1972–73 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1972-73 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 56th season in the NHL. The Maple Leafs finished 6th in the East Division and missed the playoffs.
==Off-season==
Toronto lost Bernie Parent, who jumped to the new World Hockey Association (WHA).
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 7, 1972 	1–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) 	0–1–0
2 	T 	October 11, 1972 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73) 	0–1–1
3 	W 	October 14, 1972 	6–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) 	1–1–1
4 	L 	October 15, 1972 	2–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) 	1–2–1
5 	W 	October 18, 1972 	4–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) 	2–2–1
6 	L 	October 21, 1972 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) 	2–3–1
7 	L 	October 22, 1972 	2–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) 	2–4–1
8 	W 	October 25, 1972 	4–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) 	3–4–1
9 	L 	October 28, 1972 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1972–73) 	3–5–1
10 	L 	October 29, 1972 	2–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) 	3–6–1
11 	W 	November 1, 1972 	7–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) 	4–6–1
12 	W 	November 4, 1972 	4–2 	St. Louis Blues (1972–73) 	5–6–1
13 	T 	November 5, 1972 	2–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73) 	5–6–2
14 	L 	November 8, 1972 	2–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73) 	5–7–2
15 	L 	November 11, 1972 	0–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73) 	5–8–2
16 	W 	November 15, 1972 	2–1 	Atlanta Flames (1972–73) 	6–8–2
17 	T 	November 18, 1972 	4–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) 	6–8–3
18 	L 	November 19, 1972 	5–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73) 	6–9–3
19 	L 	November 22, 1972 	1–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) 	6–10–3
20 	W 	November 25, 1972 	11–0 	California Golden Seals (1972–73) 	7–10–3
21 	L 	November 26, 1972 	4–7 	@ New York Rangers (1972–73) 	7–11–3
22 	L 	November 28, 1972 	2–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73) 	7–12–3
23 	L 	November 29, 1972 	4–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) 	7–13–3
24 	T 	December 2, 1972 	2–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) 	7–13–4
25 	W 	December 3, 1972 	3–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) 	8–13–4
26 	W 	December 5, 1972 	5–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) 	9–13–4
27 	T 	December 9, 1972 	5–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) 	9–13–5
28 	L 	December 10, 1972 	2–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) 	9–14–5
29 	L 	December 13, 1972 	3–4 	New York Rangers (1972–73) 	9–15–5
30 	L 	December 16, 1972 	1–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) 	9–16–5
31 	L 	December 17, 1972 	0–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) 	9–17–5
32 	L 	December 20, 1972 	3–5 	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73) 	9–18–5
33 	W 	December 23, 1972 	5–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) 	10–18–5
34 	L 	December 24, 1972 	1–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) 	10–19–5
35 	T 	December 27, 1972 	3–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) 	10–19–6
36 	W 	December 29, 1972 	4–0 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) 	11–19–6
37 	W 	December 30, 1972 	5–4 	St. Louis Blues (1972–73) 	12–19–6
38 	L 	January 3, 1973 	4–8 	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73) 	12–20–6
39 	W 	January 6, 1973 	4–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) 	13–20–6
40 	W 	January 7, 1973 	4–0 	California Golden Seals (1972–73) 	14–20–6
41 	W 	January 10, 1973 	4–2 	New York Islanders (1972–73) 	15–20–6
42 	L 	January 12, 1973 	0–1 	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73) 	15–21–6
43 	L 	January 13, 1973 	1–4 	Boston Bruins (1972–73) 	15–22–6
44 	L 	January 16, 1973 	4–6 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) 	15–23–6
45 	T 	January 17, 1973 	3–3 	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	15–23–7
46 	W 	January 20, 1973 	6–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) 	16–23–7
47 	L 	January 24, 1973 	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) 	16–24–7
48 	L 	January 27, 1973 	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73) 	16–25–7
49 	L 	January 28, 1973 	2–5 	@ New York Rangers (1972–73) 	16–26–7
50 	W 	January 31, 1973 	5–3 	New York Islanders (1972–73) 	17–26–7
51 	L 	February 1, 1973 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73) 	17–27–7
52 	L 	February 3, 1973 	1–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) 	17–28–7
53 	L 	February 6, 1973 	2–4 	@ New York Islanders (1972–73) 	17–29–7
54 	W 	February 7, 1973 	5–3 	California Golden Seals (1972–73) 	18–29–7
55 	L 	February 10, 1973 	2–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) 	18–30–7
56 	L 	February 14, 1973 	2–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) 	18–31–7
57 	W 	February 17, 1973 	6–2 	New York Islanders (1972–73) 	19–31–7
58 	L 	February 18, 1973 	1–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73) 	19–32–7
59 	T 	February 21, 1973 	2–2 	Atlanta Flames (1972–73) 	19–32–8
60 	W 	February 24, 1973 	4–2 	St. Louis Blues (1972–73) 	20–32–8
61 	W 	February 28, 1973 	7–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) 	21–32–8
62 	T 	March 3, 1973 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) 	21–32–9
63 	L 	March 4, 1973 	0–10 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) 	21–33–9
64 	L 	March 7, 1973 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73) 	21–34–9
65 	W 	March 8, 1973 	4–1 	@ New York Islanders (1972–73) 	22–34–9
66 	W 	March 10, 1973 	4–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) 	23–34–9
67 	L 	March 11, 1973 	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (1972–73) 	23–35–9
68 	W 	March 14, 1973 	5–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) 	24–35–9
69 	L 	March 15, 1973 	2–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) 	24–36–9
70 	W 	March 17, 1973 	7–5 	New York Rangers (1972–73) 	25–36–9
71 	L 	March 18, 1973 	1–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) 	25–37–9
72 	L 	March 21, 1973 	1–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) 	25–38–9
73 	L 	March 23, 1973 	4–7 	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	25–39–9
74 	L 	March 25, 1973 	4–7 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) 	25–40–9
75 	L 	March 27, 1973 	1–8 	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) 	25–41–9
76 	W 	March 29, 1973 	6–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) 	26–41–9
77 	W 	March 31, 1973 	7–3 	Boston Bruins (1972–73) 	27–41–9
78 	T 	April 1, 1973 	4–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) 	27–41–10
==Playoffs==
*The Maple Leafs did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	78	29	48	77 	69 	-11	8 	0 	1
 	RW 	77	33	42	75 	20 	-11	2 	0 	5
 	C 	76	37	36	73 	2 	4 	8 	2 	6
 	C 	65	20	35	55 	10 	-18	3 	0 	1
 	D 	77	11	41	52 	55 	6 	5 	0 	0
 	RW 	78	22	29	51 	22 	-1 	4 	1 	2
 	LW 	74	19	18	37 	42 	-13	2 	0 	2
 	LW 	61	13	23	36 	10 	-4 	4 	0 	0
 	RW 	40	18	16	34 	18 	2 	2 	0 	3
 	LW 	68	13	19	32 	8 	4 	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	78	13	18	31 	53 	-3 	0 	0 	3
 	C 	72	10	13	23 	34 	-17	3 	0 	1
 	D 	72	3 	16	19 	118	-20	0 	0 	1
 	D 	44	1 	10	11 	54 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	49	2 	8 	10 	20 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	49	1 	7 	8 	76 	-22	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	1 	4 	5 	63 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	D 	40	0 	3 	3 	26 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1 	1 	2 	4 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	26	0 	2 	2 	0 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	32	0 	1 	1 	6 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	32	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	42	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2343	42	12	24	4 	152	3.89	1
 	1717	32	8 	14	6 	87 	3.04	1
 	620 	11	7 	3 	0 	39 	3.77	0
Team: 	4680	78	27	41	10	278	3.56	2
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 
==Awards and Records==
*The Maple Leafs did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1972-73 season.
===Trades===
March 3, 1973	To Boston BruinsJacques Plante3rd round pick in 1973 - Doug Gibson 	To Toronto Maple Leafs1st round pick in 1973 - Ian TurnbullFuture Considerations
May 15, 1973 	To Minnesota North Stars11th round pick in 1973 - Russ Wiechnik 	To Toronto Maple LeafsCash
May 15, 1973 	To Philadelphia FlyersBernie Parent2nd round pick in 1973 - Larry Goodenough	To Toronto Maple Leafs1st round pick in 1973 - Bob NeelyFuture Considerations
May 15, 1973 	To New York IslandersCash 	To Toronto Maple Leafs10th round pick in 1973 - Lee Palmer11th round pick in 1973 - Norm McLeod
===Free Agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former Team
Borje Salming 	Brynas IF Gavle (SEL)
Inge Hammarstrom	Brynas IF Gavle (SEL)
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==Gallery==
Espo_goal-1Feb1973.gif|Phil Esposito had a hat trick, February 1, 1973.
Orr_3rd_goal-31Mar1973.gif|Bobby Orr scores his third goal, March 31, 1973.
==See Also==
*1972–73 NHL season
==References==
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