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Lawrence Pleau's 1971-1972 season

Points
17
NHL#177
Goals
7
NHL#146
Assists
10
NHL#190
Plus/minus
+3
NHL#101
Games
55
70%
70% of 78

Centre Lawrence Pleau was 24 years old when the 1971-1972 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 55 of a possible 78 games and scored 7 goals and 10 assists for 17 points, 0.31 points per game. In the playoffs he played 4 games for 0 points.

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

1971-1972Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Lawrence Pleau plays the 1971-1972 season for Montréal Canadiens

    Lawrence was 24 years old when the 1971-1972 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR4–4MTL
      game 1/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–9MTL
      W
      game 3/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–8NYR
      L
      game 4/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–2CGS
      W
      game 5/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–0VAN
      W
      game 6/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–1LAK
      W
      game 7/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–5MTL
      W
      game 8/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET0–3MTL
      W
      game 9/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–5PHI
      L
      game 10/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • November 1971
    • The game
      STL1–5MTL
      W
      game 11/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–2BOS
      W
      game 13/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–2TOR
      W
      game 14/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–1MNS
      W
      game 15/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2BUF
      game 16/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGS2–7MTL
      W
      game 17/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL2–2MTL
      game 18/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–2MTL
      game 19/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–3CHI
      game 20/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 7818 of 20 played
      3
      points
      NHL#196
      0
      goals
      NHL#213
      3
      assists
      NHL#162
      MTL
      12-2-0W-L-OT30Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT1–3MTL
      W
      game 21/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–4DET
      L
      game 22/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • December 1971
    • The game
      VAN0–7MTL
      W
      game 24/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–4MTL
      W
      game 26/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–4PHI
      L
      game 27/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–4PIT
      L
      game 32/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • 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+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 7826 of 39 played
      4
      points
      NHL#227
      0
      goals
      NHL#247
      4
      assists
      NHL#192
      MTL
      23-9-0W-L-OT53Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL3–1STL
      W
      game 49/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–1LAK
      game 50/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL2–2CGS
      game 51/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL4–2VAN
      W
      game 52/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–7MTL
      W
      game 53/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      LAK5–6MTL
      W
      game 54/781
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-7SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      MTL2–2BOS
      game 55/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CGS1–1MTL
      game 56/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–3MTL
      W
      game 57/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–0BUF
      W
      game 58/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR7–3MTL
      L
      game 59/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 7837 of 59 played
      13
      points
      NHL#174
      6
      goals
      NHL#131
      7
      assists
      NHL#194
      MTL
      33-14-0W-L-OT78Points
      Playoff spot
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL4–2MNS
      W
      game 60/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–8MTL
      W
      game 61/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–5MTL
      W
      game 62/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • March 1972
    • The game
      BUF1–4MTL
      W
      game 63/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN0–5MTL
      W
      game 64/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–0PHI
      W
      game 65/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–4PIT
      W
      game 66/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–1STL
      W
      game 67/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–1MTL
      game 68/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • 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+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–4MTL
      W
      game 71/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–7DET
      L
      game 72/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–3MTL
      game 74/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–5BOS
      L
      game 75/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • 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
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–5NYR
      W
      game 78/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1SHP
      +2 points
    The season in numbers

    Lawrence Pleau closes the 1971-1972 season with 17 points

    Points
    17
    NHL#177
    Games
    55of 78
    71%
    Goals
    7
    NHL#146
    Assists
    10
    NHL#190
    P/GP
    0.31
    NHL#172
    +/-
    +3
    NHL#101
    Events
    17
    career best in points
    7
    career best in goals
    10
    career best in 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 2
      MTL2–5NYR
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      NYR1–2MTL
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      NYR6–4MTL
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstMontréal 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
    4Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Lawrence Pleau ends the 1971-1972 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#108
    Games
    4
    Goals
    0
    NHL#77
    Assists
    0
    NHL#96
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    -2
    NHL#97
    NYR2–4