NHL game summary from April 9, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota North Stars (39-31-12) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
 St. Louis Blues (30-41-11) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Series tied, 2-2 (best of 7) | |||||||
1: MIN, Jude Drouin 3 (Bill Goldsworthy, Tom Reid), 10:56
2: MIN, Danny Grant 2 (Bill Goldsworthy, Dennis O'Brien), :31
STL, Phil Roberto 4, 12:12
STL, Kevin O'Shea 1 (Bob Plager), 13:45
3: STL, Barclay Plager 1 (Phil Roberto, Garry Unger), 11:50 - PP
Penalties:
1: Dennis Hextall, MIN [Cross checking] 12:12
Phil Roberto, STL [Elbowing, Misconduct] 13:14
2: Dennis O'Brien, MIN [Tripping] 7:29
Ted Harris, MIN [Hi-sticking] 17:39
Kevin O'Shea, STL [Hi-sticking] 17:39
Frank St. Marseille, STL [Holding] 19:00
3: Bill Plager, STL [Charging] 6:55
Dennis Hextall, MIN [Roughing] 8:08
Barclay Plager, STL [Roughing] 8:08
Dennis O'Brien, MIN [Charging] 10:07
Andre Dupont, STL [Roughing] 10:07
Dennis Hextall, MIN [Interference] 11:11
Penalty time: MIN: 12 minutes
STL: 22 minutes
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Gibbs | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ted Harris | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Dennis O'Brien | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Goldsworthy | 8 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Charlie Burns | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray Oliver | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| J.P. Parise | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ted Hampson | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jude Drouin | 16 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Bob Nevin | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tom Reid | 20 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Grant | 21 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dennis Hextall | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Lou Nanne | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Paradise | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Craig Cameron | 28 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dean Prentice | 29 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Cesare Maniago | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Dupont | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Bob Plager | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Evans | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Barclay Plager | 8 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Frank St. Marseille | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Gary Sabourin | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Terry Crisp | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Mike Murphy | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jack Egers | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Phil Roberto | 17 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| Curt Bennett | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gerry Odrowski | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin O'Shea | 21 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Danny O'Shea | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bill Plager | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Hornung | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jacques Caron | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 0 | 38 | ||||||
Shots: MIN: 10-11- 9-30
STL: 13-14-11-38
Goalies: MIN: Cesare Maniago (L, 1-1-0)
STL: Jacques Caron (W, 2-1-0)
Referee: John Ashley
Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Willard Norris
Attendance: 17,576
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