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All NHL game summaries from March 18, 1973



Team123F
Atlanta Flames (25-33-14) 1 0 0 1
Boston Bruins (47-20-5) 0 5 2 7

1: ATL,Curt Bennett 17 (Larry Romanchych, Noel Price), 2:03
2: BOS,Johnny Bucyk 36 (Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito), 4:54
BOS,Gregg Sheppard 23 (Doug Roberts, Don Marcotte), 10:34
BOS,Phil Esposito 48 (Ken Hodge, Dallas Smith), 14:12
BOS,Derek Sanderson 4 (Gregg Sheppard, Bobby Orr), 16:20 - SH
BOS,Johnny Bucyk 37 (Phil Esposito, Carol Vadnais), 17:37
3: BOS,Bobby Orr 23 (Ken Hodge, Phil Esposito), 12:11
BOS,Ken Hodge 35 (Johnny Bucyk, Phil Esposito), 18:02
Penalties:

1: Pat Quinn, ATL [Roughing] 1:53
Phil Esposito, BOS [Roughing] 1:53
Bobby Orr, BOS [Hooking] 15:26
Phil Esposito, BOS [Slashing] 16:15
Arnie Brown, ATL [Holding] 19:21
2: John Stewart, ATL [Hi-sticking] 2:52
Nick Beverley, BOS [Holding] 14:35
3: Carol Vadnais, BOS [Holding] 14:29
Penalty time: ATL: 6 minutes BOS: 10 minutes
ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill Plager 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Pat Quinn 3 D 0 0 0 2 -3 0
Noel Price 4 D 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Curt Bennett 5 RW 1 0 1 0 -4 2
Bob Paradise 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Randy Manery 7 D 0 0 0 0 -4 2
Lew Morrison 8 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Keith McCreary 9 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Butch Deadmarsh 10 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Leon Rochefort 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jacques Richard 15 LW 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Bob Leiter 16 C 0 0 0 0 -1 5
John Stewart 17 LW 0 0 0 2 -2 1
Rey Comeau 18 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Arnie Brown 19 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Billy MacMillan 20 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Larry Romanchych 21 RW 0 1 1 0 -3 2
Dan Bouchard 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-3122
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-3122

BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bobby Orr 4 D 1 2 3 2 4 5
Nick Beverley 6 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Phil Esposito 7 C 1 4 5 4 5 7
Ken Hodge 8 RW 1 2 3 0 5 4
Johnny Bucyk 9 LW 2 1 3 0 2 4
Carol Vadnais 10 D 0 1 1 2 2 2
Fred O'Donnell 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Stanfield 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gregg Sheppard 19 C 1 1 2 0 2 8
Dallas Smith 20 D 0 1 1 0 1 0
Don Marcotte 21 LW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gary Doak 25 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Awrey 26 D 0 0 0 0 3 1
Derek Sanderson 27 C 1 0 1 0 3 6
Doug Roberts 28 RW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Jacques Plante 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)3044
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)3044
Shots: ATL: 6- 8- 9-23 BOS: 14-20-10-44 Goalies: ATL: Dan Bouchard (L, 9-13-10) BOS: Jacques Plante (W, 12-15-6) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Leon Stickle Attendance: 15,003



Team123F
Toronto Maple Leafs (25-37-9) 0 0 1 1
Buffalo Sabres (34-25-13) 0 3 2 5

1: no scoring
2: BUF,Craig Ramsay 11 (Don Luce, Paul Terbenche), 3:39
BUF,Rick Martin 34 (Gilbert Perreault, Norm Gratton), 5:34 - PP
BUF,Larry Carriere 2 (Rene Robert, Gilbert Perreault), 16:47 - PP
3: TOR,Darryl Sittler 26 (Jim McKenny, Ron Ellis), 6:35 - PP
BUF,Rene Robert 37 (Gilbert Perreault, Mike Robitaille), 13:02
BUF,Gerry Meehan 31 (Hugh Harris, Jim Lorentz), 14:17
Penalties:

1: Rene Robert, BUF [Fighting] 3:33
Mike Pelyk, TOR [Fighting] 3:33
John Grisdale, TOR [Hi-sticking] 5:11
Hugh Harris, BUF [Charging] 11:17
2: Garry Monahan, TOR [Hooking] 4:55
Rene Robert, BUF [Hi-sticking] 6:35
Tracy Pratt, BUF [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 14:08
George Ferguson, TOR [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 14:08
Darryl Sittler, TOR [Hi-sticking] 16:24
John Grisdale, TOR [Hooking] 17:50
3: Rick Martin, BUF [Holding] 4:52
Penalty time: TOR: 17 minutes BUF: 15 minutes
TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Joe Lundrigan 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Grisdale 3 D 0 0 0 4 -3 0
Mike Pelyk 4 D 0 0 0 5 -3 2
Ron Ellis 6 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Terry Clancy 7 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pierre Jarry 8 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Norm Ullman 9 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
George Ferguson 10 C 0 0 0 4 -1 1
Errol Thompson 12 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Dave Keon 14 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Denis Dupere 15 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Kehoe 17 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Jim McKenny 18 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Garry Monahan 20 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Dave Fortier 22 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Darryl Sittler 27 C 1 0 1 2 -1 7
Ron Low 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1521
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1521

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Roger Crozier 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Horton 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mike Robitaille 3 D 0 1 1 0 2 2
Tracy Pratt 4 D 0 0 0 4 2 1
Larry Hillman 5 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rick Martin 7 LW 1 0 1 2 1 4
Jim Lorentz 8 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Norm Gratton 9 LW 0 1 1 0 0 2
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 1 0 1 0 1 4
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 3 3 0 1 1
Larry Mickey 12 RW 0 0 0 0 1 1
Rene Robert 14 RW 1 1 2 7 1 2
Gerry Meehan 15 C 1 0 1 0 1 3
Paul Terbenche 18 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Don Luce 20 C 0 1 1 0 1 3
Hugh Harris 21 C 0 1 1 2 1 2
Larry Carriere 23 D 1 0 1 0 0 1
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)1533
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)1533
Shots: TOR: 6- 5-10-21 BUF: 13-11- 9-33 Goalies: TOR: Ron Low (L, 12-22-3) BUF: Roger Crozier (W, 20-12-6) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: Willard Norris, Claude Bechard Attendance: 15,668



Team123F
Minnesota North Stars (35-28-9) 0 0 0 0
California Golden Seals (12-44-16) 1 0 1 2

1: CAL,Joey Johnston 25 (Craig Patrick), :50
2: no scoring
3: CAL,Stan Weir 14 (Reggie Leach, Pete Laframboise), 15:59
Penalties:

1: Dennis Hextall, MIN [Roughing] 9:31
Lou Nanne, MIN [Tripping] 10:52
Gary Croteau, CAL [Tripping] 17:28
2: Ted McAneeley, CAL [Tripping] 2:35
3: Ted Harris, MIN [Holding] 19:46
Penalty time: MIN: 6 minutes CAL: 4 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Barry Gibbs 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Fred Barrett 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Ted Harris 4 D 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Dennis O'Brien 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Doug Mohns 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Goldsworthy 8 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Charlie Burns 9 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Murray Oliver 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
J.P. Parise 11 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Jude Drouin 16 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Fred "Buster" Harvey 18 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Danny Grant 21 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Dennis Hextall 22 C 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Lou Nanne 23 RW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Terry Holbrook 26 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dean Prentice 29 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gilles Gilbert 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1020
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1020

CAL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Marshall Johnston 2 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Darryl Maggs 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 4
Rick Smith 5 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bob Stewart 6 D 0 0 0 0 1 3
Reggie Leach 7 RW 0 1 1 0 1 6
Walt McKechnie 8 C 0 0 0 0 1 2
Ivan Boldirev 9 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Craig Patrick 14 RW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Hilliard Graves 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gary Croteau 18 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Morris Mott 20 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Stan Weir 21 C 1 0 1 0 1 3
Joey Johnston 22 LW 1 0 1 0 1 6
Ted McAneeley 23 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Pete Laframboise 24 LW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Gilles Meloche 27 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)1037
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)1037
Shots: MIN: 6- 8- 6-20 CAL: 9-13-15-37 Goalies: MIN: Gilles Gilbert (L, 9-9-2) CAL: Gilles Meloche (W, 8-31-14) Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: Swede Knox, Neil Armstrong Attendance: 4,898



Team123F
Detroit Red Wings (35-25-11) 0 1 1 2
Chicago Blackhawks (39-25-8) 0 0 0 0

1: no scoring
2: DET,Mickey Redmond 46 (Marcel Dionne, Alex Delvecchio), 13:26 - PP
3: DET,Nick Libett 17 (Marcel Dionne, Ron Stackhouse), :44
Penalties:

1: Thommie Bergman, DET [Interference] 19:26
2: Phil Russell, CHI [Elbowing] 7:41
Henry Boucha, DET [Hooking] 7:41
Pit Martin, CHI [Hi-sticking] 12:27
3: Gary Bergman, DET [Tripping] 4:41
Pat Stapleton, CHI [Holding] 15:51
Penalty time: DET: 6 minutes CHI: 6 minutes
DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Roy Edwards 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Bergman 2 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Larry Johnston 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Thommie Bergman 4 D 0 0 0 2 1 3
Marcel Dionne 5 C 0 2 2 0 1 5
Red Berenson 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Guy Charron 8 C 0 0 0 0 1 3
Alex Delvecchio 10 C 0 1 1 0 0 0
Brian Lavender 11 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garnet "Ace" Bailey 12 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nick Libett 14 LW 1 0 1 0 1 5
Al Karlander 15 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Henry Boucha 16 C 0 0 0 2 0 1
Tim Ecclestone 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey Redmond 20 RW 1 0 1 0 0 4
Ron Stackhouse 21 D 0 1 1 0 1 2
Bill Collins 22 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ken Murray 24 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)534
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)534

CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill White 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Keith Magnuson 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Jarrett 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Phil Russell 5 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Lou Angotti 6 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Pit Martin 7 C 0 0 0 2 0 3
Jim Pappin 8 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Dennis Hull 10 LW 0 0 0 0 0 6
Pat Stapleton 12 D 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Ralph Backstrom 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dick Redmond 15 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Chico Maki 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Dave Kryskow 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Korab 22 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
J.P. Bordeleau 23 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (9 forwards, 7 defensemen)-525
TOTAL   (9 forwards, 7 defensemen)-525
Shots: DET: 11-10-13-34 CHI: 8- 5-12-25 Goalies: DET: Roy Edwards (W, 25-14-6) CHI: Tony Esposito (L, 29-17-6) Referee: John McCauley Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Bob Hodges Attendance: n/a



Team123F
St. Louis Blues (30-31-11) 1 0 0 1
New York Rangers (45-19-7) 2 0 1 3

1: NYR,Mike Murphy 19 (Rod Seiling, Pete Stemkowski), 3:48
STL,Jack Egers 23 (Garry Unger, Gary Sabourin), 10:53
NYR,Mike Murphy 20 (Pete Stemkowski), 17:28
2: no scoring
3: NYR,Dale Rolfe 6 (Gene Carr), 3:24 - PP
Penalties:

1: Pierre Plante, STL [Holding] 0:29
Brad Park, NYR [Holding] 13:59
Garry Unger, STL [Misconduct] 20:00
2: Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Hooking] 2:26
Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Tripping] 11:01
3: Steve Durbano, STL [Elbowing] 2:30
Pete Stemkowski, NYR [Hooking] 4:32
Fran Huck, STL [Interference] 14:43
Penalty time: STL: 16 minutes NYR: 8 minutes
STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Steve Durbano 2 D 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Paul Curtis 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Plager 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Evans 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Garry Unger 7 C 0 1 1 10 0 5
Barclay Plager 8 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Ab Demarco 9 D 0 0 0 0 0 6
Gary Sabourin 11 RW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Fran Huck 12 C 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jack Egers 15 RW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Pierre Plante 16 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Phil Roberto 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Floyd Thomson 18 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Wayne Merrick 20 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Kevin O'Shea 21 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny O'Shea 22 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Connie Madigan 25 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jacques Caron 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-525
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-525

NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Brad Park 2 D 0 0 0 2 0 2
Ron Harris 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Rolfe 5 D 1 0 1 0 0 5
Glen Sather 6 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rod Gilbert 7 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Gene Carr 9 C 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Bill Fairbairn 10 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Mike Murphy 14 RW 2 0 2 0 2 5
Jim Neilson 15 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rod Seiling 16 D 0 1 1 0 1 3
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 0 0 4 -1 1
Jean Ratelle 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Pete Stemkowski 21 C 0 2 2 2 2 2
Bobby Rousseau 22 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ted Irvine 27 LW 0 0 0 0 2 5
Gilles Villemure 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)534
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)534
Shots: STL: 5-14- 6-25 NYR: 13-11-10-34 Goalies: STL: Jacques Caron (L, 8-11-5) NYR: Gilles Villemure (W, 18-9-2) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Jim Christison, Ron Finn Attendance: 17,500



Team123F
Montreal Canadiens (47-9-16) 1 2 1 4
Philadelphia Flyers (33-27-11) 2 0 2 4

1: PHI,Andre Dupont 4 (Barry Ashbee, Bill Flett), 3:59 - PP
MTL,Guy Lafleur 25 (Frank Mahovlich, Rejean Houle), 5:04 - PP
PHI,Bill Barber 27 (Ed Van Impe), 9:35
2: MTL,Pete Mahovlich 16 (Claude Larose, Jacques Laperriere), 3:04 - SH
MTL,Frank Mahovlich 35 (Pete Mahovlich, Guy Lafleur), 7:47 - PP
3: PHI,Bobby Clarke 32 (Rick MacLeish), :56 - PP
PHI,Bill Flett 40 (Bill Barber, Bobby Clarke), 8:12
MTL,Pete Mahovlich 17 (Marc Tardif, Guy Lafleur), 16:50
Penalties:

1: Pierre Bouchard, MTL [Cross checking] 2:43
Ross Lonsberry, PHI [Holding] 4:52
Frank Mahovlich, MTL [Holding] 10:17
Don Saleski, PHI [Elbowing] 12:45
Wayne Hillman, PHI [Holding] 15:47
2: Serge Savard, MTL [Hooking] 1:07
Gary Dornhoefer, PHI [Elbowing] 3:31
Jacques Lemaire, MTL [Hi-sticking] 3:31
Dave Schultz, PHI [Fighting] 6:02
Pierre Bouchard, MTL [Fighting] 6:02
Bob Murdoch, MTL [Fighting] 6:27
Andre Dupont, PHI [Fighting] 6:27
Steve Shutt, MTL [Hi-sticking double minor, Game misconduct] 6:27
Don Saleski, PHI [Interference] 6:27
Bench penalty, PHI [Too many men on the ice] 6:27
Bench penalty, PHI [Too many men on the ice] 12:22
Bob Murdoch, MTL [Holding] 19:18
3: Bill Flett, PHI [Interference] 8:58
Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Hooking] 10:29
Penalty time: MTL: 36 minutes PHI: 26 minutes
MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jacques Laperriere 2 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Jimmy Roberts 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Guy Lafleur 10 RW 1 2 3 0 1 5
Marc Tardif 11 LW 0 1 1 0 1 0
Rejean Houle 14 LW 0 1 1 0 0 6
Claude Larose 15 RW 0 1 1 0 0 2
Henri Richard 16 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Murray Wilson 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Serge Savard 18 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Larry Robinson 19 D 0 0 0 0 0 4
Pete Mahovlich 20 C 2 1 3 2 1 6
Steve Shutt 22 LW 0 0 0 14 -1 0
Bob Murdoch 23 D 0 0 0 7 1 1
Jacques Lemaire 25 C 0 0 0 2 0 2
Pierre Bouchard 26 D 0 0 0 7 -1 0
Frank Mahovlich 27 LW 1 1 2 2 -1 6
Ken Dryden 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-138
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-138

PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Doug Favell 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Van Impe 2 D 0 1 1 0 1 3
Barry Ashbee 4 D 0 1 1 0 -1 0
Wayne Hillman 6 D 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Bill Barber 7 LW 1 1 2 0 2 6
Dave Schultz 8 LW 0 0 0 5 0 0
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Don Saleski 11 RW 0 0 0 4 0 3
Gary Dornhoefer 12 RW 0 0 0 2 -2 3
Joe Watson 14 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bobby Clarke 16 C 1 1 2 0 2 5
Simon Nolet 17 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 0 0 0 2 -2 1
Rick MacLeish 19 C 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Bill Flett 21 RW 1 1 2 2 2 5
Tom Bladon 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Andre Dupont 28 D 1 0 1 5 1 5
Terry Crisp 29 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)039
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)039
Shots: MTL: 10-16-12-38 PHI: 10-15-14-39 Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (T, 31-7-13) PHI: Doug Favell (T, 16-15-4) Referee: Art Skov Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ray Scapinello Attendance: 16,600



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