NHL game summary from April 18, 1971
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (46-26-13) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
 Boston Bruins (60-18-7) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens win, 4 games to 3 (best of 7) | |||||||
1: BOS, Ken Hodge 2, 6:50
MTL, Frank Mahovlich 6 (Jacques Lemaire), 14:48
MTL, Rejean Houle 1 (Pete Mahovlich, J.C. Tremblay), 17:38
2: MTL, J.C. Tremblay 2 (Frank Mahovlich, Jacques Lemaire), 15:44
3: MTL, Frank Mahovlich 7 (Jacques Lemaire), :14
BOS, Johnny Bucyk 2 (Fred Stanfield), 1:02
Penalties:
1: Dallas Smith, BOS [Roughing] 3:47
John Ferguson, MTL [Roughing] 3:47
Jean Beliveau, MTL [Hooking] 11:07
Henri Richard, MTL [Fighting] 11:17
Wayne Cashman, BOS [Fighting] 11:17
Dallas Smith, BOS [Holding] 18:15
2: Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Tripping] 3:10
Jean Beliveau, MTL [Hooking] 6:10
John McKenzie, BOS [Hooking] 9:45
Henri Richard, MTL [Hi-sticking] 13:45
Wayne Cashman, BOS [Hi-sticking] 13:45
3: Rejean Houle, MTL [Interference] 6:20
Derek Sanderson, BOS [Fighting] 9:58
John Ferguson, MTL [Fighting] 9:58
Penalty time: MTL: 22 minutes
BOS: 18 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Laperriere | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J.C. Tremblay | 3 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jean Beliveau | 4 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Marc Tardif | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rejean Houle | 14 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Henri Richard | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Harper | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| John Ferguson | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 2 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Frank Mahovlich | 27 | LW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (9 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 9 | 33 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Orr | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Ted Green | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 11 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 7 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Rick Smith | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Derek Sanderson | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| John McKenzie | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Mike Walton | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8 |
| Don Awrey | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -9 | 48 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 18- 9- 7-34
BOS: 14-16-18-48
Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 4-3-0)
BOS: Gerry Cheevers (L, 3-3-0)
Referee: John Ashley
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, John D'Amico
Attendance: 14,894
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