Johnny Bucyk, Erik Karlsson, and first time to100 points at age 30+

[The Panther]

Johnny Bucyk reached 100 points in a season only once, and the night he hit 100 points he was exactly 35 years and 364 days old; i.e., he turned 36 the next day.

Erik Karlsson has thus far reached 100 points in a season only once (last April) and he was 32 years and 314 days old.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has thus far reached 100 points in a season only once (last April), and he was 29 years and 358 days old when he did it; i.e., he turned 30 one week later. So, technically, he didn't "do" this.

Has any other player had his first 100+ point season achieved on the day on or after his 30th birthday?

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[tempofound]

Gordie Howe would be the obvious answer.

 

[Yozhik v tumane]

Gordie Howe had one 100+ point season, when he was 40.

Edit: Was just beaten to it, but I may add that Bobby Hull the same year had his first and only 100 point NHL season, age 30.

 

[buffa dud]

Claude Giroux, in 2018, scored 102 points. He scored a hat-trick in game 82 of the season to get the Flyers into the Stanely Cup playoffs.

At 35 , Claude just set a new career high in goals, with 35, so he may break 100 again. Only time will tell.

 

[Mandar]

I’m thinking Jean Ratelle was over 30 when he first went over100 points in 1972

 

[Mandar]

Vic Hadfield was probably over 30 as well when he had over 100 points for the only time in his career in 1972

 

[bobholly39]

Martin St Louis only hit it once, was over 30

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

Bobby Hull and Marchand technically fit the bill both doing it in their age 30 seasons.

 

[Albatros]

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has thus far reached 100 points in a season only once (last April), and he was 29 years and 358 days old when he did it; i.e., he turned 30 one week later. So, technically, he didn't "do" this.

Though RNH was 30 years and one day old when he played his final game of the season (and scored his final point too).

 

[Dissonance Jr]

Squeezing in a mention of Daniel Alfredsson and Joe Mullen before pnep ends this thread.

Oh and Daniel Sedin (but not Henrik).

 

[reckoning]

Jean Pronovost in 75-76 was 30.

 

[JianYang]

Huberdeau I guess was 29, so he just misses.

 

[McGarnagle]

Bucyk's stat is explainable considering he had absolute peak Orr and Esposito that year. Scoring logs imply he mostly played with Stanfield and McKenzie at regular strength but he racked up a ton of PP points that Esposito factored into.

 

[crobro]

Bob Macmillan?

 

[The Panther]

Bucyk's stat is explainable considering he had absolute peak Orr and Esposito that year. Scoring logs imply he mostly played with Stanfield and McKenzie at regular strength but he racked up a ton of PP points that Esposito factored into.

Yes, and also rarely has a player had such a "beating-up-on-recent-expansion-teams" type of season.

1970-71 Bucyk vs. "original six" clubs:
30 PTS / 30 GP = 78 point pace
1970-71 Bucyk vs. 1967-1970 expansion clubs:
86 PTS / 48 GP = 140 point pace

 

[Dingo]

Yes, and also rarely has a player had such a "beating-up-on-recent-expansion-teams" type of season.

1970-71 Bucyk vs. "original six" clubs:
30 PTS / 30 GP = 78 point pace
1970-71 Bucyk vs. 1967-1970 expansion clubs:
86 PTS / 48 GP = 140 point pace

Is it easy for you to get stats like these?

ive always been curious about the early 70s and it’s lopsided teams - Orr, Espo, Ratelle and all those enormous seasons, and if they did in fact look like Bucyk’s stats here

 

[Yozhik v tumane]

Is it easy for you to get stats like these?

ive always been curious about the early 70s and it’s lopsided teams - Orr, Espo, Ratelle and all those enormous seasons, and if they did in fact look like Bucyk’s stats here

It’s easy on Hockey Reference. Enter a player’s profile page, scroll to the bottom and you’ll find Career Splits, Game Logs and Scoring Log’s sorted by season.

Here’s Bobby Orr’s splits for the 1970-71 season, for example. You can check how he fared against each team, at home or on the road, in team wins visavi losses, by month, etc. Indeed, he did well against the expansion teams, but he also averaged almost 2 points per game against the eventual champion Habs, and was ppg+ against every team except the Blackhawks where he scored 5 points in 6 games.

 

[Dingo]

It’s easy on Hockey Reference. Enter a player’s profile page, scroll to the bottom and you’ll find Career Splits, Game Logs and Scoring Log’s sorted by season.

Here’s Bobby Orr’s splits for the 1970-71 season, for example. You can check how he fared against each team, at home or on the road, in team wins visavi losses, by month, etc. Indeed, he did well against the expansion teams, but he also averaged almost 2 points per game against the eventual champion Habs, and was ppg+ against every team except the Blackhawks where he scored 5 points in 6 games.

Thanks. That’s great. So, not too much of a difference in this case.
Very nice to see the tidiness of a simple 6 games against each opponent.

 

[McGarnagle]

Yes, and also rarely has a player had such a "beating-up-on-recent-expansion-teams" type of season.

1970-71 Bucyk vs. "original six" clubs:
30 PTS / 30 GP = 78 point pace
1970-71 Bucyk vs. 1967-1970 expansion clubs:
86 PTS / 48 GP = 140 point pace

Yeah, I noticed on his scoring log that he especially beat up on first-year expansion teams Buffalo and Vancouver that year. I think he had multiple 5-point games against the Sabres.