NHL game summary from April 18, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (54-19-13) |
1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |||
 Chicago Blackhawks (50-19-15) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | CHI, | Dennis Hull 2 (Pit Martin), 9:46 |
| NYR, | Vic Hadfield 5 (Ron Stewart, Rod Seiling), 14:38 | |
| 2: | CHI, | Stan Mikita 3 (Chico Maki, Bobby Hull), 14:15 |
| 3: | NYR, | Rod Gilbert 1 (Vic Hadfield, Bobby Rousseau), :54 - PP |
| CHI, | Pat Stapleton 1 (Christian Bordeleau, Stan Mikita), 6:17 - PP | |
| NYR, | Brad Park 2 (Bobby Rousseau, Gene Carr), 8:15 | |
| NYR, | Rod Gilbert 2 (Vic Hadfield, Walt Tkaczuk), 12:36 | |
| NYR, | Pete Stemkowski 2 (Dale Rolfe), 19:51 - EN |
Penalties:
| 1: | Gene Carr, NYR [Hooking] 0:37 |
| Gary Doak, NYR [Interference] 3:36 | |
| Jerry Korab, CHI [Elbowing] 19:39 | |
| 2: | Gene Carr, NYR [Elbowing] 2:54 |
| Cliff Koroll, CHI [Roughing] 2:54 | |
| Jerry Korab, CHI [Charging, Misconduct] 9:35 | |
| Ted Irvine, NYR [Roughing] 9:59 | |
| Bobby Hull, CHI [Roughing] 9:59 | |
| Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Holding] 10:54 | |
| Pete Stemkowski, NYR [Hooking] 11:23 | |
| Chico Maki, CHI [Hooking] 15:09 | |
| Bryan Campbell, CHI [Holding] 19:05 | |
| 3: | Phil Goyette, NYR [Hooking] 4:41 |
| Chico Maki, CHI [Hi-sticking] 18:09 | |
| Gary Doak, NYR [Hi-sticking] 18:09 |
Penalty time: NYR: 16 minutes
CHI: 24 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Gary Doak | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Phil Goyette | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ron Stewart | 12 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Gene Carr | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| Gilles Villemure | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 10 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 10 | 32 | ||||||
| CHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill White | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 |
| Keith Magnuson | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Doug Jarrett | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Lou Angotti | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pit Martin | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Pappin | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Hull | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| Dennis Hull | 10 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Pat Stapleton | 12 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 6 |
| Bryan Campbell | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Nesterenko | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chico Maki | 16 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Darryl Maggs | 17 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cliff Koroll | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Stan Mikita | 21 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Jerry Korab | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -1 | 1 |
| J.P. Bordeleau | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Tony Esposito | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -11 | 35 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -11 | 35 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 5-11-16-32
CHI: 16-10- 9-35
Goalies: NYR: Gilles Villemure (W, 1-0-0)
CHI: Tony Esposito (L, 2-2-0)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Malcolm Ashford
Attendance: n/a
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