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Steve Atkinson's 1972-1973 season

Points
18
NHL#215
Goals
9
NHL#166
Assists
9
NHL#246
Plus/minus
-5
NHL#229
Games
61
78%
78% of 78

Right winger Steve Atkinson was 23 years old when the 1972-1973 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 61 of a possible 78 games and scored 9 goals and 9 assists for 18 points, 0.30 points per game. In the playoffs he played 1 game for 0 points.

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

1972-1973Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Steve Atkinson plays the 1972-1973 season for Buffalo Sabres

    Steve was 23 years old when the 1972-1973 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

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

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 7818 of 20 played
      7
      points
      NHL#146
      5
      goals
      NHL#69
      2
      assists
      NHL#211
      BUF
      7-6-0W-L-OT21Points
      9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF7–2NYI
      W
      game 23/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF4–5BOS
      L
      game 24/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • December 1972
    • The game
      BUF6–8MNS
      L
      game 25/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–7BUF
      W
      game 26/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF3–2NYR
      W
      game 27/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET1–6BUF
      W
      game 28/781
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–4BUF
      W
      game 29/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–7BUF
      W
      game 30/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF4–3STL
      W
      game 31/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR0–4BUF
      W
      game 32/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–6BUF
      W
      game 33/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4CGS
      L
      game 34/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF0–2LAK
      L
      game 35/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–1NYR
      W
      game 36/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–8BUF
      W
      game 37/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF2–4CHI
      L
      game 38/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–4BUF
      W
      game 39/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 7835 of 39 played
      17
      points
      NHL#129
      8
      goals
      NHL#97
      9
      assists
      NHL#152
      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
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PHI0–2BUF
      W
      game 42/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–2BUF
      L
      game 43/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–6BOS
      L
      game 44/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–5BUF
      W
      game 45/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4DET
      L
      game 46/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI4–3BUF
      L
      game 47/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–5BUF
      W
      game 48/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      AFM8–5BUF
      L
      game 49/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • February 1973
    • The game
      LAK3–5BUF
      W
      game 50/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–1NYI
      game 51/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–5BUF
      W
      game 52/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–2CHI
      L
      game 53/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGS0–4BUF
      W
      game 54/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–2MTL
      L
      game 55/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET5–2BUF
      L
      game 56/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–2TOR
      W
      game 57/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–4BUF
      W
      game 58/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3PIT
      game 59/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 7855 of 59 played
      18
      points
      NHL#176
      9
      goals
      NHL#129
      9
      assists
      NHL#209
      BUF
      30-20-0W-L-OT69Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT1–4BUF
      W
      game 60/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4MNS
      L
      game 62/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • March 1973
    • The game
      BUF2–2LAK
      game 66/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–2CGS
      game 67/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–5VAN
      L
      game 68/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–2STL
      L
      game 69/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Steve Atkinson closes the 1972-1973 season with 18 points

    Points
    18
    NHL#215
    Games
    61of 78
    78%
    Goals
    9
    NHL#166
    Assists
    9
    NHL#246
    P/GP
    0.30
    NHL#209
    +/-
    -5
    NHL#229
    22 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 3
      MTL5–2BUF
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

    BUF2–4MTL
    Eliminated
    1Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Steve Atkinson ends the 1972-1973 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#119
    Games
    1
    Goals
    0
    NHL#84
    Assists
    0
    NHL#108
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    0
    NHL#56
    MTL2–4