NHL game summary from April 11, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (48-19-16) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
 New York Rangers (51-19-13) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 3 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
1: no scoring
2: NYR, Vic Hadfield 4 (Bobby Rousseau, Phil Goyette), 4:24 - PP
MTL, Frank Mahovlich 3 (Yvan Cournoyer), 6:53
3: MTL, Jimmy Roberts 1 (Claude Larose, Terry Harper), 3:12
Penalties:
1: Pete Stemkowski, NYR [Tripping] 1:32
Claude Larose, MTL [Interference] 5:18
2: Henri Richard, MTL [Tripping] 3:29
Serge Savard, MTL [Tripping] 7:30
Brad Park, NYR [Tripping] 8:12
Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Interference] 13:11
Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Elbowing] 15:28
3: Gene Carr, NYR [Hooking] 4:50
Pete Stemkowski, NYR [Hooking] 16:23
Penalty time: MTL: 8 minutes
NYR: 10 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.C. Tremblay | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marc Tardif | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rejean Houle | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Claude Larose | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Henri Richard | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Terry Harper | 19 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Frank Mahovlich | 27 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (9 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 32 | ||||||
| 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 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Gary Doak | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Phil Goyette | 9 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Ron Stewart | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Gene Carr | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -10 | 34 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 9-12-11-32
NYR: 13-13- 8-34
Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 2-3-0)
NYR: Ed Giacomin (L, 3-2-0)
Referee: Lloyd Gilmour
Linesmen: Bob Kilger, Claude Bechard
Attendance: 17,250
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