NHL game summary from May 2, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (56-21-13) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
 Boston Bruins (64-14-11) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Boston Bruins lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | BOS, | Johnny Bucyk 9 (Bobby Orr, Fred Stanfield), 16:15 - PP |
| 2: | NYR, | Rod Gilbert 5 (Jim Neilson, Vic Hadfield), 7:23 |
| 3: | BOS, | Ken Hodge 8 (Mike Walton, Phil Esposito), 11:53 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: | Don Awrey, BOS [Elbowing] 1:26 |
| Vic Hadfield, NYR [Holding] 2:07 | |
| Wayne Cashman, BOS [Elbowing] 6:03 | |
| Carol Vadnais, BOS [Hi-sticking] 8:42 | |
| Dale Rolfe, NYR [Slashing] 11:30 | |
| Glen Sather, NYR [Roughing] 14:08 | |
| Carol Vadnais, BOS [Roughing] 14:08 | |
| Gary Doak, NYR [Hi-sticking] 15:55 | |
| Ken Hodge, BOS [Slashing] 19:14 | |
| 2: | Pete Stemkowski, NYR [Tripping] 3:21 |
| Dallas Smith, BOS [Holding] 11:17 | |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey, BOS [Misconduct] 11:17 | |
| Brad Park, NYR [Hooking] 12:18 | |
| 3: | John McKenzie, BOS [Boarding] 3:02 |
| Bruce MacGregor, NYR [Tripping] 9:56 | |
| Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Tripping] 11:46 | |
| Don Awrey, BOS [Elbowing] 15:25 |
Penalty time: NYR: 16 minutes
BOS: 26 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Doak | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gene Carr | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gilles Villemure | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 28 | ||||||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Phil Esposito | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carol Vadnais | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike Walton | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Derek Sanderson | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| John McKenzie | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Don Awrey | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 4 defensemen) | -5 | 25 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 4 defensemen) | -5 | 25 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 12- 6-10-28
BOS: 11- 8- 6-25
Goalies: NYR: Gilles Villemure (L, 3-1-0)
BOS: Eddie Johnston (W, 5-0-0)
Referee: Art Skov
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, John D'Amico
Attendance: 14,995
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