NHL game summary from December 5, 1971
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 St. Louis Blues (9-13-4) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Detroit Red Wings (8-14-5) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1: | DET, | Tim Ecclestone 6 (Doug Volmar, Red Berenson), 4:38 - PP |
| 2: | STL, | Jimmy Roberts 5 (Barclay Plager), 10:13 - SH |
| 3: | STL, | Garry Unger 14 (Jack Egers, Andre Dupont), 5:04 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Garry Unger, STL [Interference] 3:38 |
| Frank St. Marseille, STL [Holding] 5:48 | |
| Carl Brewer, STL [Holding] 8:09 | |
| Danny Johnson, DET [Hi-sticking] 12:05 | |
| Gary Bergman, DET [Hooking] 18:03 | |
| 2: | Garry Unger, STL [Holding] 0:28 |
| Tim Ecclestone, DET [Holding] 2:20 | |
| Gary Sabourin, STL [Interference] 8:51 | |
| 3: | Gary Sabourin, STL [Interference] 2:13 |
| Al Karlander, DET [Hi-sticking] 17:36 | |
| Frank St. Marseille, STL [Slashing] 17:36 |
Penalty time: STL: 14 minutes
DET: 8 minutes
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy McLeod | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Brewer | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Andre Dupont | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Plager | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Barclay Plager | 8 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank St. Marseille | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Sabourin | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Crisp | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Murphy | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jack Egers | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Floyd Thomson | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gerry Odrowski | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian Bordeleau | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bill Plager | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michel Parizeau | 24 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curt Bennett | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 9 | 24 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 9 | 24 | ||||||
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Daley | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Bergman | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Larry Johnston | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Arnie Brown | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Marcel Dionne | 5 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Red Berenson | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Danny Johnson | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Alex Delvecchio | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Al Karlander | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Harris | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Ecclestone | 17 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Wall | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Redmond | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Ron Stackhouse | 21 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Bill Collins | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Conacher | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Doug Volmar | 27 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 28 | ||||||
Shots: STL: 10- 8- 6-24
DET: 6-11-11-28
Goalies: STL: Jimmy McLeod (W, 6-2-3)
DET: Joe Daley (L, 5-4-4)
Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: Willard Norris, Alan Glaspell
Attendance: 12,788
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