NHL game summary from December 9, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (17-8-3) |
1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
 New York Islanders (3-20-2) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1: NYR, Rod Seiling 6 (Gene Carr, Pete Stemkowski), 15:43
NYI, Brian Lavender 3 (Craig Cameron), 16:40
2: NYR, Bill Fairbairn 12 (Bobby Rousseau, Walt Tkaczuk), 16:19 - PP
NYR, Bill Fairbairn 13 (Ted Irvine, Ron Harris), 17:33
NYR, Vic Hadfield 12 (Rod Seiling, Jean Ratelle), 18:24 - PP
3: no scoring
Penalties:
1: Terry Crisp, NYI [Holding] 5:43
2: Arnie Brown, NYI [Slashing] 3:38
Vic Hadfield, NYR [Slashing] 3:38
Gene Carr, NYR [Interference] 10:42
Ken Murray, NYI [Tripping] 15:23
Billy Smith, NYI [Tripping] 18:09
3: Pete Stemkowski, NYR [Slashing] 1:44
Germain Gagnon, NYI [Holding] 3:22
Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Holding] 6:51
Ron Harris, NYR [Elbowing] 9:38
Brian Lavender, NYI [Hi-sticking] 9:38
Penalty time: NYR: 10 minutes
NYI: 12 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Harris | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Randy Legge | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Gene Carr | 9 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ab Demarco | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Larry Sacharuk | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 29 | ||||||
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Lefley | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Jim Mair | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ken Murray | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Mikkelson | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Germain Gagnon | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Blackburn | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Brian Spencer | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Hudson | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Crisp | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brian Lavender | 16 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Tom Miller | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Craig Cameron | 19 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Arnie Brown | 21 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Nicholson | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 20 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 12-15- 2-29
NYI: 7-11- 2-20
Goalies: NYR: Ed Giacomin (W, 8-5-1)
NYI: Billy Smith (L, 1-8-1)
Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Gerard Gauthier
Attendance: 14,665
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