# 1973–74 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 1973–74 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the franchise's seventh season in the National Hockey League. The 'Century Line' of Syl Apps Jr., Lowell MacDonald and Jean Pronovost was established this season. The trio took their name as a result of combining for more than 100 goals over the course of the year. The Penguins failed to make the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

## Regular season
### Final standings

West Division vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Philadelphia Flyers | 78 | 50 | 16 | 12 | 273 | 164 | +109 | 112 |
| 2 | Chicago Black Hawks | 78 | 41 | 14 | 23 | 272 | 164 | +108 | 105 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Kings | 78 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 233 | 231 | +2 | 78 |
| 4 | Atlanta Flames | 78 | 30 | 34 | 14 | 214 | 238 | −24 | 74 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 78 | 28 | 41 | 9 | 242 | 273 | −31 | 65 |
| 6 | St. Louis Blues | 78 | 26 | 40 | 12 | 206 | 248 | −42 | 64 |
| 7 | Minnesota North Stars | 78 | 23 | 38 | 17 | 235 | 275 | −40 | 63 |
| 8 | California Golden Seals | 78 | 13 | 55 | 10 | 195 | 342 | −147 | 36 |

### Record vs. opponents
## Schedule and results

1973–74 Schedule :
October: 4–4–1 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 3–1–1), 9 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationRecordPoints
1Oct 12Pittsburgh Penguins4–3Atlanta FlamesOmni Coliseum1–0–02
2Oct 13New York Rangers8–2Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena1–1–02
3Oct 17Pittsburgh Penguins4–2Minnesota North StarsMet Center2–1–04
4Oct 20California Golden Seals3–5Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena3–1–06
5Oct 21Pittsburgh Penguins2–8Boston BruinsBoston Garden3–2–06
6Oct 24Montreal Canadiens3–2Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena3–3–06
7Oct 27Philadelphia Flyers6–0Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena3–4–06
8Oct 28Pittsburgh Penguins7–2New York RangersMadison Square Garden (IV)4–4–08
9Oct 31Pittsburgh Penguins1–1Montreal CanadiensMontreal Forum4–4–19 :
November: 3–7–2 (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 1–4–0), 8 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationRecordPoints
10Nov 3Pittsburgh Penguins0–6Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leaf Gardens4–5–19
11Nov 4Pittsburgh Penguins0–7Philadelphia FlyersThe Spectrum4–6–19
12Nov 7New York Islanders1–1Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena4–6–210
13Nov 10Atlanta Flames4–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena4–6–311
14Nov 13Minnesota North Stars2–5Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena5–6–313
15Nov 15Pittsburgh Penguins3–5St. Louis BluesSt. Louis Arena5–7–313
16Nov 17Chicago Black Hawks4–1Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena5–8–313
17Nov 18Pittsburgh Penguins0–7New York RangersMadison Square Garden (IV)5–9–313
18Nov 21Vancouver Canucks4–5Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena6–9–315
19Nov 22Pittsburgh Penguins4–2Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leaf Gardens7–9–317
20Nov 24Montreal Canadiens5–2Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena7–10–317
21Nov 28Toronto Maple Leafs4–3Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena7–11–317 :
December: 2–10–2 (Home: 1–4–1; Road: 1–6–1), 6 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationRecordPoints
22Dec 1Atlanta Flames2–2Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena7–11–418
23Dec 2Pittsburgh Penguins1–2Chicago Black HawksChicago Stadium7–12–418
24Dec 5Pittsburgh Penguins1–4Los Angeles KingsThe Forum7–13–418
25Dec 7Pittsburgh Penguins3–4California Golden SealsOakland Coliseum Arena7–14–418
26Dec 8Pittsburgh Penguins2–3Vancouver CanucksPacific Coliseum7–15–418
27Dec 12California Golden Seals1–9Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena8–15–420
28Dec 15Detroit Red Wings2–0Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena8–16–420
29Dec 16Pittsburgh Penguins2–1Atlanta FlamesOmni Coliseum9–16–422
30Dec 20Pittsburgh Penguins5–6Boston BruinsBoston Garden9–17–422
31Dec 22New York Rangers4–1Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena9–18–422
32Dec 23Pittsburgh Penguins2–3Buffalo SabresBuffalo Memorial Auditorium9–19–422
33Dec 26Pittsburgh Penguins2–2Detroit Red WingsOlympia Stadium9–19–523
34Dec 28St. Louis Blues3–1Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena9–20–523
35Dec 29Chicago Black Hawks4–2Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena9–21–523 :
January: 5–8–0 (Home: 3–5–0; Road: 2–3–0), 10 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationRecordPoints
36Jan 2Pittsburgh Penguins4–8Minnesota North StarsMet Center9–22–523
37Jan 3Pittsburgh Penguins1–6Buffalo SabresBuffalo Memorial Auditorium9–23–523
38Jan 5Buffalo Sabres2–5Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena10–23–525
39Jan 9Toronto Maple Leafs6–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena10–24–525
40Jan 12Buffalo Sabres2–5Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena11–24–527
41Jan 13Boston Bruins5–3Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena11–25–527
42Jan 16Los Angeles Kings2–0Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena11–26–527
43Jan 18Pittsburgh Penguins6–2Vancouver CanucksPacific Coliseum12–26–529
44Jan 20Pittsburgh Penguins5–3Philadelphia FlyersThe Spectrum13–26–531
45Jan 23St. Louis Blues1–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena14–26–533
46Jan 26Los Angeles Kings2–0Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena14–27–533
47Jan 27Pittsburgh Penguins5–6Detroit Red WingsOlympia Stadium14–28–533
48Jan 30New York Rangers4–2Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena14–29–533 :
February: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 2–4–0), 11 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationRecordPoints
49Feb 2Chicago Black Hawks3–1Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena14–30–533
50Feb 3Pittsburgh Penguins4–5Boston BruinsBoston Garden14–31–533
51Feb 7Pittsburgh Penguins4–5Philadelphia FlyersThe Spectrum14–32–533
52Feb 9Pittsburgh Penguins3–2New York IslandersNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum15–32–535
53Feb 10Pittsburgh Penguins3–5Chicago Black HawksChicago Stadium15–33–535
54Feb 13Detroit Red Wings3–5Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena16–33–537
55Feb 16California Golden Seals3–7Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena17–33–539
56Feb 20St. Louis Blues1–1Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena17–33–640
57Feb 23Boston Bruins6–2Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena17–34–640
58Feb 24Pittsburgh Penguins4–2Chicago Black HawksChicago Stadium18–34–642
59Feb 27Los Angeles Kings1–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena19–34–644
60Feb 28Pittsburgh Penguins1–7Montreal CanadiensMontreal Forum19–35–644 :
March: 7–4–3 (Home: 3–1–2; Road: 4–3–1), 17 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationRecordPoints
61Mar 2Vancouver Canucks1–6Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena20–35–646
62Mar 5Pittsburgh Penguins2–1New York IslandersNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum21–35–648
63Mar 7Pittsburgh Penguins2–2Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leaf Gardens21–35–749
64Mar 9Pittsburgh Penguins7–5St. Louis BluesSt. Louis Arena22–35–751
65Mar 10Montreal Canadiens5–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena22–36–751
66Mar 13Pittsburgh Penguins1–5Los Angeles KingsThe Forum22–37–751
67Mar 15Pittsburgh Penguins6–1California Golden SealsOakland Coliseum Arena23–37–753
68Mar 16Pittsburgh Penguins8–6Vancouver CanucksPacific Coliseum24–37–755
69Mar 20New York Islanders1–1Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena24–37–856
70Mar 23Pittsburgh Penguins1–5Minnesota North StarsMet Center24–38–856
71Mar 24Detroit Red Wings0–8Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena25–38–858
72Mar 27Minnesota North Stars3–3Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena25–38–959
73Mar 30Pittsburgh Penguins3–4St. Louis BluesSt. Louis Arena25–39–959
74Mar 31Atlanta Flames2–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena26–39–961 :
April: 2–2–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 0–2–0), 4 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationRecordPoints
75Apr 2Pittsburgh Penguins2–3New York IslandersNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum26–40–961
76Apr 4Buffalo Sabres2–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena27–40–963
77Apr 6Philadelphia Flyers1–6Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena28–40–965
78Apr 7Pittsburgh Penguins3–6Atlanta FlamesOmni Coliseum28–41–965 :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Syl Apps Jr. | 75 | 24 | 61 | 85 | 21 | 37 |
| Lowell MacDonald | 78 | 43 | 39 | 82 | 17 | 14 |
| Jean Pronovost | 77 | 40 | 32 | 72 | 9 | 22 |
| Ron Schock | 77 | 14 | 29 | 43 | –27 | 22 |
| Al McDonough$^‡$ | 37 | 14 | 22 | 36 | –3 | 12 |
| Ron Lalonde | 73 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 2 | 14 |
| Greg Polis$^‡$ | 41 | 14 | 13 | 27 | –18 | 32 |
| Wayne Bianchin | 69 | 12 | 13 | 25 | –15 | 38 |
| Ron Stackhouse$^†$ | 36 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 33 |
| Bob McManama | 47 | 5 | 14 | 19 | –12 | 18 |
| Ab Demarco Jr.$^†$ | 34 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 4 |
| Bernie Lukowich | 53 | 9 | 10 | 19 | –4 | 32 |
| Chuck Arnason$^†$ | 41 | 13 | 5 | 18 | –2 | 4 |
| Steve Durbano$^†$ | 33 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 138 |
| David Burrows | 71 | 3 | 14 | 17 | –13 | 30 |
| J. Bob Kelly$^†$ | 30 | 7 | 10 | 17 | –5 | 78 |
| Nick Beverley$^†$ | 67 | 2 | 14 | 16 | –16 | 21 |
| Ted Snell | 55 | 4 | 12 | 16 | –22 | 8 |
| Blaine Stoughton | 34 | 5 | 6 | 11 | –12 | 8 |
| Bryan Hextall Jr.$^‡$ | 37 | 2 | 7 | 9 | –13 | 39 |
| Bob Paradise$^†$ | 38 | 2 | 7 | 9 | –3 | 39 |
| Jean-Guy Lagace | 31 | 2 | 6 | 8 | –12 | 34 |
| Jack Lynch$^‡$ | 17 | 0 | 7 | 7 | –15 | 21 |
| Bryan Watson$^‡$ | 38 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –12 | 137 |
| Yvon Labre | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –7 | 13 |
| Ron Jones | 25 | 0 | 3 | 3 | –14 | 15 |
| Jim Wiley | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | –4 | 2 |
| Larry Bignell | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | –3 | 2 |
| Darryl Edestrand$^‡$ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | 0 |
| Hank Nowak | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –14 | 11 |
| Total | Total | 242 | 394 | 636 | — | 878 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | W | L | T | GA | SO |
| Andy Brown | 36 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 115 | 1 |
| Gary Inness | 20 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 56 | 0 |
| James Rutherford$^‡$ | 26 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 82 | 0 |
| Denis Herron | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 28 | 41 | 9 | 271 | 1 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only. $^‡$Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.

## Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1973–74 season:

### Trades

| July 3, 1973 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Eddie Shack | To Pittsburgh Penguins cash |
| October 4, 1973 | To St. Louis Blues Nick Harbaruk | To Pittsburgh Penguins Bob Johnson |
| October 25, 1973 | To Boston Bruins Darryl Edestrand | To Pittsburgh Penguins Nick Beverley |
| January 4, 1974 | To Atlanta Flames Al McDonough | To Pittsburgh Penguins Chuck Arnason Bob Paradise |
| January 17, 1974 | To St. Louis Blues Greg Polis Bryan Watson 1974 2nd round pick | To Pittsburgh Penguins Ab DeMarco Jr. Steve Durbano Bob Kelly |
| January 17, 1974 | To Detroit Red Wings Jack Lynch Jim Rutherford | To Pittsburgh Penguins Ron Stackhouse |

### Additions and subtractions

Additions :
| Player | Former team | Via |
| Gary Inness | University of Toronto Varsity Blues (CIAU) | free agency (1973–06) |
| Ron Jones | Boston Bruins | Intra-league Draft (1973–06–12) |
| Bob McManama | Harvard Crimson (Ivy League) | free agency (1973–08) |
| Ted Snell | Hershey Bears (AHL) | free agency (1973–10) |
Subtractions :
| Player | New team | Via |
| Steve Cardwell | Minnesota Fighting Saints (WHA) | free agency (1973) |
| Paul Hoganson | Los Angeles Sharks (WHA) | free agency (1973) |
| Cam Newton | Chicago Cougars (WHA) | free agency (1973–05) |
| Rick Kessell | California Golden Seals | Reverse Draft (1973–06–13) |
| Bryan Hextall | Atlanta Flames | waivers (1974–01–06) |

## Draft picks

Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 1973 NHL amateur draft.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 7 | Blaine Stoughton | Left Wing | Canada | Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL) |
| 2 | 23 | Wayne Bianchin | Right Wing | Canada | Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL) |
| 2 | 27 | Colin Campbell | Defense | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHA) |
| 4 | 55 | Dennis Owchar | Defense | Canada | Toronto Marlboros (OHA) |
| 5 | 71 | Guido Tenesi | Defense | United States | Oshawa Generals (OHA) |
| 6 | 87 | Don Seiling | Left Wing | Canada | Oshawa Generals (OHA) |
| 7 | 103 | Terry Ewasiuk | Left Wing | Canada | Victoria Cougars (WCHL) |
| 8 | 119 | Fred Comrie | Center | Canada | Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL) |
| 9 | 134 | Gordon Lane | Defense | Canada | New Westminster Bruins (WCHL) |
| 10 | 150 | Randy Aimoe | Defense | Canada | Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL) |
| 11 | 164 | Don McLeod | Center | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WCHL) |

### Draft notes

* $^a$ The Detroit Red Wings' second-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of an October 6, 1972, trade that sent Roy Edwards to the Red Wings in exchange for a 1974 second-round pick and this pick.
* The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a February 25, 1973, trade that sent Andy Brown to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.