NHL game summary from December 16, 1971

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Rangers (20-5-5)	0	0	1	1
Boston Bruins (20-6-2)	4	2	2	8

1: BOS, Bobby Orr 14 (Phil Esposito), 1:47 - PP
   BOS, Phil Esposito 24 (Wayne Cashman, Ken Hodge), 12:01
   BOS, Dallas Smith 5 (Phil Esposito), 14:51
   BOS, Ken Hodge 8 (Phil Esposito, Wayne Cashman), 19:15
2: BOS, Johnny Bucyk 14 (Fred Stanfield, John McKenzie), :23
   BOS, Ed Westfall 7 (Fred Stanfield, Bobby Orr), 17:34
3: BOS, Fred Stanfield 8, 9:59 - SH
   NYR, Walt Tkaczuk 8 (Gene Carr, Bill Fairbairn), 10:38
   BOS, Reggie Leach 5 (Fred Stanfield, Mike Walton), 19:17

Penalties:

1: Bobby Rousseau, NYR 1:10
   John McKenzie, BOS [major] 4:52
   Ted Irvine, NYR [major] 4:52
   Ted Green, BOS 5:06
2: Derek Sanderson, BOS 8:26
   Gary Doak, NYR 10:54
   Phil Esposito, BOS 14:26
   Ken Hodge, BOS [Game misconduct] 18:37
   Vic Hadfield, NYR [Game misconduct] 18:37
   Brad Park, NYR [major, misconduct] 18:37
   Rod Gilbert, NYR [major, misconduct] 18:37
   Dallas Smith, BOS [major, misconduct] 18:37
   Ted Green, BOS [major, misconduct] 18:37
   Gary Doak, NYR 18:54
3: Wayne Cashman, BOS 1:17
   Dale Rolfe, NYR 5:29
   Rick Smith, BOS 7:59
   Gene Carr, NYR 15:15
   Wayne Cashman, BOS 16:43
   Bill Fairbairn, NYR 16:43

Penalty time: NYR: 57 minutes
              BOS: 57 minutes

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ed Giacomin	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Park	2	D	0	0	0	15	-3	1
Gary Doak	3	D	0	0	0	4	-1	3
Dale Rolfe	5	D	0	0	0	2	-4	2
Glen Sather	6	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rod Gilbert	7	RW	0	0	0	15	-3	0
Pierre Jarry	8	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Bill Fairbairn	10	RW	0	1	1	2	-2	1
Vic Hadfield	11	LW	0	0	0	10	-2	2
Bruce MacGregor	14	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Neilson	15	D	0	0	0	0	-2	3
Rod Seiling	16	D	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	1	0	1	0	-1	5
Jean Ratelle	19	C	0	0	0	0	-3	3
Gene Carr	20	C	0	1	1	2	-1	3
Pete Stemkowski	21	C	0	0	0	0	-1	4
Bobby Rousseau	22	RW	0	0	0	2	-1	0
Ab Demarco	24	D	0	0	0	0	-2	5
Ted Irvine	27	LW	0	0	0	5	-2	1
Gilles Villemure	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-30	38

BOS Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Bobby Orr	4	D	1	1	2	0	3	3
Ted Green	6	D	0	0	0	17	3	0
Phil Esposito	7	C	1	3	4	2	2	7
Ken Hodge	8	RW	1	1	2	10	3	2
Johnny Bucyk	9	LW	1	0	1	0	2	4
Rick Smith	10	D	0	0	0	2	3	0
Mike Walton	11	C	0	1	1	0	1	2
Wayne Cashman	12	LW	0	2	2	4	2	1
Garnet "Ace" Bailey	14	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Derek Sanderson	16	C	0	0	0	2	0	0
Fred Stanfield	17	LW	1	3	4	0	4	4
Ed Westfall	18	RW	1	0	1	0	1	1
John McKenzie	19	RW	0	1	1	5	2	2
Dallas Smith	20	D	1	0	1	15	3	1
Matt Ravlich	23	D	0	0	0	0	1	0
Reggie Leach	27	RW	1	0	1	0	1	1
Gerry Cheevers	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)							30	28


Shots: NYR: 11-10-17-38
       BOS: 12- 7-10-29

Goalies: NYR: Ed Giacomin (L, 9-4-3), Gilles Villemure
         BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 9-3-1)

Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Bob Kilger

Attendance: 14,995

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