All NHL game summaries from April 23, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chicago Blackhawks (50-21-15) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
 New York Rangers (56-19-13) |
2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||
| New York Rangers win, 4 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | CHI, | Bobby Hull 4, 5:37 - SH |
| NYR, | Phil Goyette 1 (Bobby Rousseau, Brad Park), 5:49 - PP | |
| NYR, | Bobby Rousseau 3 (Rod Gilbert, Vic Hadfield), 15:32 | |
| 2: | NYR, | Rod Gilbert 3 (Phil Goyette, Bobby Rousseau), 4:37 - PP |
| CHI, | Pat Stapleton 2, 12:10 - PP | |
| NYR, | Vic Hadfield 6 (Rod Gilbert), 16:25 | |
| NYR, | Gene Carr 1 (Bill Fairbairn, Walt Tkaczuk), 18:22 | |
| 3: | NYR, | Bobby Rousseau 4 (Vic Hadfield, Rod Gilbert), 3:40 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Gary Doak, NYR [Interference] 3:43 |
| Stan Mikita, CHI [Slashing] 3:43 | |
| Jim Pappin, CHI [Slashing] 5:15 | |
| Jerry Korab, CHI [Holding] 10:18 | |
| Ted Irvine, NYR [Fighting] 12:57 | |
| Keith Magnuson, CHI [Fighting] 12:57 | |
| 2: | Pete Stemkowski, NYR [Hooking] 1:11 |
| Doug Jarrett, CHI [Interference] 3:53 | |
| Pat Stapleton, CHI [Hooking] 8:57 | |
| Gary Doak, NYR [Interference] 11:03 | |
| Bruce MacGregor, NYR [Hooking] 13:36 | |
| 3: | Rod Seiling, NYR [Roughing] 7:02 |
| Vic Hadfield, NYR [Tripping] 11:10 |
Penalty time: CHI: 15 minutes
NYR: 17 minutes
| CHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill White | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Keith Magnuson | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 |
| Doug Jarrett | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Lou Angotti | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pit Martin | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Jim Pappin | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Bobby Hull | 9 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Dennis Hull | 10 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Pat Stapleton | 12 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| Eric Nesterenko | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chico Maki | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Darryl Maggs | 17 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Andre Lacroix | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Cliff Koroll | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Stan Mikita | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Jerry Korab | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| J.P. Bordeleau | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Esposito | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -17 | 25 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -17 | 25 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Gary Doak | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Phil Goyette | 9 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Gene Carr | 20 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Ab Demarco | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Andrascik | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Gilles Villemure | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 16 | 37 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 16 | 37 | ||||||
Shots: CHI: 7- 6-12-25
NYR: 19- 8-10-37
Goalies: CHI: Tony Esposito (L, 2-3-0)
NYR: Gilles Villemure (W, 3-0-0)
Referee: Bill Friday
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Terry Pierce
Attendance: 17,250
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (61-14-11) |
3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||
 St. Louis Blues (32-45-11) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Boston Bruins lead, 3 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | STL, | Mike Murphy 2 (Barclay Plager, Phil Roberto), 2:05 - PP |
| BOS, | Ed Westfall 4, 8:40 - SH | |
| BOS, | John McKenzie 4 (Bobby Orr, Johnny Bucyk), 10:36 - PP | |
| BOS, | Phil Esposito 7 (Ken Hodge), 19:42 | |
| 2: | BOS, | Mike Walton 4 (Dallas Smith, Garnet "Ace" Bailey), 2:58 |
| BOS, | Ken Hodge 4 (Wayne Cashman), 6:28 | |
| BOS, | John McKenzie 5 (Johnny Bucyk, Fred Stanfield), 11:12 - PP | |
| 3: | BOS, | Mike Walton 5, 11:09 |
| STL, | Gary Sabourin 3 (Frank St. Marseille, Larry Hornung), 18:15 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Dallas Smith, BOS [Holding] 0:55 |
| Barclay Plager, STL [Holding] 5:07 | |
| Bench penalty, BOS [Too many men on the ice] 7:25 | |
| Chris Evans, STL [Holding] 10:27 | |
| Frank St. Marseille, STL [Holding] 13:52 | |
| Bobby Orr, BOS [Holding] 15:34 | |
| 2: | Carol Vadnais, BOS [Cross checking] 7:31 |
| Andre Dupont, STL [Hooking] 10:51 | |
| Don Awrey, BOS [Hooking] 18:48 | |
| 3: | Curt Bennett, STL [Holding] 5:50 |
| John McKenzie, BOS [Interference] 5:59 |
Penalty time: BOS: 12 minutes
STL: 10 minutes
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Johnston | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Orr | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Ted Green | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 7 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Carol Vadnais | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Mike Walton | 11 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 14 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| John McKenzie | 19 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Awrey | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Hayes | 29 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 19 | 38 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 19 | 38 | ||||||
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter McDuffe | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Dupont | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Plager | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Chris Evans | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| Barclay Plager | 8 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| Frank St. Marseille | 9 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gary Sabourin | 11 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Terry Crisp | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Mike Murphy | 14 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Jack Egers | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Phil Roberto | 17 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 4 |
| Curt Bennett | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Odrowski | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin O'Shea | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Danny O'Shea | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Bill Plager | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Hornung | 25 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -20 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -20 | 29 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 17-10-11-38
STL: 8-11-10-29
Goalies: BOS: Eddie Johnston (W, 4-0-0)
STL: Peter McDuffe (L, 0-1-0)
Referee: Art Skov
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Bob Kilger
Attendance: 17,941
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