NHL game summary from February 17, 1972
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
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
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