NHL game summary from December 21, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Detroit Red Wings (14-15-3) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Boston Bruins (22-8-3) |
1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
1: DET, Mickey Redmond 18 (Alex Delvecchio, Al Karlander), 1:42
BOS, Terry O'Reilly 2 (Fred O'Donnell, Gregg Sheppard), 7:54
2: BOS, Garnet "Ace" Bailey 6 (Dallas Smith, Bobby Orr), 1:06 - SH
BOS, Johnny Bucyk 13 (Ken Hodge, Bobby Orr), 9:18 - PP
3: BOS, Mike Walton 17 (Fred Stanfield, Dallas Smith), 3:58
BOS, Ken Hodge 19 (Wayne Cashman, Phil Esposito), 5:53
BOS, Ken Hodge 20 (Phil Esposito, Carol Vadnais), 7:13
BOS, Phil Esposito 21 (Ken Hodge, Wayne Cashman), 14:23
BOS, Mike Walton 18 (Fred O'Donnell), 19:52
Penalties:
1: Carol Vadnais, BOS [Hi-sticking] 3:58
Carol Vadnais, BOS [Hooking] 19:13
2: Larry Johnston, DET [Holding] 7:20
Marcel Dionne, DET [Tripping] 19:29
3: none
Penalty time: DET: 4 minutes
BOS: 4 minutes
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Johnston | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| Thommie Bergman | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Marcel Dionne | 5 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Red Berenson | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| Guy Charron | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Delvecchio | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 6 |
| Al Karlander | 15 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Henry Boucha | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Tim Ecclestone | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Len Fontaine | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Doak | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Mickey Redmond | 20 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Ron Stackhouse | 21 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Bill Collins | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Serge Lajeunesse | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Andy Brown | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -30 | 28 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Orr | 4 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Nick Beverley | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 7 | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Carol Vadnais | 10 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Mike Walton | 11 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 14 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Fred O'Donnell | 16 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Don Awrey | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Doug Roberts | 28 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Adams | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 29 | 38 | ||||||
Shots: DET: 7-11-10-28
BOS: 8-15-15-38
Goalies: DET: Andy Brown (L, 0-1-0)
BOS: John Adams (W, 6-1-1)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Bob Hodges
Attendance: 15,003
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