All NHL game summaries from April 16, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (53-19-13) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
 Chicago Blackhawks (50-18-15) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
1: NYR, Ted Irvine 3 (Bruce MacGregor, Pete Stemkowski), 12:51
2: NYR, Brad Park 1 (Gene Carr), 16:07
NYR, Walt Tkaczuk 3 (Bobby Rousseau, Bill Fairbairn), 16:42
3: CHI, Stan Mikita 2 (Doug Jarrett), 12:30
CHI, Christian Bordeleau 3 (Jerry Korab, Chico Maki), 14:40
Penalties:
1: Keith Magnuson, CHI [Holding] 10:00
Pete Stemkowski, NYR [Tripping] 15:24
Brad Park, NYR [Tripping] 19:09
2: Bobby Hull, CHI [Hooking] 1:28
Gary Doak, NYR [Tripping] 6:47
Pat Stapleton, CHI [Tripping] 18:21
3: Keith Magnuson, CHI [Elbowing] 0:46
Pit Martin, CHI [Tripping] 10:02
Penalty time: NYR: 6 minutes
CHI: 10 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Doak | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Goyette | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Ron Stewart | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 14 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Gene Carr | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 28 | ||||||
| CHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill White | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Keith Magnuson | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Jarrett | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lou Angotti | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pit Martin | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Pappin | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobby Hull | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Dennis Hull | 10 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Pat Stapleton | 12 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Bryan Campbell | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Nesterenko | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Chico Maki | 16 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Darryl Maggs | 17 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Koroll | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Stan Mikita | 21 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Jerry Korab | 22 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J.P. Bordeleau | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tony Esposito | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 27 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 6-11-11-28
CHI: 14- 3-10-27
Goalies: NYR: Ed Giacomin (W, 5-2-0)
CHI: Tony Esposito (L, 2-1-0)
Referee: Bill Friday
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Malcolm Ashford
Attendance: n/a
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 St. Louis Blues (32-42-11) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
 Minnesota North Stars (40-33-12) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| St. Louis Blues win, 4 games to 3 (best of 7) | |||||||
1: STL, Gary Sabourin 2 (Bob Plager, Frank St. Marseille), 12:04
2: no scoring
3: MIN, Charlie Burns 1 (Ted Harris), :15
4: STL, Kevin O'Shea 2 (Danny O'Shea, Terry Crisp), 10:07
Penalties:
1: Danny O'Shea, STL [Hooking] 6:37
Tom Reid, MIN [Holding] 12:18
Gary Sabourin, STL [Holding] 14:12
Bill Goldsworthy, MIN [Holding] 14:44
Jacques Caron, STL [Tripping] 18:40
Doug Mohns, MIN [Tripping] 19:56
2: Frank St. Marseille, STL [Hooking] 5:25
Dennis Hextall, MIN [Tripping] 11:50
3: Jude Drouin, MIN [Hooking] 9:37
Danny O'Shea, STL [Tripping] 12:56
4: none
Penalty time: STL: 10 minutes
MIN: 10 minutes
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Dupont | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bob Plager | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Barclay Plager | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Frank St. Marseille | 9 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Gary Sabourin | 11 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Terry Crisp | 12 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Murphy | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jack Egers | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Phil Roberto | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Gerry Odrowski | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin O'Shea | 21 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Danny O'Shea | 22 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Plager | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Hornung | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Caron | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (9 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 27 | ||||||
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Gibbs | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ted Harris | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Doug Mohns | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Bill Goldsworthy | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Charlie Burns | 9 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Murray Oliver | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| J.P. Parise | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ted Hampson | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jude Drouin | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Bob Nevin | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Reid | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Danny Grant | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dennis Hextall | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Lou Nanne | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dean Prentice | 29 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cesare Maniago | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 4 defensemen) | -5 | 29 | ||||||
Shots: STL: 9- 7- 6- 5-27
MIN: 8-10- 8- 3-29
Goalies: STL: Jacques Caron (W, 4-2-0)
MIN: Cesare Maniago (L, 1-3-0)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Claude Bechard
Attendance: 15,635
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