NHL game summary from April 4, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Buffalo Sabres (37-28-14) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (53-10-16) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | BUF, | Craig Ramsay 1 (Don Luce), 3:13 |
| MTL, | Jacques Lemaire 1 (Yvan Cournoyer, Jacques Laperriere), 17:01 | |
| 3: | MTL, | Yvan Cournoyer 1 (Serge Savard, Jacques Lemaire), 4:27 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: | Pierre Bouchard, MTL [Tripping] 1:22 |
| Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Slashing] 2:35 | |
| Larry Hillman, BUF [Holding] 6:21 | |
| Gilbert Perreault, BUF [Hooking] 15:10 | |
| 2: | Rene Robert, BUF [Hi-sticking] 0:51 |
| Chuck Lefley, MTL [Hi-sticking] 0:51 | |
| Rick Martin, BUF [Holding] 8:23 | |
| Larry Hillman, BUF [Hi-sticking] 14:47 | |
| Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Hi-sticking] 14:47 | |
| 3: | Serge Savard, MTL [Tripping] 2:07 |
| Larry Carriere, BUF [Tripping] 2:25 | |
| Tracy Pratt, BUF [Hooking] 3:51 |
Penalty time: BUF: 14 minutes
MTL: 10 minutes
| BUF Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Horton | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Robitaille | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tracy Pratt | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Larry Hillman | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| Jim Schoenfeld | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rick Martin | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Jim Lorentz | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Norm Gratton | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Craig Ramsay | 10 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gilbert Perreault | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Larry Mickey | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rene Robert | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gerry Meehan | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Terbenche | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Luce | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Hugh Harris | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Carriere | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Dave Dryden | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 0 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 0 | 32 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Laperriere | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marc Tardif | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rejean Houle | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Claude Larose | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Murdoch | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Chuck Lefley | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Frank Mahovlich | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 36 | ||||||
Shots: BUF: 12-12- 8-32
MTL: 13-12-11-36
Goalies: BUF: Dave Dryden (L, 0-1-0)
MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 1-0-0)
Referee: Art Skov
Linesmen: Ron Finn, Matt Pavelich
Attendance: 16,386
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