NHL game summary from April 5, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (46-17-16) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
 New York Rangers (49-17-13) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYR, | Bill Fairbairn 1 (Brad Park, Vic Hadfield), 16:30 - PP |
| MTL, | Claude Larose 1, 18:55 | |
| NYR, | Vic Hadfield 1 (Bobby Rousseau, Rod Gilbert), 19:32 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | MTL, | Frank Mahovlich 1 (Pete Mahovlich, Guy Lafleur), 7:48 |
| NYR, | Vic Hadfield 2 (Bobby Rousseau), 12:43 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Gene Carr, NYR [Slashing] 3:55 |
| Serge Savard, MTL [Hi-sticking] 6:24 | |
| Glen Sather, NYR [Holding] 6:24 | |
| Rejean Houle, MTL [Interference] 9:39 | |
| Serge Savard, MTL [Cross checking] 15:29 | |
| 2: | Brad Park, NYR [Holding] 10:49 |
| Jacques Laperriere, MTL [Holding] 14:54 | |
| 3: | Vic Hadfield, NYR [Holding] 3:07 |
| Bobby Rousseau, NYR [Hooking] 14:18 | |
| Serge Savard, MTL [Hooking] 16:46 | |
| Dale Rolfe, NYR [Tripping] 19:12 |
Penalty time: MTL: 10 minutes
NYR: 12 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Laperriere | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J.C. Tremblay | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Marc Tardif | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rejean Houle | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Claude Larose | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Henri Richard | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Frank Mahovlich | 27 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (9 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| TOTAL (9 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Phil Goyette | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Ron Stewart | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gene Carr | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 0 | 37 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 0 | 37 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 10- 2- 7-19
NYR: 12-15-10-37
Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (L, 0-1-0)
NYR: Ed Giacomin (W, 1-0-0)
Referee: Art Skov
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Terry Pierce
Attendance: 17,250
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