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Walt Tkaczuk's 1972-1973 season

Points
66
NHL#42
Goals
27
NHL#45
Assists
39
NHL#35
Plus/minus
+34
NHL#17
Games
76
97%
97% of 78

Centre Walt Tkaczuk was 25 years old when the 1972-1973 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 76 of a possible 78 games and scored 27 goals and 39 assists for 66 points, 0.87 points per game. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 9 points.

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

1972-1973Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Walt Tkaczuk plays the 1972-1973 season for New York Rangers

    Walt was 25 years old when the 1972-1973 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 6th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR3–5DET
      L
      game 1/781
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–5CHI
      L
      game 2/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–5NYR
      W
      game 3/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–6MTL
      L
      game 4/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–6NYR
      W
      game 5/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-7SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS1–7NYR
      W
      game 6/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–1NYI
      W
      game 7/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–1NYR
      game 8/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–6NYR
      W
      game 9/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI1–7NYR
      W
      game 10/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • November 1972
    • The game
      NYR3–2CHI
      W
      game 11/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–6PIT
      L
      game 12/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR3–2PHI
      W
      game 13/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-8SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–5NYR
      W
      game 14/78
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-6SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      CGS2–7NYR
      W
      game 15/78
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +4+/-5SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      LAK1–5NYR
      W
      game 16/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI3–7NYR
      W
      game 17/78
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +5+/-7SOG
      +3 assists
    • The game
      NYR3–1STL
      W
      game 18/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PIT5–3NYR
      L
      game 19/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR3–1AFM
      W
      game 20/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 78
      22
      points
      NHL#20
      7
      goals
      NHL#41
      15
      assists
      NHL#14
      NYR
      14-5-0W-L-OT29Points
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–5BUF
      L
      game 21/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–7NYR
      W
      game 22/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR1–2VAN
      L
      game 23/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–2LAK
      game 24/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • December 1972
    • The game
      NYR3–3CGS
      game 25/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      AFM2–3NYR
      W
      game 26/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–2NYR
      L
      game 27/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–1NYI
      W
      game 28/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI1–4NYR
      W
      game 29/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR4–3TOR
      W
      game 30/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–4BOS
      L
      game 31/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–5MNS
      L
      game 32/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–9NYR
      W
      game 33/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +4+/-4SOG1SHP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR5–4STL
      W
      game 34/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Walt Tkaczuk reaches 100 career goals

    in the game against St. Louis Blues · December 20

    • The game
      AFM5–2NYR
      L
      game 35/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET0–5NYR
      W
      game 36/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–1NYR
      L
      game 37/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL1–6NYR
      W
      game 38/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK0–3NYR
      W
      game 39/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-8SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 78
      33
      points
      NHL#42
      12
      goals
      NHL#55
      21
      assists
      NHL#33
      NYR
      24-12-0W-L-OT51Points
      3rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF4–1NYR
      L
      game 40/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT0–3NYR
      W
      game 41/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR5–3STL
      W
      game 43/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–2PHI
      W
      game 44/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–4LAK
      game 45/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-9SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR6–0CGS
      W
      game 46/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–3VAN
      W
      game 47/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–4NYR
      W
      game 48/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR6–3DET
      W
      game 49/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR2–5NYR
      W
      game 50/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CGS1–3NYR
      W
      game 51/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-7SOG
      +1 assist
    • February 1973
    • The game
      NYR7–3BOS
      W
      game 52/78
      His night
      +4P+3G+1A
      +4+/-7SOG
      HAT TRICK
    • The game
      AFM0–6NYR
      W
      game 53/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI0–6NYR
      W
      game 54/78
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYR6–0NYI
      W
      game 55/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2NYR
      game 56/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–6MTL
      L
      game 57/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR1–4BUF
      L
      game 58/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3NYR
      W
      game 59/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 7858 of 59 played
      53
      points
      NHL#35
      21
      goals
      NHL#42
      32
      assists
      NHL#28
      NYR
      39-15-0W-L-OT83Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR4–3LAK
      W
      game 60/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–5CGS
      L
      game 61/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS5–6NYR
      W
      game 62/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -3+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI3–3NYR
      game 63/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • March 1973
    • The game
      NYR6–3DET
      W
      game 64/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–3NYR
      L
      game 65/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–2NYR
      game 66/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR5–4PIT
      W
      game 67/78
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      TOR2–4NYR
      W
      game 68/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–4CHI
      L
      game 69/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–7TOR
      L
      game 70/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL1–3NYR
      W
      game 71/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–1MNS
      W
      game 72/78
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-8SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      NYR4–1AFM
      W
      game 73/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR0–3BOS
      L
      game 74/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–1NYR
      L
      game 75/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–3NYR
      L
      game 76/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • April 1973
    • The game
      DET3–3NYR
      game 78/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Walt Tkaczuk closes the 1972-1973 season with 66 points

    Points
    66
    NHL#42
    Games
    76of 78
    97%
    Goals
    27
    NHL#45
    Assists
    39
    NHL#35
    P/GP
    0.87
    NHL#46
    +/-
    +34
    NHL#17
    Events
    27
    career best in goals
    1
    hat trick
    100
    career goals
    9 i rad
    games with a point · 17 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Rangers are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers meet Boston Bruins

    NYRvsBOS
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NYR6–2BOS
      W
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-4SOG
      +2 goals
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      NYR4–2BOS
      W
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • New York Rangerslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      BOS4–2NYR
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      BOS0–4NYR
      W
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      NYR6–3BOS
      W
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +4+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers knock Boston Bruins out 4–1

    NYR4–1BOS
    Advance
    5Games5Points4Goals1Assists
    2 days later
    Semifinal

    New York Rangers meet Chicago Blackhawks

    NYRvsCHI
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Chicago Blackhawks
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NYR4–1CHI
      W
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-6SOG
      +2 goals
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 2
      NYR4–5CHI
      L
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • New York Rangersare1–1withChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 3
      CHI2–1NYR
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • Chicago Blackhawkslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      CHI3–1NYR
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Chicago Blackhawkslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      NYR1–4CHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    Semifinal

    Chicago Blackhawks knock New York Rangers out 4–1

    NYR1–4CHI
    Eliminated
    5Games4Points3Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Walt Tkaczuk ends the 1972-1973 playoffs with 9 points

    Points
    9
    NHL#18
    Games
    10
    Goals
    7
    NHL#6
    Assists
    2
    NHL#53
    P/GP
    0.90
    NHL#11
    +/-
    +4
    NHL#13
    Events
    25
    playoff points
    10
    playoff goals
    4 i rad
    games with a point
    2 points
    best game
    BOS4–1→CHI1–4