NHL game summary 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
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
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