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Larry Hillman's 1972-1973 season

Points
29
NHL#165
Goals
5
NHL#200
Assists
24
NHL#107
Plus/minus
-3
NHL#211
Games
78
100%
100% of 78

Defenceman Larry Hillman was 35 years old when the 1972-1973 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played all 78 games and scored 5 goals and 24 assists for 29 points, 0.37 points per game. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 0 points.

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

1972-1973Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Larry Hillman plays the 1972-1973 season for Buffalo Sabres

    Larry was 35 years old when the 1972-1973 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      AFM3–5BUF
      W
      game 1/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK3–7BUF
      W
      game 2/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF1–1AFM
      game 3/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–3BUF
      W
      game 4/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN0–6BUF
      W
      game 5/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF1–1STL
      game 6/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      AFM2–7BUF
      W
      game 7/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–2BUF
      game 8/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3MTL
      game 9/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS1–2BUF
      W
      game 10/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • November 1972
    • The game
      BUF1–7TOR
      L
      game 11/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–5PHI
      L
      game 12/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL1–1BUF
      game 13/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGS0–0BUF
      game 14/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–3PHI
      L
      game 15/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT0–1BUF
      W
      game 16/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3LAK
      game 17/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–5CGS
      L
      game 18/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–9VAN
      L
      game 19/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–6DET
      L
      game 20/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 78
      6
      points
      NHL#156
      2
      goals
      NHL#150
      4
      assists
      NHL#160
      -10
      +/-
      NHL#100
      BUF
      7-6-0W-L-OT21Points
      9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–5BUF
      W
      game 21/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–9BUF
      W
      game 22/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF7–2NYI
      W
      game 23/78
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–5BOS
      L
      game 24/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • December 1972
    • The game
      BUF6–8MNS
      L
      game 25/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS4–7BUF
      W
      game 26/78
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-3SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      BUF3–2NYR
      W
      game 27/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET1–6BUF
      W
      game 28/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–4BUF
      W
      game 29/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–7BUF
      W
      game 30/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF4–3STL
      W
      game 31/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR0–4BUF
      W
      game 32/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN3–6BUF
      W
      game 33/78
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      BUF2–4CGS
      L
      game 34/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–2LAK
      L
      game 35/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–1NYR
      W
      game 36/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–8BUF
      W
      game 37/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +4+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–4CHI
      L
      game 38/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–4BUF
      W
      game 39/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 78
      21
      points
      NHL#96
      4
      goals
      NHL#163
      17
      assists
      NHL#57
      +4
      +/-
      NHL#37
      BUF
      21-11-0W-L-OT49Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF2–4DET
      L
      game 40/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–1NYR
      W
      game 41/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI0–2BUF
      W
      game 42/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–2BUF
      L
      game 43/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–6BOS
      L
      game 44/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–5BUF
      W
      game 45/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4DET
      L
      game 46/781
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–3BUF
      L
      game 47/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–5BUF
      W
      game 48/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM8–5BUF
      L
      game 49/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • February 1973
    • The game
      LAK3–5BUF
      W
      game 50/781
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–1NYI
      game 51/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–5BUF
      W
      game 52/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–2CHI
      L
      game 53/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGS0–4BUF
      W
      game 54/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF1–2MTL
      L
      game 55/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET5–2BUF
      L
      game 56/781
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–2TOR
      W
      game 57/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–4BUF
      W
      game 58/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3PIT
      game 59/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 78
      25
      points
      NHL#133
      4
      goals
      NHL#193
      21
      assists
      NHL#86
      +2
      +/-
      NHL#53
      BUF
      30-20-0W-L-OT69Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT1–4BUF
      W
      game 60/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN1–3BUF
      W
      game 61/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4MNS
      L
      game 62/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–2BUF
      W
      game 63/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • March 1973
    • The game
      BUF4–4AFM
      game 64/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–2BUF
      L
      game 65/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF2–2LAK
      game 66/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–2CGS
      game 67/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–5VAN
      L
      game 68/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–2STL
      L
      game 69/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–1BUF
      L
      game 70/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3MTL
      game 71/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR1–5BUF
      W
      game 72/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–6CHI
      L
      game 73/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–4PIT
      game 74/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–6BOS
      L
      game 75/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–2NYI
      W
      game 76/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–6BUF
      W
      game 77/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • April 1973
    • The game
      STL1–3BUF
      W
      game 78/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    The season in numbers

    Larry Hillman closes the 1972-1973 season with 29 points

    Points
    29
    NHL#165
    Games
    78of 78
    100%
    Goals
    5
    NHL#200
    Assists
    24
    NHL#107
    P/GP
    0.37
    NHL#189
    +/-
    -3
    NHL#211
    Events
    5
    career best in goals
    25
    career goals
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 6 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Buffalo Sabres meet Montréal Canadiens

    BUFvsMTL
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      BUF1–2MTL
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 2
      BUF3–7MTL
      L
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      MTL5–2BUF
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      MTL1–5BUF
      W
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 5
      BUF3–2MTL
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 6
      MTL4–2BUF
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

    BUF2–4MTL
    Eliminated
    6Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Larry Hillman ends the 1972-1973 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#119
    Games
    6
    Goals
    0
    NHL#84
    Assists
    0
    NHL#108
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    -5
    NHL#137
    Events
    25
    playoff games
    MTL2–4