NHL game summary from April 6, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (46-18-16) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
 New York Rangers (50-17-13) |
2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | MTL, | Guy Lafleur 1 (Frank Mahovlich), 6:05 |
| NYR, | Dale Rolfe 1 (Pete Stemkowski, Bruce MacGregor), 7:45 | |
| NYR, | Ron Stewart 1 (Phil Goyette, Dale Rolfe), 10:26 | |
| 2: | MTL, | Claude Larose 2 (Henri Richard, Marc Tardif), 2:29 |
| 3: | NYR, | Bill Fairbairn 2 (Rod Seiling), :20 |
| NYR, | Walt Tkaczuk 1 (Bill Fairbairn), 15:34 | |
| NYR, | Ted Irvine 1 (Pete Stemkowski), 18:57 - EN |
Penalties:
| 1: | Vic Hadfield, NYR [Slashing] 13:18 |
| Terry Harper, MTL [Cross checking] 19:11 | |
| 2: | Terry Harper, MTL [Hooking] 7:17 |
| Bill Fairbairn, NYR [Charging] 8:46 | |
| Terry Harper, MTL [Elbowing] 19:41 | |
| Glen Sather, NYR [Hi-sticking] 19:41 | |
| 3: | Dale Rolfe, NYR [Tripping] 10:36 |
Penalty time: MTL: 6 minutes
NYR: 8 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Laperriere | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.C. Tremblay | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Marc Tardif | 11 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Rejean Houle | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Claude Larose | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Henri Richard | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Pleau | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Harper | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Frank Mahovlich | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 4 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 28 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Goyette | 9 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Stewart | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 14 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Gene Carr | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 14 | 36 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 14 | 36 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 10- 8-10-28
NYR: 11-14-11-36
Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (L, 0-2-0)
NYR: Ed Giacomin (W, 2-0-0)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Terry Pierce
Attendance: 17,250
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