All NHL game summaries from May 9, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (58-22-13) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
 Boston Bruins (65-16-11) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Boston Bruins lead, 3 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | BOS, | Wayne Cashman 2 (Ken Hodge, Phil Esposito), 3:55 |
| NYR, | Dale Rolfe 4 (Walt Tkaczuk, Bill Fairbairn), 13:45 | |
| BOS, | Ken Hodge 9 (Fred Stanfield, Phil Esposito), 16:07 - PP | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | NYR, | Bobby Rousseau 5 (Brad Park, Bruce MacGregor), 2:56 |
| NYR, | Bobby Rousseau 6 (Ted Irvine), 12:45 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | John McKenzie, BOS [Elbowing] 0:50 |
| Don Awrey, BOS [Charging, Elbowing] 4:28 | |
| Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Tripping] 9:51 | |
| Dale Rolfe, NYR [Interference] 14:14 | |
| Rod Gilbert, NYR [Hooking] 18:00 | |
| 2: | Brad Park, NYR [Elbowing] 0:29 |
| Rod Seiling, NYR [Hi-sticking] 6:36 | |
| Phil Esposito, BOS [Hi-sticking] 6:36 | |
| Dallas Smith, BOS [Holding] 6:36 | |
| Don Awrey, BOS [Slashing] 15:08 | |
| Gary Doak, NYR [Slashing] 16:17 | |
| Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Hooking] 16:48 | |
| 3: | Rod Seiling, NYR [Holding] 4:07 |
| Phil Esposito, BOS [Hooking] 5:07 |
Penalty time: NYR: 16 minutes
BOS: 14 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Gary Doak | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Phil Goyette | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 14 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Carr | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Gilles Villemure | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 10 | 26 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 10 | 26 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Johnston | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Orr | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Phil Esposito | 7 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| Carol Vadnais | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike Walton | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Derek Sanderson | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John McKenzie | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Awrey | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 4 defensemen) | -10 | 38 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 4 defensemen) | -10 | 38 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 7- 9-10-26
BOS: 12- 9-17-38
Goalies: NYR: Gilles Villemure (W, 4-1-0)
BOS: Eddie Johnston (L, 6-1-0)
Referee: Bill Friday
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Claude Bechard
Attendance: 14,995
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