NHL game summary from April 7, 1971
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Toronto Maple Leafs (37-34-8) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
 New York Rangers (50-18-11) |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | TOR, | Dave Keon 1 (Bob Baun, Rick Ley), 4:56 |
| NYR, | Vic Hadfield 1 (Rod Gilbert, Jean Ratelle), 6:05 - PP | |
| TOR, | Dave Keon 2, 19:55 | |
| 2: | TOR, | Paul Henderson 1 (Jim Dorey), 10:10 |
| NYR, | Rod Gilbert 1 (Brad Park, Jim Neilson), 11:05 - PP | |
| TOR, | Paul Henderson 2 (Norm Ullman, Ron Ellis), 13:13 | |
| NYR, | Bob Nevin 1 (Dave Balon), 19:57 | |
| 3: | NYR, | Vic Hadfield 2 (Jean Ratelle, Rod Gilbert), 1:20 |
| NYR, | Walt Tkaczuk 1 (Bob Nevin), 6:44 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Rod Seiling, NYR [Charging] 1:34 |
| Jim Harrison, TOR [Roughing] 3:50 | |
| Jim Dorey, TOR [Roughing] 3:50 | |
| Jim Neilson, NYR [Roughing] 3:50 | |
| Rod Seiling, NYR [Roughing] 3:50 | |
| Mike Pelyk, TOR [Holding] 5:43 | |
| Ted Irvine, NYR [Elbowing] 9:40 | |
| Paul Henderson, TOR [Holding] 15:24 | |
| Vic Hadfield, NYR [Holding] 15:59 | |
| Bob Baun, TOR [Holding] 15:59 | |
| Vic Hadfield, NYR [Roughing] 19:44 | |
| Mike Pelyk, TOR [Roughing] 19:44 | |
| 2: | Jim Dorey, TOR [Tripping] 5:04 |
| Billy MacMillan, TOR [Interference] 10:55 | |
| 3: | Tim Horton, NYR [Hooking] 12:05 |
Penalty time: TOR: 16 minutes
NYR: 14 minutes
| TOR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Plante | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Ley | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Pelyk | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Ellis | 6 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jim Dorey | 8 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Norm Ullman | 9 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| George Armstrong | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Trottier | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Harrison | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Keon | 14 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Brian Spencer | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Dupere | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McKenny | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Henderson | 19 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Garry Monahan | 20 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bob Baun | 21 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Billy MacMillan | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Darryl Sittler | 27 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 2 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 2 | 28 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| Tim Horton | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Brown | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Nevin | 8 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Ron Stewart | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Balon | 17 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -2 | 31 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -2 | 31 | ||||||
Shots: TOR: 7-15- 6-28
NYR: 8-10-13-31
Goalies: TOR: Jacques Plante (L, 0-1-0)
NYR: Ed Giacomin (W, 1-0-0)
Referee: Art Skov
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Pat Shetler
Attendance: 17,250
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