All NHL game summaries from April 13, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (52-19-13) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (48-20-16) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| New York Rangers win, 4 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYR, | Bill Fairbairn 4 (Walt Tkaczuk), 9:31 |
| MTL, | Yvan Cournoyer 2 (Henri Richard), 11:32 | |
| 2: | NYR, | Bill Fairbairn 5 (Gene Carr), 9:33 |
| MTL, | Jacques Lemaire 2 (Guy Lafleur, Marc Tardif), 14:48 | |
| 3: | NYR, | Walt Tkaczuk 2 (Bill Fairbairn, Rod Seiling), :29 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Tripping] 19:32 |
| 2: | Brad Park, NYR [Tripping] 17:06 |
| 3: | Guy Lafleur, MTL [Hooking] 1:51 |
| Rod Seiling, NYR [Holding] 8:23 | |
| Claude Larose, MTL [Hooking, Misconduct] 11:55 | |
| Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Hooking] 15:19 | |
| Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Roughing] 18:23 | |
| Brad Park, NYR [Roughing] 18:23 | |
| Jim Neilson, NYR [Holding] 18:42 |
Penalty time: NYR: 10 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 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Doak | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Phil Goyette | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Gene Carr | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 35 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 35 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Laperriere | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J.C. Tremblay | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Marc Tardif | 11 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 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 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| Henri Richard | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Pleau | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Terry Harper | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Frank Mahovlich | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 25 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 25 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 9-10-16-35
MTL: 11- 5- 9-25
Goalies: NYR: Ed Giacomin (W, 4-2-0)
MTL: Ken Dryden (L, 2-4-0)
Referee: John Ashley
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Bob Kilger
Attendance: 18,196
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota North Stars (40-32-12) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
 St. Louis Blues (31-42-11) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Series tied, 3-3 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | STL, | Phil Roberto 6, 3:04 - PP |
| MIN, | Bill Goldsworthy 2 (Jude Drouin, Danny Grant), 4:03 | |
| STL, | Bob Plager 1 (Garry Unger, Phil Roberto), 12:19 | |
| 2: | STL, | Garry Unger 3 (Bob Plager, Phil Roberto), 11:07 |
| 3: | MIN, | J.P. Parise 3 (Barry Gibbs, Murray Oliver), 15:01 |
| STL, | Jack Egers 1 (Frank St. Marseille, Barclay Plager), 16:13 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Charlie Burns, MIN [Interference] 1:36 |
| Bill Plager, STL [Tripping] 13:28 | |
| Murray Oliver, MIN [Holding] 14:00 | |
| Brian Lavender, STL [Hooking] 14:19 | |
| Lou Nanne, MIN [Roughing] 17:09 | |
| Andre Dupont, STL [Roughing] 17:09 | |
| 2: | Tom Reid, MIN [Holding] 2:40 |
| Dennis Hextall, MIN [Roughing] 9:14 | |
| Bill Plager, STL [Roughing] 9:14 | |
| Phil Roberto, STL [Tripping] 19:38 | |
| 3: | Gary Sabourin, STL [Hooking] 3:30 |
Penalty time: MIN: 10 minutes
STL: 12 minutes
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gump Worsley | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Gibbs | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ted Harris | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Goldsworthy | 8 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Charlie Burns | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Murray Oliver | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| J.P. Parise | 11 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ted Hampson | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Jude Drouin | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Nevin | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Tom Reid | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Danny Grant | 21 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dennis Hextall | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Lou Nanne | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Fred "Buster" Harvey | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Paradise | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 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 (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -4 | 30 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -4 | 30 | ||||||
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Dupont | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Plager | 5 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Barclay Plager | 8 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Frank St. Marseille | 9 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gary Sabourin | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Terry Crisp | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Mike Murphy | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jack Egers | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Brian Lavender | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Roberto | 17 | RW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Curt Bennett | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Gerry Odrowski | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Kevin O'Shea | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Danny O'Shea | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Plager | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| Larry Hornung | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Jacques Caron | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 4 | 38 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 4 | 38 | ||||||
Shots: MIN: 8- 8-14-30
STL: 17-14- 7-38
Goalies: MIN: Gump Worsley,
Cesare Maniago (L, 1-2-0) STL: Jacques Caron (W, 3-2-0) Referee: Lloyd Gilmour Linesmen: John D'Amico, Terry Pierce Attendance: 19,008
Cesare Maniago (L, 1-2-0) STL: Jacques Caron (W, 3-2-0) Referee: Lloyd Gilmour Linesmen: John D'Amico, Terry Pierce Attendance: 19,008
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