NHL game summary from April 8, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (50-18-13) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (47-18-16) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 2 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
1: no scoring
2: MTL, Frank Mahovlich 2 (Pete Mahovlich, J.C. Tremblay), 7:18 - PP
MTL, Marc Tardif 1 (Jacques Lemaire), 18:13
3: NYR, Ron Stewart 2 (Glen Sather, Pete Stemkowski), 7:21
Penalties:
1: Ed Giacomin, NYR [Delay of game] 0:17
Jacques Lemaire, MTL [Boarding] 3:01
Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Slashing] 5:26
Ted Irvine, NYR [Roughing] 6:20
Marc Tardif, MTL [Elbowing] 7:00
Yvan Cournoyer, MTL [Holding] 12:32
Frank Mahovlich, MTL [Hi-sticking] 13:57
Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Hooking] 18:20
2: Claude Larose, MTL [Slashing] 1:58
Bill Fairbairn, NYR [Cross checking] 6:18
Claude Larose, MTL [Hi-sticking] 6:18
Jim Neilson, NYR [Tripping] 6:56
Henri Richard, MTL [Holding] 14:19
Gene Carr, NYR [Charging] 20:00
3: none
Penalty time: NYR: 12 minutes
MTL: 16 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Phil Goyette | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Stewart | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Gene Carr | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ab Demarco | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Laperriere | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| J.C. Tremblay | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Marc Tardif | 11 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Rejean Houle | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Claude Larose | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Henri Richard | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Larry Pleau | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Terry Harper | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Frank Mahovlich | 27 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 26 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 12- 5- 6-23
MTL: 7-11- 8-26
Goalies: NYR: Ed Giacomin (L, 2-1-0)
MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 1-2-0)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Malcolm Ashford
Attendance: 18,552
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