All NHL game summaries from February 17, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pittsburgh Penguins (18-31-9) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Buffalo Sabres (11-33-14) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1: | PIT, | Ron Schock 10 (Dave Burrows, Steve Cardwell), 9:12 |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | PIT, | Ron Schock 11 (Bryan Watson, Duane Rupp), 19:46 - EN |
Penalties:
| 1: | Jim Watson, BUF [Holding] 2:43 |
| 2: | Duane Rupp, PIT [Holding] 10:33 |
| Tim Horton, PIT [Tripping] 13:04 | |
| 3: | Bryan Watson, PIT [Delay of game - Smothering puck] 6:33 |
Penalty time: PIT: 6 minutes
BUF: 2 minutes
| PIT Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rutherford | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duane Rupp | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Tim Horton | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Burrows | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan Watson | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Bryan Hextall | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Val Fonteyne | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Al McDonough | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Harbaruk | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ken Schinkel | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Schock | 17 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Jean Pronovost | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Steve Cardwell | 20 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Greg Polis | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Leiter | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darryl Edestrand | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Syl Apps | 26 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 28 | ||||||
| BUF Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Crozier | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Watson | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Hillman | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Al Hamilton | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Martin | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
| Jim Lorentz | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Danny Lawson | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gilbert Perreault | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike Byers | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Gerry Meehan | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Kevin O'Shea | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Steve Atkinson | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Don Luce | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray McKay | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Eddie Shack | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Chris Evans | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Craig Ramsay | 25 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Randy Wyrozub | 26 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -11 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -11 | 23 | ||||||
Shots: PIT: 9- 9-10-28
BUF: 8-10- 5-23
Goalies: PIT: Jim Rutherford (W, 10-11-2)
BUF: Roger Crozier (L, 9-28-12)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: Ron Finn, Terry Pierce
Attendance: 15,360
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (37-11-9) |
4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
 Los Angeles Kings (15-39-7) |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1: | LA , | Bob Berry 14 (Gilles Marotte, Serge Bernier), 5:07 - PP |
| NYR, | Vic Hadfield 36 (Rod Gilbert, Jean Ratelle), 5:35 | |
| NYR, | Vic Hadfield 37 (Jean Ratelle), 10:04 | |
| NYR, | Jean Ratelle 40 (Rod Gilbert, Brad Park), 14:33 | |
| NYR, | Rod Gilbert 37 (Vic Hadfield, Bobby Rousseau), 17:07 - PP | |
| 2: | NYR, | Bill Fairbairn 17 (Walt Tkaczuk, Dale Rolfe), 11:26 |
| 3: | LA , | Juha Widing 20 (Harry Howell, Bob Pulford), 1:34 - PP |
| LA , | Serge Bernier 15 (Juha Widing, Bob Pulford), 6:01 | |
| NYR, | Brad Park 17 (Vic Hadfield), 12:07 | |
| LA , | Ralph Backstrom 12 (Jim Johnson, Lucien Grenier), 18:13 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: | Dale Rolfe, NYR [Tripping] 4:11 |
| Doug Barrie, LA [Interference] 16:15 | |
| 2: | Dale Rolfe, NYR [Tripping] 6:45 |
| Jim Johnson, LA [Slashing] 15:20 | |
| Tom Williams, NYR [Tripping] 19:35 | |
| 3: | Pete Stemkowski, NYR [Holding] 16:58 |
Penalty time: NYR: 8 minutes
LA : 4 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Gary Doak | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Williams | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Gene Carr | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gilles Villemure | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 20 | 49 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 20 | 49 | ||||||
| LA Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Edwards | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Woytowich | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Doug Barrie | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| Gilles Marotte | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 8 |
| Harry Howell | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Paul Curtis | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Real Lemieux | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 5 |
| Jim Johnson | 8 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Ralph Backstrom | 9 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Mike Corrigan | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juha Widing | 15 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 7 |
| Bob Berry | 18 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Butch Goring | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Pulford | 20 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Serge Bernier | 21 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTAL (9 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -20 | 41 | ||||||
| TOTAL (9 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -20 | 41 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 18-15-16-49
LA : 12-12-17-41
Goalies: NYR: Gilles Villemure (W, 21-4-3)
LA : Gary Edwards (L, 9-15-4)
Referee: John Ashley
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Pat Clarke
Attendance: 7,108
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (41-8-9) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
 Philadelphia Flyers (17-29-11) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1: | PHI, | Simon Nolet 19 (Michel Parizeau, Joe Watson), 3:29 |
| BOS, | Bobby Orr 26 (John McKenzie, Phil Esposito), 18:10 | |
| 2: | BOS, | Phil Esposito 47 (John McKenzie, Mike Walton), 8:28 - PP |
| 3: | BOS, | Phil Esposito 48, 16:37 |
| BOS, | Phil Esposito 49 (Johnny Bucyk, John McKenzie), 19:34 - PP-EN |
Penalties:
| 1: | John McKenzie, BOS [Roughing] 5:04 |
| Ed Van Impe, PHI [Holding] 8:03 | |
| Brent Hughes, PHI [Tripping] 9:32 | |
| Barry Ashbee, PHI [Hooking] 16:08 | |
| Don Marcotte, BOS [Holding] 19:19 | |
| 2: | Bench penalty, BOS [Abuse of Officials] 5:14 |
| Jean-Guy Gendron, PHI [Hooking] 6:29 | |
| Phil Esposito, BOS [Holding] 9:59 | |
| Bobby Orr, BOS [Tripping] 13:16 | |
| Bill Flett, PHI [Interference] 19:25 | |
| 3: | Gerry Cheevers, BOS [Elbowing] 14:20 |
| Dallas Smith, BOS [Holding] 16:45 | |
| Brent Hughes, PHI [Holding] 17:56 |
Penalty time: BOS: 14 minutes
PHI: 12 minutes
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Orr | 4 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Ted Green | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Phil Esposito | 7 | C | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rick Smith | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Walton | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Derek Sanderson | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| John McKenzie | 19 | RW | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Awrey | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (9 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 42 | ||||||
| TOTAL (9 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 42 | ||||||
| PHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Favell | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Van Impe | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Barry Ashbee | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Brent Hughes | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| Wayne Hillman | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Michel Parizeau | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lew Morrison | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Kelly | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Clement | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Jean-Guy Gendron | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Gary Dornhoefer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Joe Watson | 14 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Clarke | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Simon Nolet | 17 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Ross Lonsberry | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Eddie Joyal | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Flett | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Jean Potvin | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 26 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 26 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 15-12-15-42
PHI: 9-11- 6-26
Goalies: BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 19-3-6)
PHI: Doug Favell (L, 10-20-7)
Referee: Art Skov
Linesmen: Malcolm Ashford, Willard Norris
Attendance: 14,636
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