NHL game summary from April 5, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Toronto Maple Leafs (33-32-14) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Boston Bruins (55-13-11) |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Boston Bruins lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | BOS, | Phil Esposito 1 (Wayne Cashman, Dallas Smith), 17:24 |
| BOS, | Phil Esposito 2 (Wayne Cashman, Bobby Orr), 19:41 | |
| 3: | BOS, | Don Marcotte 1 (Bobby Orr), 3:47 |
| BOS, | John McKenzie 1 (Phil Esposito, Don Awrey), 15:27 | |
| BOS, | Fred Stanfield 1 (Johnny Bucyk), 15:38 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Derek Sanderson, BOS [Tripping] 1:54 |
| Brad Selwood, TOR [Tripping] 3:52 | |
| 2: | Ron Ellis, TOR [Holding] 2:24 |
| Carol Vadnais, BOS [Hooking] 5:09 | |
| Brian Glennie, TOR [Tripping] 12:46 | |
| Mike Walton, BOS [Fighting] 16:03 | |
| Brian Glennie, TOR [Fighting] 16:03 | |
| Ken Hodge, BOS [Hooking, Misconduct] 18:26 | |
| Paul Henderson, TOR [Hooking] 19:00 | |
| 3: | Johnny Bucyk, BOS [Cross checking] 16:55 |
Penalty time: TOR: 13 minutes
BOS: 23 minutes
| TOR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Plante | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Ley | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Brad Selwood | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| Mike Pelyk | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Ron Ellis | 6 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Jim Harrison | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 |
| Pierre Jarry | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Norm Ullman | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Guy Trottier | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy MacMillan | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Dave Keon | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Denis Dupere | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McKenny | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Paul Henderson | 19 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Garry Monahan | 20 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Bob Baun | 21 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Brian Glennie | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Darryl Sittler | 27 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -24 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -24 | 27 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Orr | 4 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Ted Green | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 7 | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Carol Vadnais | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Walton | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Sanderson | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| John McKenzie | 19 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Don Awrey | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 24 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 24 | 29 | ||||||
Shots: TOR: 9- 8-10-27
BOS: 7- 9-13-29
Goalies: TOR: Jacques Plante (L, 0-1-0)
BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 1-0-0)
Referee: John Ashley
Linesmen: Malcolm Ashford, Matt Pavelich
Attendance: 14,995
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