals
14
NHL#121
Assists
16
NHL#173
Plus/minus
+2
NHL#136
Games
70
89%
89% of 78

Right winger Lanny McDonald was 20 years old when the 1973-1974 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Toronto Maple Leafs. He played 70 of a possible 78 games and scored 14 goals and 16 assists for 30 points, 0.43 points per game.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1973-1974Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Lanny McDonald makes his NHL debut in 7–⁠4 win against Buffalo Sabres

    Lanny was 20 years old · Maple Leaf Gardens, Canada

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    2
    Assists
    2
    Points
    +2
    +/-
    First NHL assistFirst NHL point

    Swedes on the ice: Börje Salming and Inge Hammarström.

    • The game
      BUF4–7TOR
      W
      game 1/782
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    Milestone

    Lanny McDonald records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Buffalo Sabres · October 10

    • The game
      LAK3–6TOR
      W
      game 3/783
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG
    • The game
      TOR5–3MTL
      W
      game 4/782
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Lanny McDonald scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Montréal Canadiens · October 17

    • The game
      NYR2–3TOR
      W
      game 5/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–4BUF
      L
      game 6/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–2TOR
      game 7/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–2TOR
      L
      game 8/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET0–7TOR
      W
      game 10/784
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • November 1973
    • The game
      TOR2–2NYI
      game 11/783
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–1TOR
      L
      game 13/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–3TOR
      game 14/783
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–5DET
      L
      game 15/783
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–1CGS
      W
      game 16/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR3–3VAN
      game 17/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–3LAK
      W
      game 18/783
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–2NYI
      W
      game 19/783
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT4–2TOR
      L
      game 20/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 7817 of 20 played
      6
      points
      NHL#150
      2
      goals
      NHL#133
      4
      assists
      NHL#133
      TOR
      9-6-0W-L-OT23Points
      3rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CHI3–1TOR
      L
      game 21/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–3PIT
      W
      game 22/782
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL1–5TOR
      W
      game 23/782
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • December 1973
    • The game
      CGS2–3TOR
      W
      game 24/782
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–1MNS
      W
      game 26/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–1TOR
      L
      game 27/782
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–5BUF
      L
      game 28/782
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR3–7STL
      L
      game 29/782
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      TOR6–1AFM
      W
      game 30/782
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–2TOR
      game 31/782
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGS3–5TOR
      W
      game 32/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      VAN6–4TOR
      L
      game 33/782
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–4BOS
      L
      game 34/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL2–9TOR
      W
      game 35/782
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      AFM3–3TOR
      game 36/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–3CHI
      W
      game 37/782
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET3–4TOR
      W
      game 38/782
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR3–5LAK
      L
      game 39/783
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 7835 of 39 played
      14
      points
      NHL#142
      7
      goals
      NHL#96
      7
      assists
      NHL#171
      TOR
      18-14-0W-L-OT43Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      AFM2–6TOR
      W
      game 40/782
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +3 assists
    • The game
      TOR6–4PIT
      W
      game 41/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–4TOR
      W
      game 42/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–4VAN
      L
      game 43/782
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR5–5CGS
      game 44/782
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +3+/-9SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      TOR3–5MNS
      L
      game 45/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR3–4MTL
      L
      game 46/782
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR3–3STL
      game 47/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      TOR5–2AFM
      W
      game 48/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS1–3TOR
      W
      game 49/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • February 1974
    • The game
      BOS2–6TOR
      W
      game 50/782
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR3–3BUF
      game 51/782
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2TOR
      game 52/783
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS1–4TOR
      W
      game 53/782
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–1TOR
      L
      game 54/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      AFM2–7TOR
      W
      game 55/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–4CHI
      L
      game 56/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4TOR
      W
      game 57/781
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–3TOR
      L
      game 58/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK3–3TOR
      game 59/782
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 7855 of 59 played
      25
      points
      NHL#131
      9
      goals
      NHL#131
      16
      assists
      NHL#122
      TOR
      27-20-0W-L-OT66Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR3–7DET
      L
      game 60/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR6–4NYI
      W
      game 61/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • March 1974
    • The game
      TOR6–4BOS
      W
      game 63/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–2TOR
      game 64/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–1TOR
      L
      game 65/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–2STL
      L
      game 66/782
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–2TOR
      W
      game 67/783
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS5–2TOR
      L
      game 68/782
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–2PHI
      game 69/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–1LAK
      game 70/783
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–2CGS
      W
      game 71/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–3VAN
      L
      game 72/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–3TOR
      L
      game 73/782
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–7TOR
      W
      game 74/782
      His night
      +3P+3G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      HAT TRICK
    • The game
      TOR3–3NYR
      game 75/782
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    The season in numbers

    Lanny McDonald closes the 1973-1974 season with 30 points

    Points
    30
    NHL#151
    Games
    70of 78
    90%
    Goals
    14
    NHL#121
    Assists
    16
    NHL#173
    P/GP
    0.43
    NHL#159
    +/-
    +2
    NHL#136
    Events
    1
    hat trick
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    10 days later
    Playoffs

    Toronto Maple Leafs are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Toronto Maple Leafs meet Boston Bruins

    TORvsBOS
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    4 days later
    Quarterfinal

    Boston Bruins knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 4–0

    TOR0–4BOS
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Lanny McDonald ends the 1973-1974 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    Games
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    P/GP
    —
    +/-
    0
    BOS0–4