1972–73 Detroit Red Wings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1972–73
Year:	1972
Team:	Detroit Red Wings
Record:	37–29–12
Divisionrank:	5th
Goalsleader:	Mickey Redmond (52)
Assistsleader:	Marcel Dionne (53)
Pointsleader:	Mickey Redmond (93)
Pimleader:	Larry Johnston (169)
Winsleader:	Roy Edwards (27)
Gaaleader:	Roy Edwards (2.63)

The 1972–73 Detroit Red Wings season was the franchise's 47th season of operation in the National Hockey League, 41st season as the Red Wings. The team placed fifth and missed the playoffs.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 7, 1972	5–3	New York Rangers (1972–73)	1–0–0
2	W	October 11, 1972	4–3	Boston Bruins (1972–73)	2–0–0
3	W	October 14, 1972	5–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	3–0–0
4	W	October 15, 1972	8–2	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	4–0–0
5	W	October 21, 1972	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	5–0–0
6	W	October 22, 1972	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	6–0–0
7	L	October 26, 1972	1–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	6–1–0
8	L	October 28, 1972	3–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	6–2–0
9	L	October 29, 1972	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	6–3–0
10	L	November 1, 1972	2–4	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	6–4–0
11	W	November 4, 1972	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	7–4–0
12	T	November 5, 1972	1–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	7–4–1
13	L	November 9, 1972	3–8	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)	7–5–1
14	L	November 12, 1972	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	7–6–1
15	T	November 14, 1972	3–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	7–6–2
16	W	November 15, 1972	4–0	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	8–6–2
17	L	November 18, 1972	3–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	8–7–2
18	W	November 22, 1972	6–2	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	9–7–2
19	W	November 25, 1972	6–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	10–7–2
20	L	November 26, 1972	4–6	California Golden Seals (1972–73)	10–8–2
21	L	November 29, 1972	3–8	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	10–9–2
22	W	December 2, 1972	4–1	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	11–9–2
23	L	December 3, 1972	0–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	11–10–2
24	L	December 5, 1972	1–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	11–11–2
25	L	December 7, 1972	1–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	11–12–2
26	L	December 9, 1972	0–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	11–13–2
27	T	December 10, 1972	3–3	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	11–13–3
28	L	December 13, 1972	0–2	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	11–14–3
29	W	December 16, 1972	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	12–14–3
30	W	December 17, 1972	6–4	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	13–14–3
31	W	December 20, 1972	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	14–14–3
32	L	December 21, 1972	1–8	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)	14–15–3
33	W	December 23, 1972	5–1	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	15–15–3
34	L	December 24, 1972	0–5	@ New York Rangers (1972–73)	15–16–3
35	T	December 26, 1972	1–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	15–16–4
36	T	December 30, 1972	2–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	15–16–5
37	T	December 31, 1972	4–4	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	15–16–6
38	W	January 4, 1973	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	16–16–6
39	W	January 6, 1973	4–0	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	17–16–6
40	W	January 7, 1973	4–0	New York Islanders (1972–73)	18–16–6
41	W	January 10, 1973	2–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	19–16–6
42	W	January 12, 1973	7–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	20–16–6
43	W	January 14, 1973	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)	21–16–6
44	L	January 17, 1973	4–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	21–17–6
45	W	January 20, 1973	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	22–17–6
46	L	January 21, 1973	3–5	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	22–18–6
47	T	January 23, 1973	4–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	22–18–7
48	W	January 25, 1973	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)	23–18–7
49	L	January 27, 1973	3–6	New York Rangers (1972–73)	23–19–7
50	W	January 28, 1973	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	24–19–7
51	W	February 1, 1973	6–4	California Golden Seals (1972–73)	25–19–7
52	W	February 3, 1973	1–0	Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	26–19–7
53	W	February 4, 1973	8–2	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	27–19–7
54	W	February 7, 1973	5–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	28–19–7
55	L	February 10, 1973	1–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)	28–20–7
56	W	February 11, 1973	5–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)	29–20–7
57	T	February 14, 1973	2–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	29–20–8
58	T	February 16, 1973	2–2	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	29–20–9
59	T	February 17, 1973	2–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)	29–20–10
60	T	February 22, 1973	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	29–20–11
61	L	February 24, 1973	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1972–73)	29–21–11
62	W	February 25, 1973	5–0	St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	30–21–11
63	W	February 28, 1973	6–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)	31–21–11
64	L	March 3, 1973	3–6	New York Rangers (1972–73)	31–22–11
65	W	March 4, 1973	5–1	New York Islanders (1972–73)	32–22–11
66	W	March 7, 1973	5–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)	33–22–11
67	L	March 10, 1973	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	33–23–11
68	W	March 11, 1973	3–1	St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	34–23–11
69	L	March 14, 1973	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)	34–24–11
70	L	March 16, 1973	4–5	Boston Bruins (1972–73)	34–25–11
71	W	March 18, 1973	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	35–25–11
72	L	March 21, 1973	3–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73)	35–26–11
73	L	March 24, 1973	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73)	35–27–11
74	L	March 25, 1973	5–8	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	35–28–11
75	W	March 27, 1973	8–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	36–28–11
76	L	March 29, 1973	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)	36–29–11
77	W	March 31, 1973	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)	37–29–11
78	T	April 1, 1973	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1972–73)	37–29–12

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	76	52	41	93	24	6	15	0	7
	C	77	40	50	90	21	−4	10	0	6
	C/LW	77	18	53	71	13	6	8	0	3
	LW	78	19	34	53	56	1	4	1	3
	LW	78	18	30	48	28	6	3	1	2
	C	78	13	30	43	8	−14	5	0	1
	RW	78	21	21	42	44	−1	1	1	6
	C	77	15	22	37	25	2	4	0	4
	C	75	18	18	36	23	9	0	0	2
	D	78	5	29	34	82	22	0	0	0
	D	68	3	28	31	71	10	0	0	0
	C	73	14	14	28	82	−2	0	1	0
	D	75	9	12	21	70	6	1	0	2
	RW	39	8	10	18	6	−2	1	0	0
	LW	13	2	11	13	16	2	0	0	0
	D	73	1	12	13	169	6	0	0	1
	RW	20	2	4	6	2	0	0	0	0
	D	44	0	5	5	51	5	0	0	0
	RW	13	3	1	4	4	−11	1	0	0
	LW	26	2	2	4	14	2	0	0	0
	D	31	1	1	2	36	−1	0	0	0
	C	4	1	0	1	2	−1	0	0	0
	D/RW	28	0	1	1	26	−15	0	0	0
	G	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	G	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	52	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
	C/LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3012	52	27	17	7	132	2.63	6
	1331	24	8	11	3	83	3.74	1
	337	7	2	1	2	20	3.56	0
Team:	4680	78	37	29	12	235	3.01	7

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	26			University of Pennsylvania (ECAC)
3	42			University of Denver (WCHA)
4	58			Thunder Bay Vulcans (TBJHL)
5	74	Dennis Johnson		University of North Dakota (WCHA)
6	90	Bill Miller		Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
7	106	Glen Seperich		Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
8	122			Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
9	138			Cornell University (ECAC)
10	150	Dave Arundel		University of Wisconsin (WCHA)

See also

• 1972–73 NHL season

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 . 1972-73 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.