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Wayne Stephenson's 1972-1973 season

Wins
18
NHL#12
Save pct
.897
NHL#24
GAA
3.04
NHL#21
Shutouts
1
NHL#18
Games
45
57%
57% of 78

Goaltender Wayne Stephenson was 27 years old when the 1972-1973 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for St. Louis Blues. He played 45 games and won 18 of them, at .897. In the playoffs he played 3 games and won 1.

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

1972-1973Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Wayne Stephenson plays the 1972-1973 season for St. Louis Blues

    STLSt. Louis Blues

    Wayne was 27 years old when the 1972-1973 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PIT5–2STL
      L
      game 2/78
      His night
      .861SV%
      31SV36SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .861
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–1CHI
      W
      game 4/78
      His night
      .976SV%
      41SV42SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .976
      View the game
    Milestone

    Wayne Stephenson records his first NHL win

    in the game against Chicago Blackhawks · October 15

    • The game
      MTL4–4STL
      game 5/78
      His night
      .833SV%
      20SV24SA4GA59:01TOI
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF1–1STL
      game 6/78
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA60:00TOI
      .957
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS2–1STL
      L
      game 7/78
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA59:13TOIL
      .938
      View the game
    • The game
      STL0–7MTL
      L
      game 8/78
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      11SV11SA0GA20:00TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      DET3–8STL
      W
      game 9/781
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .900
      View the game
    • November 1972
    • The game
      STL3–3MNS
      game 10/78
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA60:00TOI
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–4TOR
      L
      game 11/78
      His night
      .900SV%
      36SV40SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .900
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR0–1STL
      W
      game 14/78
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      30SV30SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    Milestone

    Wayne Stephenson records his first NHL shutout

    in the game against Toronto Maple Leafs · November 11

    • The game
      NYR3–1STL
      L
      game 16/78
      His night
      .914SV%
      32SV35SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .914
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–4STL
      W
      game 17/78
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .933
      View the game
    • The game
      STL4–10PIT
      L
      game 18/78
      His night
      .706SV%
      24SV34SA10GA60:00TOIL
      .706
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI4–2STL
      L
      game 19/78
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      7SV7SA0GA19:53TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–4STL
      W
      game 20/78
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .909
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 7813 of 20 started
      5
      wins
      NHL#13
      .907
      SV%
      NHL#9
      2.9
      GAA
      NHL#11
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#5
      STL
      5-10-0W-L-OT15Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL2–1CGS
      W
      game 21/78
      His night
      .972SV%
      35SV36SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .972
      View the game
    • December 1972
    • The game
      STL2–3LAK
      L
      game 23/781
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA58:42TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–2STL
      W
      game 24/781
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .967
      View the game
    • The game
      AFM1–2STL
      W
      game 26/78
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
      View the game
    • The game
      STL4–4NYI
      game 28/78
      His night
      .818SV%
      18SV22SA4GA60:00TOI
      .818
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–5PHI
      L
      game 29/78
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA43:59TOI
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–4STL
      L
      game 31/78
      His night
      .792SV%
      19SV24SA5GA59:35TOIL
      .792
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–6STL
      W
      game 32/78
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .962
      View the game
    • The game
      STL5–3CHI
      W
      game 34/78
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      STL4–5TOR
      L
      game 35/78
      His night
      .857SV%
      30SV35SA5GA59:40TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–5STL
      W
      game 37/78
      His night
      .846SV%
      22SV26SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .846
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 7824 of 39 started
      11
      wins
      NHL#9
      .904
      SV%
      NHL#13
      2.9
      GAA
      NHL#12
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#10
      STL
      14-18-0W-L-OT35Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL0–3VAN
      L
      game 40/78
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .870
      View the game
    • The game
      STL5–6CGS
      L
      game 41/78
      His night
      .786SV%
      11SV14SA3GA36:24TOI
      .786
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–3STL
      L
      game 42/78
      His night
      .844SV%
      27SV32SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .844
      View the game
    • The game
      STL1–1CGS
      game 48/78
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOI
      .960
      View the game
    • February 1973
    • The game
      STL2–5CHI
      L
      game 52/78
      His night
      .828SV%
      24SV29SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .828
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK2–4STL
      W
      game 56/781
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .926
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 7830 of 59 started
      12
      wins
      NHL#13
      .898
      SV%
      NHL#14
      3.0
      GAA
      NHL#11
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#14
      STL
      25-24-0W-L-OT60Points
      9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL5–2MNS
      W
      game 60/78
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .935
      View the game
    • The game
      STL0–5DET
      L
      game 62/781
      His night
      .853SV%
      29SV34SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .853
      View the game
    • March 1973
    • The game
      STL4–3BOS
      W
      game 64/78
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .893
      View the game
    • The game
      STL0–2LAK
      L
      game 65/781
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA59:36TOIL
      .935
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–5STL
      W
      game 66/78
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–5STL
      W
      game 67/78
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .852
      View the game
    • The game
      STL1–1AFM
      game 70/78
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA60:00TOI
      .964
      View the game
    • The game
      STL4–6NYI
      L
      game 71/781
      His night
      .737SV%
      14SV19SA5GA59:14TOIL
      .737
      View the game
    • The game
      DET3–6STL
      W
      game 73/781
      His night
      .857SV%
      18SV21SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      STL4–11MTL
      L
      game 74/78
      His night
      .923SV%in relief
      12SV13SA1GA14:50TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–5PHI
      L
      game 75/78
      His night
      .848SV%
      28SV33SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .848
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS3–3STL
      game 76/78
      His night
      .909SV%
      30SV33SA3GA60:00TOI
      .909
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–7STL
      W
      game 77/78
      His night
      .946SV%
      35SV37SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .946
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Wayne Stephenson closes the 1972-1973 season with 18 wins

    STLSt. Louis Blues
    Wins
    18
    Games
    45of 78
    58%
    Shutouts
    1
    SV%
    .897
    GAA
    3.04
    Starts
    42
    Events
    1
    First NHL shutout
    1
    First NHL win
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    St. Louis Blues are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    St. Louis Blues meet Chicago Blackhawks

    STLvsCHI
    Swedes on St. Louis Blues
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Chicago Blackhawks
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      STL1–7CHI
      L
      His night
      .821SV%
      32SV39SA7GA60:00TOIL
      .821
      View the game
    • Chicago Blackhawkslead1–0againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 4
      CHI3–5STL
      W
      His night
      .925SV%
      37SV40SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .925
      View the game
    • Chicago Blackhawkslead3–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 5
      STL1–6CHI
      L
      His night
      .810SV%
      17SV21SA4GA40:00TOIL
      .810
      View the game
    Quarterfinal

    Chicago Blackhawks knock St. Louis Blues out 4–1

    STL1–4CHI
    Eliminated
    3Games1Wins.860SV%5.3GAA
    The run in numbers

    Wayne Stephenson ends the 1972-1973 playoffs with 1 wins

    STLSt. Louis Blues
    Wins
    1
    Games
    3
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .860
    GAA
    5.25
    Starts
    3
    Events
    1
    First playoff win
    CHI1–4