NHL game summary from December 7, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 St. Louis Blues (8-12-5) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Boston Bruins (16-7-3) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1: | BOS, | Wayne Cashman 9 (Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge), 12:04 |
| BOS, | Mike Walton 13, 17:01 | |
| BOS, | Don Marcotte 13 (Gregg Sheppard, Bobby Orr), 19:48 | |
| 2: | BOS, | Phil Esposito 16 (Mike Walton, Fred Stanfield), 11:06 - PP |
| 3: | BOS, | Mike Walton 14 (Fred Stanfield), 3:02 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Johnny Bucyk, BOS [Tripping] 1:29 |
| Bobby Orr, BOS [Elbowing] 6:48 | |
| 2: | Wayne Cashman, BOS [Slashing, Misconduct] 5:04 |
| Barclay Plager, STL [Cross checking] 10:51 | |
| Ken Hodge, BOS [Charging, Roughing] 12:09 | |
| Bob McCord, STL [Game misconduct] 12:09 | |
| Bob Johnson, STL [Roughing] 12:09 | |
| Barclay Plager, STL [Slashing, Fighting] 14:57 | |
| Phil Esposito, BOS [Slashing, Fighting] 14:57 | |
| Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Roughing] 19:21 | |
| 3: | Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Fighting] 6:28 |
| Floyd Thomson, STL [Fighting] 6:28 | |
| Carol Vadnais, BOS [Charging] 7:14 | |
| Chris Evans, STL [Tripping] 11:21 | |
| Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Slashing, Fighting] 15:22 | |
| Floyd Thomson, STL [Slashing, Fighting] 15:22 |
Penalty time: STL: 35 minutes
BOS: 43 minutes
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Dupont | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bob Plager | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Chris Evans | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Barclay Plager | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -2 | 2 |
| Frank St. Marseille | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 |
| Gary Sabourin | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Fran Huck | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Murphy | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jack Egers | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Phil Roberto | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Floyd Thomson | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -2 | 0 |
| Kevin O'Shea | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Danny O'Shea | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jean Hamel | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Bob McCord | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Johnson | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -20 | 25 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -20 | 25 | ||||||
| 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 | 2 |
| Nick Beverley | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 7 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Carol Vadnais | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mike Walton | 11 | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred O'Donnell | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| Don Awrey | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Doug Roberts | 28 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 20 | 22 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 20 | 22 | ||||||
Shots: STL: 8-11- 6-25
BOS: 10- 7- 5-22
Goalies: STL: Bob Johnson (L, 1-1-0)
BOS: Eddie Johnston (W, 11-7-0)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Jim Christison
Attendance: 15,003
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