1970-71 Boston Bruins Statistics
Team Record: 57-14-7 - 121 points
in the NHL's East Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Tom Johnson (57-14-7)
The Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League ended the 1970-71 season with a record of 57 wins and 14 losses and 7 ties for 121 points in the NHL's East Division.
The team netted 399 goals, tops in the circuit. The team conceded 207 goals. Phil Esposito scored 76 goals for the team, while John Bucyk, Ken Hodge, Bobby Orr and John McKenzie each tallied 30 or more, too. Bobby Orr recorded 102 assists. Eddie Johnston earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Gerry Cheevers added 15 or more wins also. Eddie Johnston registered a 2.53 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Tom Johnson coached the team. The 1970-71 Boston Bruins lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Esposito | C | 78 | 76 | 76 | 152 | 71 | 71 | 25 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 550 | 13.8 |
| Bobby Orr | D | 78 | 37 | 102 | 139 | 91 | 124 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 392 | 9.4 |
| John Bucyk | L | 78 | 51 | 65 | 116 | 8 | 36 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 225 | 22.7 |
| Ken Hodge | R | 78 | 43 | 62 | 105 | 113 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 232 | 18.5 |
| Wayne Cashman | L | 77 | 21 | 58 | 79 | 100 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 175 | 12.0 |
| John McKenzie | R | 65 | 31 | 46 | 77 | 120 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 151 | 20.5 |
| Fred Stanfield | C | 75 | 24 | 52 | 76 | 12 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 267 | 9.0 |
| Derek Sanderson | C | 71 | 29 | 34 | 63 | 130 | 39 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 13.4 |
| Ed Westfall | R | 78 | 25 | 34 | 59 | 48 | 58 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 149 | 16.8 |
| Wayne Carleton | C | 69 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 44 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 164 | 13.4 |
| Dallas Smith | D | 73 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 68 | 94 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 159 | 4.4 |
| Ted Green | D | 78 | 5 | 37 | 42 | 60 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 4.9 |
| Don Marcotte | L | 75 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 87 | 17.2 |
| Don Awrey | D | 74 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 141 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 3.7 |
| Rick Smith | D | 67 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 44 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 5.1 |
| Mike Walton | C | 22 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 6.8 |
| Reggie Leach | R | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Garnet Bailey | L | 36 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.0 |
| Eddie Johnston | G | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Speer | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gerry Cheevers | G | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Schock | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ivan Boldirev | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1360 | 399 | 697 | 1096 | 1156 | 794 | 80 | 25 | 57 | 7 | 3167 | 12.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Johnston | 38 | 2280 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 96 | 2.53 | 1111 | 1015 | .914 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 40 | 2400 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 109 | 2.73 | 1336 | 1227 | .918 |
| Totals | 78 | 4680 | 57 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 205 | 2.63 | 2447 | 2242 | .916 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Esposito | C | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Orr | D | 7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Bucyk | L | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Hodge | R | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Cashman | L | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John McKenzie | R | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred Stanfield | C | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Derek Sanderson | C | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Westfall | R | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Carleton | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Smith | D | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Green | D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Marcotte | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Awrey | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Smith | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Walton | C | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reggie Leach | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Garnet Bailey | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Johnston | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Cheevers | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 114 | 26 | 39 | 65 | 190 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Johnston | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 | 44 | 37 | .841 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 6 | 360 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3.50 | 215 | 194 | .902 |
| Totals | 7 | 420 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4.00 | 259 | 231 | .892 |
