NHL game summary from January 17, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (28-13-4) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
 Los Angeles Kings (20-20-5) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1: | LA , | Ralph Backstrom 17 (Serge Bernier, Terry Harper), 2:35 |
| LA , | Serge Bernier 14 (Ralph Backstrom, Real Lemieux), 5:08 | |
| LA , | Juha Widing 10 (Mike Corrigan, Larry Brown), 11:46 | |
| NYR, | Ron Harris 4 (Tom Williams, Bobby Rousseau), 13:13 | |
| 2: | NYR, | Dale Rolfe 5 (Jean Ratelle, Rod Gilbert), 9:41 |
| 3: | LA , | Bill Lesuk 4 (Larry Brown), 1:28 |
| NYR, | Rod Seiling 8 (Steve Vickers, Walt Tkaczuk), 15:14 | |
| NYR, | Jim Neilson 2 (Vic Hadfield, Rod Gilbert), 18:38 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Real Lemieux, LA [Hooking] 16:22 |
| 2: | Mike Corrigan, LA [Hooking] 1:29 |
| Brad Park, NYR [Tripping] 2:14 | |
| Neil Komadoski, LA [Holding] 3:50 | |
| Dale Rolfe, NYR [Hooking] 14:01 | |
| Pete Stemkowski, NYR [Tripping] 15:59 | |
| 3: | Gilles Marotte, LA [Tripping] 9:41 |
Penalty time: NYR: 6 minutes
LA : 8 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Ron Harris | 3 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tom Williams | 17 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ab Demarco | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| LA Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Harper | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Larry Brown | 3 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Gilles Marotte | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
| Harry Howell | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Real Lemieux | 7 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Ralph Backstrom | 9 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Vic Venasky | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Corrigan | 11 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Jimmy Peters | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Juha Widing | 15 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bill Lesuk | 16 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bob Berry | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Butch Goring | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serge Bernier | 21 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Barry Long | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Komadoski | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| Don Kozak | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rogie Vachon | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 23 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 16- 9-11-36
LA : 10- 6- 7-23
Goalies: NYR: Ed Giacomin (T, 17-7-2)
LA : Rogie Vachon (T, 14-12-5)
Referee: Lloyd Gilmour
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Charles Banfield
Attendance: 10,147
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