NHL game summary from March 25, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (48-14-12) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 Montreal Canadiens (44-15-15) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1: | MTL, | Yvan Cournoyer 44 (Pete Mahovlich, Marc Tardif), 4:43 - PP |
| NYR, | Walt Tkaczuk 23 (Vic Hadfield, Bill Fairbairn), 14:09 | |
| NYR, | Phil Goyette 4 (Bill Fairbairn, Vic Hadfield), 17:34 - PP | |
| 2: | MTL, | Claude Larose 19 (Pete Mahovlich), 4:48 |
| MTL, | Pete Mahovlich 32 (Rejean Houle, Serge Savard), 9:12 | |
| NYR, | Vic Hadfield 46 (Bill Fairbairn, Phil Goyette), 12:31 - PP | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Rod Seiling, NYR [Holding] 4:34 |
| Bob Murdoch, MTL [Holding] 5:20 | |
| Guy Lapointe, MTL [Tripping] 16:25 | |
| Marc Tardif, MTL [Holding] 17:57 | |
| 2: | Glen Sather, NYR [Holding] 7:03 |
| Guy Lafleur, MTL [Tripping] 11:36 | |
| J.C. Tremblay, MTL [Tripping] 18:19 | |
| 3: | Henri Richard, MTL [Hooking, Misconduct] 1:48 |
| Bill Fairbairn, NYR [Slashing] 2:30 | |
| Pete Stemkowski, NYR [Holding] 5:33 | |
| Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Hi-sticking] 14:18 | |
| Rod Seiling, NYR [Slashing] 14:18 | |
| Jim Neilson, NYR [Interference] 14:39 | |
| Yvan Cournoyer, MTL [Cross checking] 16:23 |
Penalty time: NYR: 12 minutes
MTL: 26 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Doak | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Phil Goyette | 9 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Ron Stewart | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Gene Carr | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ab Demarco | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Gilles Villemure | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 40 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 40 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Laperriere | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J.C. Tremblay | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Marc Tardif | 11 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Rejean Houle | 14 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Claude Larose | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Henri Richard | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| Larry Pleau | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Bob Murdoch | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Frank Mahovlich | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 36 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 36 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 24- 6-10-40
MTL: 13-17- 6-36
Goalies: NYR: Gilles Villemure (T, 24-5-4)
MTL: Ken Dryden (T, 39-7-15)
Referee: Bill Friday
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Neil Armstrong
Attendance: 18,950
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