All NHL game summaries from April 20, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 St. Louis Blues (32-44-11) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
 Boston Bruins (60-14-11) |
3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |||
| Boston Bruins lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | BOS, | Johnny Bucyk 4 (Fred Stanfield, John McKenzie), 7:17 - PP |
| BOS, | Phil Esposito 6 (Don Awrey), 8:39 | |
| BOS, | Ed Westfall 2 (Garnet "Ace" Bailey, Mike Walton), 9:54 | |
| 2: | BOS, | Garnet "Ace" Bailey 1 (Bobby Orr, Ed Westfall), 6:33 |
| BOS, | John McKenzie 3 (Bobby Orr, Johnny Bucyk), 9:27 - PP | |
| 3: | BOS, | Johnny Bucyk 5 (Phil Esposito, Fred Stanfield), 3:47 - PP |
| STL, | Mike Murphy 1 (Garry Unger, Larry Hornung), 4:37 | |
| STL, | Phil Roberto 7, 5:26 | |
| BOS, | Mike Walton 3, 10:34 | |
| BOS, | Don Marcotte 2 (John McKenzie), 14:29 | |
| BOS, | Johnny Bucyk 6 (Don Awrey, Garnet "Ace" Bailey), 16:07 | |
| BOS, | Ed Westfall 3 (Garnet "Ace" Bailey, Mike Walton), 16:47 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Jack Egers, STL [Elbowing] 6:22 |
| Don Awrey, BOS [Holding] 12:37 | |
| Dallas Smith, BOS [Tripping] 19:54 | |
| 2: | Kevin O'Shea, STL [Tripping] 9:01 |
| Phil Esposito, BOS [Tripping] 12:20 | |
| Dallas Smith, BOS [Tripping] 13:58 | |
| 3: | Bench penalty, STL [Too many men on the ice] 1:50 |
| Terry Crisp, STL [Holding] 5:48 | |
| Don Awrey, BOS [Hooking] 17:09 |
Penalty time: STL: 8 minutes
BOS: 10 minutes
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Dupont | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Bob Plager | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Chris Evans | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 6 |
| Barclay Plager | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Frank St. Marseille | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Gary Sabourin | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Terry Crisp | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Mike Murphy | 14 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Jack Egers | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Brian Lavender | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Phil Roberto | 17 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Curt Bennett | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Gerry Odrowski | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin O'Shea | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| Bill Plager | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Larry Hornung | 25 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacques Caron | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Wakely | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -25 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -25 | 33 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Orr | 4 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Ted Green | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 7 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Carol Vadnais | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Walton | 11 | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 14 | LW | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| John McKenzie | 19 | RW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Don Awrey | 26 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 21 | 31 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 21 | 31 | ||||||
Shots: STL: 10-13-10-33
BOS: 8-11-12-31
Goalies: STL: Jacques Caron (L, 4-4-0),
Ernie Wakely BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 3-1-0) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Willard Norris, Neil Armstrong Attendance: 14,995
Ernie Wakely BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 3-1-0) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Willard Norris, Neil Armstrong Attendance: 14,995
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chicago Blackhawks (50-20-15) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
 New York Rangers (55-19-13) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 3 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | CHI, | Dennis Hull 3 (Christian Bordeleau, Chico Maki), 5:12 |
| NYR, | Pete Stemkowski 3 (Ted Irvine, Ab DeMarco), 17:31 | |
| 2: | NYR, | Bruce MacGregor 1 (Walt Tkaczuk), 6:20 - SH |
| CHI, | Dennis Hull 4 (Bobby Hull), 9:49 - PP | |
| NYR, | Dale Rolfe 2 (Rod Gilbert, Vic Hadfield), 10:56 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Gary Doak, NYR [Holding] 6:13 | |
| Bill White, CHI [Holding] 15:23 | ||
| 2: | Keith Magnuson, CHI [Holding] 2:42 | |
| Glen Sather, NYR [Holding] 5:08 | ||
| Gene Carr, NYR [Charging] 9:33 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: CHI: 4 minutes
NYR: 6 minutes
| CHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Smith | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill White | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Keith Magnuson | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Doug Jarrett | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lou Angotti | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pit Martin | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jim Pappin | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Hull | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Dennis Hull | 10 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Pat Stapleton | 12 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| Eric Nesterenko | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chico Maki | 16 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Darryl Maggs | 17 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cliff Koroll | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Stan Mikita | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Jerry Korab | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.P. Bordeleau | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 23 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Gary Doak | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Phil Goyette | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 14 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Gene Carr | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ab Demarco | 24 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gilles Villemure | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 9 | 39 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 9 | 39 | ||||||
Shots: CHI: 7-10- 6-23
NYR: 16-11-11-38
Goalies: CHI: Gary Smith (L, 1-1-0)
NYR: Gilles Villemure (W, 2-0-0)
Referee: Art Skov
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Terry Pierce
Attendance: 17,250
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