NHL game summary from April 9, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (51-18-13) |
4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (47-19-16) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYR, | Bill Fairbairn 3 (Bobby Rousseau, Brad Park), 4:47 - PP |
| NYR, | Bobby Rousseau 1 (Dale Rolfe), 7:24 | |
| MTL, | Jacques Lemaire 1 (Guy Lafleur, Marc Tardif), 11:22 | |
| NYR, | Bobby Rousseau 2 (Bruce MacGregor, Jim Neilson), 13:48 | |
| MTL, | Marc Tardif 2 (Guy Lafleur), 18:15 | |
| NYR, | Vic Hadfield 3 (Pete Stemkowski, Bill Fairbairn), 19:41 | |
| 2: | MTL, | Yvan Cournoyer 1 (Frank Mahovlich, J.C. Tremblay), 13:21 |
| 3: | MTL, | Terry Harper 1 (Guy Lapointe, Henri Richard), 5:48 |
| NYR, | Pete Stemkowski 1, 14:55 | |
| NYR, | Ted Irvine 2 (Jim Neilson, Bruce MacGregor), 19:26 - EN |
Penalties:
| 1: | Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Roughing] 4:08 |
| Jim Neilson, NYR [Hooking] 5:52 | |
| Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Holding] 6:20 | |
| 2: | Dale Rolfe, NYR [Tripping] 2:56 |
| Serge Savard, MTL [Hooking] 18:12 | |
| 3: | Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Game misconduct] 0:51 |
| Marc Tardif, MTL [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 0:51 | |
| Bill Fairbairn, NYR [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 0:51 | |
| Claude Larose, MTL [Fighting] 7:55 | |
| Glen Sather, NYR [Fighting] 7:55 |
Penalty time: NYR: 26 minutes
MTL: 18 minutes
| 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gary Doak | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Phil Goyette | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Stewart | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 14 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| Gene Carr | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 4 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 4 | 29 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.C. Tremblay | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Marc Tardif | 11 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rejean Houle | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Claude Larose | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 1 |
| Henri Richard | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Larry Pleau | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Terry Harper | 19 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| Bob Murdoch | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Frank Mahovlich | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -5 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -5 | 33 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 8- 5-16-29
MTL: 15- 7-11-33
Goalies: NYR: Ed Giacomin (W, 3-1-0)
MTL: Ken Dryden (L, 1-3-0)
Referee: Bill Friday
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Malcolm Ashford
Attendance: 17,661
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