All NHL game summaries from March 16, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (46-13-11) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Detroit Red Wings (29-33-9) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | NYR, | Ted Irvine 13 (Pete Stemkowski, Bruce MacGregor), 6:20 |
| NYR, | Vic Hadfield 44 (Dale Rolfe, Walt Tkaczuk), 9:31 | |
| 3: | DET, | Guy Charron 9 (Ron Harris, Red Berenson), 17:49 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Glen Sather, NYR [Elbowing] 4:26 | |
| Mickey Redmond, DET [Holding] 6:03 | ||
| Ed Giacomin, NYR [Tripping] 15:25 | ||
| 2: | none | |
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: NYR: 4 minutes
DET: 2 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Stewart | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 14 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Gene Carr | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 5 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 5 | 33 | ||||||
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Bergman | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Larry Johnston | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Arnie Brown | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Marcel Dionne | 5 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Red Berenson | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Danny Johnson | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Alex Delvecchio | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Leon Rochefort | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Boucha | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Al Karlander | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Harris | 16 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tim Ecclestone | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mickey Redmond | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Ron Stackhouse | 21 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Collins | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Guy Charron | 23 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andy Brown | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 28 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 6-15-12-33
DET: 10-12- 6-28
Goalies: NYR: Ed Giacomin (W, 22-8-8)
DET: Andy Brown (L, 0-3-0)
Referee: Art Skov
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Willard Norris
Attendance: 14,587
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (50-10-10) |
3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
 Los Angeles Kings (18-47-7) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1: | BOS, | Bobby Orr 33 (Dallas Smith), 1:51 |
| BOS, | Ed Westfall 18 (Derek Sanderson, Mike Walton), 9:21 | |
| BOS, | Wayne Cashman 21 (Ken Hodge, Phil Esposito), 13:27 | |
| 2: | BOS, | Johnny Bucyk 28 (Carol Vadnais, John McKenzie), 7:24 |
| BOS, | Ken Hodge 15 (Carol Vadnais), 11:43 | |
| LA , | Juha Widing 25 (Real Lemieux, Jim Johnson), 17:48 | |
| 3: | LA , | Juha Widing 26 (Real Lemieux), 1:40 |
| BOS, | Carol Vadnais 17 (Phil Esposito, Wayne Cashman), 5:47 | |
| BOS, | John McKenzie 19 (Derek Sanderson), 8:18 | |
| LA , | Jim Johnson 18 (Juha Widing, Real Lemieux), 10:51 | |
| BOS, | Mike Walton 25 (Ken Hodge), 19:16 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Real Lemieux, LA [Tripping] 5:36 |
| 2: | Derek Sanderson, BOS [Hooking] 3:41 |
| Wayne Cashman, BOS [Holding] 7:50 | |
| 3: | Carol Vadnais, BOS [Hi-sticking] 6:17 |
Penalty time: BOS: 6 minutes
LA : 2 minutes
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Orr | 4 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ted Green | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 7 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Carol Vadnais | 10 | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Mike Walton | 11 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Sanderson | 16 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| John McKenzie | 19 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Awrey | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 25 | 43 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 25 | 43 | ||||||
| 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 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Gilles Marotte | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Harry Howell | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Curtis | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 |
| Real Lemieux | 7 | LW | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Jim Johnson | 8 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Ralph Backstrom | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Corrigan | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Brian Carlin | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucien Grenier | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Juha Widing | 15 | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 5 |
| Bill Lesuk | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bob Berry | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Butch Goring | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Serge Bernier | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -25 | 24 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -25 | 24 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 14-17-12-43
LA : 5- 9-10-24
Goalies: BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 25-3-7)
LA : Gary Edwards (L, 11-22-4)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: Ron Hoggarth, Alan Glaspell
Attendance: 12,969
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vancouver Canucks (17-46-6) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Minnesota North Stars (34-25-10) |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 1: | MIN, | Bob Nevin 13 (Danny Grant, Murray Oliver), 17:44 |
| 2: | MIN, | Lou Nanne 19, 1:29 - PP |
| VAN, | Rosaire Paiement 9 (Ted Taylor, Barry Wilkins), 12:10 | |
| MIN, | Doug Mohns 6 (Bob Nevin, Murray Oliver), 15:36 - PP | |
| 3: | MIN, | Dennis Hextall 3 (Dean Prentice, Bob Nevin), 9:04 |
| MIN, | Danny Grant 17 (Murray Oliver), 10:39 | |
| MIN, | Murray Oliver 26 (Bob Nevin, Danny Grant), 15:36 | |
| VAN, | Dave Balon 20 (Andre Boudrias, Dale Tallon), 18:59 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Dennis Hextall, MIN [Hi-sticking] 4:34 |
| John Schella, VAN [Hi-sticking] 4:34 | |
| 2: | Pat Quinn, VAN [Hooking] 0:14 |
| Barry Gibbs, MIN [Holding] 2:53 | |
| Barry Gibbs, MIN [Charging] 6:10 | |
| Barry Wilkins, VAN [Slashing] 9:41 | |
| Rosaire Paiement, VAN [Holding] 13:58 | |
| 3: | John Schella, VAN [Hooking] 1:27 |
| Wayne Maki, VAN [Tripping] 5:13 | |
| John Schella, VAN [Cross checking] 6:37 |
Penalty time: VAN: 14 minutes
MIN: 6 minutes
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunc Wilson | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jocelyn Guevremont | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Pat Quinn | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Barry Wilkins | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| John Schella | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Andre Boudrias | 7 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Wayne Connelly | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Dale Tallon | 9 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Wayne Maki | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Rosaire Paiement | 15 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ted Taylor | 16 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Richard Lemieux | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bobby Lalonde | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Balon | 21 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gregg Boddy | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Orland Kurtenbach | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -10 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -10 | 29 | ||||||
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gump Worsley | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Gibbs | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Ted Harris | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dennis O'Brien | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Doug Mohns | 6 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Bill Goldsworthy | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
| Charlie Burns | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Murray Oliver | 10 | C | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| J.P. Parise | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Ted Hampson | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Nevin | 17 | RW | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Tom Reid | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Danny Grant | 21 | LW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Dennis Hextall | 22 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Lou Nanne | 23 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Craig Cameron | 28 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Prentice | 29 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 47 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 47 | ||||||
Shots: VAN: 9-13- 7-29
MIN: 15-13-19-47
Goalies: VAN: Dunc Wilson (L, 14-29-2)
MIN: Gump Worsley (W, 14-9-7)
Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Jim Christison
Attendance: 15,129
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Buffalo Sabres (14-41-16) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 Philadelphia Flyers (23-35-12) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1: | BUF, | Danny Lawson 8 (Don Luce, Tracy Pratt), 6:37 |
| BUF, | Rene Robert 8 (Gilbert Perreault, Rick Martin), 9:42 - PP | |
| 2: | PHI, | Rick MacLeish 1 (Simon Nolet, Ed Van Impe), 3:14 |
| PHI, | Bill Flett 16 (Bob Kelly, Bobby Clarke), 8:26 | |
| 3: | PHI, | Bill Flett 17 (Wayne Hillman, Bobby Clarke), :22 |
| BUF, | Gerry Meehan 17 (Jim Watson), 10:04 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bob Kelly, PHI [Hi-sticking] 0:34 |
| Al Hamilton, BUF [Tripping] 4:32 | |
| Gary Dornhoefer, PHI [Elbowing] 8:24 | |
| Don Luce, BUF [Roughing] 12:21 | |
| Bob Kelly, PHI [Roughing] 12:21 | |
| Bob Kelly, PHI [Boarding] 14:44 | |
| 2: | Rick Foley, PHI [Elbowing] 14:53 |
| 3: | Al Hamilton, BUF [Fighting] 8:01 |
| Bobby Clarke, PHI [Slashing, Fighting] 8:01 | |
| Gerry Meehan, BUF [Hooking] 10:24 | |
| Tracy Pratt, BUF [Tripping] 19:16 |
Penalty time: BUF: 13 minutes
PHI: 17 minutes
| BUF Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Watson | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Robitaille | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tracy Pratt | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Larry Hillman | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Al Hamilton | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 1 |
| Rick Martin | 7 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Lorentz | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Danny Lawson | 9 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Gilbert Perreault | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mike Byers | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Rene Robert | 14 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gerry Meehan | 15 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| Steve Atkinson | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Don Luce | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Craig Ramsay | 25 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Randy Wyrozub | 26 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Dryden | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 38 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 38 | ||||||
| PHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Van Impe | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Willie Brossart | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Barry Ashbee | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brent Hughes | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Wayne Hillman | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lew Morrison | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bob Kelly | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Clement | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Gary Dornhoefer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Bobby Clarke | 16 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Simon Nolet | 17 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ross Lonsberry | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Rick MacLeish | 19 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Eddie Joyal | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Flett | 21 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Rick Foley | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Jean Potvin | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Taylor | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 5 | 36 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 5 | 36 | ||||||
Shots: BUF: 21-11- 6-38
PHI: 15-11-10-36
Goalies: BUF: Dave Dryden (T, 3-7-3)
PHI: Bobby Taylor (T, 1-2-2)
Referee: Lloyd Gilmour
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Terry Pierce
Attendance: 14,626
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