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Yvan Cournoyer's 1970-1971 season

Points
73
NHL#13
Goals
37
NHL#8
Assists
36
NHL#33
Plus/minus
+18
NHL#40
Games
65
83%
83% of 78

Right winger Yvan Cournoyer was 26 years old when the 1970-1971 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 65 of a possible 78 games and scored 37 goals and 36 assists for 73 points, 1.12 points per game. The season ended with Yvan Cournoyer winning the Stanley Cup with Montréal Canadiens against Chicago Blackhawks, after 20 playoff games and 22 points.

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

1970-1971Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Yvan Cournoyer plays the 1970-1971 season for Montréal Canadiens

    Yvan was 26 years old when the 1970-1971 season began. It was his 7th season with the team. His 7th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      MTL2–1PHI
      W
      game 1/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET3–4MTL
      W
      game 2/78
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      0+/-4SOG3PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      MTL3–0BUF
      W
      game 3/78
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-7SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      CHI2–6MTL
      W
      game 4/78
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-5SOG2PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      MTL0–1NYR
      L
      game 5/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–1MTL
      L
      game 6/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI1–3MTL
      W
      game 7/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL3–3DET
      game 8/78
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-3SOG2PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      MTL2–6TOR
      L
      game 9/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • November 1970
    • The game
      CGS1–5MTL
      W
      game 17/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–5MTL
      W
      game 18/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–4MTL
      L
      game 19/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-7SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–5CHI
      L
      game 20/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 7813 of 20 played
      14
      points
      NHL#35
      10
      goals
      NHL#5
      4
      assists
      NHL#120
      MTL
      10-7-0W-L-OT23Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT1–5MTL
      W
      game 21/78
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      MTL3–5DET
      L
      game 22/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • December 1970
    • The game
      MTL3–3PIT
      game 23/78
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      LAK1–8MTL
      W
      game 28/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–1MNS
      game 29/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–3VAN
      W
      game 30/78
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      MTL2–7LAK
      L
      game 31/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL2–2STL
      game 32/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–4MTL
      game 33/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–2PHI
      W
      game 34/78
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +3 assists
    • The game
      PIT3–3MTL
      game 35/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CGS3–5MTL
      W
      game 36/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–6NYR
      L
      game 37/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      VAN3–7MTL
      W
      game 38/78
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      LAK0–1MTL
      W
      game 39/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 7828 of 39 played
      37
      points
      NHL#15
      21
      goals
      NHL#8
      16
      assists
      NHL#45
      MTL
      19-12-0W-L-OT46Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI3–2MTL
      L
      game 40/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–3MNS
      game 41/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–4MTL
      W
      game 42/78
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      MTL4–4BUF
      game 43/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL5–5PHI
      game 44/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–6MTL
      W
      game 45/78
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      MTL2–4BOS
      L
      game 46/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL2–4MTL
      W
      game 47/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR5–4MTL
      L
      game 48/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–4CHI
      L
      game 49/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • February 1971
    • The game
      MTL5–2VAN
      W
      game 50/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL3–2CGS
      W
      game 51/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–6LAK
      L
      game 52/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–4MTL
      W
      game 53/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR0–3MTL
      W
      game 56/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI1–7MTL
      W
      game 57/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–3VAN
      game 58/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-0SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL5–2CGS
      W
      game 59/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 7846 of 59 played
      55
      points
      NHL#13
      28
      goals
      NHL#11
      27
      assists
      NHL#32
      MTL
      30-17-0W-L-OT72Points
      Playoff spot
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL5–3LAK
      W
      game 60/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL2–3MTL
      W
      game 61/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • March 1971
    • The game
      MTL0–4PIT
      L
      game 62/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      LAK2–8MTL
      W
      game 63/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–1DET
      W
      game 64/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN3–3MTL
      game 65/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL1–2TOR
      L
      game 66/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–1MTL
      L
      game 67/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–1PIT
      W
      game 68/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL2–6STL
      L
      game 69/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–4MTL
      W
      game 70/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–5MTL
      W
      game 71/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–2NYR
      W
      game 72/78
      His night
      +4P+2G+2A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +4 points
    • The game
      PHI3–5MTL
      W
      game 73/78
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      DET2–9MTL
      W
      game 74/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–1CHI
      W
      game 75/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS6–3MTL
      L
      game 76/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • April 1971
    • The game
      NYR2–7MTL
      W
      game 77/78
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-4SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      MTL2–7BOS
      L
      game 78/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    The season in numbers

    Yvan Cournoyer closes the 1970-1971 season with 73 points

    Points
    73
    NHL#13
    Games
    65of 78
    83%
    Goals
    37
    NHL#8
    Assists
    36
    NHL#33
    P/GP
    1.12
    NHL#8
    +/-
    +18
    NHL#40
    Events
    12 i rad
    games with a point · 18 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens meet Boston Bruins

    MTLvsBOS
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      MTL1–3BOS
      L
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL7–5BOS
      W
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • Montréal Canadiensare1–1withBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      BOS1–3MTL
      W
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      BOS5–2MTL
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • Montréal Canadiensare2–2withBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      MTL3–7BOS
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • Boston Bruinslead3–2againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 6
      BOS3–8MTL
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadiensare3–3withBoston Bruins
    • Game 7
      MTL4–2BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock Boston Bruins out 4–3

    MTL4–3BOS
    Advance
    7Games7Points3Goals4Assists
    2 days later
    Semifinal

    Montréal Canadiens meet Minnesota North Stars

    MTLvsMNS
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Minnesota North Stars
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      MNS2–7MTL
      W
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstMinnesota North Stars
    • Game 2
      MNS6–3MTL
      L
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • Montréal Canadiensare1–1withMinnesota North Stars
    • Game 3
      MTL6–3MNS
      W
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstMinnesota North Stars
    • Game 4
      MTL2–5MNS
      L
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • Montréal Canadiensare2–2withMinnesota North Stars
    • Game 5
      MNS1–6MTL
      W
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstMinnesota North Stars
    • Game 6
      MTL3–2MNS
      W
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    Semifinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock Minnesota North Stars out 4–2

    MTL4–2MNS
    Advance
    6Games9Points3Goals6Assists
    5 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Montréal Canadiens play the Stanley Cup Final against Chicago Blackhawks

    MTLvsCHI
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Chicago Blackhawks
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      MTL1–2CHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • Chicago Blackhawkslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL3–5CHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • Chicago Blackhawkslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      CHI2–4MTL
      W
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • Chicago Blackhawkslead2–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      CHI2–5MTL
      W
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      0+/-6SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • Montréal Canadiensare2–2withChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 5
      MTL0–2CHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Chicago Blackhawkslead3–2againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 6
      CHI3–4MTL
      W
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • Montréal Canadiensare3–3withChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 7
      MTL3–2CHI
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    Stanley Cup Champions

    Montréal Canadiens

    beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 in the final

    7Games6Points4Goals2Assists
    The run in numbers

    Yvan Cournoyer ends the 1970-1971 playoffs with 22 points

    Points
    22
    NHL#3
    Games
    20
    Goals
    10
    NHL#3
    Assists
    12
    NHL#7
    P/GP
    1.10
    NHL#5
    +/-
    +14
    NHL#1
    Events
    50
    playoff points
    25
    playoff goals
    25
    playoff assists
    5 i rad
    games with a point
    3 points
    best game
    BOS4–3→MNS4–2→CHI4–3