NHL Plus Minus Leaders 1971-72 | Player Stats

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Plus/minus compares goals for and goals against while the player is on the ice. Higher means the player's team outscored opponents more with him on the ice. Below are the top 337 NHL players ranked by Regular Season Plus Minus for the 1971-72 regular season. For all skaters and goalies across the league, with full stats and sortable rankings, visit the Players page.

#	Player	Team	+/-
1	B. OrrBobby Orr 23YD	BostonBoston Bruins	83
2	B. ParkBrad Park 22YD	New YorkNew York Rangers	63
3	J. RatelleJean Ratelle 30YC	New YorkNew York Rangers	61
4	V. HadfieldVic Hadfield 30YLW	New YorkNew York Rangers	60
5	P. EspositoPhil Esposito 29YC	BostonBoston Bruins	54
6	B. HullBobby Hull 32YLW	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	53
7	R. SeilingRod Seiling 26YD	New YorkNew York Rangers	53
8	J. TremblayJ.C. Tremblay 32YD	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	53
9	K. MagnusonKeith Magnuson 24YD	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	51
10	R. GilbertRod Gilbert 30YRW	New YorkNew York Rangers	50
11	P. MartinPit Martin 27YC	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	45
12	C. MakiChico Maki 31YRW	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	44
13	P. StapletonPat Stapleton 30YD	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	43
14	B. WhiteBill White 31YD	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	43
15	F. MahovlichFrank Mahovlich 33YLW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	42
16	D. RolfeDale Rolfe 31YD	New YorkNew York Rangers	42
17	W. CashmanWayne Cashman 26YLW	BostonBoston Bruins	41
18	D. JarrettDoug Jarrett 27YD	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	39
19	K. HodgeKen Hodge 27YRW	BostonBoston Bruins	39
20	J. NeilsonJim Neilson 30YD	New YorkNew York Rangers	38
21	J. LemaireJacques Lemaire 25YC	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	37
22	D. SmithDallas Smith 29YD	BostonBoston Bruins	36
23	B. FairbairnBill Fairbairn 24YRW	New YorkNew York Rangers	35
24	R. SmithRick Smith 23YD	CaliforniaCalifornia Golden Seals	35
25	J. LaperriereJacques Laperriere 29YD	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	34
26	W. TkaczukWalt Tkaczuk 23YC	New YorkNew York Rangers	33
27	E. WestfallEd Westfall 30YRW	BostonBoston Bruins	28
28	G. LafleurGuy Lafleur 19YRW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	27
29	D. SandersonDerek Sanderson 25YC	BostonBoston Bruins	25
30	B. ClarkeBobby Clarke 21YC	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	24
31	B. MacGregorBruce MacGregor 30YC	New YorkNew York Rangers	24
32	Y. CournoyerYvan Cournoyer 27YRW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	24
33	M. WaltonMike Walton 26YC	BostonBoston Bruins	23
34	D. HullDennis Hull 26YLW	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	21
35	L. JohnstonLarry Johnston 27YD	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	21
36	S. SavardSerge Savard 25YD	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	21
37	J. McKenzieJohn McKenzie 33YRW	BostonBoston Bruins	20
38	F. StanfieldFred Stanfield 27YLW	BostonBoston Bruins	19
39	A. DeMarcoAb DeMarco 22YD	New YorkNew York Rangers	19
40	D. AwreyDon Awrey 27YD	BostonBoston Bruins	19
41	C. KorollCliff Koroll 24YRW	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	18
42	B. KellyBob Kelly 20YLW	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	17
43	S. AppsSyl Apps 23YC	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	17
44	G. CarrGene Carr 19YC	New YorkNew York Rangers	16
45	S. MikitaStan Mikita 31YC	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	16
46	J. BucykJohnny Bucyk 36YLW	BostonBoston Bruins	15
47	P. MahovlichPeter Mahovlich 24YC	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	15
48	M. TardifMarc Tardif 22YLW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	15
49	T. ReidTom Reid 25YD	MinnesotaMinnesota North Stars	14
50	G. DoakGary Doak 25YD	New YorkNew York Rangers	14